Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-10-31

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Los PINos, COL, Oct. Is, VIA DEL NoRTE,
Col. Oct. Il. (
General A iams, special Commissioner of
the Interior Department to effect the release
of the women and children captured at the
White River Agency accompanied by Count
Dornhof, of the German Legation at Wash
ington, reached Ouray's house last night,
and came to the Agency this morning. He
leaves Immediately for the White River coun-
try under escort OF fifteen Utes, commanded
by Chief Saperno. Douglass is encsmped
about 100 miles from here. If the women are
given up he will probably return in six days.
Chief Ouray is doing all in his power to assist
Adams, and there is fair prospect that the
women will be Immediately surrendered on
his reaching the lndian camp. A runner in
yesterday reports them safe and kindly treat
ed by Douglass.
Tucson, Ar, Oct. q.
A Silver City, N. NJ, letter says of the
slaughter on the 18th: Arriving at the scene
of the tragedy we found sixteen persons dead.
We buried them. Five others were known to
have been killed. We have found no Indians.
About $50 Apachee scouts, lately with Colonel
Morrow in New Mexico, have returned to
Arizona, their time of enlistment having eX-
pired. They refused to re-enlist. This prob
ably gave rise to the rumor that Indian
scouts had deserted and Joined the. enemy.
Governor Wallace is now at Los Vegas. 1t is
now believed Victoria's band is trying to go
through by the Burro Mountains to Mexico.
| Colonel Morrow says he has troops enough to
whip Victoria, but it will take two months to
| do it. He needs couple of light howitzers.
| Volunteers are being raised at Mesilla and
Los Cruces. In the fight of the 18th the Me
silla and Los Cruces company, numbering
| thirty, were massacred by 100 Indians. only
one man, Hicks, escaping. Stages leave here
regularly Tor the East as though there was no
| trouble.
TUCSON, A. T., Oct. "a.
A special to the Star from Silver City, N.
1 NJ
committed by the Indians since the 18th. The
reports are that Victoria's band has divided,
! one party going IN the direction of the Florida
mountains and the other for Burr's mount aims
| Captain Boyer has issued warning to all set
| tiers on the Upper Gila to be on the alert,
that there is great danger ahead; Major
| Morrow is in hot pursuit of Victoria
with 300 soldiers. The citizens of Silver Coun-
| ty have organized, and fifty men, well
equipped, are ready to move at any moment.
YANKToN, Oct. "a.
Information from the Indian country is that
last Friday fiftY-six lodges of Munneconjon
| Sioux, under Chief Burntface, left the Chey-
enne Agency and started out on the war path.
The only depreciation thus far reported is a
| pro6tless raid on the Black Hills wagon train.
Companies of the Eleventh Infantry are in
! pursuit.
RAwLINs, Oct. 25.
A courier just in with dispatches from Gen.
eral Merritt's camp on the White River re-
ports that General Charles Adams, United
States Peace Commissioner, came into Mer-
ritt's camp on the morning of the oath with
the women and children of the Meeker and
Price families. The captives were unharmed
and had not been subjected to any insult or in
Jury. Tee Indians desire peace, and claim to
have been forced into the outbreak. The
terms of surrender have been forwarded to
Washington.
Scout P. Moon came into camp on the oath.
He had been attacked by dozen Indians and
corralled all night, escaping with difficulty.
The camp is surrounded by small bands of In
dians who are running off horses and lying in
wait for stragglers. The body of the chief OF
scouts Hume was found by the cavalry on the
23d and buried he had been killed at the
time Lieutenant Wier fell. The body OF Lieu
tenant Weir will arrive in Rawlins about the
LIST of November.
A fight is reported at the old battle ground
on Milk Creek between the Utes and ranch
men; no particulars yet.
| OGDEN, Utah, Oct. q.
The mail from Uintah Agency arrived a.
Green River this evening with dates from the
agency of the 23d. The reported uprising o
Uintah Utes is false. No trouble had occurred
with them up to that date.