The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-08-11
What discovered south Of SAL
mon River.
Montana Telegrams.
Disposition of Troops.
Indian Prisoners.
Roaming of the Friendlies.
Indian Council.
Severe Hailst0rm.

mails have come in from Camas Prairie
and also from the North, and also a dis.
patch from Deer Lodge via of Portland.
The text Of the Deer Lodge dispatch is
is follows:
DssR LoDaB, M. T., July 3o.-Gov. Potts
returned from Missoula this afternoon. On
Saturday Looking Glass and 800 Indians.
few squaws and some horses passed out
OF Lo Lo fork around Rawn and up Bitter
Root. Some settlers had been in the Ind
tan camp. The Indians assured them they
would pass through tho country without
destroying life or property. The citizens
therefore did not care to fight, and Rawn
declined to open FIRE upon the Indians with
his small command of regulars, and there
WAS no pursuit made. On the Governors
arrival here he ordered the volunteers, who
had gone to Big Hole, to return. the force
being insufficient. There will be party
sleft in Big Hole valley to observe and re-
port the actions of the acknowledgements
This dispatch only mentions Looking
Glass and 800 Indians, few squaws
and some horses that passed Rawn and
went up the Bitter Root unmolested.
The Dispatches of tho 28th mentions
not only Looking G lass, but Joseph and
White Bird as having been interviewed
by Capt. Rawn. The dispatches of the
10Th says that Joseph's band passed by
Rawn's command within gunshot, but
the latest dispatches of the Both only
speaks Of Looking Glass. The dispatch
Of the 10th has the number of. Indians
400 strong, that of the 30th only 800,
few squaws and some horses. All
these disatches give the direction fthe
course Of the Indians to be up the Bit
ter Root waich is south from the point
where they entered the valley, instead
Of north as was supposed towards the
British possessions. This course taken
was in the direction of the east terini.
nus Of the southern Nez Perez trail
across the Bitter Root mountains via
Elk City. There seems to be no GER
tainty that they contemplated going
through the Big Hole pass and towards
Virginia City. They could easily go to
Tendoy's band in Lemhi county or
could with them return via Southern
Mes PIERCE trail, and be back on Camas
Prairie before Howard can get through
to Bitter Root by the Lo Lo. Indians
report that White Bird and Joseph with
his best warriors and good stock left
the Lo Lo trail and turned through to
the South fork of the Lo Lo of the Bit
ter Root and made camp at the Warm
Springs near the head of that fork from
which point he can cross into the Elk
City trail without discovery, from the
other side. Their threats to be back on
Camas Prairie so soon as the grass was
dry enough to burn and the present
course he has taken together with the
evidences Of hostiles still left in the vi
cinity Of the prairie, all are matters of
constant watchfulness as well as serious
'apprehensions among the settlers there.
Brown writes as follows: yesterday
We had reports of several parties out on
the prairie, that they had seen several
bands Of hostiles who are supposed to
be out scouting around and picking up
stock. The messenger from Lapwai re-
ports that he was fred on by Indians
before he reached Col. Green's camp two
days ago. Other men inform US that
trails have been seen going up Lawyers
Canon towards Craig's mountain and
Salmon river. Many are of the opin-
ion that but few Of the hostiles have
gone over the Lo Lo trail" On Thurs.
day last Cash Day was pursued by sew.
On Indians from near Rocky Canon to
within = short distance of Mt. Idaho,
and other parties had before seen a
small band near that canon, but dill.