Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-19
INDIAN WAR NEWS!
THE LATEST AaMv MOVEMENTS
DESIGNS OF THE HosTILEs.
HUNDREDS OF HORsEs'kaD CATTLE KILLED.
Description Of some OF the csiefs.

BOISE CRY, Idaho, June IL.
Captain Bernard's command arrived at
the Owyhee crossing, three miles above the
mouth, yesterday, with his company of
cavalry. Captain Whipple, with Lis two
companies, came up and joined him. Gen
eral Howard is supposed to be 20 miles in
the advance at Rinehart's stone house
crossing Of the Mallieur.
A Winnemucca Piute chief came into
Captain Bernard's camp last night. bring
ing with him a small party Of his men.
The interpreter, Jerry, being with them.
Winnemucca and his party tell the follow
ing story in regard to the designs of the
hostiles, which can be taken with many
grains Of allowance: The hostiles have
left STEMS mountain, and are moving into
Honey Lake valley, towards the agency,
intending to pass On nortllward, inclining
toward the Snake river country, until
they make a junction with the Columbia
river Indians, first going to the Umatilla,
and then to the Northern Columbia In
dians. They expect to form a junction
with the latter and make a clean sweep Of
everything, returning this way. This
band Of hostiles are composed Of Ban
nocks. Eagle Eyes band Of Weisers. and
Oils band Of Piutcs. Oils is in command
of all they have. Egan and his band Of
Piutes are prisoners, and say they will
keep them till they can, by killing white
men, get arms to arm them with. Egan
has told W~innemucca's party that he will
escape on the first opportunity. An In
dian, who escaped later and came in. says
the hostile bands have taken horses and
everything from Egan and his party, ard
are holding them as close prisoners. lie
says they declare they are going direct to
Harvey, and take that post. Jerry also
SAYS the hostiles have killed hundreds Of
cattle and horses in the vicinity Of
STEMS Mountain. leaving them where kill
ed. Captain Bernard has sent a courier
to General Howard with this news. His
and Whipples' two companies, three caval-
ry companies in all, under the command
Of Captain Bsrnard are in pursuit Of the
hostiles. Tn chief spoken OF by Winnie
mucca and Jerry, the Interpreter. will bear
the following description Eagle Eyes,
chief Of the Weisers. is an old bumped
backed, notwithstanding, one-eycd Indian.
The band numbers about seventy-five old
and young. They have always lived on
the Weiser and its tributaries. They were
once quite formidable, but occupied the
common fighting ground between the Nez
Perces and Bannocks, and were the sub
jects of spoilation from both parties, and
their numbers have gradually been re-
duced. In 1860 these and four Of Eagle
Eyes band, ambushcd many a solitary
traveller, and made them bite the dust for
the little plunder they could get. Since
the country settled up, they retired to
their ~favorite grounds in Indian Valley. on
the Little Weiser. where they lived in
comparative peace with the whites. roam
ing and fishing wherever they pleased.
Chnck, a large young Weiser Indian,
Snake by birth, was a scout last year with
Colonel Robbins for General Howard. is
considerable smarter than the average IN
dian, and understands the whole country
70 the British line, isnow with the h~ostiles.
IN Weisers never belonged to any r sser-
Walton they number only twenty-eight
warriors at the present time, Egan, sub
chlei Of the Piutes, is a large, burly look
ing Indian, Of middle-age. and is one of
the Maiheur Reservation Indians. He was
very surly last year, and the opinion was
that he would nave Joined the hostiles IL
his tribe had been willing. He wants to
be a leader, and that may be the cause OF
his troubles in the hostile camp. Oils is A
sub Piute Chief, heavy built, sharp, keen,
cunning fellow. and well calculated for n
mischievous leader. He was with the
Bannocks at Comas Prairie about four
weeks ago.
A dispatch was received here last night
by Major Mason, from the operator Al
Baker City, Oregon, and indorsed as re-
liable by G. W. Moore OF this city, who is