Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-10-14


this move and transferred his ca m
to the open ground on Milk Greek
where the hostiles could not reac
him from any surrounding bluff:
The stencil at the other camp com
PEELED the change, and better posi-
ton was secured and near water
A reconnoitering party was sen
out under command of Capital,
Montgomery, of the Fifth Cavalry
to feel the enemy's position, whel
it was discovered to be
ALMOST IMPREGNABLE,
And evidences given that over sol
Indians were intrenched there
This proves that reinforcement
came from the southern Ute Agen
cies. General Merritt posted the
various companies Of his command
several of them being com posed o
infantry which had arrived the day
before, on eminences near the In.
dian line, and poured in a heavy
| fire. Still shot for shot was eX-
changed, and tho Indians showed
that they were well armed and had
abundance of ammunition. Once
they tried to cut off one company
of troops that were driven back to
their intrenchments in hot haste.
Through field glasses the Indians
could be seen piling up rocks TO
make their position more secure.
They seem determined to stay.
Three companies under Lieutenant
Colonel Compton were ordered to
make detour and flank the Indi-
ans, but the nature Of the country
was such as to prevent its success.
The Indians know every rock, and
as the road leads through cations
audbluffs, they know
THE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POSI-.
TION.
With mountain howitzers Merritt
thinks he can drive them from
their present position. Should
their supply of ammunition fail, they
would naturally retire, and the
troops are enticing their fire. Sew
eral privates have been killed and
number wounded. One officer, a
Lieutenant, was wounded slightly.
IL Is ilOb huOW Ii IlOW
have been killed or wounded. The
smoke from their camp fires curls
up regularly. Colonel Merritts
command is In no danger of annihi-
latioD, although Indians seem nu-
merous enough to accomplish it.
The troops will probably remain
on the defensive. The situation on
"Wednesday night was "stand-
off," The savages yelled OCCASION
ally and fired stray shots, probably
to let the troops know they were
still there.
THE UTES FORTIFYING.
RAwLINs, w. t., Oct. 11.-Ru-
mors are current here tonight, and
are authenticated by information
obtained direct from General Mer-
ritt's command, through citizen
named Duffy, who left the com
mand Thursday morning, that ever
since General Merritt reached Cap
tain Payne's command he has been
fighting the Indians. The save oes
seem determined to keep the tt
from reaching the Agency,
have fortified themselves in Q
handing position. They ha
structed line of fortificati
are continually at work 8
ening their position, and
lodge them will require dli
tional force.
Colonel Bracket, Of Ha
Cavalry, with u detach
companies Of cavalry
infantry, will leave So ..#tHa
Monday. Horses to
dismounted menofC
command will be 81
morrow.
ROSE MEEKER .ND
SOIL
CHICAGO, Oct ..-I.-
daughter of tn
Agent at Whit I, L
passionate | H.f Ii. II
which she m -a ne
father and b .or. tn,
soldiers for le,I g t.
his assista Jys O
Colorado, e ..a J hat
been apprlie- 3d.. man
Tested cfatr. tUl.f lau tn,
troops i ile '.rN : family
AS sh' -,r .ro On wa
asked 81. .. Hs Septem
Der, t tu. . H- eing repre-
sent er denunci
attic 0I iu. scarcely les
fur one .'A. .... .e army.
Il. aer r.. GA Grant
sts.
WlEI... Dot. 1.-THE Ma
. Narai publishes a col
uuu 1913 Uaf interview with ex
Seems MI. /, devoted princi
lps'p toIfs VS. of the real inspi
ration a3 n mate political sig
|na.Muae ST eneral Grants recp
..rn.tnu tle acific slope. Mitchell
. utrucl interviewer that tn
4.Ua Cit, and especially Ore
n gm. I'D for Grant, and tina
.t04 o. Sation during thre
sa urney to Washington i
Ba stern States and subst
q .uarl in New York and the Eal
; trrr sed MIN that the ratio c
. rln .rity of the three most prom
2 fren names mentioned for the Re
lp1h can Presidential nominatio
q utc The same throughout the Who'll
D 60 ntry as he found to be the cas-
b or the Pacific Coast; namely, Gran
j inst, Blaine strong, second an
9 herman good third. Mitchell
also predicted that Grant will