Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1873-05-03

tnCe, fuU0 ply HSu Vos0H 3W tSic
night. Al daylight Major Greeit ! int
out tsrty- Of yhiru, afr& who fo{nd
packerX (Louis As4Sr) 1odS7 and
two sodisNA A9e{xTArty fesA in
the sage-bf,ash t&ckfEMSipf Thomas,
Lieutenant<d4kN fSmE&N Coming,
three se1SS6ES4 foax HySsa all
killed @E(M5kG ~Gap NSht
left. M&fraht ia aad "A men
Tns SIS {, ss as md nd
Mt present: Killed. Captain Thomas,
Lieut., Howe, Surgeant Romor, Captain
Wright, ten privates and one citizen
(packer) Lotus Weber; iwOundetl,, AS
sistant Sergeon SEEMING, Lieutenant
Harris, and nineteen privates; missing,
Lieutenant Cranston and five men.
Out Of the sixty-fve men that went out,
forty one are killed wounded and miss.
ing. .Gillem's force proceeded to the
cave and were. fighting when the cour;;
Ter left.s ss.. "a ltr. ~. 10 e.. 80 i.,rs
YREKa (Cslh April 2S.wGGs4era1 Jeff
&. Davis. Colonel Hardie, Colonel Sum.
ner and Major Lydecker arrived this
evening from the south, and leave at I
o'clock in the morning, foa>B Balls, where
n special escort awaits them To take
them to headquarters Major Biddle
and W., D. Fox, New. York Haald cor
respondent, arrived from the front this
evening. They bring no important
news, though the prevailing opinion is
hot xa,tn I'm Efrl,k
ing. 80. "e ~ ..o.,no.,i t.,.t.,..
Owing to the epizootic, the Stage
Company viii not commence ,oni Sum
mer time till the 18Th Of May. ,',s =
: Quite a number of OK teams have
been put on the road between here
and headqua4@, ftayNRk Govern
"r Asr sIe. 81 syynawlpty X H$Sts
our cltizens haye 1clHbbel together, end
sent to San FiUnCisco fOr adotof Henry
and Remington breech- loading rifles to
be on the safe side and to have them
ready for use in Csc. of necessity, as
there is no telling what other Indians
may become hostile over the failure to
conquer the NlodOcs. We also learn
tina. citizens OF Scott Valley are pro-
curing brccch-loaderS,
Volunteers could be raised here and
in Scott Valley without. much trouble,
provided they are allowed to fight In
dian style, which is the only way to
whip Indians, no matter how few in
number, where they hide in the rocks.
A call was issued this morning for q
meeting of ladies at tho Methodist
al, fN, <1n nf
organization to collect, for the wounded
soldiers Mt the front, lint, bandages, etc.
At z o'clock q large meeting assembled
and the necessary committee were APP
YnrxA, April 2s.-At M early hour
this morning our citizens were greatly
excited over the terrible news from the
lava-beds concerning the total 'rout of
the troopslItlef Major, Thomns. ! The
general impfcssion prevails that volun-
tecrS will be necessary, such as under
stand Indian fighting. Such successes
on the part Of the Modes only ,encour.
age other Indians to break out, and
unless the Modocs are soon conquered
we may anticipate general uprising of
every Indian in the country about here,
if not Slong the entire Northern coast.
1t has been contended all along that
the easiest and best way to whip tile
indians was to employ volunteers, and
the opinion is justified by recent events.
Volunteers whipped the Modocs before
when the military failed, and can do it
again if the Government will call them
ont.
Those who made fun of General
Wheat)n's gunboats, and his well-laid
plans to fight the Modocs in the lava
Gibraltar, can now see that his head
was right, and though whipped with
small force and dense fog preventing
his use Of howitzers, he made gallant
fight , with his troops qndl volunteers >,
-" OREGON. ' ~'-'''
Suicide - Hostile attitude Of the Yakima
Indians.
PORTLAND, April %. Archie Williams
Chief of the Fire Department Last year,
committed suicide this morning by
Shooting himself with 4 Revolver! 'n,k'
The following has been received from
the Dalles: @tt..'' ,.~..s 20
r. B. Hood received a. letter last
evening from Yakima saying that the
Indians had run off with VIM, Miller's
cattle, about 900 head. Three fami-
lies have come in from Kickitat ON ae-
countof ,theaetioa.<f he&sdiaps there.
Theysay they are ~A,kdSK ana cioss
anAiskis $f9si ah;Sf,e4ltla1
The Indians on the iUmatilla reserva-
ton are regularly posted as to the do
ings of the Modocs, and the murder Of
Candy and Thomas was known by them
Immediately after thenews was received
by the whites. 49, III, vi
Since the Modoc outbreak the In
dams on the reservation have been sui
len and insolent. Recently, one of the
Nez Perez Chiefs declared that he wanted
no more fayOrs of the Bostons. q :.
At Ianxai ora .cxroa I'll. axa;4od al