Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-07-25
-,opp INDIAN DEPREDATI0Ns.
From the Muscular Extras: -
CORVALLIS, July is,

.r"a,osdav morning. Jerry Fahey camp
:, there the night before with his lralh on
~ vav to Gibbonyille. lie slept IN the
~ ,,;th another man and left the cargo
~ 10 R,odeett's house. The Indians visit
.ho PREMISES about daylight, and helped
~ ,o,,sal yes to what they wanted. Jerry
' s,a N and saw six Indians as they were
a;s.nnearing over the hills. 1t is a remark
s,lo thing that they did not discover Fa-
sov Men are securing the upper country
~ tho Indians. 1t is probable that it is the
,.,no Marty that were at Sun river. Dear
Sar, Deem and Rock creek. People are
t,rted up in the valley.
I
From Bill Keves, the Bitter Root stage
driver. we learn the following particulars:
When Fuhey awoke, he heard the In
1jans talking, and he, together with a COM
naniou, laid low till the Indians went away,
and then they struck for Corvallis for as
sistancc. Subsequent examination showed
tho Indians had taken away one hundred
nonnds of o and a small key of whisky.
They had broken into the other packages,
but did not take anything else. They drove
off the pack mules belonging to the train.
Frank See and John Poole had bands OF
horses running in the hills, and it is thought
they are captured.
The Indians then went up the valley to
the Doolittle ranch; got up there at ten
o'clock. found three mtn-Robert Bell
Wilson. and Il third man, whose name is
unknown. The men were eating dinner.
Ten Indians walked into the house, aud
professed to be friendly. The men watched
their opportunity and struck for the brush,
which they reached. The third man was
struck with "a dubbed gun as he left the
house. and severely cut in the back !; Will
son was shot through the arm Bell es-
capped unhurt. The whites had II needle
gun and one muZzle loader. with winch
they stood them Oft. Some fifteen or TWEEN
ty shots were fired altogether. The In
dams then ran off the stock. and started up
towards Roses Hole.
Lieut.. Wallace and twenty soldiers are in
the neighborhood of Roses Hole, and ar
engagement is expected. Ten men started
ON Wednesday afternoon to Wallace's as.
s%istance, and were followed soon after by
six more.
AS 10. Parlee, who is now here in scarcl
of arms. aud Il party of eight men were re
turning !rem Ba:nnaek on Wednesday morn
ing, they met Lieut.. Wallace and compan,
II miles this side of Roses Hole. II
thinks they are probably now at the foot Q
Big Hole mountain.
M1ssoULA, July ia courier dispatcI
has just arrived from Stevensville with
letter to Eddy, Hammond & Co, Stain
news had come in from the citizen party c
fourteen who were following the Indian:
They ran upon them suddenly, and had
brush with them. Jerry Fahey and II ma
named Cooper were ahead of the rest OF tn
party, and are supposed to have bee
killed.
There are about forty of these Indian
They are driving a large herd of horse
and appear to be in no hurry TO get ava.
The Flatheads in Bitter Root are. anxious
81 ite Vic nOstileS, Uul Wtub White LII
to go with them.
There now appears no doubt that the Il
dlans who have committed the recent mu
ders and robberies were Nez Perces retur
ing to Idaho. This is assured, as they we
particular to inquire il their last yictiu
We're i'll the Big Hole battle. They al
nearly all talked good English. There
nope that the numbering party may be owe
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