The Trinity journal., 1856-02-09
LATER FROM OREGON.

LA En- 4 hOlI OEt EUOAN.
The Oregon T,mcs gives the following as
received from Gov Stevens of Washington
Territory, who has just arrived at Portland:
Gov. Stevens met Col Cummings, Indian
Superintendent, of the st. Louis District, at
the Council in the Blackfeet country That
they succeeded in inducing the Blackteet
Pen dOreillS, Flatheads, Nez Perces and
kootenays to make treaties Of peace among
thomselyes-and they succeeded in making
a treaty of the most satisfactory kind be
tween the Blackfeet and the United States.
There were 5000 Indians at the Council
ground, but not the least disturbance oc-
cured
As to the war, Gov. Stevens expresses
hims elf in most decided manner. He is
of opinion that the Winter is the only time
to fight the Indians with any show Of sue
cess: and that February, March, and per-
haps April, are the best months to prosecute
the war He says that the Indians are now
hemmed in by cold weather-that they can
now be found congregatcd in numbers, and
they cannot subsist in the mountains But
as soon as the Spring opens and the weather
Is warm, they can scatter in all directions
into the mountain fastnesses. He regrets
that he was not able to see Gen. Wool as
he wished to induce him, if possible. to take
the field Immediately The Governor left
for Olympia, on Thursday morning last, and
intends to raise three hundred volunteers
Immediately, and dispatch them to the Wal
la-Walla country. He called thirty men Of
Walla-Walla county into the service, on his
way in
The Governor reports the Nez Perccs
friendly, and that they will allow no hostile
Indians to come into their country-seyenty
Of them he mustered into his service The
Spokans were also friendly, and were pledged
TO take no part in the war, and he thinks
that with vigorous operations on our part,
they will continue peaceable.
On his way in Gov. Stevens friendly In
dians went out as scouts, aud obtained from
the hostile bands important informations as
to their councils, and the intentions Of ka-
miakin, and the other chiefs lie found
three feet Of snow in the Bitter Root Noun
tainS' About Christmas, for several days,
at Camp Curry the thermometer stood at
II degrees below zero.
The Governor reports Judge Yantis Of
the Sound, Mr.. Remick, Of Oregon City,
and others from the Colyille mines, on their
way in. They report fayoraJly Of the mines
Gov Stevens had the Cayuse chief TIM
hOwlish in charge, whom he intended deliy-
ering ouer to Superintendent Palmer lie
also brought to the Dallcs Red Wolf and
charge TOlman white man, who is accused
OF participating in the punder Of Brooke,
BumIord q Mobiles property,
The Oregon papers are very indignant at
the course pursued by Gen. Wool III regard
to the war The Oregoaaan says:
General Wool came up from California;
as he informed us, ITO take charge Of this
Indian war in person" lie desired, first
of all, to make himself acquainted with the
facts in the case; then he should adopt h@
urn coarSe, as he never asked advice That
"the Indians must be subducd at once, and
peace restored within our borders without de-
lay" All this was well said. Now let us
see what Gen. Wool has done towards con
summating this desirable end In the first
place he has ordered all the regular forces
out OF the field, and most Of them far away
from the frontiers. lie ordered the troops
down from the Dales on the very time the
Oregon volunteers were fighting the Indians
near Walla-WaIla.
The Dallcs is within four or five days
march Of Walla-W WalIa, and Immediately on
the borders Of the Indian country On the
very day that the United States troops left
the Dslles for Vancouver which is three
days march further from the seat of war,
the Oregon Volunteers were fighting their
fourth days battle with the Indians. And
The officers at the Dalles knew when the cX-
press left Wula-Walla the Indians were
not whipped but were in large force and
well fortified, and boldly fighting "A far in
fcrior force. The first express from the bat
tie field left on the second days fight, and
came down from the Dalles to Vancouver
on the same steamer which brought the reg
ulars away.
When Maj Chinn halted the left column
Of the Oregon volunteers at Fort Henrietta,
because an overwhelming force OF the enemy
were in his front, and sent back after howit-
zers and aid, Gen. Wool refused 6oth, and
left the whole frontier north to protected
by the volunteers or oyerTun by the Sayages,
in case the volunteers were oyerpowcrcd.-
General Wool las been at Fort Vancouver
all the time, and SO far as we could learn,
doing nothing except withdrawing his troops
from any proximity to the seat Of war, and
denoucing the course pursued by the Ore
gon volunteers
To THE PoINr-It is stated that Bishop
Doanc, of New Jersey, is strongly opposed