The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-08-29
BAD BANN0CKS.
They Attack q Wagon Train and
Had X Surrounded at Last
Accounts.
Strong Probability That Those in
Charge of the Train Have
Been Killed.
A Portion Of the Bannocks Again on
the WaF-Pa.h, and Treub,s
Feared.
BROKEN IOOsE AGAIN.

. again in Idaho. How many there are oil
/ them on the warpath. or how far their de
predalions will extend before they are rout,
ed en- not be stated I'LL further advices
Col George l. Soup and his partners do,
I perhaps, the largest general merchandise
onSlLe'S IN the ter'it"ry' supplying Inc
mining camps ana farming anu heruins
Population over a rauius OF .one Tnhcreds
"a ni'''' H.o"iu ''1'-io" my. "e IA III
mas three -torer, one al Salmon ,lty, AT the
junction OF the Salmon and lemhish rivers
'rb. latter /. h.,,.r L,n,vp nc tho Mormon
iorh oil the salmon river, IRON the Tact that
its valley was inhabited by that sect some
v.,r- .go ON .ccnun, of iIs su;tahiI;,y fr
- "
go siCu H. - a'@' "
MADE III TOO WARM FOR THEM
Shoup Il Co., have another store at Challls,
in Round valley, about sixty miles above
Salmon City, on the Salmon river, and one
at Bonanza All of their goods are trans
ported in wsgon-trains from Oneida, Idaho,
the terminus Of the Utah and Northern mar
row gauge railroad, a distance OF three hun
dred mi!es, going in northwesterly direc-
ton.
\ reporter interviewed Col. Shoup day
or so ago and hal talk with him on the
condition of affairs In that ctlon. he
said that they were pref y squally, just now
Judging from
COUPLE OF TELEGRAMs
which he had received one at Omaha and
one on his arrival At Chicago the evening
before. lie then showed the reporter tie
following dispatch:
T.. C,lf
h sn91P, Shieas1; nleaaenning writes y, ,s
Narrows, Torry-five miles from ChalIIs, by
thirty Indians. McCaieb ana skeletons arty,
,si T3 81, McS,iah a. sidIad
Lieut.. Wilson with twenty-five men 20 10
their relief. FRED J, KIEstL Co.
The other dispatch was OF exactly the
same purport.
The Colonel then gave the following
statement Of the situation: Glendenning,
tine man who forwarded the information,
wa. Lis brother law. SHELTON was in
charge OF the train. McCaleb, the man
who MAS reported killed, was his partner
in charge OF the store at Challis. kiesel x
Co. were their agents at Oneida. How il
happened that McCaleb was with the train,
he couldn't surmise, unless he had gone out
from Challis To meet il. Ii was impossible
10 say, from the nleagre details gwen,
whether any NOR Vi :',e pri'y "eie A.tieu
OF not iHef hau ssiuen''y 'h'o"H 'Heif
wagons 'oSS 7'iief anu were
MAKING A FIGHT OF IT.
1t appeared from the di-patch that there
were on, about thirty Indians in sight.
The train was worth between 5000 and
$4,000 He didE'. mind the loss OF the
Il.
but the death OF his friend and partner
grieveI him. He was a brave and honest
man who had been with the firm most Of
the time for twelve years, and a member of
il siace the establishment of the store at
Cha!lis Skelin. the man in charge OF the
tram. WAS a rlan devoid of fear, and of a
constitution that could withstand anything
lie had been caught on the horn OF an en-
ragged OK at one time and torn most frie ht-
fully. The norm entered his neck, passing
INTO his mouth and coming out beneath one
ot his ewes, tearing his outlet and windpipe
away. cutting the roots of his tongue off,
aud tearing out the side of his face. The
doctors managed 10 get his face back into
some sort Of shape and sew it up, and he re-
covered The Use of his tongue SO that he
could
SWEAR WITH HIS USUAL FLUENCY;
nut lie couian enc" anythihs an MS looi
pvihs taken III AZ lns th'oa' ms was 'he
ihah III charse ~, "l t'e Tram Lieut. iiSoi
vas a ."uns oiiicei s.h' uP ~ Id! ou'
i"au ifoui ""iil1H Wy 10 LIN NY nc
hau lus' returned from gong over the route
before ne VOL ohoup) ie', ana hau ar
ranged 10 20 up 70 .haii!S ior a week OF
Two, an at'Sch oe'nS an'ici'a rt lie mao
only twel'e men WIN nun; Inc statement
oil the disPatch mat he had ~enty-h'e
men indicated 'ha' some o. me residents oil
Iha!iiS went win MN: !hey could reaeh
tne scene oil 'iie conii,St ID Gay roe.
ne p!aoe ca, AZ ,he N"rrU"s was on Dig
i.o7' river. Ine inui""s' ne saiu, were
pahi 70 s''i propao,y d PORTION oI 'liore
'Ii a. Ven iio~aiu hau pye" oiass aooc'
al summer. II was po = !la' 'l'ey were
oe.A0'i'iient rom .he ienu'iS agency;
Poruph oi 'he 'rioe nau ce' IL very h'uc =, III
o :. 10 se' up " uis'ui uahce' pu' Nhiei
isnuais, VINO was iaithiui ifieud oi .he
Hhit : had sncoeed IN keeping them qnie'.
some time 40 the 'Iioe mad started lor me
pun'io country ana IL was JI>t po'Sioie
'hat Pa't oi 'he'h haa sePifa'eu from 'he
rest ara were
STARTING OFT on THEIR OWN HOOK
to plumber AMI murder; 1pon the receipt
oil the news at omaha ne had ielegraphed
to C'pinn Hamilton at Fort Hall, on the
Snake river, eighty miles southeast OF the
point oil attack, 10 send relief IL possible.
lie would have started back at once, him.
sell, out wanted 10 nave 'aik win uen-
Sheridan ABOUT 'he necessity q more
troops In that section, Sna so came on In