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Show FROM BOISE CITY. The HoNlilcn in a Very Stroug I'eUlou. San Francisco, 30. A press dispatch dis-patch from Boise city gayp: The small force on the Weifer composed of Captain Cap-tain Bendier's command of forty-five men and thirty Idaho volunteers under Captain Rubbins, connot move nerthward to any purpose until the arrival of troops expected from the south. The position f the Indians, which is on the south side of the Salmon Sal-mon river, is the strongest and most favorable for their mode of warlare that could be imagined. It is full of natural obstacles to the approach of troops, and aflords ample scope to the Indians to remain and fight, or retreat, re-treat, as they sea fit. The troops may cross the river under covtr of the artillery, but when across they will have steep mountains to climb and rocky canons to crosi lo get at the Indians. Without a sufficient force from this side to cooperate with Gun-em! Gun-em! Hyward it is difficult to see how be can hold the Indians to an engagement en-gagement or, do anything effectual against them. It is now believed here that the hostiles will come this way, but there ii no adequate force yet here t prevent them if they should so determine. |