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Show REDS. lutltuu Aeeut llnslipft Mnt be Removed, Or! Washington, 17 A telegram from Oul. Carlin, dated Standing Rock, explains the case of Indian Agent H.ihee, as follows: Agent Hut-bee, having broken soveral chiefs, ordered them to he enrolled under other chiets. which they have refused to do. He stopped their supplies. Suffering from hunger, they visited the agency, eeited the agent and carried him to a point near the river bank. I rescued the agent and arreted the Indians, who are all under guard. Xl Ageut Hughes be not removed at once I will not be responsible for the consequences. All the principal and head men participated par-ticipated in this affair. Their object was to put the agent over the river and off the reservation not to hurt him nor did they hurt him. A band of the Ute and Apache Indians, having manifested unwillingness unwilling-ness to be moved to the new reservations, reserva-tions, General Sherman hsB instructed the army officers to render the inspector inspec-tor a'l assistance he maoy require to carry out the provisions ol law. So Francisco, 17. Baker city, Oregoo, dispatch: A courier just in to LaGrande, from Meacham's and Teodlfcton, sayi Chief Homely, with bis band of Inaiana, fought the host ilea mi the 15th inst., killing Cbief Egan aud they have his scalp and head. The courier saw thirieeu dead Indians near Emigrant springs, about four miles north of Meacham's, where Homely's band attacked them. The hostile Indians are divided, one party going to the besd of Miky creek, tho oiher toward the Graudn Ronde river. Captain Kelly, with scouts from Bjiae, has been out a month or more, and passed toe LaGrande to night, going to Colonel San lord's camp cn North Powder river. Wui-.it. n, with his command, is at Buunatiaoi bridge in the Blue uiuuu taiud, tu day, scouting the coumry in tiiat direction. General Howard is exptuled iu Grande Ronde valley in two days, at which place be will jejt.ibhiih tsmporaiy headquarters. |