Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-10-23
GENERAL NEWS.

to-day: Chicago, October Ito General
Sherman: General Merritt says in a dis
patch just received that he intends to march
in pursuit OF the hostile Indians to Grand
river on the 10Th and from there to the I'm.
compallgre Agency, where he requests sup
plies to be sent. Subsequently your dis
patch of October 18th was sent to him, with
orders to obey the directions therein given,
and | presume this will stop him. Your
dispatch should have reached him on the
18th. General Merritt, and General Crook,
the department commander, are at a loss to
know what to do, and so am I. There are
1900 Or ] 900 men at White river. Their
road to the Uncompahgre agency is over
the main range of the Rocky Mountains and
is very bad, and the danger of being caught
BY the winter snow should be seriously en-
tertained.
We went to the White river agency at
the solicitation OF the Indian Bureau, whose
agent was murdered and our men killed
and wounded, and now we are left in the
heart Of the mountains with our hands tied
and the danger OF being showed in staring
us in the face. l am not easily discouraged,
but it looks as though we had been pretty
badly sold out in this business. 1t is folly
to say that the mur1erers OF the agent and
Col. Thornburg must be punished. How
are they to be punished? Who is going to
punish them, and how long are the troops
to wait at the agency for it to be done? |
will direct Crook to throw into the agency
all the supplies he possibly can, as the only
course left open.
(signed) p. II. SHERIDAN, 1t. Gent.
Since the receipt of the above dispatch
form Gen. Sheridan, he has been directed
by Gen. Sherman to withdraw the troops
under Gen. Merritt and order them to their
proper stations, leaving at the White river
agency only II sufficient number of men to
guard the government property. The
troops now at White river agency belong
to the department Of the Platte, and will
under this order, with the exception of
those left at the agency, return to their re-
spective %statious in that department. A
force will be concentrated at some point in
the Southern Ute reservation to conduct OPP
e~rations against that tribe should they fail
to deliver up the parties engaged in the kill
ing of Major Thornburg. Gen. Mckenzie,
commanding the 4th cavalry, will probably
be placed in charge OF the latter force.
The Ameer Yakoob Khan has announced
his determination to abdicate, and states
that he intended to abdicate sooner but was
d%issuaded. General Roberts has advised
the Ameer to reconsider the matter, but the
Ameer firmly adheres to his resolution.
A Madrid telegram of the 10Th says: Fur
Their foundations have occurred in the pro-
vinces of Almelia, Malaga and Alicante.
Several persons were killed and much dam
age was done to p ,operty. In the Malaga
and Alicante districts 2. 900 houses were de.
stroyed, and it is believed that 900 persons
have persisted by the floods. The damage
to property is estimated at 80, 100000 francs.
A telegram from Murcia states that SIC
bodies have already been found.
A dispatch from indiana says that 4 pack
age of papers thrown out OF the balloon
Pathfinder, has just been found.
A Cheyenne dispatch OF the goth says
The following dispatch, dated Camp On
White river. three miles north of agency,
Colorado, Oct. 18th, via of Rawlins, Wy,
Oct. goth. has been received This after
noon General Merritt and command return
ed to this point, the orders from Washing
ton being to suspend operations against the
Utes and await orders. either at White OF
Bear rivers, as negotiations for peace are in
progress. it being understood that the hos
tiles have agreed to surrender the warriors
engaged in the late depredations. 1t is
probable that the combined commands oil
Merritt and Gilbert will remain tor the pres.
cnt at this point. although nothing definite