The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-07-28
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MORE INDIAN 1ROUBLES.

MORE INDIAN TROUBLES.
UpTisin0 of the NOn-TreOty Neg PerceS IN
dams in Washington Territory.
The following particulars of the out
break of hostilities among the Indians of
Oregon, on June 18th, we gather from the
associated press dispatchesof recent date:
On Sunday, the Indians began by
numbering a white man, in revenge for a
murder of his, killing three others at the
same time.
The Indians attacked a settlers camp
on the prairie, and killed Benjamin Nor
ton, his wife, and two or three others:
They attacked all the teams onPthe road,
and have possession of the whole prairie,
except the town of Mount Idaho, which
they threatened.
Friday evening a force of one hun
dred troops, two friendly Indians and
several citizens left Lspwai garrison
under command of Colelel Perry, for
Mount Idaho. Soon afterward news was
received that Captain James Baker,
Samuel Benedict, wife and four children,
Harry Eiters, and Warren, an express
man, had been killed on Salmon river,
and also that sixe pack trains of forty
mules had been attacked near Cold
Springs, and two whites, named Daven-
port and Ousley, killed. Two half-breed
Indians escaped. After the arrival of
Col. Perry, a dispatch came through to
the effect that he arrived at Mt. Idaho
Saturday morning, and found tie reports
of those killed true, and that the Indians
had gone to Salmon river, and the troops
were in pursuit. Messengers from
Kamakoi, brought by Indian runners to
the agency, state that t~wenty-nine whites
had been killed, and the whites had
killed White Bird, chief of the band and
his family.
On the 18th, the troops, with one
hundred and fifty men from Mount
Idaho, encountered the Indians at the
head of White Bird canon. The troops
~dismounted, and left a few soldiers and
friendly Indians to hold the horses. The
Indians opened fire upon tue troops, and
fighting was continued for some time.
The friendly Indians became alarmed.
The soldiers guarding the horses could
see that the Indians we're getting the
best of the fight and the soldiers were
r~etreating. The captain of the citizens
and sergeant Lytle and n soldier are
known to be killed. The whole horse
guard, Indians and white, broke and ran,
some for Mount Idaho, and some for
Lapwai, leaving the horses to run loose
over the prairie. Those coming to Lapwai
never stopped till they reached the fort.
Many houses on the prairie have been
burned. A soldier, who reached the gar
rison on the morning of the 18th, from
the fight, reported that the troops were
on foot and surrounded by Indians in the
canon, and in a hand-to-hand fight Col.
Perry and about one-half the command
are said to have been killed, and the re-
mainder to be surrounded and fighting
against odds when the soldier left.
The Indians engaged in the fight are
.non-treaty Mes Percez. They, together
with other disaffected tribes, number
about two hundred effective warriors.
The whole country is wild with alarm.
The Indians are massacreing men, women
and children in Lamas Prairie, and set
tiers are fleeing in all directions for safety.
The scene of war is located in Idaho
Territory, sixty miles from Lewiston, on
what is known as Camas prairie. The dis
lance from Lewiston to Wallula by the
is one hundred and sixty miles,
which is the nearest point where the tele-
graph can be reached. The distance from
Portland to the scene is over four hundred
miles.