Washington telegraph., 1856-01-09
The Indian War in Oregon


Es1I;-.JT, WaIIa and all the volunteer troops
f'-- - TO the Dailes TO recruit 1t is thought
= = =. ls,vs tine San Francisco Herai.il that to
b bys-,D so,Ds the Indians at WaIia Waila in con-
r1l'I At the setting In of the winter. oUld be
81 inDracticabIe, and that matters will
s1ll- rernain in Std.u gsEo unless vigorous meas
sl's The chasti<ement of the indi,ns be adopt
~, Gen Wool
I1,bsr Gen. Wool AMI s.aff had gone to the
N.-- No..- On being asked where MS headquarters
Dl !. he answered: In the saddle until the
z1r i over
sx
,;-... Gen. WooI's plans are. has not trauspir-
-. bat il is generally thought that he will re-
9 - .ba services OF the volunteers now in the
cs1 5 = he should deem their services necessary
T-,-ll doubtless require them to muster into the
r. States service volunteers, and then
- ,bey disobey his orders, ne would dismiss
-, fzon the service without any court martial
I.---7.b-nent- as Is customary with the regulars
T.. Portland Times, oil the 24th, has the follow
=, relation to the movements OF the troops:
r. s,rres under Col Nesmi;h and Maj Rains
turned from their Yakima expedition to
o n.ilss on account of the heavy SHOWS which
~
@ -, .,,untrv Is deemed impracticable by both
"a -oIgpteer and regular officers They found
It's in force but considerable skIrnishing
- D.aee il the expedition
M; CbInn-s command had arrived at Wells
- an lis way TO Fort WaiIa WaIIa Hav-
sF---.;,s,; information that Peel Peu- Mox-Nox
- -, 81 ., possession OF Fort WaIla WaIIa. with
=. -C.r-s Of 1000 strong, Maj. Chinn halted and
=. :, |, ,eut Col Kelly at the Dalles. for REIN
s,--.,,eots. which are doubtless now on the way
:, nm bia. The probabilities are that Pee Peu-
VS5v-Mox will stand fight
Mai. Cainn in Ms report to Col Nesmith. da-
- We'll Springs Camp. Nov 18th. says;
have. with all convenient speed. made my
- 4, sbiS point enCOunterins nothing IN the
,--oi bos;iiItv: the country to this point is de-
.,---I Tonight the messengers who bear these
I,--srs arrived IN camp bringing me from \. Ray
49, Intelligence OF the danger Oi the settlers
-5e is,tTuction Of MesSrs- Brooks and BrumIoTd
r-,1srtv. Of me seizure o! Walla Walia by Pee
Pa,-V5x-Mox and the number and condition of
nv s,arl;es. Mr. Sinclair assures me. from the
;-s,rmation gather from these messengers. that
~ r.,si.5on OF Pee-Peu- Mox-Mox is inaccessible
,fi-i nv force At present the only plan which
r-zntS itself to me IS that shall proceed to the
I-ua,i!ls and iorLIty mvsei 2nti either reinforce
r7sr.s arrive. OF the right column NAV create a
fIreTsiln IL nv favor With one hundred and
f,v more men and one or tvxo field pieces.
ulis1r take Fort Wala WaIla; with the means at
M command It Is impossible The news from
Ravgusad mas beeH Of incaiculable benefit. Ny
Is.Isa had heen to move direct on Wai!a WaIia
bv 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 bis information, shall probably reach
the Tua;Illa Tomorrow OF next daY-
A letter from Capt Hewett. Published in the
Pi5z11 and Denlorrai, gives the following account
Of massacre by Indians White river:
Afer tmo days hard work, reached the house
Of VI Cox which found robbed: confirming
Jur ss2i-ions that greater mischief had been done
10 the settlements farther up the river. We then
proceeded 10 Mr. Jones place where we found
pur worst fears more thaH realized. The house
was buFleI 70 ashes and Mr- Jones (whp was at
.ae lime Sickl was burned IN ii Mrs Jones was
ilUai TIas about thirty yards from the house
shot through the lower part of the lungs. face and
avs horribly bT1Sen ami rnulilated- apparently
vita the head OF an axe. The homes OF Mr. Jones
We Gogld- the roasted flesh having beea ra;en off
BY the hogs. We found Mr Cooper (who was
living with Mr. Jones al the tinlel about one hun
lTei eli fifty yards from the heuse, shot through
.ae !uasS, the ball entering the left breast We
buried the bodies and Proce-iei to the horse Of
w. H Brown miie distant Mrs Brown and
,hIEd We found IN the well, her head ,ownwarGs;
tie mother was stabbed to the heart, the knife
entering the lett breast and also in the back aEd
back part OF the head
She had apparently started to r,:n with her
cb4 ian infant about ten months oldi IN her arms:
vas oveTtasen and pitched into tie well The
'hi was below her. and had no marks of vio-
-en-e on It It was not dressed ShOwin. that
the mother had taken it from the bed and at
tempted "a Zee Mr. Brown WAS fss:;d in the
house cut - pieces He lett hand had xo cuts
Is though he had grasped \ knife and had IT pull
led Out- cutting the hand TO the home There
Were also two stains in the palm OF the same hand
as though he bad attempted To ward off the fatal
weapon His arms and legs were badly cut and
shrHd think theIe were as many a ten or III
ten Sssb> IN hIS back mostly little below The
eit shoulder Everything seemed TO show that
he had bought desperately and think he must
have killed some OF the devils from the fact that
The fence where ihev went out from the house
hat the appearance Of having had something drag
5ad over it. and the rails below were all smeared
With blood
After oHTynS them as circumstances would
permit we proceeded to the house OF Mr. King
'i Fstaer where his house was which Ne found
burned TO ashes and where the most horrible
spectacle Oi ali awaited US Mr. Jones and the
'~9 little children were burnt in the house and
ne body Of Mr. kiEg- after being roasted. was
eaten almost entirely up by the hogs Mrs King
was living about thirty wards from the ruins al
ne>s et-tiFeiy IN state OF nuiiiy- She vas shot
apparently through the heart-tie ball entering
he let; side the left breast cut entirely Off
sae was c'it open from the PIT of the stomach to
about the centre OF the abdomen. and the insrs
,ines Pl.led ont on either SIDE We performed
iae at sad Tites and proceeded back TO our eu
campnent- and the next morning started for
SEATTLE.
The Anti-Slavery Standard TINS ac knowledges
lis 'TaltOrOus designs:
We are sometimes ,ked what we D;snnion-
81 expect 20 DO We VIII answer we have al
NJ a. expected 10 do Just what we have DONE
N A%' made II plain TO all Shareholders and to
- =. tn''-SiavehoiteTs who are not eager Ia shut
,.e'r eyes to the fact. thai Slavery and the Union
-le Ole aiii indIyIsIble Whatever word is utter
- tu earnest against slavery is a countersDeil
aLss Inc charm by whirh II holds IL, life. every
1iiesi at the refnOl-st extremity oftlie body
'lllic o. siaveTv- strikes straight at the common
90. ai tue nation which sends the lille blood TO
4 Tue P'iypas that is c,,nsr,tl ,ts it as well as
= 7ilis-ns OF health ani strength. Instinct is
lfi matter and It has told the friends OF slave
: = ui= L".a The Union has HOW become an
- VOID ioT slavery. AMI ,liSrInion AMI anil
- aie perfectly SYNONYMOUS terms in the