The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-29
The Oregon War.

oUR SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENTS.
SAN FaAS,1soo 0ct 5, 1858.
Bottle Of the tbur Lakes-Defeas Of the Indians-Ece q
III. Nin,.is Rife.
OF the Is; OF September battle took place between
Coz wrgh,s command and the combined hostile tribos
Of raousos Cour dAlcnes and Spokans III point called
-Four Lakes eighty miles beyond Snake river and
fifteen miles south Of the Spokan river The Indians
bered 1--WE hundred, and fought we'll The troops under
Col Virgin, four hundred and i,y II whcn two nun
drod and ninety participated IN No action guard or
OF three occrs and hundred and nifty RANK
and len in camp while the others went out To
GsLt. The Indians completely routed, With the ,~s
Of seventeen killed and thirty five wounded There we're
casualties tho side of the soldiers. Tho hattie and
It's results have demonstrated the immense rauc Of the
Minnie rife, and explain the Of Col Stept-'s re
verse when his mep we're armed With mise ssb,e mus
ke,onns
The o,o~ing interesting .etter published in the H,ad
days after the nsh and on the ground
where ,oos place. In. letter y dated, Camp on the
-Four Iak.s. spokan Plateau, sept. 4, 1855
Col wfiyht's command lett snake river the 2ath Az
gust and, marching at the rats Of twenty miles day,
est God, o,sas.n region hsy. ever s.en@wc reached
the 3isf. Az aIpvcached this camp the
try looked sone~ha, hshshe, and or enemies, the In
dans, made their appearance TL.y dnssed us IN our
camp, and ia our last days march, and VIC woro com
pclled 10 run thcm OCCASIONALLY.
Capt. II. key.s, commanding Third artillery, ad-
dressed the following oca report 10 the Acting idutant
GcIeral-
Sss1Rse pc Ss 4 s ,.s. cTs Il % % .' the
SssSn % ~ @ ?, as rd % M p"sr y Il %. ss @
Peou1e Indiana
NJ armed a. nisntry ard dsa hn.n, u twenty men q
sorpany acting AZ ar,ieris,s viii xo " mountain aawsers
"a men r'e-e" - '' '' '''''S % en-
day. y y sA'fsA II & e r Il. be guard s ss. 4 % e.
Gibson aud q y Dandy with company and one ho~.ser
ne main body le ts camp W., oeioss y ~ and are,
With eSi1 aSpa 'SS % opsf oh 'fS H. des
n Ell . F our - s 4s e ~. aosc , ' e RI y SY g. ord ORD
AMI i,eu, y y Norgsn, T., ecplps,,a ~, o x soupany
ny, uauberng from tO 70 500 moaasd warriors sas seen
sE,ad , gse5 he M w. ana ~ ns pe & q nc p,
he noun.n hn~ivsr detachment una-r Lieut. y = White,
,loIt l z ss''1Gs Sses e. fsssa % sfn.s ae s. sas y
Lieut. Whit. and Lieut. RaisOin dcploy AZ o
ci' ne Ss m mnpi 1ra yns crdsred . ns,ee e. @ ns co
iaiiahcn moved trkiy cowr the long sope passed the
Wei a,rse.sa a:her.o anas.Sl saaae,sy
cr ans As s cs bearing aown % and dh iso
sasr: 7 y, gqs,r5 s:y NJ ss ss ssss-y -
a.s woo,. 49, ~ u,e llis r, oIs
,S s he enemy aas 81 70 he % 81. company g. anasr
l.ua Hanson, Isss.a aSmn as9s asm aud az a:r shSr
vas hts necessarily rsalcd aud W. aot OH aeaT De close
q ~ engagement at bis company could he hrvush, ~ 10
Afer We had driven hs some pans.
and tcy were maSiEs Tor ani up tho HIS IN great n.ahers
,r ia ssle b s,c,i ths n,-t iu.a snisaiipo va
" obod 10 sasoud our lrs time but
~aS 80 e hish hUi passed be dr.g,pns sgsa who's.
hcrscs thoroughly blown aud was not n ahoni half
lrt hs fos ih. -rsggl-'s 10 ihs
toriy c,nta ordered forward top
hr county bcyni Nc- The enemy isioic thcy
having found sAcer the ara rayncs ocyound or
ing about hi hundred yards beyond fit Whites istsh
He fired h ~ lt dirtioa ~nicn bursting -h'rt
distance aro u er heads sen, them down the sAsna
Afcr Keeping my battalion the hi, oy
camp, rom which We we're absent oIiy tour hours.
Tho saantfy of the officers and men fniTablf, and
gnoug Toe ofc.s- nnierm that w M -tapt -
conduct ln1 esl@.si notice, AMI " this connection mus'
y1n Ii-uiensns whte Tyler ond fhre captain cri
Mt conmunleaa wh hin Afterwards u the r. all h been
sranded Inc activity And intelligence displayed ~ iAsn
ttnlnt Lawrence NJ. tdtuut II the baisslm - la transmit
aelietle
u asrds ,hc highest pleasure 10 state ha, uDt man
tat " n ~ opinion the s q mcrit Il sSics We car has,
During "a. .st two mones has been cesseiess edisv
sealnoed my oosrs 10 mpryss apou ,hc mea by n
~ y oo sno psTsis We Soa,a that loas raegen,
ourscivea Our lessons have been we'll learned Ihc
ufed ~ the gallant rrd rsses they would aave 6rs1
as IN .d ay IN. snenr has lost courage, but he mAy
change hid iaeics
The ioowing general orders were issued ~ Col Wright
after the bNtc,-
HrapovaRrsRs. Esrrpuscs Aealssr sssrssnsl
NpANs, CAsr Ar rss Fora Lssss ". T.
oRurRs No
Colonel commanding b. fhe o
and soldiers e. s command Tor their gsIsnry ant good
conduct 0n thc bstile Geld tnis day.
We have net he hostile ss,ans ~ slah hunters q
scna defeated benl, With loss OF seventeen Killed