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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1877
Page
4
Dispatches from Montana describe a fierce engagement at Big Hole River with 182 troops under Gen. Gibbon clashing with Nez Perces. Citations report heavy losses on both sides, capture of horses and possibly the gun, and requests for medical aid and ambulances as messengers relay terrain and casualty details.
An Army courier to Gen Gibbon reached Deer Lodge Montana at 3 30 PM with dated details of the 11th The supply train was not captured and no fight occurred after the first day on the 6th Gibbon losses include Capt Logan Lieut Bradley and 17 men 4 citizens wounded Gen Gibbon Capt Williams and Lieuts Coolidge Woodruff and English among the wounded 86 soldiers and 4 citizens Also 4 Indians killed The Indians reportedly fled toward Bannack then Lemhi with possible return toward the mountains no Buffalo country aim indicated
Helena Montana August 14 The following is just received from Bannack Todians crossed at the head of Horse Prairie to Lemhi striking Stephenson's this morning killing the Pierce brothers and others en route They are evidently making their way to Snake River valley.
Washington dispatches report hostile forces moving toward the Lemhi reservation, about 200 miles from New York. Howard trails by at least three days, with 1,712 Shoshones and allies noted as unsettled and posing safety concerns amid large indigenous presence.
The narrative notes heightened fear as bands of Indians appear near Lemhi Idaho across from Montana, suggesting they may have slipped back toward the Lapwai reservation. Towerd trails Chief Joseph after a long, circuitous march of hundreds of miles, now three days behind and within range of two reservations.
Costly rioting and strike damage in Chicago and Pittsburgh cited by The Chicago Tribune. Estimates place Chicago losses at 1,250,000 with expanded costs for property damage and military responses across the nation potentially reaching 100,000,000. The piece reflects on journalism’s exposure to society’s flaws.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin piece notes a scripture bearing on policy wording printed on Universal Life Insurance Company backs. Policy holders await the application of the latter clause about wealth of the sinner laid up for the just, as a notable interpretive prompt surfaces.
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