Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-12
THE IDAHO INDIAN wAR.
Late Notes from The Front.

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We clip from the Idaho -Apalanche of
last Saturday the following notes regard
ing the war with the Bannocks:
When the infamous savages Quilted the
station building at King Fill, on the over
land road, they howled with demoniacal
delight and played football with the stage
clock. They tool away eight horses be-
longing to the Northwestern Stage Com
pany. The station-keeper saw it all at a
distance and warned the incoming stage
from kelton, being II Of a guard of a
half dozen that accompanied it to Rattle
snake.
The owners of merchandise on the
fire. ght teams on the overland road, which
wa appropriated by the Indians, should,
AMI will receive every cent they have thus
lost. Government can not afford to have
private citizens suffer i'll of
the rascality and shortcomings of its
agents.
The bill providing for the transfer Of the
management of the Indians to the War De-
partment passed the House several weeks
ago. 1t is worthy Of note that this excel
lent measure was opposed by nearly every
Republican member of that body.
Messrs, Payne and Glenn did yeoman's
service on the overland road in providing
against the attacks of the Bannocks. They
got the scattered families together and
prepared for the worst. Much property
was destroyed in addition to that cap
tured and fioated away at Glenn's Ferry.
The bodies of Mr.. Dascome and Fergu-
son, two more victims of BAnnock brutal
ity, Were found On "Wednesday, at Glenn's
Ferry, on the overland road, We believe
Mr.. Bascome belonged to Rock Greek, but
are not certain.
Colonel Geo. M. Parsons, Of Rocky Bar,
left his home, a pretty wife, and all that
was near and dear to him, putting himself
at the head of a force of more than twenty
men with a view to aiding in demolishing
the infamous Bannocks.
The Camas Prairie country is well adap-
ted for an Indian campaign, with the adj
vantages mainly in favor of the savages,
who seem to be well armed. 1t will prob
ably take a military force OF fully double
their number to dislodge them.
Buffalo Horn was General Towards
leading scout in fhe Nez Perez campaign.
He is now the recognized chief Of the hos
tile Bannoeks. The inference we do not
care to speculate about
1t is reported that the parties who have
not left Brtineau have gone to Robertson's
place, at the south end of the valley, and
made q temporary fort, and are prepared
to fight the red devils if the latter modest
them.
Captain Summers cavalry mpan ar.
rived at Winnemucca ON Wednesday, en-
route to Kelton. They left the railroad
at that point and started on the overland
road for the Camas country.
Sheriff Oldham and his warriors from
Boise City, at Munday's Ferry, have BEEN
waiting several days for the redskins, who
are slow to put in an appearance there.
Colonel Summers company would proba-
bly, have had a brush With the reds il the,
had taken the Winnemucca route to Idaho
The present outbreak never would have
occurred if the Nez Perez murderers hac
received their just dues last season.
There is great Indian excitement in Jor
dan Valley, as we learn from a note JUS
received IRON A. \. Canter.
David Dorsey sustained some losses a
his ferry on Snake river, by the Bannocl
d~epredators.
We are expecting to hear Of deprsda
tons at the Three Forks Of the Owyhee a
any moment.