The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-11-06
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The California papefs by the Philadelphia.
received on Thursday night, furnished us with
u syrtopsis ofathe Rreat battle fought between
iha us. tro0ps and Jtbe 1adians ~ ! place
esled. The -Four Lake, WA W ashiington Ter
2h synopsis MI shed yesterday.
tn Ming may III ID Ns&xS14Aep official
HI tbe battie III Hfnishf fby one
\ artieifased il IA ,sa ia gallant
Fl and Stripes.
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eSa9 SS2'sl8s Sept. i, 1853.
Editors DeAa:-Onaths 25th Al.
Gust, Col. George Wright, with about 800 re-
sgulArs, crossed Shay River FIR lie purpose ii
Ichasfising those Tn ms who lately defeated
Col Steptoe. Th oops consisted of 14u
Dragtois, 400 Arr d foot and armed Is
Infantry, and go 1 ~ armed with rifles.
On The morning \ 9th we stested inte
the interior Of the en country. At nigh
We GeShped on the se. q tributary Of The
SNAKE. On the ofthe 3OtlL just after
our arrival In or 80 mounted III
dians were seem AZ tsch and fire onsoul
pickets; thea6re Was 81 ned and the savages
daxen from the neigRAA aaood BIZ d detachment
Mt ,At thisA Id our men and horses
were tired b osafter afok day march through
q most drearyys country. badly supplied with
water. The next day, August 31st, inst b.
lure arriving ut onr present camp, the reat
guard was attacked: after d short skirmish thu
Indians were repealed without any loss on ON
side. Sept, the Indians appeared on the hills
III great numbers, haoting, shouting and DIR.
ing usson. Col. Wright ordered out 3O0n,en
100 Of whom were Dragons, the remainder Ar
tillefy and Infanty.
After proceeding about two miles. . squad.
ron of Dungeons, under Major w. n. Griel
and Lieut.. d Gregg, a company Of Artillery
under Cap. b. Os g. Ord and Lieut.. NJ. r.
Morgan, were detached to drive the enemy
from their first position, d, the summit Of d
|hlgh bill. This duty was g~allantly performed
The Indians, after firing i few shots, rushed
down the opposite slope Of the hill, when they
took UP positions. III the %neighboring wood.
The fight the, beenme general, and our long
range arms were brought intn play. Major
sGrier handlnd his Dragons, Capt. Keys hia
battalion 81 ARTILLERY, ard Capt. Dent his bat
talinn Of Infantry, with great Judgment. The
J Indians, Spokanss Occur ID Alines and Pal!
ouses, made q bold stand, but were driven
EfrGm place 10 place, and our brave fellows fol
LEWIS followed them mp gallantly. Lieut.. u.
r. Ransom, 90 Artillery, acted with the indg.
ineDt IF a veteran. aud led bis company on
beautifully BGt Il would be wrong to men
ton one without mentioning all. Every man
and. officer did Till duty-ali were alike gallant.
After about four honr's fighting the Indians
tpSAra 1S,tvf..Irtot~ ..fcI.NItsa sts1AaII .A.G1a4Z.r
cd, and We assembled to call the rolls.
we lost not q man, and had nat q man even
hurt. Ihe Indians lott from 81 10 20 killed,
md the number, of wounded unknown. The
S~pukana and their allies numbered iii the fight
400 Of more, Ill well mounted. They have
now entirely disappeared, but we will follow
Them Up 70 their homes.
Weexpect " camp on the Spokan to-mor-
row night, having been detained here four days
70 rest our almost exhausted men, and jaded
puck animals. r
Oh the Spokan We will probably fight again.
The officers III the Battle ofthe -Four Lakes
were:
Col. George Wright, commanding expedition.
Capt. n. p. Keys, commanding battalion
30 Artillery. \
Breyt Major w. II. Grier, commanding
squadron Isl Dragons.
8 Capt. EO. Z. Ord, 3D. Artillery; Capt. F.
~ Dent, 9th Infantry,
Capt. @. 8, WitMAaas 9th Infantry; First
Lieutenant II. B. Fleming, 9th Infantry.
First Lieutenant John Mallan, I'd Artillery;
FIRST Lieutenant II. q. Tyler, Sd Artillery.
First Lieutenant james &. White, Sd Artil-8s
leFy; First Lieutenant NJ. r. Morgan, Sd Ar
tillery.
First Lieutenant II. B. Davidson, lst ORA
ggools; FIRST Lieutenant d. R. Ransom, Sd
Artillery.
First Lieutenant O., r. Thrie, 3D. Artillery;
Second Lied'enant M. ID. Pender, LIST ORA
goeTs.
Second Lieutenant David Gregg, LIST ORA.
ggoons; Second Lieutenant James Howard, Sd
Artillery.
Second Lieutenant Lawrence Kip. Sd Artil-
lery. I
STAFF COMPOSED w.,
First Lieutenant r. A. Owen, 9th Infan-
try,I.A.A. a. General; Assistant Surgeons j.
= Hammond and j.. III. Randolph; and Cant.
3. ". Kirkham, A. Quartermaster.
REGULARS.
~ THE CABLE FAngD.-From tie
Is ~ Register, Of the 9th inst,
clip the following explanation of the fail
gre ot the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable,
Inc to our old friend, Major JAS. h. Rim. 81
Winnsboro, Formerly Professor Of Mathematics
Columbia College. The idea is certainty
very ingenious, and strikes Us as worthy The
sttentioli q the electricians and engineers uftle
,able company:
Ing cable has q copper wire, with six other