Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-11-19
None brilliant nattles with tho Indi-


tails Of the news received from California
by the ninth overland mail. We subjoin
The following: SCI "A
IMPORrAST BATTLE IN WAsnIseros
TERRITORY Portland Standard. Of
The 29.h September. gives The following
description Of THE Battle Of the Spokan
Plain" as the battle-of which We heard
by The e1pressman, Plerson. by tho last
mali sIeaiESefA is called. o Il was Tough:
on the 9Th of September. eve days after
Che battle Of the Four Lakes.
Coload Wright has again fought the
Indians in his front. at the Spokan Plains.
some 10 miles in advance OF his, 6rst bat.
tie ground. His enemies. as before were
she Spokan. Cour d'Alene. Palouse and
Pend d'Oreill tribes. numbering some six
or seven hundred warriors. Equally
brilliant With the affair Of the Four Lakes
In resslts. and in the skillful management
and use Of the several arms Of the ser:
vice. The Indians having fred the grass
on several sides. beset our troops with
decided spirit on three tides At once. un-
Gil charging through the ''ronsing flames"
Of the burning grass. and driven to shell.
Ter by q squadron Of dragons, comman-
by Major Grier.
We killed two chiefs and many other
Indians, wounding large number, aud
killed and captured many horses. On
one of the dead ho lies was found by 1t.
Tyler's company the pistol worn by Lit.
CASTOR in Steptoe's battle, his horse. sad.
die and all failing booty to the compa'
ny.
About 4 o'clock the command struck
the Spokan river. much exhausted and
broken down. Only one man was Woun
ded in the 6ght-none killed. which may
be regarded as the most wonderful thing
on record. for the firing by the enemy
was warm and long. But our long rang
ed rifles placed them at great disadvan.
tAge. and they had to give way before US.
We made camp on the spokan. where.
being much exhausted, We rested the
next day to recruit men aud animals
Never did men fight drawer or boIder.-
The blood Of men slain without cause or
provo alton seemed to impel each indi
Vidual soldier TO a surer aim. and with q
determination to make safe his enemy.
lowered his rife and caused each his man
20 know that We were fast becoming their
masters.
Col. Wright. with his staff. DR.. Ham.
mond. Capt. Kirkham. Lieut.: Mullsn aud
Lieut.. Owen. were moving from point to
point over the field. while Maj. Grier and
his ever ready dragons spread dismay
among the Indians. Lieut.. Fender acted
during the fight with marked gaIlantry;
coming mp with an Indian. with his hand
hurting him from his saddle. and the n
dispatched him. Lieut. Tyler's company
and Capt. Ord did most effective ser,i ice
and bore. in all probability. the greatest
burnt Of the battle. But each and al
deserved the highest credit. for the enc
my was drawer and holder than Indian
enemies usually are. and only left the
Geld from the most dire necessity. The
ever active and energetic Capt. Keyes
with his skirmishers, assisted by his ad.
iutsnt. Lieut.. Kipp. moved from end &c
end OF his line, near a mile long. and did
most gallant service. the balls Whistling
round him at every point. Col. Wright
made 4 narrow escape from being sho
while the balls told through our rank:
throughout its length during the early
action. Capt. Dents and Lieut.. DaVi
sons companies, and the friendly Indians
under Lieut.. MuIlAn. guarded the train
that now moved on like = piece Of ma
ehinery.
Gaining the river. we found our enemy
on the opposite bank. flying to his CAM
with his bands of loose horses with him
TO gain points far from our reach. Thu
Indians. however. still lowered around u
on the opposite bank, watching our move
ments, and anxious to know our mex
steps. for they had tried both plain ant
forest. and being Worsted in each. mus
have been now az q loss to know how t
move next. Garry. the Spokan chief
sent in for permission to enter our CAM
TO explsin his position and connection
with ire affair Of Col. SIeptoe. which va
granted him. and he entered our seconC
camp on the SpOkau.
Leaving this camp on hearing our enc
mics were in force above ON the Spokal
We determined to move up. which wa
done along the south bank OF the SpokaI
for q distance of six miles. On the frs
days march we passed the great SpokaI
falls, . most beautiful sheet of water
where the whole river. having a fall o
from forty to fifty feet. comes plunginI
over an inclined ledge of rocks, IhrOug'
a high narrow basaltic canon, with beau
tiul fore and backgrounds. affording
,laudscspe that the artist might truly en-
Wy --..
R"aehing our new camp. some of thu
Au,I,!sE coming in. two of them wer'
made prisoners. one Of them being PoIa
htken: the chief of the Spoksns. One
proven to be oDs Of the murdeIers of th,
miners on the Palouse in early spring
= was hung.
Moving our camp the next day VI
game upon q large camp of Ceur d.