The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-14

lian of Dec. 22:-
steamer Belle has just arr we'd, with from the
field, III the Walla Wrlls country, TO December Is,
being seven days later news. the brief im port of
VS. H. that The lndiaos commenced another attack
Oregon Mounted Volunteers the morning of
b. We copy from . letter OF our correspondent,
in command OF company. Particulars of the
p to the night OF December 8, were publiahed last
9th the battle again common ,ed on the same
Of the day previous, which WAS . hot contest IN
<. Our loss WAS in wounded-Ira Alien, Co. e, aud
'mith, Co. !. On the 10th the fight comm IN sed
ore desperately on the part OF the enemy, and, If
Pie, with more determination on the part Of our
TO drive the enemy entirely from the field. Be-
k they had fallen back to the grodnd occu DIED by
he night OF the first days fight evidently badly
~. Our loss was in wounded only ne-Lieu-
d, Co. +. In the evening, Capt. Cornelius, With
and part OF Yamhiu Company, arrived 90 the
ny OF the 18th the hills And plain, instead Of being
with the dusky forms of our savage foes, were
not an indian in sight. All the cispossble force
In purf utt, but returned on the evening If the
lay, without being able to overtake The flying
III not anticipate the ofcal report by particular
be sta ions and the deeds of valor OF the different
MES or OF Individuals, but must say, that hav-
lines before stood on the battle field where con-
thousands we're engage., and I never saw Drawer
. determined men engaged In deadly strife. raere
OF less than 800 warriors against u, occupying
Of their own choice; pars Of them among the
extending their line across the plain In the sage
AL SAND hilocks, the remainder Ia The ravines and
rolling hills tn the northward.
Flemmipg, OF Company A, died of his wound on
,niog of the I3.h making our total of killed, one
p, one Lieutenant, and tour privatss. Wounded,
captains, ons lieutenant and thirteen privatss.
kllled and wounded twenty. three.
oss OF he enemy Ia very grest-according to their
nfssion-I think rom seventy to eightylkilled and
by more wounded-not less tnan one hundred and
all. Pes-pen mox- nox is dead Stock Whitley shot
neck and through The hips and many Of tier most
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sceived q blow from which they never recover.
press did rot leave on the 18th, a. was expected,
YES to night. To-day we moved camp four miles
river, where We snail remain for the p,eseo..
evens ia sa'e and will be here tomorrow night.
ties IN the right tone he goes IN for giving the red
tnrashiog that will be lasting one.
wounded of the command are all doing well. and
recovering. The Multnomab boys are all well
fine spirits.
following abstract of volunteers journal is CO.
)m the StdieSmdn:--
ndif ns MADE their appearance In the mo rning
battle ground. but not half 30 thick "a the day be-
Kept continuous firing all day. but doiog little
on, as the boys were getting pretty good at dodg
Vasco boys took the hill and after two houes'
hootiDg routed the Ibdisus out OF their trenches,
at they had dug, leaving guns. knives and olsn.
AT tie same time the In ians were driving of
ock ~ the river.
Jay MORNING Oth-A few Indians presented
Ives on the hill; filed up some Of our trencnes
ones OF their own. wasso boys on the hill
IN boys aiorg the bush; fought the hill for an
Two, Wnou me lnQtans began TO retr04e. Major
ordered charge, when Linn and Wasco pitched
ran the devils past their upper csmp-hree In
'iied. As We were coming back they fred A few
us, but no One was hurt during the day on our
At dusk the enemy had all disappeared.
gclrck.-Three bundled and fifty men. under
ly, mounted on horse,a * and pursued the enc
oll0wed about forty miles, found consider 4ols
but not one Indian. All eft in tho direction of
iver supposed to have crossed over 70 the o her
snake river. From the appearances in he Indian
gtx or TEL miles above Wntman's sta ion there
ave been fifteen hundred or two Thousand Indians.
we're one hundred and forty lodges, some were
five and thirty fee. long, and others only large
to contai fix persons.
p. N.-Colonel Kelly aud company returned;
with them thirty or forty Iuoian hor es; saw
number OF cattle and horses as they were pa ssing
galley, but account of the fog conid not find
they retu med; found valuable cache deposited
Ftler; houses nearly all burned; grain, No., de-
BY the Indians.
PF THE KILLED AND WoUSDED.--Tt ia supposed gene
Ut In TIE four days battle we killed ab ut sixty
and wounded probably about the same number.
OF our killed and wounoed is as follows
in Wilson'S ComD0ny-Mortally wounded, Z. B.
md Capt V. Wilson; slightly wounded, +. Du-
y. Smith, and J. Studvan
in Humds0n's C0mpany-Mortallv wounded, Jesse
in Benners Company-Capt. Charles Bennett,
B. Miller, Ira Allen, and A. She oherd, oun-ed.
an Ldyton's C0mpdny-Killed, john NJ. Blu rows
nry Grow; wounded, Capt. Layton, I. Miller,
CrabtIee,. 7. J. Payne, Casper Shocks, Nathan
in Mo~son's Sompany-wm. Hagermau, killed at
Ills Wslla, snd VIM Andrews at Fort Henrietta;
}, Capt. J. b. Monsoon and j. B. smith.
in lorN0yer's Cdmpdny-John Jarvsise, wounded.
cur oed all ppear to be doing well. Che weather
past few days has been cold, with occasional gusts
md snow.
nsnt Fellows of Marion company, was unaui-
elected Captain, In place Of Captain Bennett
the above there had oeen no fighting. The
ere waiting for supplies, preparatory to a 'urthsr
the Indian country.
n Corpe lins aad been elected Colonel in place Of
eemith
eqonion OF the 18th says:--Governor Stevens, Of
too Territory, psd arri, led ~ tue camp Of tia
Mounted Volunteers, ard made sp~esh 70 the
{, nid avowed 1ir dstsrnin alton 10 nrRs = con-
81 thu WA until every h0s,ie lndt IN II subouad,
ssirR ves,e acquired, 81 that treaty shpulations
b al tttle be- 0otetved.
o, ,icie in the 0regontan OF thu h. In An article
How Gees on The WSrp' find the toto Tiny -,
Eet that me Tinted st stes tro,us. who are ,,aid
II x, snd VIII, hsve oeen sent here At the expanse
neral government W pr0tecs the pe Juie ara NJ
~ in gOod. ~a'm winter qua ftets, eating, drink
making merry, ~hile few bsrefoo 81 hal
vOfunt. ers. VII, CANE here At their oSn ex-
ne In the hs'd lighting he bast An of thst.
s,itol building ~ ~al.m has been emit ee,v des.
up Osed 10 DO the YORK Of an iaceudtaJy.
triisosf4l library yas entirely con ,umed--v
abcut $4,000 or %, 900. The total oss If buir
tisrary will not fAi' much short ~ $ta O0O IN
No Journals ~ toe present ses-ion wa Q DESTROYED
ly' aud will oceasi n great in,envsniepce to the
In It's further du les
.ws from cUsshiugt0n Territory.
,set SQUAD courier Of i,ec 81, says:-
Uniformed that the Indians nave com nenced the
i.st,uctoo In ,his viett Try, bv burnfay he ,use