Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-06-21
the IDAHO INDIAN WAR.
Movement OF Troops.

BolcE CITY, june II The troops
from the west, which were destined,
with The exception CT Bendire's cavalry.
for this place, have been ordered to leave
tho Boise City road aai 20 to sheep
ranch gu the Wiunemucca road by "a
shorter route UP Snake river. Capt.
Bendire with his cavalry company OF go
men arrived here yesterday, and as soon
as the necessary preparations can by
made, will 20 with Gen. Grover TO BIG
Camas prairie, where they viii be join,
ed by the troops under Maj. Sanfond
now on :he overland route. Gen. How.
ard is at a sheep rancl, one hundred
miles south Of this place on tue Winnie
iDucca ro1d. Col. Demands cavalry is
somewhere III that neigh borhood watch
iuS tie movements at the Indians.
station Burned.
The Indians pursued and are rcport-
ed TO have burned the station at Pen
Mile creek. The driver, bou1d west
ward, was at Camp hicDermit when
Hamilton arrived and rcmaiucd at tina.
place. 1hus stretch If he road seven
~ five miles in length was lett for sav
eral days without stock or drivers. The
telegraph wire was cut at 'hc same ti,ne.
AID seveln' days had passed before travel
ard COMMUNICATION eould be resumed.
by dispatch to he stage agent here
yesterday morning, the stage With mails
WAS to start westward yesterday.
An H.Ircr I,iuuGers.
Captain is%'eL.jare. in COMMAND a,
Fort Hall. per III ,tructiou8 from the sec.
Rotary o' war, seat tvs l}an.nck indians
! as messengers TO cntl.e. with Buffalo
! Horn. and to learn his whereabouts and
Intention. These rn-sseu.prs. in pas.
stag through Marsh basiu in he eastern
section Il Owyiec county. FIJI into the
hanGs Of l.'eut. Wood. &c Of hraytna,.'.
militia oiiiccrs, By wicm tbey were
turned buck and not allowed 70 ;rocend
"a their mission. thou-i they were rlo
v'''ed with Passes duly signed by Capt.
iia'nbrldge. Upon returning to Font
dali, they were again sent forward by
another route.
The Ind ans Plan in the War.
Some of rhe military officers here have
recently interviewed Yau.biseo, the In
dian now under sentence III death f,r
lie murder Of Alex Rhodn1en. Yam.
hlago says that the Bannocks are led BY
Buffalo Horn and two other indians
and their plan Was TO rendezvous at
jumper mountain and at Sheep ranch,
yet the Flu es TO jun thea then pro-
ceed n"rthward to Sa mon river.
The War Getting into Oregon.
MAJOR Downcy, who is on his way
with his command to Sheep ranch, has
received orders to retire TO Fort Harvey
IN consequence of information received
that Eran, Piu'e chief. was at the
head OF 400 warriors and resolved to co
upon the war path.
WINNEMUCCA, June l4.-Parties
here have Just received news that thirty
or forty whites at White Horse Mead
ows, Grant county, Oregon, are threat
cned by q strong force OF hostile Ban.
nocks. A friendly Piu,c was seat from
there to McDermit to report the situa-
ton. The Winuemucra mounted vol.
unteer company will start from McDer
init tomorrow to reinforce the White
Horse Meadow settlers. Our connty Of
ticils will try to send more men and
arms from here to morrow.
| All the Maihcurs Gone on the war Path.
SAN Francisco. June l5.-Verv
little new at the military hea iouartcrs
this morning, with the exception of a
dispatch from the agent at Malheur H..
dian reservation. confirming the rennrt
| that the Indians had left there, proha-
bly, on the war path There were at the
agency on the LIST inst. $40 Malheurs,
and 10 Banrocks from Fort Hall. On
the ID inst. they began stealing away on
pretence of hunting and fishing but all
took nearly the direction of Boise. Chief
Egen went away the first. On the
night of the 7th all disappeared. Chief
Winnemucca was at Camp G. T. Smith
three weeks ago. On the first inst.
Chief Eagle Eye and Al Weiser Indians
received supnIies nj H,p,n Smith o,3