, 1855-10-19
Wharf.-The Yakima Indians, &c.

concerned, as suggested last week, no evi-
dencc has been afforded that Indian hostili-
ties need be apprehended. 1t now appears
to re an established fact, that the Yakima
Indians, as tribe, have assumed an atti-
tude of open warfare against the United
States government and people, and will be
dealt with, until terms are made, by our mil
tary and civil authorities, as cncmicS-dc-
fined in the terms of Indian warfare Their
recent cowarlly and coldblOoded murder of
Indian Agent BoToy, and some twenty 9TH
cr whites, should act as an incentive to justi-
fy no lcnity or quarters to be shown to the
adult male members Of the tribe, by the
force sent ont against them. We trust they
wn,bc rubbed oai-Jlottcd from cHstence as
a tribc-and that all confederatcs, aiderS
and abettcrs, will be summarily punished,
by being forever quicted There can no
good result by the adoption of halfway
measures old Lcvitical law should have
free and full force
Assistant, or Special Indian Agent, Col.
NJ r. SIMMONS, has just returned to this
place, from an excursion Of duty connected
with the Indan service on the Sound and
Straits-to Port Townsend PENIS Cove,
the Snohomish, Tclalip, Puyallup and Du-
vanish rivers, and reports good state of
feeling to exist amongst the Indians towards
the whites. They are apprchcnsivc that the
whites mediate the inhctiOn of chastise-
mcnt upon them, for offences which they
have not, nor have contemplated the per-
lomancc Of. They even proposed the vol
untccring of companies, under charge of
Col Simmons, to punish the recent offences
Of the YakimaS.
Since our lust issue, intelligence has been
received at Fort Stcacoom, that Lieut..
SLAUGHTER, and command, had, Since their
departure from the Fort, entered the Nah
Chez pass, Cover the military road, and oc-
cupied position on the Nah Chez river
some distance east of the summit of the
Cascades. Whilst there cncamped, intclli-
gcncc reached Lieut.. Slaughter, through
some Frcnclmcn, that the Yakimas were in
force to the number Of some one thousand
strong, at no great distancc-further inform
ing Lieut.. s, that Maj. HAJER had been
attacked in the ncighborhood of the Dallcs,
and had fallen back for rcipforccments. -
Entertaining the opinion that the report
might possibly be true, Lieut.. Slaughter
wisely concluded, under the circumstances, to
take a position on the western slope Of the
mountains, and await a reinforcement of
men, horses, and provisions, in order to cna-
bic him to make his way through the hoStil-
tiles paraded against him, until he could
join and cooperate with Maj. Haller. In
order to demonstrate the dispatch of bust
ness ut Fort Stcilacoom, by the commanding
officer, Capt. MALoNY, it is only necessary
to observe, that on receipt of intelligence
from Lieut.. Slaughter, Capt. Mallory ;mmc-
diately dispatched Lieut.. NuGENr for this
plaec,-asking, as We are Informed, for vol
untccr assistance; at whose instance acting
governor Mason Immediately issued a proc
lamation, (Which will be found on our third
page calling for two companies Of mount
cd volunteers. Also, for supply of twenty
pack animals, which it wus expected could
be afforded by DR.. Tolmic, of Fort Nisqual-
ly.
Information has been received, officially,
at this place, that Maj. Haller, with 100
men, was attacked by the Yakamas', about
twenty-five miles from the Dalles, in the af-
ternoon of October 9th, by large force of
Indians. After a short skirmish, he charged
upon the Savages and drove them of; en-
camping for the night on the ground of 'tbe
skirmish, next morning, not knowing, def
nitey, the force Of the Indians against him,
prudence suggested the sending for reinforce
mcnts from the different military stations in
Oregon and Washington territories. 1t is
estimated that at least five hundred men can
be spared from the different pOsts-Vancou-
yer, Stcilacoom, and the Dalles. The rank
ing officer in this portion of the Pacific mil
itary division, is Maj RAINS, Of Fort Van
couyer, who, it is expected, should hOstilities
continue, will take the field.
We have no hesitation in predicting, that
on his return, Lieut.. Slaughter will give a
good account Of his stewardship. Neither
do VIC fear that our volunteers will be
weighed in the balance, and found want
ing"
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