The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-10-02

lHc UttS appears TO nave Degdu at tIiht
time. Subsequently they became more
violent, turning out Agent Meeker and
threatening his life.
The Interior Department in consequence
urged on the Secretary of War the use of
necessary troops to arrest the ring leaders
and restore order at the agency. Necessary
orders We're issued to General Sheridan and
Major Thornburg was charged with the mis-
sion, where he met with his lamentable
tate.
MAJOR THOMAS T. THoRNBURG.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Thomas T. Thornburg,
the brave young officer who was killed was
thirty-fonr years old, and leaves wife and
three children. He was nephew of Sen
ator ThornDurg, of Knoxville, Tennessee.
He was native of that State, and was ap-
pointed to West Point Academy in 1868.
He graduated in 1867, and after spending
some months in Europe went to the
frontier and served until 1871, and he was
elected Professor of Military Science m
East Tennessee University. Here he re-
manned two years, when he returned to the
army. He was commissioned as Major of
the Fourth Infantry in 1873, and since then
has served at Fort Steele.
CAPTAIN J. SCOTT PAYNE,
now in command of the remnant of the ex-
pedition, is native of Virginia, but en-
tered West Point from Missouri He grad
uated in 1866, and was appointed Second
Lieutenant in the Fifth Cavalry.
FEARS FOR GENERAL TYNER.
General Tyner left Chicago about week
ago with Colonel George P. Burnside for
North Park. Colorado, to hunt deer, and
Qc RI tboir fafx WI Ia ,of nd
less, are probably premature, as both are
experienced and we'll acquainted with that
country. -
GOVERNOR PITKIN INTERVIEWED.
DENVER, COL, Oct. 2.-Governor Pitkin has
been interviewed. He said Indian troubles
has been brewing all summer. Bands OF
Utes had been wandering up and down the
country leaving trail of fire wherever
they went.
Four White River emissaries were here
recently for two days. They seem greatly
dissatisfied. There are three tribes. the
other two being Uncompahgres, of whom
Ouray is chief, and the Southern Ules,
located at Pagosa Springs. There are a
little over three thousand in the three
tribes, over one thousand of them being
men able to bear arms.
There were eight or ten white men and
probably five or six women at the White
River Agency. In all probability Agent
Meeker and the Others have been killed.
lie had no means of escape, as the troops
were attacked on the only road by which
he could escape, and the ambush was but
twenty-five miles from the agency. If his
life is spared it is because Douglas did not
join in the assault, aud may protect Meeker
to prevent the destruction of the tribe by
the Government.
NO ADvICEs TO NOON.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Up to 1890 p. m.
neither the War Office nor the Interior De.
partment had received any further infor.
nation concerning the Indian fight at M ilk
River.
PROBABLE MASSACRE AT WHITE RIVER.
OMAHA, Oct. 2.-It is now almost abso
lutely certain that Agent Mecker and all
the whites at the White River Agency have
been killed.
REINFoRCEMENTs FORWARDED.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-The following has
just been received here:
ChAShuOt ALLsJ WV. - OtucTdl T.. ~
Townsend, Washington: We have nothing
new this a. m. from the Department of the
Platte. M....-
General Merritt was to have started this
morning from Rawlins with over five hun
dred men.
'Six companies of the Seventh Infantry
from TT. Smelling and other companies
from different points will reach Rawlins to.
morrow and will follow up General Mer-
ritt.
'These additional troops will make his
strength. exclusive of Major Thornburg's
command, over nine hundred men, and
with it about eleven hundred.
General Crook, who left here this morn
ing for the West, thinks this will be suffi-
cient. have notified him that can give
him another regiment. Duplicate sent to
Secretary of War at Keokuk, Iowa.
'PH. SHERIDAN"