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Show I XIV REPUX.1' OF 1IIE COXJIISSIDAEH OF INDIAN AFYAIRS. Ross FORK,I ~ a r l o ,3 brcmbev 28, la77. C o ~ r ~ ~ ~ s s lIosso~rc~nAs WFAI~ST, Paslcington: Bannock camp nlorecl to Cedass, soven n~ilos from agenay. Satiatied tlrey are pnr-chasing ammnnitioi~a t settlenlent north of 11% and otherwise preparing for war. hTo further rl~~~~l'redatcioomasm itted. Cold veatller in our favor. DANILSOK, &ant. ~ ~ CHICAGOA, Tot~m~b2e9r, 1877. Geueleral TTBMAS M. VIXCIEST, dnsiaianl d(ljatantGcnern1, ibultiryton, D. C.: Your telegram of this date reoeived. Infc,~miianf ronl eotnn~s~ldinoyf fioera t Fort Hall, forwarded to \Iraahingtmi x-etiterday's mail, led mo t,o bcliovo tho Bslulock agent I is stnmpeded. Ro-snforoeme~lta from Camp DongL~s left by rail for Fort Htl1 yester-day moruiag. S11oukl arrive today. It 8oalllN to me the agent should eousu~t with the commnntling oflieer nholtt ~liaturl,auees~, vhichh e ileglcoted to do. P. R. SHERIDLY, 'Lieutenant-Geae~al. OnAnA, Nzsn., Nht,eiab6?' 28, lSi7. Ge>~r.~P..a Hl . S ~ n i n ~ u ~ s , Co,8'on,~amtdirgU iririus, Ckieago; The follon.ing diqmtcll from Capti~iuB niubli<lgc,d ~ t o d27 th instalit, rceci\wl this manring: "Your telegram re.ocivorl. I var at the agency two days ago, am1 retnrucd to my lmst v i t h the improaaion that tl~erew ould bo no outbreak. Did not oonsi<le.rt he mat-ter of s ~ ~ f f i c i e t ptot apu t ggo~ernmentt o the expense of a telegram, aud lnarlo a. writtell report of a.eairs at sgormy to dspsrtmant headquarters. "From report of agent last night and this morning, think it poasiblo an ont,bre*k may occur. Mail-carrier, r, ddier, reports illis ovening nothing mmsas.1 at agency. Indiam tmding at sboro as uaual, and ever~thingq uiet. Inaxmuch as this garrison is here for protection of agenoy, think it strange agent did not apply to me for troops. Did not kuom he had uisdo tho application. Thinlt ra-enforcement ~l~rneoesaarillayr ge. "BAINBRIDGE." Snhseqnont to t l ~ cdi u1,atch to you of y s b t s~d an~ ,d ispatch mas received from Cap-tain BainMdge stating that there vas danger of an outbreak. The above dispatch, which is alater one, is in reply to that seut hi111 from those headqnartors, and gives, I think, the t.rw state of affairs, Comma~tdingo 6io~ra t Camp Donglas rcpurta that. 104 nlon nuder Major Bryant loft Douglas this morning far Iidl. CEO. CROOK, BvigadieliGeneral. [First inrIol.sement.1 Hl:.\DgL'aRTERS MILITARY DIVISIOS 01, TIIE MISSOURI, Chicago, d'oceinbw 18, 1877. Rrspocifidly f<!m-urdsdt o the A<ljljnta~t-GeneraoIf the Army. P. H. SHERIDAN, Linctenant-Gmoral, Contma~tding. FARDE PARTMENT, IVas7~inytonC iOy, DeomDer 6, 1677. SIR: I have the honor to transmit, for 3-our infomatio~r,a copy of a telegram from General Croolr, commnnicatiig a report of Captain Bainbridgt, relative to an antiei-pated outbreak of the Bannook Indians at Fort Hall Agency. Yery respectfully, 3-011r obedient servant, GEORGE W. IloCRARY, Xec~etnry of Nhr. To the honorable SECI~TAROYF TEE IXTERIOR. |