Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-09-03

paICn.
JOB WORK MUST BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY
an hour and half was spent by us in search
| ing for the trail of the retreating. foe. and
when found the day was too far advanced to
permit of our following on in the wake of the
Indians We returned to camp, and On the.
ensuing morning (l3th uIt., taking with ua-
ten dtys' ratlo1s, and numbering one humid
red and forty men, we started on the fresh
trail flushed with the excitement of the chase.
Fifteen miles ride brought us to the South,
Fork of the John Day river. Here, while jG
the act OF descending down the sides of a
great caifOn, through which this stream here
cuts It's way, Indians were discovered on the
bluff opposite, though in but small force. I'M
medlateIy as the Indians saw they were dis
covered they raised the war-whoop and be-
gan the attack In this battle or skirmisb,
more properly speaking, some three or four
hundred shots were exchanged, neither party,
SO far as could be ascertained, sustaininganv
damage, and owing to the great distance our
Government rifles failed to Gerry their deadly
missiles to the enemy, while the Indians guns
threw their balls far over our heads. Owing
10 the abruptness of the caflon many miles
circuit had necessarily to be made by us be-
lore we could reach the position of the enc
my, and when made, be had again made good
MS retreat, and this time, perhaps, forever
and aye, for US. We followed the trail three
days Longer, and returned to camp, the faded
condlton OF our animals being such as to rem
uer them unhit for competing with f:esher-
ones. This party of Indians are said, by
those versed in Snakeology, to be led by one
Pauline, brave, daring and reckless chief,
and one well versed in the ways of the whites
having in SO, acted as guide to Govern
ment expedition from the Dalles to Salt Lake
city. Many other strange and wonderful
things are spoken OF regarding this man In
dian Pauline, but owing to the want of time,
and Entertainments upon yours and your
readers patience, shall defer until time and
leisure permits, and then should the people
ask 1t we shall be pleased to write Paulines
history with some of his doings and sayings
recorded therein. Well, as we should have
remarked at the beginning Curry's command
returned here after an absence of two months,
leaving Capt. Brakes command on Crooked
river, Capt Caldwell and Lieut.. Olney, the
former with Fifty and the latter with forty
men, acting as road guards on the Dalles and
Canon city road.
WORD IN DEFENSE OF THIS COMMAND.
Though we have not done that which we
anticipated when we left Walla Walla for this
country, yet 7 cannot justly in any wise at.
tribute it to failure on the part of the men.
or the Commanding officer of this command
in not doing their duty. The animus of the
has been to fight and give satisfac-
ton to the country at large; to do this we
have Bidden distance of near sixteen humid
red miles since April 28th, and though. we
have not succeeded go far in subiugating the
hostile tribes, yet we have at least become
acquainted with the ways Of the Indians, and
he country in general, heretofore but little
Known, and marked out course that others
who follow US may be enabled to accomplish
If there has been failure to do
lnything this Summer, land there certainly
las been, it has been in the general govern
nent not providing a sufficient force of men
Ind putting them to work in dead earnest
There is no way in which the Snake band
IAN sooner be subjugated than by the location
If military post in this, or some other suit
bile valley, and then. / think one well man
ged Winter campaign would, think, puta
Iuietus upon Snake indians hereafter. OF
his matter, as welLas brief outline of all
his region of country, we defer until our
ext. G.as.#
PROBABLE MURDER OF PROSECUTORS.
On our march from Crooked river to this
oint, we passed on the 18th inst, wagon
landing in the brush, on what is called
pring creek, and about fifty miles beyond
oney Lake. This wagon was at once rec
gnized as belonging to a party of four men,
hom we left at this camp in June last, and
subsequently learned had left here on the
st inst, aiming to make their way from this
lace to Canon city, but had, it seems, wan
cred off on to the Dalles road, and from the
ature of the premises, and many articles of
imp furniture, as well as books and papers
und scattered around, surmises were raised
lat foul play had been going on. A rigid
arch was instituted for the missing men,
ut no traces Of their whereabouts could be
und. Cayuse tgacks were discovered lead.
g to and from the wagon. Several letters
ere picked up; also five photograph like
esses. From one of the books IAN account
)ok), we learned that the names of two Of
e missing men were James Dougherty and
c. Clark, late of N. T. Doubtless the men
I've, along with many others, fallen victims
the bloodthirsty savages, or chased from
cir wagons and left to perish in the noun
ms.
OUR DEPOT
situated at the foot of STEMS mountain.
zty miles from the Owyhee, in. what we are