The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
INDEPENDENT.

Callaghan M Jones John d
Clark Patrick Nilleneau G
Dillon Amer Loeber Fred
Beck JF Rallston Alex
Healy Simon Blaine o p
"But while the Philipsburg company,
80 from Deer Lodge and considerable !
bers from other camps had gone at the
word, and the others named above were
ing toward Missoula, another scene was
piring neal that place. For several day
hostiles had zen held parleying in the Il
Capt. Rawn sparing for time and the Ind
for some cause, apparently not unwillj
grant it. The last interview was he'll
Friday afternoon wher Looking Glass, n
hostiles, evidently playing the same rI
Joseph did on Howard) offered to SURF
his ammunition if allowed to pass peac4
but Capt. Rawn demanded ~uncondit
surrender. To consider this matter and
sent it to his chiefs, Looking Glass aske
lay until 8 a. m. Saturday, which was grs
AT this time Capt. Rawn had 216 men
rif1e-pits, including volunteers from Mi
and Bitter Root and some Flat Heads, a
he deemed sufficient to hold them, al
quested Gov. Potts to protect the mon
passes against escape and gave him an
to retain Browning's command then en1
For this purpose the governor return
Missoula. At 5 p. m. on Friday, the adj
from Deer Lodge county, principally
Stuart's company of 32 men, reached MI
la, having travelled 30 miles in PSI
Capt. Browning was q day behind and
unteers going rapidly.
On Saturday morning, news reached
soula that the Nez Perces had brokend
1t was believed that they would either
Rawn or come over the hills toward Misc
They did neither. The south side of RI
position was impossible. The wooded
on the north side, toward Nissopla, wa
50 difficult. The Indians diverged north
from the ca6on some distance above R
reached the crest, followed it down W
sight, about 800 yards from and high i
the rifle-plts and coming into the canon
a mile below, crossed it and moved
Bitter Root, passing around the intr
ments and making an arc Of a circle
movement. They camped that night
open valley a few miles from the moi
the Lo Lo, and during the next week q
leasurely up the valley, not travelling OF
miles. In passing Rawn's command
moved with all their families and stcAE
parently as unconcerned and indiffefeu
the circumstances as though on an ordi
journey to the buffalo country. InfacSd
movement since they reached MISSOURI
been of this character. In view Ifbf oil
circumstances it was the boldest, most feat
audacious and confident tactical mover
VIC have known. 1t surpassed McCen1
flank movement from the ChickahomanJ
James river, or Grants from the Rapida1
Richmond. They moved armies Of VIII
fighting men by the flank, with the enemy
the right, offering battle by day and NOV
by night. Joseph moved his entire pos
sions of effects and families between thefu
of Rawn and those at Missoula, within
shot of the former, crossed his line Of
~munication, camped almost upon the trail
with unparalleled intrepidity on open sroa
in the face of superior numbers and in
enemy's country. 1t is intimated they wd
have surrendered if attacked. We DO
believe it. The parley about s%urreDde
ammunition was a part Of the diplomacy
practiced and they would have Fought
way through ortlown. Every move in
was one of desperate resolve and they diq
fly to Montana to make a surrender they
dained in Idaho.
"When the movement was reportea
Missoula, a courier was sent to Deer u
to hurry forward requirements the
Lodge company of 80 men was sent foT
to hold the bridge and ford across the y
Root leading towards Missoula, and .
communication with Rawn. They went
ward to the position assigned, but the lna
instead of forcing exit that way, had tut
up the river and the country was clear. .
after they passed, Rawn detailed 1t. o'eI
with a mounted force to advance after !
and support him with the balance Of the
mand until reaching the mouth Of the W
when Rawn's force returned to the posi-
Stephens followed to near the Indian enea
ment where they were met by Looking
who coolly avowed friendship, said he w
modest neither person nor property, unles
tackled, offered the Bitter Root volunteers
composed a large part of Stephens CONN.,
safe conduct right through his camp 10
homes, and unsupported they had no req.
but accept the proffer, wage q hopeless
or return to Missoula with their famliS
the mercy of the Indians. The Bitter
volunteers went to Stevensyille thai =
The Deer Lodge volunteers return'u
Missoula from the bridge and a pun
came on as far as Blackfoot bridge
Philipsburg company, the only res'lang
ganized company in the territory wp'u
proclamation was issued, went inssam'