The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-06-20
BORDER HORRORS.
The Red Fiends Of Idaho
Growing Fearless.
SHOSHONE BRAVES PREPARING FOR
SCENES OF BLOOD.
An Attack Upon Camp Harvey Expected
To-Day.
a Repetition of Last Years Ter.
rible Massacres Anticipated.
BORDER HORRORS.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1s.-A Portland
dispatch says: \ dispatch received at mil.
itary headquarters states that about 800
hostile Indians have started tOwanl Camp
Hamey, in this state, and that they are re-
ceiying accessions as they march. General
Howard has given instructions to send
Miles command, now en- route to Harvey,
with all possible haste.
SARAH wISSENCCCA,
who recently escaped from the hostilcs at
Stems Mountain, reports that one of the
Indian scouts claims 10 have killed Buffalo
Horn, the Bannock chief. Sarah says their
leader was killed in a skirinish with cit
liens in which the scout was engaged.
THE sHosHoNEs on THE WAR PATH.
An Austin Nevada, dispatch SAYS rumor
is current in town that the ShoshOnes have
left Smoky Valley in body and gone
north headed for BeonaWe, on the Central
Pacific Railroad. IL is supposed they are
on the way TO Join the hostile Bannrks.
These Indians have always been treated
well 10y the whites and cannot have any
grievances against the white people. They
must in their route north cross the Central
Pacific Railroad somewhere between Battle
Mountain and Palisade
AFTER POWDER AND LEAD.
A large number of Shoshones from Bel
mont, Eureka and Valleys here ostnsibly
in attendance on fandango, endcaymed to
purchase powder and lead in large eaanti-
ties but were refused by the storekeepers,
who in some instances were warned by
officers against selling ammunition ~ the
Indians. These Indians have now nearly
all left, going in various directions.
The Piutes are quiet, but very inausitiye
about the war, which they profess todeplore.
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER ANTICIPATED.
A Silver City dispatch says Chief Winnie
mucca has returned to Bernard and Whip
pies camp, on the Owyhce River. IL says
the hostiies are killing hundreds Of cattle,
and leaving the Carcasscs to rot. The hos.
tiles have lett STEMS Mountain and
are moving tTxard Harvey Valley thence
10 Matthews agency and Snake river, and
will probably keep on until they effect a
junction with the Columbia River Indians
which addition TO their forces will, they
calculate, enable them to sweep the coun.
Try. They are determined TO retain the
Piutcs prisoners until they can gen sufi.
cient number of arms from the whi1c men
they kill to aras them.
EAGAS Is REBELLIOuS
and horses and arms have been taken away
from him and his Indians. Camp Harvey
will probably be captured by the Indians
tomorrow, and if 50, there will be terri.
riblc slaughter Of the whites congrcgatrd
there for protection. Nothing has been
heard rom Howard since yesterday. fine
docs not effect junction with Stewards
forces, the party accompanying him from
Camp Lyon could easily be captured by the
savages.
The general situation is quite critical
and massacrcs that will be pcrpctrated lid
fair 10 exceed in numbers those of the Me-
Pcrccs war.
TROOPS on THE MARCH.
DFDwooD d. r., June 1S.-Five COM
panies of cavalry and four of infantry. under
command of Gen. l., y, Bradley, for the
Black Hills post, camped to-day near the
Bcltourche, about thirty miles from here.
The commands progress northward has
been much retarded by frequent and heavy
rains and bad roads.
A JUNCTION FORMED,
SAN Francisco, June lS.--A Boise CITY
dispatch says Captain Bernard arrived at
the Owyhee, crossing three miles above the
mouth, yesterday, with his company Of cav.
airy Captain Whipple with his two com.
,,anics joined here. General Howard is
supposed to he twenty miles in advance,
Wimcmucca, the Pluto chief, came into
Captain Bcrnard's camp last night, bring
ing with him small party Of his men,
wlNNEMrCCA's STORY.
Winncmucca tells singular story regard.
ing the designs of the hostilcs, rs lis
daughter saw it.
A dispatch was received here last night
from Baker City, Oregon, saying the hos.
tiles had raided Burnt River yesterday, Sto.
len twenty head of horses and proba-
bly, did other mischief Captain Bardies
company of cavalry left here early this
p. 1. II,