The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-09
RED RovERs.
Progress Of the Indian War in
the North West.
The Very Latest up to the Hour. of Go.
ing to Press.


hostiles strongly fortified twenty-fv.
miles from Cafion City, waiting to Civ,
Howard battle. Howard g forces wer'
expected up to engage the hostiles OF
the morning of the 9th. There art
about 600 Indians all told, supposed
to be 1 900 armed"
Gov. Chadwick telegraphs from Una.
tilla 9th: Arrived here to-day. Have
here probably 40 men for service.
From a letter from Lot Livermore,
of Pendleton, dated the 5th, 1 learn
that scout returned to Pendleton and
reported that "A full force of Snakes
were encamped on Camas Prairie; that
company of volunteers numbering
about 40 left on the 9TH under Capt.
Sperry in search Of the enemy. There
was one company of infantry and one
OF cavalry in camp near Pendleton, and
two more companiesof cavalry expected
on the 9th.
A letter from Mr.. Turner dated the
9Th, stated that 100 volunteers are at
Pilot Rock, about 1S miles from Camas
Prairie, having scouts out, and win re-
main until the soldiers go forward. If
these reports are correct we will hear
in day or two of the result.
The following dispatch is also re-
ceived: Headquarters, Department of
the Columbia, in Field July 9Th, Col.
Frank Wheaton, I'd Infantry, Walla
Walla: Gen. Howard directs me to say
that you will Immediately hire a steam
boatand equipit with artillery and patrol
the Columbia river, in order to inter-
cept the hostiles, should they attempt
to cross from their present location to
the Indians on the north, for John
Days river, near the mouth of Granite
creek. If they continue moving north
ward they will strike the Columbia
river somewhere about the mouth of
Willard creek They may, however,
turn eastward passing by the head of
McKay's creek and keep to the left of
Grand Ronde. You will keep bright
outlook in order to strike them as soon
as they get into your neighborhood.
Gen. Howard is with the cavalry and
will follow on the trail; Sanford has
been ordered from Malheur to report to
Grover; Egbert has been ordered from
Boise and is making fast time on the
stage road northward. n
TVha TTmatslIa TnIsonc baxya ;ospad
the hostiles and are stealing horses and
are moving with them. The trail indi-
Gates very large number of Indians
with about 1000 horses. 4GA
(Signed) Col. MASON.
Gov. Chadwick, who is now at Una
tilla, telegraphs here under date of the
7th inst,, as follows: The volunteers
under Capt. S. Perry, fifty strong, were
defeated at Willow Springs, thirty
miles south of Pendleton, yesterday.
Capt. s. Perry is killed, and nearly all
of the command are killed or wounded.
We can hear Of but seven left. Two
scouts have just arrived from Gen.
Howards headquarters, with dispatch
from Col. Mason to Gen. Wheaton.
Gen. Howard was twenty miles from
Camas Prairie this morning and would
go on to-day. Howard told the scouts
that the Indians would cross the Col
umbia between Lewiston and Dalles,
and possibly go out by the Grande Rond.
Bernard is with Howard. Maj. Throck-
morton has command of the compa-
nies from Walla Walla, which are re-
ported to be near Campas Prairie, hav-
ing all left Pendleton for Pilot Rock,
on Birch creek. This point is about
fifteen miles from Pendleton and eigh.
teen miles from Camas Prairie, where
the. Indians are in force, about 1000
strong 1t looks as IL we were near a
crisis.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceiyed here by a Umatilla courier, ad-
dressed to Gov. Chadwick: ."'We are
in great danger here from Indians.
Our troops that went to the front from
here fifty strong. were attacked to-day
at Willow Springs, and from those who
have got in, there must be one half, If
not two-thirds, killed. OF those who
are in, three men are wounded, and
they report several others wounded be-
fore they got out. We have about 300
men here and not one-half of them are
armed. One hundred soldiers left here
at z O'Clock this evening to go to the
relief of our men.
San Francisco, July S.-A Portland
dispatch says the following dispatch
has just been received here from Gov.
Chadwick; "Umatilla, July 8, 10:3C
a. m. Maj. Kress went down the river
on the steamer Spokane, to Cayote sta
tion, fifteen miles below this place.
Two miles this side of the station he
found the hostile Indians crossing with
a large number of horses. He ran upor
them. Some of the horses returned tt
the Oregon, side, others crossed tht
river. The Major made an attack or
the Indian camp and destroyed it and
everything about it, including all the
canoes. A number of saddle blankets
and buffalo robes were found at the
camp. Squads Of hostiles have been II
sight all morning with stock. Scout
are out. Gen. Howard was at Pilo
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