The New York herald., 1878-07-03
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.
PLAN OF OPERATIONS AS laid DOWN By
GENERAL TERRY.
INK rELEGRAPa TO THE HERALp.l

GENERAL TERRY
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
wAsnIsGroS, July .. 1s7s
General A. H. Terry, commanding the Department
OF Dakota. has submitted to General Sheridan copy
OF his letter OF instr ucons to General SturGs for his
operations In the fold during the summer General
Sturgis command Will comprise tho companies OF
the Seventh cavalry under command OF Lieutenant
Colonel Elmer OTIS and Majors Joseph G, Tniord
and Lewis Merrill, OF that regiment Of Major Henry
n. LszelIss' companies OF the First Infantry and Ma
jor Charles G. Barietts two companies OF the Elcv
enth Infantry. Tho two other companies OF the
Seventh cavalry Will join the column In the field rs
soon as the Cheyenne prisoners now a, Fort Abraham
Lincoln are removed TO some point In the south or
Indian Territory.
sruRGIs' LINE OF MARCH
General Sturgs will proceed with sixteen compa-
nics TO Bear Butte In DAKOTA, on tho northeastern
ccge OF the Black Hills country, and establish u per-
mauent camp NJ the point selected BY Lieutenant
Colonel Sheridan, Of General Sneridans staff AS al
ready published In the HERALD. The camp will form
the base OF operations and will be garrisoped by the
Infantry troops under command OF Major Lazse,
who was during the late war Colonel OF
tho Sixteenth New York cavalry and all supplies for
the leld parties will DO drawn from there. General
Sturgis VIII locate his own headquarters there ana
droct the operations OF the cavalry, which will be
formed into scouting parties OF such size tho
cumstances demand, and institute thorough sys-
TEN OF rsconn oissance in all directions from that
point. ON The northwest II will be necessary
do more than cover the ground 10 connect with tho
command At Little Missouri River under General
Bradley, who has the most OF the Third cavalry wmh
him some eighty miles northwest Of Deadwood to
the Eorthw ward OF Bear Butte.
WATCHING SIOUX.
rOc man 1 hat str nd ak n
reconn distances be vol pushed to the north, aud
especially into tho region about Slim Buttes, Tor that
Is strongly believed 10 be iavore rendezvous OF the
hostile Sioux, and especially OF those passing back
and forth between Sitting Bull and the Red Cloud
and Spotted Tail Indians. Recent adviccs from The
frontier state that General Miles, commanding on
the Yellowstone, has been directed to clear
tho country To the southeast OF his line by thorough
and frequent scouts and connect his Operxons with
those OF General Bradley on the Little Missouri This
disposition has been fully approved by General Sher
idan and tho authorities here. and It is believed. will
afford ample protection to the Black Hills country,
which she hostes declare to bo their objective point,
FURTaEE FIGHTING REPORTED IN SOUTHEAST
ERN oREGoN-oTHER BANDS JOINING THE
HosTILEs.
SAN FRAScisoo July 2 1878.
Wipnemucca despatch says-Ch,ct Natchez and
his cousin Jerry, Interpreter, came In yesterday.
Thcy state thot the Of hostes do not exceed
thirty lodges OF Bannocks, Eagle Eyo's band Of
wcysare and party OF Snakes. some OF whom were
determined TO escape at the nrst opportunity About
throe hundred OF the warriors are well armed, and
some two hundred others havc poor guns and bows
aud arrows
FIGHTING IN JOHN DAY vALLEY-rRooPs NEEDED.
Portland despatch states TINT Governor Ch adwick
,vaht 4 tha f0ll wyuOf faio
CANYON CITY, Ore, June 29 1878.
Our scouting purity s surrounded by Indians and
are fighting on the South Fork OF John Day River
The Indians are pouring into John Day Valley. rho
militia lorce 10 not sufficient 10 protect and IL IN
lhs rear OF the Indians. There troops In our
valley. We have but few arms snd but little
munton. Order the State militia odtntoiy 10 our
assistance Forward arms and ammunition with an
escort 10 arm our citizens; raise them al Dailos II
Captain Grant County Home G yards
wAHM STRING INDIANS DissArisyiED.
A gentleman whs has just arrived at Portland from
the Warm Spring Agency reports that Tho Indians
there very much dissa.isa Geo. and that some are
talking OF dining the nostiles
ExcITEMRSr AMONG sRrTLERs
A second Portland despatch states . letter just re-
ceived here from Hcppner, Uma.ia county, dated
June %, says:-"Groat excitement prevails in this
neighborhood relative to tho Indian troubles. News
has just bssn received hero that the Indians have
made an attack Canyon City. No particulars arc
known. Parties havc commenced moving their
families 10 places OF safety.
UNATLLAs HosriLRs.
ssIhc UmatilIa Indians have put their women and
children tho reservation and Joined tho hosiiles.
Everybody Is expecting general uprising and pro-
Ionged war;"
CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN IDAHO--A oENRRAL
INDIAN WAR THEEATEHEp.
WAsRSGroS, July 2, 1878
Delegate Fem, OF Idaho, has received letters and
kilograms from has constituents setting forth the
condition OF Affairs In that section OF tho country as
very serious. They represent that In his Territory
alone, and In the portion Of Oregon I'm
mediateiy bordering on It, IRON 1000 to
1900 hostile Indians are virtually committed
to war and somo Of them already ariving horses
aud cattle. The bcef from tho cattle they arc
dryug for future USE The iortrosscs into which they
Can retreat inaccessible any portion OF tho
territory which Tho Nodocs occupied In their famous
war.
GENERAL WAR THREArENED.
Mr. Fem says shat, IRON hts intimate knowledge OF
tho country aud OF tho Indans he Is convinced that
the Indian will DO almost general one. lie
believes IL will assume much larger proportions and
that II can be thoroughly suppressed before tho
advent OF next ana the disappearance OF tho
grass on which the Indians iced their pon.os
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.