The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-19
THE INDIANS.
No Reinforoements to Bo Sent to Merritt
from Rawllns How the Campaign
Against tho Indians Will
Be Conducted

j WASHINGTON. art. ~. In rnnsnullpncn q
i the stormy weather which has taw aaf in d,
the route between Rawlins ana the White
River Agency. and NJ the retreat Vt the hos
tile ltsa over the mountains anuthwarH from
tha latter point, 1t has heen determined tu re.
| linautsh tile former purpose ut rpiItnrnInu
Ien. Merritt fly tho direct Tito from tit
Union Pacific Railroad. hut orders have hcM
Issued by Con. sherman tor m Immediate
| concentration Of troops npHr AlaInnaa md
| RaEnsa, Colorado with Il view tp joining Gen
| Merrltta y forces. pr ct cooperating with them
| tn tho llnenmpohgnc region, III oaae tho scene
nf hustlittes shall hava haan shifted thus
| fnr ta Tho southwark No ntvirns have, hesn
| received to-day from Marritt's command. DR.
| regarding the Apache disturbances iii Epw
Mexico y Ia believed, however, that tho lat
ter VIII ~ speedily .auetlei. as Grn. Morrow.
| N he fails III overake ihe maf..,uluE trtf,iana.
VIII undoubtedly drlvo them uyar tile border
| into Mesasa.
| 1NDrAN nrTRAGTti 1E TEXAS.
EAGLE PASS. uct. ia party of Indians
paesna near here 81 route 81 Mexico. They
ki1led herder aud drove ni1 y number af eat-
tc. Indian signs ara becoming humorous.
THE ouTRAsEs COMMITTED M rlg ArA.ltra
GALVESTON, pct Is-To-mprrowts Nfna
will publish tho following special:
MEs1LLA. N. M.. Oct. ls. il II stated that
the hlastalciH Apaehes were forced to lnHve
THO reservation. near Fort Stanton, ~ the
action Of the agent mt that place Iha IN
nians have expressed wish that tho soldiers
might laavn tharoso they could Kill tho nHent.
The following ia an account Of the Indian out
RACES To date:
September Victoria ut the head of q large
band. killed seven soldiers md captured sixty
horses Of Capt. Hooker 1T Njo Uaente.
September III Nassaered u dozen mon.
mutilated their bottles, outraged TIM women
and hrainNd the ehdron- seventeen alto
gcther between MtEvar's ranch aud Fl ills
hniu; part Of the killed being Il band Of
frntltarAmau under Cant YaufSiR
September IL Gov Wallace asked the War
department. Tor arms and authority to raise
mon To fight. Tho Secretary If War answered
that the department. was uniformed of tho
nature 0f the outbreak or the number Of the
hustilcs.
Lieut.. Wright. Ninth Cavalry, with part
or MS company. som0 volunteers and Navajo
scouts, hnd resultless skirmish with tho ln-
dihns Capt. Boyer took command later and |
was repulsed, the Indians capturing most OF
his horses, pack train and 5000 rounds of am
month later Major Morrow takes com
maud with 400 men, fights Victoria, kills ono
squaw. captures one; two soldiers killed, sew
eral wounded. News was received Ut the de- |
struetion nf McEyer's and Lloytts ranches
both rroprietors killed. Seventeen volunteers
lett Mesllla TO succpr other ranches on the
thirteenth. are attacked by Eicturia's band I
slowly retreat. losing seven killed The In
dams pursued them two hours dashing on
the volunteers before retiring. but were re-
pHlseu. Ghief Victoria wounded. Eight miles
from Masons eleven bodies were found and |
buried; the women had been taken prisoners,
the stock killed and everything destroyed /
AZ Lloyds rancho the body Of Alex Morton,
@ ~ Louis, was found and buried. All the
cattle had been killed and the implements and
houses destroyed. From Lloyd's the vonn-
teers went to sucoor Colorado and Santa
I,aroara, small towns which were surround
ed by Indians, who dared the inhabitants out
9, GO light. Nine men We're killed by the In
dlans while surrounding the towns. There
were only thirty rifles Ia the place. The vol
unteers dispersed the Indians and raised the
siege The Indians have gone to the Florida
mountains, thirty miles south OF Fort Cum
mings, Whence they can easily 60 into Mex
leo.
Major Morrow, near Jonas. fifty miles from
nere. has sent for thirty days provisions.
Most OF the warriors from the Mescalero
agency have joined the hostiIes.
Opening Of the HlteIe Library. salem, va.
SALEM, Va Oct. is The formal opening OF
he Bi. ele Memorial Library building, Oh Roa-
loke College. took place yesterday with later
4stins exercises. The library building named
n memory Of Rev. .. E. Bitele. d. d.. first
president Of Roanoke College is q handsome
Gothic editiee, d g. sixty , BY thirty feet, and was
he friends OF Bitele The memorial addrasa
vas delivered BY Prot. y. Wells. Of the facul-
y. Rev. 9. P. Trautb, p. D., Ii. D.. vice presi-
lent Of the University of nnsylvania. de-
bird vice president cf Roam ke College Iook
olaee. In the interval between the addressed.
he library building and cabinets were thrown
,pen 20 the public. and were visited by a large
lumber of persons. Numerous donations were
40 a ffs IN ~ ~5Ran2~ i 1