Washington telegraph., 1856-01-30

The same paper has an account of fiehs
at Little Meadows, on Rogue river, about
the 18th Of November, last The account
says:
Part of Major Martin s battalion was en-
gagged in crossing Rogue river by means of
raft. On placing the third log in tie riv-
er they were fred upon from the brush on
the opposite side. by superior number, and
not being prepared for fighting. we're com
PEELED to lay behind the rocks, or ANYTHING
which would shelter them from the enemy's
FIRE. till night covered their retreat. A Mr..
Lewis. of Captain Kinney's company. was
killed; one of Captain Kinneys, two of
Capt. Williams. and one of Captain Rice's
companies were wounded; one other was
wounded but of whose company it was not
learned 1t is not known that anv Indians
we're killed in this engagement
During the day beef belonging to the
volunteers was killed. and at night the In
Hans crossed and carried it of, together
with quantity of arms, ammunition and
provisions.
The end of the war, the Oregonian re-
marks, will only be when the last red-skin
who has spread terror among the peaceable
citizens Of Rogue river and Umpqua valleys
shall have bit the dust
The San Francisco Herald, of December
20. has leading article on the news from
Oregon and Washington territories. which
furnishes some very interesting information.
and goes to show that the Indian war in the
territories is likely to be long, bloody and
prosracted one. We copy the main portion
of the article as follows
The Indians are taking up arms in all
quarters, and bodily declare that the war
will be one of extermination-tbat they will
either drive the whites from the country or
perish in the effort They resisted all the
entreaties of Father Pandosy, in charge of
the Yankima mission. to refrain from hos
tiliiies, and through him sent defiant mes
sage to the soldiers. in which they declare
they were forced into the war By the out
RACES of the whites-tha. they will tigh. to
the last. and IF vanquished the men who
protect the camps will Kill all the women
and children, and the country will then be
at the white mans disposal They assert
they numbered at the beginning of the war
1850 warriors. that they were expecting
10000 more In few days, and if that num-
Der should prove insufficient. they could
raise many more. We very much fear their
estimates are not exaggerated. and that we
are new engaged in j formidable Indian
war. We have heard from source likely
TO be acquainted with the facts. that gene
raj outbreak of the Indians had been deter
mined upon by an Indian chief of great an
thori;y among the Oregon tribes or years
ago
There is no reason to believe that he has
been very long engaged in effeciing con-
federation Of tie tribes on this coast, with a
view of a Simultaneous attack upon the
whites at all points For years he has been
arranging his plans ard his messengers
the most influential ard eloquent of his
trihe-have been dispatched to all the tribes
even as far ss the Sioux i'll Nebraska and
the Yunas ON the Colorado. TO urge upon
;hem a general var Of externiinafiou ara'ns;
,.;e whites ibe Sigux one vi the most
paxeriul and waFlike tribes on the cuusi-
nent are In open rehelii0n-all the tribes
in Oregon aud Washington Territories, with
The exception of The Clackamas ard few
u; herr who hive been last friends of the
xhiveS are ravagiBr the settlements. and
d. not hesitate 10 enc ,unter large bodies Of
troops IN the open field In almost every
encounter OF importance ;hev have either de-
fesied the iFoop> OF held their own We
have news By the Columhia Of battle
fought between the volunteers, on the march
against Fort WaIla Walla, the Indian head
Quarters. and large force Of the savages-
The fgh; was hotly confessed Tor two
days The whites lost 8 number Of men
inciui.ng a very large proportion of officers,
and were finally compelled 70 hslt snd en-
trench themselves until they coald obtain
supplies and ammunition. Many other en-
c,lnters aave taken place on small scale,
in which the Indians are reported to have
been driven back, but never without infiiet-
ing loss upon iheir enemies. The affair
has assumed such n,agni;ude-the chief at
the head of the confe deraiion is so shrewd
and deterinined-;he savsges are SO numer-
Gus. so well armed: and fight so desperately
they inhabit country wiihal SO remote
and 70 inaccessible. especially in winter. that
a considerable army will be required TO re-
duce them 1t IS most unfortunate that hos
tiIi;ies should have broken out al this juno
tuTe The settlements in the territories are
in their infancy and the lilling up of the
country depended upon the preservation of
peace with the Indians Immi grafton across
the plains must entirely cease. and many o.
the settlers now located In the exposed dis
tricts will desert their farms and fy to q
more peaceful country for security The
growth Of OregoI, aud Washington will be
in consequence checked to an extent from
which they will not recover for years
T'orship Maps and Field Notes Of
Hempsfead County--We have recently
seen the maps and leld notes of the town
ships in Hampstead county. bound IN two
neat volumes and prepared at the Surveyor
Generals ofiice. by Sir. Caleb LangtTee-
The w.ry IL v.li and elS.antly executed.