The true Democrat., 1856-01-08
From the N. o. Picayune, Dec. The Indian War in Oregon.

| iuiuISu idtCi iheCiiiS,CuOC liOiu OiCSOH oAou "S had in the summary of news from that quarter published in this mornings Picayune. The in- telligence of the progress of the Indian war in that territory is startling. It appears the In. dians had captured Fort Walla Walla, and all the volunteer troops had returned to the Dal- les to recruit It is thought by some (says the San Francisco Herald) that to march upon the Indians at Walla Walla in consequence of the setting in of winter, would be entirely imprac- tcable, and that matters will have to remain statu quo, unless vigorous measures for the chas- tsement of the Indians be adopted by Gen. Wool.
 The advices from Portland are to the 29th ol November. Gen. Wool and staff had gone to the Dalles. On being asked where his head quarters would be, he answered.: " In the sad dle until the war is over."
 As to Gen. Wool's plans, the Portland Times says:
 What Gen. Wool's plans are, has not trans pired yet, but it is generally thought that he will receive the services of the volunteers now in the field, if he should deem their services necessary. He will doubtless require them to muster into the United States service as voun. teers, and then should they disobey his orders, he would dismiss them from the service with
 
 tomary with the regulars.
 The Portland Times of the 24th, has the fol- lowing in relation to the movements of the troops:
 The forces under Col Nesmith and Major Rains have returned from their Yakima expe- ditlon to the Dalles, on account of the heavy snows which cut off the forage for horses. A winter campaign in that country is deemed inn practicable by both the volunteer and regular officers. They found no Indians in force but considerable skirmishing took place in the ex- petition.
 Major Chnn's command had arrived at Wells's Spring, on its way to Fort Walla Walla. Hav- ing received information that Pee Peu- Mox- Mox had taken possession of Fort Wala Wal la, with force of 1000 strong, Major Chinn halted and sent to Lieut. Col. Kelly, at the Dalles, for endorsements which are doubtless now on the way to join him. The probabi- lites are that Pee Peu- Mox- Mox will stand a fight.
 Major Chinn, in his report to Col. Nesmith, dated We'll Springs Camp, November IF, says: -..
 have, with all convenient speed, made my way to this point, encounterng nothing in the way Ot HOoIiilly tuC COuuCIy u tulS pOlUI Is deserted Tonight the messengers who bear these letters arrived in camp, bringing me from N. Raymond intelligence of the danger of the setters-the destruction of Messrs. Brooks and Brumford's property, of the seizure of Walla Walla by Pee Peu- Mox- Mox, and the number and condition of my enemies. MT. Sinclair as sures me, from the information I gather from these messengers, that the position of Pee Peu- Mox-Mox is inaccessible with my force. At present the only plan which presents itself to me is that l shall proceed to the Umatilla and fortfy myself until either endorsements ar rive, or the right column may create diversion in my favor. With one hundred and fifty more men, and one or two field pieces, 1 might take Fort Walla Walla; with the means at my con- mand it is impossible. The news from Ray mond has been of incacuable benefit. My design had been to move direct on Walla Wal la by the river road; in which case from the nature of the ground, the command would have been at the mercy of thousand Indians. If Raymond is correct in his information, shall probably reach the Umatlla tomorrow or next day.
 A letter from Capt. Hewett, published in the Pioneer and Democrat, gives the following ac- count of a massacre by Indians on White ri. yer
 After two days hard work, reached the house or Mir. Cox, which we found robbed coufrm- Ing our suspicious that greater mischief had been done to the settlements farther up the IT, yer. We then proceeded to Mir. Jones plase where we found our worst fears more than req lized. The house was burned to ashes. and Mr. Jones (who was at the time sick) was burn ed in 1t. Mrs. Jones was found lying about f Jrtx- l., tl,o .1.- AI. lower part of the lungs, face and jaws horribly broken and mutilated, apparently with the head of an axe. The bones Of MT. Jones we found, the roasted flesh having been eaten off by the hogs. We found Mir. Cooper (who was living with MT. Jones at the time) about one hun dred and fifty 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, mile distant Mrs. Brown and child we found in the well, her head downwards; the mother was stabbed to the heart, the knife entering the left breast, and also in the back and back part of the head.
 She had apparently started to run with her child Gan infant about ten months oId) in her arms; was overtaSen and pitched into the we'll The child was below her, and had no marks of violence on 1t. It was not dressed showing that the mother had taken it from the bed and attempted to flee. Mr. Brown was found in the house, cut to pieces. The left hand had two cuts, as though he had grasped knife, and had 1t 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 1 should think there were as many as ten or fifteen stabs in his back, mostly little below the left shoulder. Everything seemed to show that he had fought desperate ly, and l think he must have killed some of the devils, from the fact that the fence where they went out from the house had the appear ance of having had something dragged over it, and the rails below all smeared with blood.
 After burying them as well as circumstances would permit, we proceeded to the house of MT. King. or rather where his house was, which we found burned to ashes, and where the most horrible spectacle of all awaited us Mr. Jones house, and the body of MT. King, after being roasted, was eaten almost entirely up by the hogs. Mrs. King was lying about thirty yards from the ruins almost entirely in state of nu- dity. She was shot apparently through the heart-the ball entering the left side; the left breast was cut entirely off-she was cut open 1 from the pit of the stomach to about the centre of the abdomen, and the ntestnes pulled out on either sde We performed the lastsa rites and proceeded back to our encampment, and the next morning started for Seattle.
 The Puget Sound Courier, of the 23d ult., says
 The revenue cutter Jefferson Davis, Capt. Pease, left this port few days since for Port Townsend, for the purpose of protecting the lower part of the Sound against the incursons of the northern Indians, whose presence has been much feared, in consequence of the SUD- position that they might join the Indians here, in an offensive war; The cutter left without her full compliment of men; two officers and five men remain at the Fort She also left two large guns, they being placed on the defences at Olympia.
 The same paper announces the arrival of the l c1n 0f, al