The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-11
IHE WHITE MANS WRATH
General Merritt Reported Moving
On the Agency.
RAPID CONCENTRATION or TROOPS
The Utes To Be Thrashed Into
Submission Forever.
ROSE NEEkER ON HER FATHERS lEiIA
Outbreak at the Los Pinos
Agency Threatening.
SCEPTlCISM Al THE INDIAN OFFICE.
ROSE NEEKER On HER FATHERS IElIA
SCEPTlCISM AT THE INDIAN OFFICE



contained little from aerritt's camp on MIA
Greek besides recording tho death OF Lowry on the
9th inst. Following is a characteristics letter from
the now famous scout Joe Rankin 20 his brother.
business man in Rawlins:-
ENcAMpMrSr ON MILK CREEK, Oct. 7. Is7a.
BnoInER JiM;-Got here all right. Lowry n dead.
He died yesterday. We had little skirms h ye-ier-
camp looked pretty rough. don't know THAT the
next move will bo All right at present Your &c.
JOE RANKIN.
AGENT MEEKEn-MERRirr's MOVEMENTS
This letter indicates that Merritt had not then
moved to the White River Agency. and leaves stiIl
in doubt the fate of Agent Mceker and his family.
The circumstances OF Meeker's murder. which went
to Denver and which you have doubtless published.
is not confirmed by any advices sent here
but is generally credited II 10 thought by some
that if Meeker alive General Merritt would have
Immediately sent forward force 20 protect or
rescue him. Military men think differently. They
say that Merritt's first duty and task would
be to care for the wounded In Pzync's camp.
and see that they were properly forwarded. As to
the armed advance into the Ute reservation. where
the agency is situated General Merritt might deter
mine to await instructions from General Crook.
which were forwarded by two couriers yesterday
morning.
FIERCE FIGHT EXPECTED
force with the anticipation of determined resist
ance by the Utes and the prospect Of as fierce an
Indian battle has been waged in recent years.
against the invaders as long as brave among them
can lift Winchester rifle.
MERRITT ADVANCING.
Nine p. M.-The statement Of y mail rider. just
arrived who received his information second hand
from q man who left Merritts camp on Milk Greek
Wednesday. is that Merritt after three days
preparation since his arrival Sunday
had resolved to advance toward the White
River Ute Agency yesterday Thursday morning.
The distance between Merritts camp and the agency
is between twenty-five and thirty miles. part Of
the road runs for ut least Ave miles through q
dangerous, narrow canyon. which it will be hard to
svois.. In the meantime the general determine
ton to crush the Ute uprising is signiHed by
military movements to support Merritt's advance.
TROOPS MOVING.
Moro than q Thousand troops have left Rawlins for
the front. and more are coming. This afternoon o
company embarked on the railway at Sidney. and
will probably be here tomorrow night. 1t will DO
hurried forward at with wagon train
and possibly pack train. all under command
Of Major Evans. Already Colonel Albert G. Bracket.
with the officers of his staff. have arrived
Wednesday next OF three companies Of the Third
cavalry. three more Of the Fifth cavalry and two
companies of the Ninth infantry. This large force
will leave Rawlns in charge of wagon train contain
ing supplies for the whole command at the front
for a considerable period. and will be under the
direction of Colonel Bracket. Most Of the compa-
MICS composing it come from Fort Mckinney. in the
Big Horn country. whence they had to march 1913
miles before reaching the railroad at Rock Creek.
They received their orders to march only eight days
since. They expected to bring about three hun
dred and fifty mules. Animals are scarce and
the quartermaster experimenting the advance
of troops from Rawlins has sent forward engage
every team and wagon on tho route.
MARAUplSG INDIANS.
It is great time for marauding Indians who have
broken up into small parties and infest
ing the whole country between here and the
Ute Agency. for two hundred miles. Soon
after Mcrritt's command passed Bear River party
of twelve Utes came in his and shot a ranchman
named James Henderson. The brave young fellow
who is in the employ Of Hanks 4 Golf. cattle
raisers got into his wagon. made breastwork
of -four sacks. and fought the Indians until
they left He received three wounds. and of his
employers came In and procured doctor at Raw
ins who left TO attend him to-day. Nearly all the
horses belonging to settlers ON Bear River have
been stolen.
SALES OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
The most rascally proceeding which accompanies
the Ute war and which has attended most other In
dian wars in the West is tho reasonable sales Of
weapons and ammunition to the hostiles when hos
tilities were intended and after they wero begun.
The following is letter received to-day by Colonel
Bracket from the ncghborhood of Snake River:-
Colonel BRAcxErr. Third cavalry
liz, A,.aE ntx~n. g., -
tiers among them Baggs and Slater. quested me
to inform General Crook that ono Perkins, who
keeps a store and Post Once at Dixon, six
ammunition to Indians up to the time the soldiers
came. lie has two stores. one at Dixon and one at
Milk Greek. six miles from Thornburgh's fight His
man who that store. named Taylor. sent = mes
senger named Trotter to Perkins to ask IL he had
not better quit selling ammunition as the soldiers
were there. He (Pcrkins) scnt word back to
sell long as tho ammunition lasted.
but as soon as the messenger left the
to give it to the Indians 1t was after
ward loaded q wagon and run up to
Perkins place. at Dixon Post Ohiee where II now is
the Indians. This information comes from the
settlers and not responsible for it's authenticity
WILLIAM q. ROBERTSON.
A SNOW STORM.
fierce snow storm has swept over Rawlns and
tho southern road. ing the dreadful dust which
has hitherto chokcd the troops. but ominous of suf
foring from cold.
ArrAIIs AT THE pELEAeUsRED CANA sKtR-
Mrsu FOLLOWED BY FLAG OF TRUCE
BORNE Ky BRADY, CHIEF oURAYs MEssENaER--
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
OMAHA, Neb. Oct. 10. 1870.
The Omaha Herald tomorrow will publish tho
following despatch from u staff officer with General
Merritt
MILK RIVER Oct G. 1879,
via RAwL1Ns, Oct. TO- 1870.
Tho Indians attacked Merritts lines yesterday, but
shortly fell back under heavy Are OF infantry. A
dag OF truce then appeared. borne by a white man
giving his Joseph W. Brady claiming to be an
cmploye at the Uncompahgrcs Agency. who said he
had just arrived in tho camp of tho hostile Utes In