New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-27


The deed. Three families en- White Rsves, eleven
psnsB b an-vere almsssscfed BY ne moua0 Nesou
= helpless womep md msGoent ehisdren.oy Nessoo,
who sp he EDsnsh-vbo he'd been Ges'es w,'S ares. .
become alarmed, and bsviDg in eos.eqee.es Istt nes
clsins for The nearest tosD 70 them and
asursd them that there was no danger; Gone oack
TO your eajns," said be, sno vi" "oS ou' iof
TIN. ,hs -, broke out On the Sound. We have
the Sourd two thousand warriors and less than seven
hur dr abk-bodied white men. Inc eaders 10 .nsse
muydsn were Indians who knew the most sbons the
whit,s ard in whom the whites most trusted. There
we've Int two skeleton companies of regular troops for
;,s S.fs..e not exceeding eighty men. Nearly all the
sbe-be died men Of this small ,"ree nad m@caea 40, w
for be citizens to shoulder their guns and prevent the
repetition of such horrible atrocities CompIn,e
ra.d and were INTO me % ' ne
the Sound.
So threatening and imminent was danger that Lieut..
Nupen upon whom the command had devolved In con.
sequence of the absence Of Capt Malouey called cut
Oh the spur of the m' ment a company OF volunteers,
and mustered them into the service OF the United Sate
and subsequently reported the fact TO Gov. Mason IN
these words: -,
"Ihsve the honor that have called upon the eti.
rers Of Pierce County company Of volunteers 70 s
sap Ind.. White River and vicinity Who haze bssn
epeer Capt Eaton in the service Of the Unite, States
has been SrSSs %
Capt, Wallace who reports to yen for orders,
Can't, keyes, wh0 assumed cOnlndno oI tue oibutcs
on the 26tb ofNovsbtr in letters to Gov Mason. &C:
knowt dyed the necessity of calling out volunteers, and
their Efficient services, in these words
,"Iys TO ss Of aS:S
and furnishing them With supplies until definite ins9c
been
YOU that stand cannot continue my connec
lion Nth l : Ts We ne soy
capacity service and they should be retained on d9ty
" In c.ss Of necessity wi.h you 70 understand
At the breaking out of the atbe regular officers
on duty on the Sound and Columbia River, without 1
ON well assured single exception agreed in Judg-
ent with the authorities and the citizens OF the two
TeroIiee q to the emergency sad the measures re-
auired to meet H. II not till new men, totally I'M
acquainted with the country and the Indians, came
upon the stage that the discovery was made that there
Was no war; and the war had been got up for the puf
In regard to nv being in favor of extermna'ing the
Indsne, my acts viii speak for II is well known
throueh out both Territories and conceded believe
by every officer Of the regular service on duy IN the
two Territories that Superintendent OF Indian Al
fairs have exerted every energy of my being TO pre-
tect the IIdisns and have succeeded In accomplishing
the duty.
Sound country there was of course universal alarm
Yet for Elk months not Indian was killed or moested
except in bsttlstbs too in community living IN the
midst of treble the number of Inc ians the fealty OF
half Of whom was for months doubtful The eIegtions
of ting Governor Mason and the Indian officers were
unrpg to quiet the Indians and prevent the spread OF
disft cton. On my return at the end OF three
months was amazed at the f0rbearance Of the people
and at the prompitude which they had shown both IN
tskpg sms to hight the hOsties and In aiding the 10
dian authorities TO protect and quiet the Indians The
whole people Of the Sound were then lvipg IN block
houses except those in some three OF the principal
towns the shores Of the Sound. II was question
with many to whether IL they remained in the Ter
ritory they would not starve. Thank God Sir, they
oil determined to stay and fight it out. The whole
three four families they built and occupied block
house, and with arms in their hands they cultivated
their farms. Ore half of the abebodied men took the
field and for six onths-he terms Of the three months
men having e1pred-a vigorous campaign, in copjanc-
ton with the regular troops mace in the rainy sea-
fOn into the enemys country the Indians were beaten
thirds of the Indians in arms unconditiOnay mrren'
dered and the rest driven over the mountains,
| through the deep snow.
During this whole war not an Indian has been killed
troops belonging to the Territory Of Washington. OF
many hundred Indians who have Internationally sur
lotred the volunteers two Indians only have been
executed and tbese only N consequence OF the sentence
OF military court, composed IN one case OF u mixed
commission of regular and volunteer officers. Some
Twelve sdd',nal Indians have been tried for their
lives and were acquitted. All tie rest are n9p IN NY
| charge on the reseTUaft0ns -e
| Why, Sir, there has been collected on temporary
Iessrv atoms the SOuDd alone 500 Indians snce
early last November taken from or near the vicn-
among the hOstes placed there for their protection.
retv ihs point the Columbia River and on the
Colun bis River, 900 have been collected for
| similar purpose. Does this look as though was an
extern DatOr Of the IIdians or their friend and pro.
ttetOTI
| Nor have the Volunteers Of Washington ever plum
dtred the Indians, whether friendly or hostile. All
property captured from hostile Indians was accounted
for as public property. Such We're my orders, and
know they were indexibly carried out The sTsyed
animals Of friendly indians were in all cases taken care
Of by the volunteers and returned 10 their owners
The volunteer Of Oregon held last Winter the
the Walla-Walla Valley, protected the settlers aud
friendly Cayuses there, prevented the spread Of disaf
ccen amor the Nez Perces, strengthened the hands
Of the Indian authorities of both Washington and
Oregon in quetiDg and taking of the friendly To-
daIs Of the Daes kept and the other hostile
leaders with their follow north Of the Snake. In
gard to all which, the best commentary is thst whsn
the volunteers withdrew the settlers Withdrew with
them. DisAfectiOn rapidly spread the hostes gath.
eItd hope, and finally sacked the Cascades, killing
Iii ct. II ptnOIs.
faI hot attempt to refute his statement in regard
to digging up dead bodies ard ravshing girls-tbe
writer having simply Grswn upon his imagination.
I1Ig previous 10 ami for the frstsix months of the
war; not any rage occurred in this Territory. In
March lat there was sad case OF nurcer OH tie Co
umbn, but not By rolunteers. On the Sound since
tie month of April, volunteer, leave of absence
liedtwo Indians, Who with Nelson, killed the three
volunteers brother, his brothers wife and two chill
dren. For this often o, the volunteer tried by
military commission. Six other Indians were killed
in June, July and August-e'ght, nine and ten
the sf'ei the war ccmmeLced, bat not by volun-
teIs. One was killed by soldiers from the
Se'lacrom garrison regular toops).
In all these caes of murder every exerton vas
made TO ferret ont and aIret the perpetrators, and two
ale lou in cOnfiLt me ut awaiting trial.
The War has been Of inealculable injury to both
Territories. Both Territories were prosperous before
tie war broke ost IA general thing supplies have
been furnish ed and services endered at fair price
the best proof of which is that large amount of