Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-10-08
THE INDIAN WAR.


THE INDIAN WAR.
now MAJOR TBoREBuRon's COMMAND
MET THE HOSTILE INDIANS.
CHEYENNE, W. T., October 1.-Two
froighters, named Kinney and Gard
ner, who were recently engaged in
hauling Captain Dodge'a company's
baggage TO Steamboat Springs from
Middle Park, arrived here from North
Park last evening. They report see.
ing fresh signs of Indians through the
Park, and Of meeting young Arrapa-
hoe, who told them the Arrapahoes
had joined the Utes for the purpose of
driving ihe colored soldiers Captain
Dodges company out OF the Park.
They think the Indians were about to
proceed to Steamboat Springs to at.
tack Dodge, when Thornburghs ap.
proach attracted their attention, and
they attacked him instead.
A rumor reached Omaha that Mr..
N. G. Meeker, the agent of the Utes
al ihe A." hitc river agency, MS iamily'
ana all lhe agency employees, nave
oeen murdered, put inc report mas not
yet oeen cohnrmeu'
"AshiNuroS, oc.ooer = ieiegrams
recoiVeu ,o'uay pace ueneral iyner
anu irlenus nuncIru ~, anu my h,ies
east oi tne soeho oi ihorhour gu u's'
aster win u mountain range between
lnem ana iree IRON uahgor unless inc
outoreak among INC INDIANS Is more
genorai tnah ,s now Supposed =,
hAwLiNs' Octooor 1;-uehoral Mer-
iit' anu s'an arriVou mere 'n's morn
ing ana .ooN cnargo OIL 'ne re''el ue-
'auhrhen' nhu ,sl' az ,r Vhuo ior 'ne scehe
Oh tne iato oattle' Inc Tenor OF zap
.aln Iayne , ulspa'oncs 70 lna. no Is
w." piVNlu9S '', WIN proV's,o,is ,',i anu wa wa,
NJ, w,.. a"e W." W "''' " ''o'N 0"' "'''''
mo followino disnotch wos rooo;v.
ed at the War Department this after.
noon:
CHICAGO, October General E. d.
Townsend WASHINGTON. d. c.. | have
nothing new from the department OF
tho Platte. General Merritt was to
have started from Rawlins with over
five hundred men. The six companies
of the Seventh infantry. from Fort
Smelling. and other companies from
different forts, will reach Rawlins TO-
morrow and will follow General Mer
rift. These additional troops will make
his strength. exclusive of Major Thorn
burgh's command. over 900 mon. and
with il LOO. General Crook. who
lett here this morning for the west
thought this will be sufficient. | hay,
notified him that | can give him an.
other regiment, Duplicate sent t
Secretary of War at Keokuk. Iowa.
(Siened) p. ]. SHERIDAN.
Lieutenant General.
rur rrrs avn rur,p op,rv,ycrs
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; uo ,o weOs, ~ ~ ,a" 0o'O,al ,aonii n"so c % Ioe,
s nV'o u ,Lnao oao nou',v 40 ", ,a ~
SSan % a~,h,oai, y1, " ~ % ~ % Mi e 20" to-e ca q
~ i =" 49, @n ~ Wv a. o. " ao'Gi % = =
Wnlrp IL was oApeclsu lnut the Whpi'
tribe Of Utes, somo $500 in number
would join. General Hatch, however
had such o large and well dispose;
force. under bis command at the tint
: that the Indians were deferred from
attempting an outbreak, Last year {
r commission consisting of ex-Senatoi
Lot M. Morrill,, OF Maine, Judge M'Far
lahu ana ueheral Ilatch visited thel
country Wild tno view oil arranging
ior inc consolidation oil all the Ut'
oands INTO one, 10 DC located on a new
reservation Oh or near the Whlte river
The negotiations were successful an'
about the hrst o. thls year delega
lioh from lhe 'rloe VISITED /" ashlhg
Ton, where they oohnrmep inc agree
ment' Inc new reservation cohlaln
ABOUT zoo,ooo acres! ana 10 muei
nearer railroad facilities than the OLD
' rendering the transportation oil sup
plies more expeditions ana less expen
: slve. Under the agreement, i,S94 ,OO'
acres formerly occupied py the olnei
: sns sne % sfer sednctIng eynensca % ihe re
: coin,s wcre IN bo invested in 4 no
E cont Unitcd Statcs bonls for tho ad
voncemcnt and welfare of tho Indian.
The remainder Of tho land iormorl,
occunied bv them il 10 be- treated AMI
disnased III as other nortions of IN
nnblic domain
: nj H.. 49,, ..,,;,.o ,u,..
noans.i & Mo,ah fJs "0 o,' I"'nS. S ".o.' a,' ~.
1e".'s' ftAt.n spo"ss y, .no''i "s w
m uIo'y sans'ioue a'u s,,'"'nous u !"
sn1 ,nu'"ns ~ sno wesl' 1no oes'
nsn.eis a"u m vuo , aos. 'uSonlous S y
s.'a.os,ssS, NV & inS0i'U' ~, DopaitlIon pII
.iaS ai,u.oo,u'he'y uouo ali " oou,u
spn'u,eso a.,e sn'"1l n,, o"S appa'ens'y WIN wl'u
1u1 % SUCCESS, fno nHio iop Hunl
oels, "'oVso1nB oon " sn9 Sa lnu'a'' ouree
S,h o",o, o'ITo P'aso9' ono u'.lueI , ,n'0 D VI
ipous"el" IT. o.ee zoe Vi yoo, .n1 y hoS 5 nno
0 T,es ot e0o /, is,ho io,,cr who hor
como on tho worno,h or ro,bor ,vh
are now known 10 he in arma Will
tbo canses which have melted them I,
Q rebelIion AGAINST tbo Govcrnmont ar
/. nlv eonalIy 70 tho U,es in tho lowe
I mart Of Ike reservation and tbcv to
nav move saoins, ,ho whites IN sor,L
wostorn CoIorodo
Tbe causo Of tho nroscnt outbreal,
IL ia asscrtcd in Wosbing,on ia moi
! scarcitv of nrovis;ons a won, of clo,b
inc or tho novmcnt ol onnnities no
; ovon pnLind ,yoo,,oont In, ,Lo Indio,
agent but il ia the non.fnI6Ilmen, .
promises made by the Goyernmen,
empowered 10 negotiate for tho cessio,
of certain nortions of their old rese,
vation re(drred 20 aboye and iho In