New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13

On tho e,.rsno ef Of the skrmshers and opposed by
. large body Of the enemy 1hcy WIZ r.. Eg e.,
charged by Capt Ord, and driven s1c.ess"y .t yf,,a
the high table rocks where they had taken leluso.
Can't Ord pursued the Indians, until approaching '"e
train be occupied the left flank. .
Moving forward toward the Spokan RIVER, the IN
dans still in front, 1ieuts. lhrie ana ho~n,", @ - ,be
Company b, 81 Artillery. were thrown out on d .hs
right flank and instantly cleared he way. Anu o..
continuous fight for seven hours, over dslancs VI
fourteen Jiles encamped on the banks of the Spo
kan Riyer-the troops exhausted by a long am Is,
tieuipg march--tweniy- five mes-wlthout water, ana
for txothirds Of the distance under nre. ne Oate
we- Won, two chiefs ard two brothers oi me tni',
Geary killed beside many Of lesser note either Killed
or wounded. kind Providence again protec'sd us,
although at many times the balls few thick and iast
through our ranks yet, strange 10 say, We hal Dut
one man slightly wounded. .
Again IL affords me the hghes, pleasure 10 bear wit
10 the zeal, energy gaIantry and perseveIanee
displayed by the officers and men during the pro-
tracted battle.
Brevet. Major W. y. Grier, commanding squadron
oe Ist Dragons, composed of his own company ana
that Of Lieut.. Pender made gallant cha 'ge NJ the
right mount killing two and woundiog three OF the
enemy. The Major speaks in the highest terms OF me
galantry Of Lieut.. Pender, commanding Company 4;
Lieut., Davidson, with Company Z, was rear guard
10 the general train and that duty was well performed
Lieut.. Grigg with Company III, was posted IN rear oi
the howizer, with view Of making dash at the
euemy but the ground was So broken that Dragons
could not operate effectively.
Capt. l.. ID. Keyes, Sd Artillery, commanding BAT
TALON pursuing, was energetic and gallant through
ont. Although the troops extended over mile yet
the Captain always in the right place at the rsh
time.
Capt. Keyes reports the following companies and
officers as particularly distinguished:
Company X, Capt. Z. .. {. Ord and L. NJ k
Morgor.
Company g." Capt J. 4. Harlie and L. Ran
som.
Company NJ" Lts. Gibson and Dandy
4 I Ty
The howiizer battery under II. White, with de-
taehment OF % men, Company ID, 81 artillery, be-
haved most gsllsnty throughout the action. Eight
shells thrown into the md-t OF the enemy dung
the fight and with effect.
Tie conduct Of 1t. Kip, Adiutant Of artillery bat
olion is noticed by Capt, Reyes as having been ex'
ceeut throughout the day.
The rife battalion, Companies " b and +, 9Th
infantry. under Capt Dent. Capt Dent, with his Com
psuy the reat guard TO protect the pack-train
This duty was handsomely performed, and the iTdin
moved along harmed by the enemy OF the fires
Capt Winder was detached with Lieut.. Fleming
and Company r 20 support the support the howitzer
battery. Th- service was admirably performed
bravely adyac eng and pouring in fire with their
rifles when opportunity offered, TIL the cIcse OF the
battle.
The friendly Nez Perce- were employed chiefly as
spies and guides as well guards to pack train. As
usual, they behaved well.
Again have tine pleasure of presenting to the De-
partment the gentlemen OF my staif:
First Lieut.. Z. A. Oven. 4 il. 9th Infantry, &e
First Lleut. j. Mullen, Acting Engineer, &c
Capt. X. Kirkham, a. q. NJ.
Asst. Surgeon j. +. Hammond l. ). \.
Asst. Surgeon Randolph L. 5. A.
These qentens were all the field, cool, energetic
and brave whether conveying orders to distant pons
of the lire or attending to their professional duties
memoir and Typographical .ketch OF the battle by
Lieut. Mullen engineer officer. il herewith inclosei.
R.srectfuls, Ac, q WRIGHT, Col 9Th Inf Cong.
Since the battle learn that Kamlasiu. chief Of Va
kiinus. v Is nearly Killed by q sheD.