, 1855-11-16

roasted flesh having been eaten of by the
hogs. We found Mr. Cooper (who was
living with Mr.. Jones at the time) about
$50 yards from the house, shot through the
lungs; the ball entering the left breast. We
buried the bodies and proceeded to the
house of w. H. Brown, a mile distant. Mrs
B. and child we found in the well, her head
downwards-the mother was stabbed TO the
heart-the knife entering the lower part Of
the left breast, and also in the back and
back part of the head. She had appa.
rently started to run with her child Gan in
fant about ten months old) in her arms
was oyertaken and pitched into the well
The child was below her and had no marks
of violence on it. 1t was not dressed
showing that the mother had taken it from
the bed and attempted to fee
Mr.. B. was found in the house, literally
cut to pieces. The left hand had two cuts,
as though he had grasped knife, and had
it pulled out, cutting the hand to the bone.
There were also two stabs in the palm of
the same hand, as though he had attempted
to ward off the fatal weapon. His arms
and legs were badly cut, and should think
there were as many as ten or fifteen stabS
in his back, mostly little below the left
shoulder. Every thing seemed to show
that be had fought desperately, and think
he must have killed some of the devils, from
the fact the fence where they went out from
the house, had the appearance of having
had something dragged over it, and the rails
below all smeared with blood.
After burying them as well as circum-
stances would permit, we proceeded to the
house of Mr.. King, or rather where his
house was, which we found burned to ashes,
and where the most horrible spectacle Of oil
awaited us. Mr.. Jones and the two little
children were burnt in the house, and the
body Of Mr. King, after being roasted, was
eaten almost entirely up by the hogs Mrs
King was lying about 80 yards from the
ruins, almost entirely in state Of nudity
She was shot apparently through the heart
the ball entering the left side-the left
breast was cut entirely oG-she was cut
open from the pit of the stomach TO about
the centre of the abdomen, and the intes-
tines pulled out on either side We per-
formed the last sad rites and proceeded back
to our encampment, and the next morning
started for Seattle.
/ am told by black man whom we met
about three miles below our encampment
that, on reaching the opposite side Of the
river from where we stopped, he saw FIVE
Indians, part Of whom he knew, from whom
he learned that there were $50 Indians
prowling about my encampment the evening
before. The suppostion is that they had
collected their forces to make an attack
If they had done so, they might have done
us considerable damage, as ohe-third Of our
guns were entirely inefficient. The next
time go up White river, shall be better
prepared, Yours, &C., NJ 74
G. O. HEWITT.
P. s. Three children of Mr.. Jones were
saved. The elder, an adopted son about
six years old, says that Nelson, half Klik-
itat, told him to take the other two and go
down to John Thomas, q distance Of about
two miles, which he did. Mr. Thomas and
family having fed to Seattle, they were dis
covered BY friendly Indian and brought to
town. The boy says he did not kaoyany
of the Indians but Nelson. 49,
G. c. Hss-