The Portland daily press., 1879-10-08
THE INDIANS.
--latest from the Front.
MAJOR THORNBURGH'S COMMAND
SAFE.

RAwLINs, Oct 7, 2.40 p. ma letter receiv-
ed this morning from Lieut.. Price at Fortiica-
ton Creek, bearing date of the Sd, says: 81
can stand-off 800 Indians. A company Of 9th
Cavalry so strong, reached Payne yesterday
morning, I'd inst"
From the above, which is entirely reliable,
there is probably no doubt but that Payne
command still exists. The news creates a
by Lieut. Price to his wife, and the above is
all the war news it contained
The Worst Believed to be Over.
CHICAGO. Oct. IA special from Denver
s'It's curious fact that though the Indian
scare prevails throughout the state, no casual
ties are reported since Thornburghs fight.
Con. Pitkin appealing to Gen. Pope for aid
SAYS he needs 10000 rounds of ammunition
that dispatches from Leadville say that the
Indians are driving mixers away from a camp
within thirty miles of there. He had ordered
picked rifemen sent to defend the settlers, and
hold the military at Deadwood until it is APP
parent what the'Indians intend,to do. The Gov
ernor says there is no government troops at
Denver. and he receives appeals for arms and
troops which he cannot supply. Gen. Pope
teIegrrphs that he will cover the country with
troops in twenty-four hours. Nobody knows
what the Indians are doing, but it is believed
the worst is over"
Who is Responsible for the Massacre?
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-The papers today publish
vouminous dispatches and correspondence,
giving full history of the Ute Indian trouble
which led to the sending of Major Thornburgh
to White River Agency. From this it appears
in the first place, that the Indian bureau did
not furnish the military department VITA full
particulars as to the nature and extent of the
troubles, leaving Generals Sheridan, Pope,
Crook and others SO much in the dark that
they had no apprehension of trouble with the
Utes Notwithstanding this fact, Gen. Crook s
orders to Major Thornburgh to proceed to the
| assistance of Agent Meeker are accompanied
| by words of caution, which, if the young Major
| had observed with due care, he would not have
| fallen into the ambush Of the willy savages.
| The blame, therefore, for the catastrophe to
| Thornburgh's command. was first upon The
Indian Bureau for not fully stating to the
Military Department the dangers likely to be
met, but mainly upon Thornburgh himself for
not exercising more care and placing less con-
tidence in the protested friendship of the Ute
| Chiefs.
Miners Organizing for Their Own Safety.
DENVER, Col, Oct. THE excitement in
| Leadvile continues. A courier from Eagle
| river reports that the miners there have organ
lied TO defend themselves. from the Indians.
| Governor Pitkin telegraphed Sunday to Gen.
| Wilson at Leadvlle that Chief Ouray has no.
titled the whites that he (Ouray) is powerless,
| and advises them to protect themselves. Gov.
! Pitkin inquired of Wilson if he could fur
nish men from Leadville, to which Wilson
states that he could furnish ,00 men at an
| hours notice if arms and ammunition were
| provided
Utes appeared about four miles from Red
| Cliff Sunday afternoon. They have driven Off
| the miners from Battle Mountain, most OF
whom came to Leadvill , bringing with them
their women and children from Red Cliff. The
men at Red Cliff Immediately began the con-
| struction of block house. But there are only
nine guns and four revolvers in the whole
party at Eagle City, which if Red Cliff falls
will be the Utes' next point of attack. There
are rs men with ten guns there
An appeal has been circulated at Leadvlllo
for arms, and party leave this evening with
borrowed rifles and shot guns. Forty stand of
arms with ammunition will arrive tonight
| from Denver. At Kokomo, twenty miles from
Leadvile, 400 indians are prowling in the
| woods, SAID to be Southern Utes.
An indignation meeting will be held al
| Denver tomorrow evening to denounce the
| course of the Eastern press concerning the In.
dian outbreak, especially in regard to Agent
Meeker, who has suffered for the sins of his
| predecessors.
RAwL1Ns, Oct, News was received Fri
day from Lieut.. Prince that company of cavalry
fifty strong. reached Payne's command on the
morning of the I'd inst. The news creates g
great deal of rejoicing.
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