The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-08-10
THE INDIANS.
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ments-W lar he Proposes "a do res
sanford Arrivcs-In the Meantime
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ments- what he Proposes 10 do wheu
sanford Arrivcs-In the Meantime
Old Zoe L. Having Everything
Ills own Way.
Portland press dispatches state that
General Howard is at present at Kamia,
awaiting the arrival of Major Sanford,
As o as that officer joins him General
Howard will take all the available force
and push vigorously after Joseph and
White Bird, who have already crossed
the Bitter Root mountains, by way of the
Lolo trail. He will 60 through to Mis-
soula as speedily as his command can
move. He will have in the neighborhood
of five hundred men. Another force under
command OF General Wheaton will leave
Fort Lapwai and, moving north, pass
through the Spokane country and cross
over into Montana through the Sahon
Pass. After crossing the mountains the
troops will push down to Missonla, where
they will Join General Howard. 1t is
expected that Towards and Wheaton's
detachments will reach that point stimuli
taneously. Wheaton will command
about four hundred and fifty or five hun
dred troops, and his detOur through the
Spokane country will be made at the re-
quest of Indian-Inspector Watkins.
There are a number OF tribes squatted
through that region who wish to be
placed on the reservation. Inspector
Watkins has been authorized to Sc
lect a suitable reservation and locate
the Indians. His principal object
in passing through that country is to
make a personal inspection Of the char
acter and disposition of the Indians, the
nature of those regions and to designate
where reservations are to be located. 1t
is also thought hat the marching of a
large force of troops through there will
have a very beneficial effect on the In
dians. Most of them are peaceably dis
posed toward the whites, while some are
inclined to be turbulant. The dctach-
ment will not leave Lapwai for a week
or more, and any struggling bands of hos.
tiles which may have broken away from
Joseph or White-Bird, and attempt to
reach the Spokane country, will be inter
cepted by Wheaton and cut off. This
movement will, it is believed, crush out
the strength of the hostiles, and bring
peace 10 IHe WnOle region VI country
west of the Bitter Root mountains, and
with the capture or humiliation of
Joseph's and White,Bird's bands of rene
gades, bring the war to a close. Colonel
with a force of cavalry, will re-
in and about Kama, to protect the
settlement, and to cut off all struggling
of Indians he can find.
Captain Wilkinson received a dispatch
n regard to obtaining the Warm Spring
,couts to accompany General Howard,
the Lolo trail, to the mountain.
The Indians have mostly gone after fish
md game. | have called a council for
the thirtieth, and will send
word Wednesday night as to the result.
f any scouts are obtained they will come
o Dallas as o as possible, and be con-
eyed to the front. General Howard,
dispensed with a part of his
couting force, is very DESTROYS of secur-
ng a number of Warm Spring scouts.
'hese scouts, it will be remembered, per-
)rmed gallant and effective service
uring the Modoc war.