Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-10-21
Lieut.. Aliens Battle with the
Indians

The Portland Standard, Oregon, OF Sept.
Isl, makes the following statement of the
circumstances connected with the killing of
Lieut.. Allen by the Oregon Indians:
There is division among the tribes
west of the Columbia river relative to fight
ing the troops. Some desire to fight, and
others wish to make peace. Ouhi and
Qualehein decided to remain hostile, while
Cothaute and Choshoskan, with their fam
lilies, were for peace. The latter separated
from the hostiles, taking with them their
families, and were proceeding towards Sim
coe They met Maj .Garuett's command, and
the chiefs entered his camp with a flag of
truce; they represented themselves and
their people as friendly. But an Indian
who was with Garnelt's nlnmand reported
hat ,,,llong those Indians were fur who
had been in the fight against Robertson,
and that the chiefs had lied when they
said ali in their camp were friendly. This
induced Major Garnett to retain the chiefs
as prisoners, and to order Lieutenant Allen
with detachment to surround the Indian
camp while the Indians were asleep.
Accordingly, about three o'clock on the
morning of the 18th, he, with one or two
of his men, went into the Indin camp, while
th,. remainder were stationed in readiness
to fire at the first signal ofdistress. Lieu
enant Allen attempted to rouse them from
their sleep when one of them jumped up
and started to run away, and Allen fired
al him. At the discharge of his gun the
whole camp was aroused, and Aliens men
outside fired indiscriminately into the camp
one s., ,ot taking effect in the body of Allen,
from which he afterwards died. The In
dians are reported to have not fired at all.
They were all taken prisoners, and the four
who were in the fight with Robertson We're
slain and the remainder set at liberty.
A LUNATIC GIRL KILLS HER FATHER
We learn from Mr.. Adams, Adams d Jew
etD who returned from Warren yesterday
morning, that during the night of Monday,
daughter of MIR Hamilton, of johnson
Township, near there, killed her father by
cutting and smashing his head as he lay in
bed The girl had once been in the Luna
tic Asylum, and had been restored TO rea-
son, but recent fit of sickness had again
deranged it, and on the night in question
she came down stairs, procured light and
with axe in han1, proceeded to the bed n
which were her father and mother, and say
ing that they were bad people, and must
live no longer, or something to that effect,
struck her father blow with the ax across
his lower jaw, crushing it, and continuing
her strokes upon other parts of his head,
each blow being in itself mortal. The
mother in the meantime had got out of bed
and after long and severe struggle, sue
ceeded in wrestling the AK from the daugh-
ter and securing freedom from further vic
lence. The daughter was brought by
Sheriff Lyman to the Newburgh Asylum,
yesterday morning.-Reuie@. 18th
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