New-York tribune., 1877-06-28
Average Decline
MAGNITUDE or TIE OUTBREAK

DisAFfECuoS OF TUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NUN
BEEs or TlIE HOSTILE TRIEFs-pEsPiEAlIoN OF
THE IvDl,Ns-MuIrArY MOVEMENTS
SAS FRANCISCO June Ca press dispatch
from Boise city says: The Rev. r. Mespe fer 80 years
n Rou.an Cathode missionary among the Irdisn tribes IN
Oregon Washington end Idaho, now stationed at Fort
Boise as caapiaa in the Uuitoc States army gives the
following Intelligence in regard To Indian matters
In Oclobcr 1879. Ec was et UInatla Arcucy to meet
the chiefs tnat reservation. council was held. at
which about 80 indians pTeseut. including the prin
cipa chiefs of the Umatilas Eyuses and Walla Nass
There were az the time resiGuc the rvatiou 1Go
Indians The whole number whose nominal homo il was
could not be less than 3,70Q Tie remainder were seat
tered throughout the Surrounding couHtiy, the majority
Of them being Priest Rapids, tie Columbia RIVER
At the council the indians very ncriy unanimous
in the wish 70 U!nata Reservatienl 20 tle Cow
ernment and be allowed 10 80 into the Wla Wala Val
lev where they had been invited "a snd live 10y
Chief Joseph The chiefs signed deposition 20 tiss e.
feet, which they inustcd to Father Mespe, aud which
were by h,m forwarded to Senator Mitchell to
be laid before the authorities At Washington
The Indians represented that their reservation Goa
tinuay tIesrasscd upon by The iuahaniso Of tie aGoin-
ing white settlements, ,whc Ould eel tle Indians whisky
aud otherwise inurc ard demoralne them II required
to remain there they vonld GHd themselves compelled to
fight From some cause this wis Indians
no attention at Washington. Some two months alc.
HowIss WapoO one OF the chiefs who had been present
At The council and who is the principal chief Of The Una
tllas passed through Boise City. Tie cei told Father
Mespiie at this tine that the Umatllas dssatiscs
and had made mp their minds the silence and
neglect of left them nothing 10 hope FOR
nom that quarter and tot they would join Chief JOSEF ph
IN the Walla Waka Valley. who already resolved 10
20 20 war. He added II the Government had attended
10 the matter in tne every thing might have been aics-
bis arranged but 1t 100 late, and tic Indians
woull certainly 10 war. Five weeks later HCwLss
Wanpoo again passed through Boise City on hi return
hcme when nc told Father Nesple that the war would
b he thought before he could reach home. he had
mel runners from the Nez PcIceS who had confer
with the Bauocks and other tribes in this region. The
information thus acquired Father Mcspe s2ys he
i'm ,,eaLiug O! Gcu. Howard, Howlss WtIupoo said
the Indian laughed at tAe General and hs fhe speeches
sa, that they would never persuade them T. give m
the NalIa Walia VALLEY which uhcy were resolved 70
boep a. every aazIid Father Me-pne says tie eie md
ta alid they will Do abe % draw 70 their support all tc
dir II ctcd infian. helonghg t. TIE yalous ul3es ana
that these constitlNe naI"lP M c'erN cae be % 9
the opinion ilt tbe war Til he general ana prolonged
the udans have hecn long de'iherating ana Pftrar
ing iOr a. and have staGed oter tling ron nc s'uc
Father hl, lie also say tic NCZ IC's number IN o
about 1000. OF this number aiout $50 VIII remain
ri1ys winch tne Ncz Perces can bring into the field at
1000 CoueT o. AIenss. Mon tdei Cl''io ana some
clIes, sincerely 70 doubt pieust 10 u" iicAuiE, he
thinks viii DC found in the same category groa uHm
Der vii joiu the hO-iiies. OF the Vaif0s, Coger DC
Alcncs can Furnish 500 spOp0ncs aud The confederate
tribes iuhahitng the Upper Columbia basin, LOO; tie
their confcdcTates, 1850; the UmatillAs, LOCO The
warm sprug l1daus, 500 B,,iucs these .Ecro are the
Fathcads tler cCncdcrates IN Montana With them
The Sez Perces IN cl0ee alliance These are aule 70
furnish 200 warriors. He obtains bis data from accu
rate knowledge acquired b. long residence with the
Indians lie regards tho liberty allowed size Indians 70
remain O1 ther reseryatOns aud the unrestricted inter
course allowed between them and tue whites Gs Tie
principal causes OF The present outbreak.
Dispatches irOtu Lewiston, lddho, report the state OF
AFFAIRS 10 ne 2Gth inst Renegade Indians joining
the hOsties and runners have beer sent 10 the Pdause
spokaur. Columbia River, and Umaua tribes, who they
claimed wouG Jon them ana they would then clear The
whole country Boise city 10 lewiston The hO-tiies
have crossed the San River az Horseshoe Bend with
ali thcr plundcr. and VIII make Tor the Payettc and
Weser Valleys with al their warriors Their number Ia
estimated at 800 Dispatches from Gen. Howard are 10
tie eject that Col Ferry met him az Cottonwood, and
his force 10 move tomorrow morning TO the old battle
ground The lndiaps IN force at Horseshoe Bend
Tie salmon River between White Bird and state Creeks
Tne 10 glowing named forces are now IN tie field Resu
laTs--PcFry o. men; WmDple. 100; Miller. 100 ThrOck-
morton Ib5 and Of OtOers. 15. NOunieegs-C
3S PAGE, Is Hunter %; Elliott, u, and Williams IS.
The whole force has gone u tie Salmon River except
Eli0s company. Which has up the snake River 10
head of amy Umaullas who may try 10 join
Joseph's band.