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Show The Idulio Outbreak Troops Forwarded. Washington, 24. General McDowell Mc-Dowell telegraphs the war department depart-ment tit at he cannot learn that the Indian uprising in Idaho has gone much beyond Joseph's band and the , Indians of the immediate vicinity, How far it may go cannot be known. The news from Howard as meagre. He I reports the lune of Lieutenant Theller and 33 men. I send all cavalry in the department of California by Ale- : Dermott to Boise, Idaho, as Howard wishes this column to be at least 300 strong. Major Wood reports that four companies of artillery and one of infantry left Portland Sunday morn-iug morn-iug for Lewiuton with three mimtha' supplies. All the troops have been brought away from Alaska, leaving no detachment there. A special order issued from the war department makes tbe official announcement an-nouncement that the general of the military poBts and routes on the Yellowstone and iu Montana, extending extend-ing bis examination to such points aa the interests of the frontier may suggest. sug-gest. General Sherman leaves on Tuesday. 8aa Francisco, 24. A Boise city : press dispatch says:. The Bannock and Shoshone chiefs who wer in council with Gov. Brajman yesterday, yester-day, left to-day for their camp ou Groat Camas prairie. One of them, Captain Boise Jim, some years ago served with distinction under Gen. Crook, as acout. Two others, Major Jim and Major George, have done similar service, and Buffalo Hone, a young Bannock brave, was a scout under Gen. Miles in the recent Sioux war. Whether the peaceiul protes tations of these Indians will be fulfilled ful-filled will depend upon the success of the Nez Perces and their allies-- The situation is critical, and the influences to which tbeae Indians are exposed are adverse to the Bafety of the settlements. settle-ments. They number about 500 will remain friendly in any event, but they do not constitute any consider' able portion of the fighting men. It is significant that the number of Indians In-dians moving about or eamped near the settlements this summer is much greater than usual. A Portland press dispatch Bays: The following has just been received from Lewiston, under date ef the 23d, from a special correspondent: There has been no further fighting. Col. Millar left Lapwai on Thursday evening even-ing for Mount Idaho, with 150 men, infantry and volunteers. General Howard left Lapwai yesterday, Friday, Fri-day, with 125 cavalry, a portion being volunteers. Captain Wilkinson iB with Gen. Howard. Lieutenant Eb-atein Eb-atein says : A acout of twenty-five volunteers was Bent out on Saturday to go around the head of Grand Rounde valley, to cut off any Indians who may be on the way to join Chief Joseph. Col. Perry has Bent word by a courier from Mount Idaho that the Indiana have gone eastward. Troops leave in one hour for Lapwai. We will leave Lapwai on Monday morning, morn-ing, and join the forces now in the field. Will have with us 138aoldiers aud about forty volunteers from Columbia Co-lumbia county, Wyoming territory. All the troops and volunteers here are to go to the tront at once. The excitement ex-citement is subsiding at Lewiaton , |