New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-14
OREGON.

RENEWED POSSIBILITIES OF THE INDIANS
The Indians il appears, have again become trouble
some in the " aa.N ALA country. lacy hal full pos
session of the entire country to the north aud Gust Of
tte Dalfs. excepting a block house or two. There
erc IN the vicinity of that point abo 1t three thousand
saysees mostly armed with guns. Gov Stevens had
becp obi rod 10 come to tue Dalles and Col S,eptoe
was likegise on his way to the same point.
II apppears thai while Gov stey ers wa al the
c,un.i eIound endeav0rng Ia effect treats OF peace
the cis of the Nez Pcrcs undertook TO Destroy him
and bis aty and would have succeeded I'd not Col
S,,rtoe cent NV mp1nies TO his relief These troops
on arriving found large body OF Indians on the Gov
crnors right upon whom they fired vollcy OF grape
shot which killing and wOunding thirteen OF their
NJ mber, put the rest to flight Inc lndlans having
burr cd The prairie about Walla Wala, Col. Steptoe
was OBLIGED 10 fall back upon the Umadilla. Ia this
encounter Lii ii Lii OF Benton County was killed aud
Tree other " les wound' d. From the DISPOSE
ton row manifested by the Indians, II ia thought no
peace can be concluded with them until they are met
ind severely ,uIihed II is even feared they will be-
ccn.eto crboldencd By the tcmporizing course pur-
sued toward item to alta + Il Ca cade and per-
h5,s massacre tic whites in both the Wasucall aud
N6.liI gtnn Territory the regular troops not being
ier e. pre- vent their advancing upon those points
Later intelligence states tha Gov Stevens had come
Oh TO Portland, and Col. StepOe had reached the Dat.
is thus leaving the cLtre country north ald east Of
John Ddy's River in the possession # lnilans e>-
,clt one block house i'll tn W alla-N Lila valley, he'd
by about fifty men. Tdis post Col. Sepe VAS 10 re-
hevc as soon rs be could get forage for his lnimas
Tie Oregon Pres seems unaniuous III the opinon
that further trouble with the indians l. o be appre
hol d,d while portion Of it speaks of another genera!
war az almost inevitable and warns tic hardy settlers
Of Oregon 10 held themse, in adiues to again take
the &. Id.
On the Sth of October Coy. Stevens addressed a
meeting in Portland, in which he gave history OF tue
cause progress ard future prospects OF the present
troubles with the IDdians He deca'ed that toe war
was one of defense the pant of the whites t6at the
lrcaLs had made several treaties; that they hsa yio-
h;,d all Of en- that, in the late council az Walla-
Wuila the indians insisted, condition for another
trociy tina; tic whites should surrender to then (or
Ger tie 1hoe country cast Of the Dale5i that they
one TO The uncil aimed; that they promed him,
VIII, n they left him, to have anoher talk; thu, they
waited to talk with Col. SteptCe lst that they had
apt, l. tod the next day, Immediately after noon to
isl with Steptoe; that b fore that time they sur.
rouI dcd HIM. nj alta ;ked HE camp; aad that nc aud
liz reIty were driven out OF the country
We lean, saye TIE S'Gadd,d Of the 9.h oct, thai
Co.'s Nri lat and S,eptoc have started back from tho
Dsnts With an additional force OF about 1903 men.