Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-13
Indian Outbreak
The following telegram has been received at
Army Headquarters:


CHICAGO, Oc;. II.
Gent. " I. Sherman Washington:
No EeWs from Merritt. General Cook Iela.
gsaphs that he has head FROM U!ntsh Utes
that they are quiet aud will not Din the hcStlles.
fiom Mr.. Beaumont. Anmas City, that Agent
Page, Of Southern Ute sganoy, has gone to get
his employees; that ho Was afraid of his life and
would leave the agency.
1t ia little strange that this telegram should
come from MIR. Beaumont, of Anlmss City. in.
stead OF the agent himself, who IS good man
AID Was an officer Of the army during the war.
Therefore | am not disposed to credit the IL
| formation. l.. Ii. SHERIDAN, T.. Gen.
| RAWLINs, Wy, T.. October I'm idnight.
-Rumor5 arc current here to night, aud are
authenticated by Information obtained direct
from General Merritt's commard through
citizen named Duffy, who left tho command
% Thursday morning that ever siDca General
| Merritt reached Payre's command he has been
| fighting the Indlars. The savages seem de.
terminei to keep tho troops from rea,hiDg The
| egepcy aud have fortified them selves in a COM
maodug position. They have constructed
line Of toru6oatiors Gu! Of rocks. They are con-
tiaually at work strengthening their position,
AID TO dso dgo them will require additional
force.
CcloaeI Bracket. of tie Thru cavalry. with
Q detachment Of six conpaoias of caVaIry:iand
two OF Infantry Ti Leave for The front Oh Mon.
day.
Horses to m,un! tho GlSmCunted man CT
| Captain Psync's command viii Be ss1t forward
| TO morrow.
CHEYENNE, VIZ, OFT. IA courier comes
into R.wl1s with Important dispatches iron
| Merritt, the GatGrc Of which tie courier is rot
aTaTc, lXosps that mountain howzsr sra ask
| Cd for. ino courier states that heavy fighting
| has baen going On siuco Tuesday morning, ct
| that time an attempt was made 10 dislo8ga the
lcdiars. who was located IN commanding bluffs.
Their position proved too strong. The whole
t0lc, oi troops WIS brought cut aud the ICdia1s
ratired to liae ct natural Publications, about
three miles rearer the agency. General Mefi!t
t0ok advantage ofthis move aud transferred his
camp to open ground on Mix Creek, wha!e
the hostile cnu,d not reach thea from auy sur
rounding bluffs. The stencil at tie other camp
compelled them to change, and better position
was secured uear water. a reoonDoi;erlpg party
| was seat out, uuder the command OF Captain
Montgomery CT the 5h cavalry, 10 feel the
epemvs position.
| was discovered to be almost iuprcguabr,
AID csiGcacss are given that ever 5000 Iudans
were enlrenchsd there. This proves that rciG-
iorcemenls came from thsS5utheru u 20 agencies.
General Merritt posted various companies of
his cjmmaud, several of them being Infantry, on
tmlneuc3 ncer the dian lDe, and poured 10 u
h,a7y fire.. Still shot for shot wss X changed
aud lha / dams showed that they We're we'll
arutd and had ABUNDANCE of ammuGIten. ~
one time they tried to cus Of 600 company of
troopa, but Ware driven back 10 their catrelct.-
mems in hot haste. Trough field ll:sses the
Indians Gu DO seen seen pliug up rocks &c
make their poslloa more sesuIe, aud they Seem
determined 10 say. Three companies under
Lieut.. Coloptl Compton were old:red to make
dJtour aud flank the Indars. but tho nature
OF tic country prevented. The lndians knoR
every gcck, and as the road leads through cal-
yons and bluffs, hey kcoT the advantage Ct
their position. With mou otain howitz,rs Gen.
| Merritt tbltks he can drive them away. Should
their supply OF ammunition fail they would
naturally retire aud the troopsaro enticiug tncir
ti:o. Several priVates have been killed and o
number wounded One officer,a new Lieutenant,
is slightly wounded. 1t is not koow how many
Indians ale killed or wounded. The smoke from
their camp fires curs up egIlar|y. The Command
il 10 no danger OF eDnihllston, although tho
Indians sCcals numerous enough. They will
probably rfmllns on the defensive. The sit
| uailOn Ga Wednesday, night was stand eli. -
! The saVlgcs Yelled occasionally and fired stray
shots. probably TO let the troops know they wcro
still there.
Lngro numbers of Oarsy's bard ere returning
10 small parties with faded horses. aod arc thor
oughl7 iEighte ned at tho rapidiy with which
tho whites and soldiers ore marching into the
country. These returning lodiars toll Ouray
that they have been cut hunting. but they bring
no game aud did not take their squaWs, and
their trail leads directly to the northern agency.
They are evidently trying to deceived Ouray
and the whites, and hope by russ to escape
punishment and condemnation fer participation
in the outbreak which they themselves huye
probably discovered to BIO disastrous; and SEEK
to void the responsibility. Ouray conveys the
opinion by courier that tho ladies at the White
River agency aro not protected by Douglas, hu.
| ere held by the WHY chief as hcstsgas with
which to treat if coDpelled to como to terms.
Fears are general that the ladies, ev0n If alive,
have suffered lndlgoltlos OF worse, 40 Douglas
often expressed strong dcsra to have Josie
| Mceker Tor his equaw.
DENVER. Co.., Oot. 13.-The following dis.
patch was rec ivea by Gov. Pltkin. at $40 q. IN.
YESTERDAY:
LAKE CITY, COL, Oot. 10.
| To Co.. Ptkm.
Tue following trustworthy news has been re-
oStgSu HUH LIDS IloQ agency:
| Slpovancr0. ono Of the most reliable sub.
Schiefs WHO WAS sent by Oursy to tho White
River agency, after the news of the fight had
been received by hin, returned from Mix River
yesterday at II o'clock. He reports that be
saw the white men and the children at the
White liver ageDoy, 10 charge of Chief Doug-
lass; niso one OF the employees who was present
vince tbs Indians Gado tn" attack upoo The
agency. This man killed o1e adam and wound.
ed another. Sspayoaeiro thinks three or four
more employees are also alive, as their tracks
were seen around tbs agency buildiog aod they
may have fad to the woods. Father Mcektr
was killed. The report is given in the papers
that Sapsvansro and ShGvapo took part 10 the
light is uairus; and IL is aRo not snrs that chief
DJugass led the White RIVER UGes. Oaray
thinks that Jacs. White River Uic, COM
manded tbs Indians 10 the charge on ThoEu.
barRh'S command
(Sigood) LINDEN.
4 runner IL Jus: in feom the Soulhern Ut,