, 1855-10-26
0FFIcE INDIAN AeKNJ0a ~ w
RoeuE RIVER VALLEY, o. T., e
October 9th. lS55.r..t-o.-i,

OH-Whilst engaged IN WriJlng youh
few lines yesterday morning, received .
message from Capt. Smith, informing me
that the Volunteers had made a. descent
upon q small band Of Indians, camped
about two miles from Fort Lane, in which
several Indians were killed. Iimnledlate-
ly repaired to the scene Of action and found
that Sambo's band Of Indians had been
attacked just at the break Of day, sithhlldl
neous with an attack upon Jake's people.
who were camped about one-half, milo
above Thompson's Ferry, (better known
to you by the name Of Camp Alden), on
the bank of the river. Capt; Smith sent
O detachment Of Dungeons to iRform them
selves of the nature of the difieulties, end
to see what had been done upon arriving
at Sambo's camp were found two dead
women one had died q natutaf, death, and
one had recently been shot. I1learued
from Sambo that one woman was slightly
wounded, and that two boys had been
wounded, each shot in the arm. They
were oil taken to Fort Lane and provided
for. 80
We then proceeded 70 J6lds cshp.
where we found twenty three Cad bodies,
and boy who escaped said he saw two
women floating down the river and 1tyin
quite probable several more were Killed
whose bodies were not found. / had ap-
pretended danger, and had 50 Informed
the Indians several days previous and
Capt. Smith had notified the Indians that
il they wanted protection they had toeome'
on to the reserve. or TO Fort ,LaRe. Il
seems from their statements that they bad
concluded to 60 on the reserve, and had
accordingly started one Sunday CeveHiHB,
leaving the old men and women behind 70
follow on Monday. In the meantime Chs
attack was made quite early ID the morn
ing, which resulted as above stated There
were found killed eight men, four Of when
were very aged, and fifteen women md
children, all belonging to Jake's band
The attack wds 50 early iugthel hiofhhg, it
is more than probable that the women
were uudiytinguishable from the men 70 sc
Upon the part of the whites, james
Lupton, the Captain Of the company, fe.
ceiYed mortal wound, from the effects Of
which he has since died. indiaiy young man
by the name of Shepherds supPoseato Be
mortally woundod. Several others Slightly
The night following this affair, the Ind
ans rallied together, killed eattleon
Butte creek, and It is SUPPOSED hive since
ioued old man John, who, IIsuspeet 'hnd
been in waiting some time for a pretext to
commence hostilities, only desiring theas-
sistancc of some other Indians, (which this
unfortunate occurrence secured TO him
that Of the Butte creek at any rate-and
many dlsafected indians WI
join. On Monday night young man hy3
the name of VIM. Gniu, in the employ o.
the Agency, who was engaged at WoIk On
the west end of the reserye-ip company
with some Indians, near old Johns houSs'
was killed and his body was horribly my
tilated, cut across the forehead and iaee
with an ak, apparently as he ley asieeHi
they then destroyed or took pf what Ple
visions and tools that were at Captp Iney
then repaired to Mr. oJewetts Ferry, klpea
one man who was camped at the feH3l
and wounded two Others. Next 4 heals
Of them at Evans Ferry, where they pfse
at the inmates Of the house as they Passe1'
wounding one man, supposed TO be moLslr
ly. They had with them at the time tney