Show THE bannock K WAR ali AB we the indian war talk still seems beema to be a of importance a few figures an a to the numerical strength of the be opposing forces force should hould a conflict court cour may not ot be without interest roughly estimated flaye a correspondent ot of a chicago paper general oo 00 pinger commanding the department af the platte can concentrate 1200 cavalry and infantry at market lake th the lu ludeane dlane if they were to break away their reservations in aider to act in concert cool in 10 th ame iame i length of time gather 2900 war giors to oppose the troops in tue the canyon at al fort hall reservation there are i opposed to be warrior warr lore the wind rivers Shu ahone and those on the he bannock reper reservation are estimated at ion 1068 the would well swell the number with m ire re these tribes have friends and allies among the utes and the former could saad warr wak lora to the scene of trouble and the latter Is ia however not probable pro balile they would do so BO to quell the disturbance should hould any take e general coppinger has ba two garrisons in wyoming lr in m which he be can an summon troops at port fort russell c three miles from cheyenne there are five companies of the eighth infantry and d three of the seventeenth infantry fort Waa Was bakle commanded by major adam kraemer in ie southwest of jack souls bona hole on the wind river reservation of the tut but he be has hag only one company of he eighth infantry at as the post at port fort robinson Robi neon neb near the southern dakota line the company consisted con elated ot eight troops of tbt ninth cavalry four of which general has taken with him to birket lake at Nio niobrara brara further east lu in northern nebraska Neb there here are tout four troops ot tho the ninth cavalry and the twentieth infantry the second infantry its ie quartered at omaha la in his bis command general C has boo but one regiment of cavalry at bin nl dk dosal doaa other troops however in neighbor loir departments are accessible und nd can be brought by rat rail to lu market maram lake four companies of the twenty ti n tu tn infantry colored colonel andy burt commanding are stat boned at pork fort missoula mont on the northern pacific and caw cati be tran ported to garrison over the utah lab northern to market lake a distance dle tance of ulea alea fort ouster custer dakota lad Is distant miles mi lea by rail from the market lake rendezvous a d to ia garrisoned by four troops of the ane tenth cavalry colored and two companies of the twenty filth cantry colored oo lored lieutenant colonel perry la 19 in command the sixteenth bix infantry at fort douglace Dou glae etab colonel W H penrose Pen roae commanding ia fe also alao available the railroad distance dle tance being fileri mlle and according to a special dedal dispatch dla patch just bet received it to li expected eeten hat bat these troops will be ba called out obort ly notwithstanding the alarming ru mure mire still circulated it is in hoped that the trouble maybe may be settled peacefully peace ully the real cause of it ft to ia well understood by this time some bannecke Ban were hunting hooting in wyoming near JaCk Jac kaona soWo hule hole they had bad left their by permission of their agent and believed to be in their heir rights as they hey understood the treaty with the gov government erix mou L yet some of them were eineo aled and nd the be white settlers worst were poola stricken ricken Bt As ai far as reliable forina ln aton has ban been obtained shot hat beau seem to be all there to IB to the present indian war |