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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1877
Page
4
A chaotic collage reports Chinese labor displacement by white workers in California, mining shifts in the West, and prison punishments. It contrasts Eastern strikes with Northwest iron woes, notes prairie sparrows vs moths in New York parks, and mocks Missoulian bias while defending local editor integrity amid regional disputes.
Reports from Helena and surrounding areas recount frontline actions and state affairs. The Territory notes Father Palladino and two Sisters of Charity aiding troops after Gibbons fight, and a prize of 85 dollars for best boy declaimer at the next fair. The U S District Attorney Theopnius Gaines resigns citing insufficient fees. Captain Mills and officials placed on file in the Treasury Department. The Secretary to remain in Helena. Wittskowky shot by O’Brien in Emigrant Gulch, presumed dead. Ten Mile set for the 13th. Theos Russell, 21, son of J R Russell, fell 260 feet in a shaft with fatal injuries. Captain Dusold at Sisters Hospital with paralysis. HL Irvine sold placer ground in Yamhill to a Chinese company for 6000 dollars. Deer Lodge Chinese community contributes to wounded care and volunteers’ equipment. Captains Saat H and Lieutenant Benson Jefe proceed to the front on the Tech installment. A white mass of Indians found in Big Hole massacre. Severely wounded from an AL hospital. Smith, Surveyor General of Mostany, suspended on misconduct charges. Foot race at Pioneer won by Payton, with plans for another race offering 2000 dollars against Memphis and others. Payton challenged with distances in Missouri.
A Montana paper decries press bias in the Governor Potts dispute, likening partisan attacks to cowardly duels. It defends Potts amid Nez Perce hostilities and critiques Herald coverage for unfairly blaming him for Big Hole casualties and for opposing volunteer support.
The piece defends Governor Potts amid criticism over supplying over three hundred rifles to private citizens during the Nez Perce affair. It stresses his motives as patriotically pure, questions the charges, and argues the governor acted with public interest despite widespread discontent in Butte.
Report of a May attack led by Gen. Gibbon on the Big Hole River in which Captain Logan and Lieutenants Brumley Jacobs and Beausy, among others, engage through a five hour battle. Indian losses are estimated high while U.S. forces suffer multiple casualties and endure a failed effort to burn the camp.
Dispatch outlines Generals Gibbon and allied regiments resisting Nez Perce fighters at the Big Hole. Authors describe fierce combat, heavy fire, and retreat maneuvers as Indian forces hold the field. Wounded list and casualty details follow, with praise for Gibbon's leadership and a call for vengeance.
A relief company formed after Gibbon's fight on the Big Hole began its march on Sunday with 4 companies totaling about men. They ferried wounded, secured ambulances and supplies, and advanced toward Meadows and Mealow Creek, pursuing retreating Indians along the Ly Lalo and Snake River corridors while reporting scant loot and mixed directions from Howard.
The letter discusses volunteers under Captain McQuestion moving toward Bear Town and Clark or Stylar attempts, with 18 or 20 turned back. It refutes a claim that volunteers for Butte and Dew Lodge returned due to tired horses, stating horses were shod and supplies adequate. It praises General Howard for fair treatment, notes distances traveled, and questions public judgment of leaders like Gibbon and Custer.
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