Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-10-05

have taken place within the last fifteen
years. The general will, 10 doubt,
look upon the Cascades with interest.
as it was the scene of his maiden en-
gagement, when he wrote after his
name second lieutenant United States
army. He came to the Dalles to re-
Iieve the men, women and children
who were besicged in the block house
hy the savages, and company of l25
young men, hastily gathered together
with a fife and drum in this city, ap-
preached the same objective point from
the lower Cascades Landing. The beau
tiful place then lay devastated by the
Indians, while the smoke from the hab-
itations yet hanging like q pail over
the gorge, and the evidence of the
slaughter were everywhere visible,
and the blood of the slain cried aloud
for vengeance at the hands Of the
troops as we'll as the volunteers.
Lieut.. Sheridan, with onl y handful
Of men, beat back the Indians as he ad-
vanccd, and after releasing the bel
eaSucrcd people, he marched the whole
length Of the portage now spanned by
the railroad, and he laid hors du COM
bat many stalwart savage who had
becf, in the habit of acting as walters
at what is now known as the Cusmo-
poli,an hotel in this city, and who
would call the volunteers by name, and
promise that by certain time they
would have their scalps. Had the
volunteers known that Phil. Sheridan,
as he was then familiarly called, was
coming, they might have brought the
Indians to such close quarters as
would have resulted in their annihila-
ton. Gen Sheridan, even 1T this earl y
dav, evinccu that fire and ndom table
courage Which has since made him IA
nous us military leader all over til:
world, which demanded at tho hands
Of congress special recognition and
the shoulder strops of lieutenant gen
eral. Captain }. Z. Ainsworth, now
president of the Oregon steam naviga-
ton company, during this trying time
was Il captain upon the river, and he
p;Iotcd the steamer Jenny Clark, which
conveyed the l25 men from Portland
who started for the Cascades to fight
the battle which Gen. Sheridan fought
a half honr before their arrival All
was excitement then along the Colnm-
bia river, and every tree of the forest
was suspected to be but breastwork
Cor stcal,ly Sivash, and as the cap
tain was a man whom the party could
i'll afford to lose. the pilot house was
made boon-proof py the placing Of
thrce-inch oak plank all around the in
terror, inside of which were piled
sacks of flour, which it was supposed
would serve an emergency as we'll as
Jackson's cotton bales. AS coinci-
dencc, we may state that the captain
accompanies the general and his par
ty to-day, but instead of a light craft
glittcriny with the evidences of war;,
they sail in very floating palace, and
they need not fear any hostile demon
strations, as all of the Siwashes that
figured in the drama then have either
gone to the happy hunting grounds or
were reduced to such a state Of de-
pcndcncy that there is no sting in
them. The general cannot but see the
change that has taken place III little
more than decade, and the scene, al
though now smiling ono, cannot but
bring to his mind memories OF carly
days, and the chcery gallant fellows
who then fought beside him, but who.
alas! were opposed to him in tn.
great national struggle, many O
whom, no doubt, we've brought down