Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-03-25

of Josephus' Works;' Josephus appear
ing to have had rather more to do with it
than anybody else. 1t Is tale Of STRAIT
egy-deep-laid, crafty executed, and sue
eessful in its result. The first column de-
scribes the approach to the scene, where
the Indians, 1900 strong, were camped at
the foot of Walker Lake, but knew moth
ing ofmy coming, having thus far misled
them by saying that I was on my way to
Aurora" (Sly boy, that Wallase.) The
history Of this strategic approach is ex-
citing, but we pass it by, merely noticing
the advent Of "Josephus," which is thus
recorded
al was getting everything ready for an
early start IN the morning, when about IL
o'clock an Indian courier arrived with the
news that he was sent BY Jossphu. "a friendly
Chief, who was watching out for the muir
derers at the head of the Lake, to let me
know that they had come up there the night
before. Placing full reliance upon this in
formation, Immediately acted upon it."
The disposition of the various corps OF
the grand army was as follows:
1.-THE Indian camp was on both sides Of
the river, where it emptied into the Lake.
Along the river for three miles from its
mouth, is thick growth OF underbrush Of
willows and cottonwood, and \. the camp
the river is between thirty or forty yards
wide, and about two or three feet deep.
The cavalry arrived on the ground about
thirty minutes before daylight. I took the
infantry up the Lake, within about half a
mile OF the mouth Of the river, then deplnyed
and covered the ground from there to the
river, my right resting on the Lake, and my
lett on the river, and the whole camp Of In
dams on the south side of the river, within
easy range OF my rifles. took the ground
about fifteen minutes before daylight. Just
at the break of day, the Indian, Josephus,
whom had sent down to the Indian camp,
came out to me-"
From this time out, Josephus" seems
to have been the big bull of the woods,
and to have relieved Wallace Of most of
the trouble of the capture of the two muir
derers, whom we are happy to announce
were duly seized, bound, and carried in
triumph to the Post. The force under
Wallace's command was not so large, by
several hundred, as the Army of the Po-
tomac; and it may be somewhat odious
to compare the Importance of the expedi-
ton with Grants movement to Richmond,
or Sherman's little tramp. Nevertheless,
Captain Wallace has made fully as long a
story of it. and given US far more of inter-
esting detail, than either of those Generals
has seen tit to do. Moreover, Wallace has
with the assistance of Josephus) captured
the two Piutes. while Grant and Sherman
have not as yet squelched the rebellion.
These " official reports" of the expeditions
of Wallace and Wells, demonstrate that
there is a fund of military science lying
around loose in this State, that needs only
a wider field for the development of heroes
who would make history blaze. The
valor which destroys an equal force OF
veterans" without the loss of man, has
not yet been developed on the Eastern
slope; and the strategy of Wallace and
Josephus dooms the wandering Hero Of
the Chiekahominy to perpetual exile.
Tire Ia 6agGtelle!