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Show Fighting In Idaho and !tock Kuo OOT la Moulaua. Oneida, Idaho, 20. Tbe following letter was received here from Slmou city, Idaho, August 16th: Messrs. Fred J. Keisel L- Co., Oneida, Idaho : A courier arrived last evening at 7 o'clock from Skelton's camp. Alt is well. The Indians attacked Sic! ton, McCaleb and party, numbering about fourteen, last Saturday morning, 10th, and killed McCaleb at the com -nonce ment of the engagement. From Saturday Sat-urday morning until Monday noon the Indians, thirty in number, kept up an incessant firing, day ani niihi, at a distance ol 250 yards. The flour was Joe's breastworks, and all bands fought long and well. Liiutenant Wilson with twouty-five men reached Skelton'a Tuesday evening and will escort Lite train to Riund v.illev. , Only three yoke of Skelton's cattle were killed. I send out a party this moroiut; to escort Snooks to Salmon. I tremble for Johnnie, as the Indians are on the road, stealing atock. (Signed), Glen dens i ngs E. Skelton was in charge of the wagon train loaded at the terminus of the Utah and Northern railroad, July 20th, for tha Yankee Fork mines, head of Salmon river, Idaho. McCaleb. the person killed, wis a partner of (Jjl. Shoup, merchant at Salmon city. The stai;e stock at two of the Btatoua on the Montana line were run 5d last night by Indiana about forty miles the other siJe of Pleasant valley, Helena, Mont., 20. The Indian last night sfole the stage stockjrom Pine liuttea and Springhill stations, a few miles north of Pleasant valley, Idaho, and eight head from near Camas creek, thirty miles aoulh of Pleasant valley. They are also aaid to have stolen a band of horeea from a rancher near Springhill. They are supposed so be Bannacka from Idaho, Toey will probably pass through Yellowstone park. |