Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-02-21
THE ROUGE RIVER INDIAN
In the YYerka Union Of January. 9Th we find

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| In the Ierka Union of January 9Th we find
the following news:
CAaP, BuTrE CHEEK, Dec. %, 1856.
The spies, after three days search found Indians
on the North Fork oflittle Butte, about six miles
the camp About eleven o'clock on the night of
the 2tth, the company proceeded up Butte Greek
and camped within mile Of the Indian Ranch
erias, and early in the morning proceeded to at
tack them and at day break the firing commenced
from our side; eight ''bucks" were killed and the
balance more or less wounded. One squaw was
accidentally wounded in the lower jaw; two
squaws with their childrenvere made prisoners
no ammunition was found, and four guns, several
bushels Of wheat some salmon and four horses
The result thus far is the total extinction of
two hostile band !. Capt BuShey found the camp
on Applegate too strong for the handful of men
with him and sent for reinforcement. By an
other week we hope to have as good an account
to give of that company as we have of those of
of Capts. Rice and Alcorn. Since the above was
in type, We have received communication from
| one of Capt, Bushcy's men.
Twelve men, under the command Of Lieut.
Armstrong, started for Thompson's Greek, and
seven men with Capt Bushey, started on tho
TRAIL and having followed it two or three miles
through thick bushy l7svine we come suddenly
in sight of their camp, and Immediately opened
fire on them, killing three and wounding seYe-
raj. We captured all their camp equipage, and
then set the ranch on fire. The party returned
to camp this evening.
None of the men were killed OF wounded in
the fight, which lasted about three hours.
Mr.. Angel had been killed by the Indians, a.
bout mile from Jacksonville 1t appears that
party Of volunteers and about 30 regulars left
on Wednesday last for point on Appellate
where a body oflndians, are supposed to be con-
gregated-Mr. Angel and Mr.. Waggoner, start
ing little ahead, were quarter Of mile in adj.
dians fired upon them, killing Angelinstantly.
The following abstract of q volunteers journal
is copied from the Statesman:
Dc. 9.-Indians made their appearance in
the morning on the battle ground, but not half
SO thick as the day before. Kept continuous
firing all day; but doing little execution as the
boys are getting pretty goolat dodging. Wasco
| boys took the hill, aud after two hours sharp
shooting, routed the Indians ont of their trench.
es &C., and they dug, leaving, guns knives and
blankets. At the same time the Indians were
seen driving off their stock up the river
| lOTiI MONDAY MoRN1NG.-1i few Indians pre-
sentcd themselves on the hill, filed up some of
our trenches, and dug new ones of their own
| Wasco boys on the hill and Linn boys along the
brush; fought on the hill for an hour or two,
when the Indian began to retreat. Major Chinn
ordered charge, when Linnand Wasco pitched
| in and ran the devils past their upper camp
three Indians killed. As We were coming back
they fired few times at US, but no one was
hurt during the day on our side At dusk the
enemy had all disappeared.
! llTH, 9ocLocH.-Three hundred and fifty
and men Colonel Kelly mounted on horseback
pursued the enemy Followed about forty miles,
found considerable stock, but not one Indian
All left in the direction of Snake river; supposed
to have crossed over to the other side of Snake
river. From the appearances in the. Indian
camp, eight or ten miles above Whitman's sta
ton, there must have been 1900 or 1000 In
dans. Therewe one hundred and forty loig-
eS; some were twenty-five and thirty feet long,
and others only large enough 10 contain six per-
sons.
18TH, P. M-Col. Kelly and company re-
turned; broughtwith them thirty or forty In.
dian horses; saw quite number of cattle and
horses as they were passing UP the valley, but
on account of the fog could not find them as
they returned; found valuable cache deposited
by settler. Houses nearly all burnt; grain, &c.
destroyed by the Indians.
1t is supposed that in the four days battle
about sixty Indians were killed and about the
same number wounded. The loss of the settlers
is thus reported:
Capt. Wilson's Company Iortally wounded,
e. b. Kelsey and Captain A. V. Wilson; slight
ly wounded, f. DuvaI, j. w. Smith andJ. Stud,
ivan.
Capt Humasons Company--Mortally wound
Capt. Benefits company-Capt C. Bennett,
killed; B. Miller, Ira Allan, and a. Shepherd
wounded.
Capt. Layton's Company-Killed, John NJ.
Burrows and Henry Grow; wounded, Captain
Layton, ]. Miller, franklin Crabtrce, I, Payne,
Casper Shocks, Nathan Fry and A. N. Adding
ton.
Capt. MOnsons Gompany-wm. Hagcrman,
killed at Fort Wallawalla, and VIM. Andrews at
Fort Henrietta; wounded, Capt j. b. Monsoon
and j. B. Smith.
Capt. Cornoyer's Compsny-John Jarvaise
wounded.
/ SroPpAeE or MIElxa BIZ SEVERE WEAruER-
| The Stockton Argus says that it hears COM
plants from all sides, ofthe cold weather in the
mines, and of the impossibiiity of the miners to
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