Washington telegraph., 1855-12-19
L II TT S T FIR ON
w WHsEEIEStOn and Oreon
AN INDIAN WAR OF EXTFRMIN
COMMENCED NA lion

have dates from that place to Oct o. " l., We
The rews is exciting and importart -,
dians throughout Oregon and Washipot he ID.
tories, and IN the northern part of Ca;ran len.
pear to have united in q common crr,.s Hia, a..
the whites. The whole Indian countr,' I asaiIs,
The settlers, the other hand. are ny: nSS SS rlser
Oregon alone there are 300 regulars. and HIe. 10
ing the general call of Gov Curryl abo'. answer.
unteers, who have resolved. apparently oY SVO VoL
OF utter determination OF the Indians IN Ta,Ear
ington Territory several companies of WI hask.
Summoned by the acting Gover9orl i, uih,leea
to the United States soldiers have takor a Gducioa
In northern California the regulars and yoi let
number about 500 men. The hostile TnJ::uu'etrs
supposed to number between 5000 anI are
men, though their real strength cannot ba IV;O9
Over every part of these Immense oAhoNl
roam bands of Indians who are burninc N.,lit9ofe,
erwise destroying the property, and far; r?e Oh
lives of the white settlers. The loss ofEf he
the whites has been very great. They 5sralols
tally retallated upon the Indians, thouob : .. pa
no eifectual check has been given to az % ye.
of the latter. But the time seems to bs ,a'ase
for terrible revenge The Oregon 6,o1iins
concentrating at the Dalles, on the Colunb;.e aFs
to which point already the volunteer cor'.Ief 'ef
have hastened Tie Columbia. on her la.t eaeS
age up the coast, carried to Portland Wy
OF regulars, together with 1,5O0 stand Of ldny
and large amount of ammunition Tb;s a,IA
pany Is said to be composed of picked men W.
toned to fighting Indians. They are unls, ls,'g' y.
command oil Capt Ord. Ae
Acting Governor Mason has called E.
companies of volunteers, and made Tea,., N; .So
for arms and ammunition upon the q s irIAuon soSlon
war Decatur, Commander Sterrett. and tbo Vf-0'
nue. cutter Jefferson Davis, Capt. pease ,lfe e'e'
was promptly complied with The P~e11, SaNa S
Courier, commenting upon these measpfss nSual
I'VE said that only one-half enough ne~ {S
been called for; say this for the reason =, aa
is asserted that the concentrated tribes 90. I
into the field four thousand warriors I'm 0iiIs
force now in the field and those on the w,v :le
Will not, at the most, exceed 600 men is pot +,1e M
fcient whereas 500 men more could have ~ ~.
raised easily, OF which there is no donbf On otfa
authority OF a company of Frencbmen ,oI o1 'ne
American, Richard Bradley OF Olvmni. O .i oIe
have just returned from Fort Colvijle and VINO VINO
whose authority Lieut. Slaughter and cor,utol atOl
has returned to White river to wait for ror,os
ments, it may safely be put down tina. all tba ro
that can be furnished will be needed 10 ter.u II.u
Gov. Stevens glorious war. This conpn,n,9 ~
port that on the Yakima river there ara ! az: le
warriors, composed of all the tribes cast 81 ~
Cascades, under arms, and that they could f,r,;t
2,o9G more. That they stopped them two d,T'
and would have killed Bradley. had tlav rot t'~!N
no mott,
that they desire to kill none but Americans -,
In Ill those companies where American, boy'
been killed, the Frenchmen have not been harm
ed, and IL one or two instances they saved ~
supposed. the whole companies hv benu FrorL
men. king George men," we believe are a..
left unharmed For this distinction tbeTo ~,
many reasons. None but the American ls,a
used them wrongfuliy, and they. not all. but NAM
and those mostly whom the Indians denomipg;1
types. have done it with vengeance. robbed tber,
OF their lands and treated the1n worse than saye.
as brutes, and in fact been the cause of these tt
ficulties.
Governor Curry, of Oregon. called for nine rom
panies OF volunteers, which were speedily raised
mustered into service and departed for the sestc,
war.
CASCADE, Monday. Oct. %.
Capt. Wailen has finished the block house Ar.
cording to orders and moved up to the Daes with
has command, with the exception Of ten men len
as a guard. He mounted on it one six-pounJe-
which VIII act as peace maker should the say.
ages visit US. | think that there is more real
danger at this point now than there has been a.
any previous time, and we should not be surprised
at any moment to hear the war-w hoop of the H.
dian ring n our ears.
gather from spies that it is NOT the intention
OF the Indians to give battle to the troops but i,
separate and visit these out-o-the- wav places and
make bloody reprsals. That they Will trv 10
take possession OF this place there is no doubt
he Indians have said that as soon as TIE soldiers
pass this point they will make descent. aud By
holding II will stop ali communications. cut off ali
supplies, and leave the upper-country Indians 10
do the rest They are much eiated at having driy-
en- Major Halter out Of the country. and boast Of
taking his cannon. The only thing to- he feared
IN regard to the howitzer is, knowing there are
white men in league with the Indians, that they
may know The Use OF The gun and turn it against
our own people. At any rate, cur people mus:
not think that they have only the poor devils Of
indians such as they around our towns 10
cope with; they will find a resolute. weIl-moun.
ted, and wel-armed horde, commanded by chie.
OF no ordinary ability-fne, athletic, determined
men, " ho will fight TO the last for their country
The tribe OF Ned Perces who has been ever
friendly with the W hites, will not remain inactive
and IN my poor opinion, it would be good policyt0
enlist them on side; it will serve to break up
the combination among them, which is the best
move the whites can make. Yellow-Serpent,
with his band of Walla- Wallas. has no doubt
loined the war party; they have all moved over
IN the anklma country. No doubt can exist IN
the mind Of any thinking man of the fact Of an ex-
tenslve confederation OF the upper-country tribes
All the Indians above the Dallas are exceedingly
impudent to the whites
San Francisco Herald.
Gov. Gardiner, OF Massachusetts,.
The editor Of the Journal will never tell