The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
AN OUTBREAK EXPECTED.
AN OUTBREAK EXPECTED.
Reliable Information Concerning the
Feelings of the Red Men on
the Northern Border.
They Seem Inclined TO Go upon the
Warpath and Kill Everything
they Come Across.
In Which Case the Canadian Police
and United Statss Troops will
Have to be on the
Lookout.

Inform it!on Of a Trustworthy nature has
bt.u received from fO:I .utOu, Ou the NJ is
sOuIi river respecting the mos' ment of the
hostile redskins. In. close proximity OF Ft.
DearbDn To the American boundary line, and
the constant travel between this frontier
town and Fort Walsh, the principal Canadi-
AN post, has made IL an available point for
the receipt of early igence regarding the
sivages north Of The line The communica-
ton bears date June 10.
the correspondent states that the entire
force of the Canadian mounted police has
been quietly concentrated at Fort Walsh dur
ing the past month in view of impending
trouble Heretofore il mas been the policy Of
the commandant OF this mounted Iorce TO
keep the command scattered over the vast
region known a. the Canadian Northwest
territory, with a view to watching all the
movements Of the savages and TO be apprised
early IN the event that they were bent on
trouble. This policy was inaugurated by Mr..
J. W. Wash when lie WAS sent into the region
thr' years ago at the head OF police detach-
ment. and he WAS SO singularly successful
that ~ has been strictly adhered to until re-
Gently. This accomplished officer has been
East during the past winter, and during the
interim the command oI his post was given
to "a subordinate officer. Until recently de-
tachments OF The mounted police have been
stationed at Fort Mcleod, eighty miles TO the
westward. and also at the foot of the Cypress
and Wood Mountains to the eastward OF Fort
Walsh, and where the villages Of Sitting
Bull and Spotted EagIe have been situate1
during the winter. These troops have all
been endeIvoused at Fort Walsh with the
sxceptiOn ol a small force at Fort Mcleod.
This action eau be construed into nothing
but
AFFAIR Of COMING TROUBLE
with tn. savages The Indians have been
very restless for n month or two past, and
have shown no coruiality toward the Cana
dian troopers, and have been constantly
changing the location OF their Villages $. The
present camps of Sitting Bull and Spotted
Eagle are reported u be seventy miles north
from Fort Walsh, while the other bands OF
the hostiles are located between PINTO horse
buttes and Wood Mountain, at point twen-
" miles north of the boundary line.
The band OF YsnktonDai Sioux, VINO left
their agency ON the Missouri river during the
month of March, are reported 10 be in camp
close to the line south of Wood mountain.
They are under the chief Medicine Rear. and
comprise eight hundred lodges.
The movements OF the sayages, together
with the rep5rts which have reached Fort
Walsh during the past month, have caused
the commandant TO abandon the former pol
icy OF permitting the police 10 visit the camps
of the savages IN small squadrons, and II ID
state that owing 10 the fear of a raid about
the 2ith of May, none OF the troops were per-
mitIed to leave the fort during the two weeks
which followed. Owing 10 this fact the move
ments OF the sayages have not been so closely
watched, and the officers of the Canadian
troops are not as well advised rs 70 merly OF
the Location of the hostile camps. since the
assembling of the troops at Fort Walsh, the
time has been taken up in drills, and the
most elaborate preparations have been made
III view Ol tnt prOSpect tuat tue lDTcc UllSut
lie called upon Tor
IMMEDIATE SERVICE
in the field. The Indications all go 10 show
that the situation north OF the line Is not as
serene as IL has been in the past, and that the
Canadian officers are impressed with the
prospect Of trouble within their own terri
tory.
In view of the concentration of the noun
ted police force AT Fort Walsh, there are now
no troops in the country occupied by the
H1g.l Ind1 in tn fta "A
has been thought necessary TO place under
constant surveillance In the past. IL is also
declared that any sudden movement Of the
hostile Sioux south of the boundary line
could not only not be prevented by the Can
sdIan troops, but that IL would probably not
be known until some time after IL had ta-
ken place: Notwithstanding the fact that
Maj. Walsh constantly expressed the belief
that the bands under Sitting Bull and Spot
ted Eagle would not attempt to raid the set
Elements along the Missouri river, and would
not attempt mischief in any form, he cOnsid
cred II necessary 10 have them closely watch
ed, and a small body of troops remained
nearly all the time. Ii is also claimed that
the removal of the troops from the Blackfeet
region will permit the Indians of that tribe
TO kill the buffalo out Of season and contrary
10 the Canadian territorial laws, which the
was expected to reach his old post about the
18th inst. He passed through Fort Benton a
week previous His o d corps, by whom he
is greatly admired, determined upon giving
him
A ROYAL RECEPTION,
and the old post was TO be decorated on the
occasion Of his arrival. His division re-
quested, and succeeded after some difficulty
IN gaining permission To make ride across
the country TO meet him. He has in his
charge a large number of recruits.
NEz PERCEs MEDIAToRs
An officer OF the United States army, ac-
companied 10y three head soldiers OF Chief
Joseph's band, was expected to arrive at Fl.
Benton within a few days after the dispatch
OF this communication. Accompanied by
an Interpreter they will proceed to the Camp
OF Sitting Bull, and will try to induce White
Bear and the other Nez Perces Indians, who
escaped during the fight with Gen. Miles in
the Bear Paw mountains last summer, 10 re-
urn to the United States. The result of the
conference should be known within the
next three weeks. The Sd regiment United
States Infantry, passed through Fort
the crossing of the Marias river, about twelve
miles north. From this point the command
will be able to move rapidly in case any
force OF the hosfiles appear south of the line.
No buffalo have been seen south Of the Milk
river, with the exception Of a few stray bands
of old bucks, but between Milk river and the
Cypress mountains and east to Wood noun
tains they are reported to be very numer.
Gus.
II is understood that Mai. Walsh, upon his
arrival, Will recommend the redistribution
of the mounted police force, and il is possible
that the troops will be returned To their vari-
Gus posts again. IL Is known that this officer
is in favor OF the posting of a large force at
Wood mountain, where the savageS linger
more than anywhere else, and where their
movements can be more closely watched.