, 1858-10-22
From the Special Correspondent of the oregonian.
Continued Brilliant Success Of the u S
Troops under Col. Wright.

GClth Sp0kdHeS and CGhT a. d'AteneS-ETlS0-
ners dRd Hostages tdken-Oahi and (laaL
chin made Prisoners-S Steptoe's BATTLEFIELD
uisiled-Sad Scenes, 9-e., DC.
CAMP ON SrEPToE's BATTLEFIELD, W. T., |
September 25, 1858. !
You last heard of our movement at the
Ceur dAlene Mission. AT that point the
expedition under Col. Wright tarried for
four days. The Ceur d'Alenes having
sued for peace, the Colonel granted them
their request, taking five prisoners and
eleven hostages for the future good beha-
viour of their tribe. Moving from that
point on the 18th inst, by the southern
edge of Ceur d'Alene Lake, and by the
CGur d'Alene and St. Joseph rivers, we
reached the Nedwhauld creek on the 22d
inst, where we met representation of
107 Indians, Spokanes, Ilsdespierres, Sur
polls, Mes Perces and others-all asking
for peace. A council was held, when all
Government property being given up
four hostages given for the future good be-
haviour of the people with their women,
peace was granted them. Just after the
council, the great leader in hostilities, Ouhi,
made his appearance at our camp, when he
was Immediately arrested and ironed, and
is now our prisoner. On questioning him,
he replied that his son Qualchin was on the
Spokane with his family and his brother
Teias. Immediately an express was sent
forward to say to Quachin that if he did
not join Col Wrightin five days, his father
would be hung. But yesterday Qualchin
and his wife, well mounted-horses gayly
caparrisoned, moved into oar camp, when
this hat-head devil, who, by his acts, has
spread war on both sides Of the Columbia
for the last three years, and made this re-
gion one grand battlefield, was taken priso-
ner. And truly the strong man was
humbled "a large, stalwart, strong frame,
armed with rife and revolver, he resisted
eight strong men of the guard detailed to
bind him and battled to the last But his
fate was sealed. Fifteen minutes after his
capture it was determined that be should
prowl the country no longer-and a scaf
fold being erected he was hung without
friend or synpathiser. The whole Indian
camp re-echoed, Just" Just" He had
but his deserts. His wife was let go free
Thus Ouhi and Qualchin are Gagged, and
Col Wright deserves the highest commen-
dation from the citizens of this northwest
region for this noble and gallant act. He
has saved the country from years Of devas-
tating war, and the Nation valuable lives.
These men have been the terror of the
country-but now they are harmless The
officers and men of this expedition have
won for themselves imperishable honors.
For the march has been from one to anoth-
er Of successful, brilliant achievements, and
the operations Of this campaign will long
be recorded as the most successful and bril-
liant Of ALL
Our Indian conflicts and campaigns-our
battles and skirmishes have been fought
and won-the conquerers OF Steptoe made
to sue for peace-the head chiefs killed
captured eighteen prisoners, sixteen host
ages, and nine hundred and seventy-fiVe
horses. Eight hundred being captured
and shot in one corral, and large band Of
horned stock turned into provisions, and
the Indians fleeing before us, and all this
without the loss Of a single man or a single
accident. The officers and men have
evinced more than ordinary zeal in the per-
formance Of their duty Each man moved,
confronting danger and death, for he knew
that vengeance could only be won by the
strongest of efforts. But most of our enc
mics are discomforted, and from all parts
Of the country are the Indians bearing tes-
timony of being thoroughly vanquisbed.
Our men, and justly too, are in ecstacies,
for they know and feel much; yea, more
than the most sangune could expect, has
been brilliantly accomplished. And an-
other and not the least act in this great
drama has been accomplished. Col Wright
on reaching bis camp on the Ned-whauld
creek, sent Maj. Greer with three compa-
nes Of Dragons to the battlefield Of Col
Steptoe to recover the two IL ID. hewitt
zers there lost, and to gather together the
bones Of those who fell in that ever memo
rable defeat, in order to give with proper
forms and ceremonies a decent military
burial, the last remains Of those gallant
men who lost their valuable lives in the
wilderness, fighting treacherous, faithless
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hardy population, who will mention with
honor the names of Taylor and Castor,
when the fame Of many shall have grown
dim.
Lieut.. Mullan, with his party, was sent
with Maj Grier to determine the position
Of the battlefield and make q map and
sketch of the ground. DR.. Randolph and
Lieut. Grey, who were in Steptoe'S battle,
were present, as also Lieut. White, who
with his means at hand, packed home the
long lost guns, and Lieuts. Pender and
Howard, to assist in paying the last res
poets to place now hallowed in history
At IL NJ. they reached the battlefield which
now seemed truly the city Of the dead.
The wolves had more than done their duty,
and the bones of men whom their country
should never forget, lay bleaching in the
prairie hills for miles around. During the
heat of battle their bodies could not be re-
covered, and as the retreat was made at