The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-06-28

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computation.
GENERAL NEWS.
The President will make tour to the
Eastern states next week.
The ~ tE 3. e. fa 70 Be Sd taken off be-
The following particulars are received
OF the Indian outbreak In Oregon; On
Friday morning news was received at
Lewiston that the salmon River Indians
and Joseph's band had assembled on
Camas prairie and four whites had been
killed on Salmon River near the mouth
OF White Bird River. The Indians at
tackled q settlers camp on the prairie, and
killed BENZ. Morton, his wife, and two or
three others. They attacked all the teams
on the road and have possession Of the
whole prairie, except tho town Of Mt
Idaho, whieh they threatened on Xf1d10
eyoning. Eforce Of 100 tr0opa Two
4iep0>Y India1ns and several oltixen9 len
AN lhr1lson pnder comma1d OF Col.
'Sssss : {,Lcs iSsns4 ifiSsss I'd
Warfens, expressmen, had been killed
on Salmon River; also that pack train
OF forty mules was attacked near Cold
Spring. Two whites named Davenport
and Onsley were killed; two half breed
Indians escaped.
The troops, with fifty men from Mt.
Idaho, encountered the Indians at the
head or Whit Bird Canon. The troops
dismounted and lett q few children and
twenty friendly Indians to hold their
horses. The Indians opened fire upon
some time. The friendly Indians be-
came alarmed. The party guariing
the horses could SET that the Indians were
getting the best of the fight and the
soldiers were retreating. Tho captain OF
the citizens and Sergeant Little and one
soldier are known 10 be killed. The
whole horse guard, Indians and whites,
broke and ran, some for Mount Idaho
and some for Lspwai, leaving the horses
to run over the prairie.
A soldier reported that the troops wore
ON foot, surrounded by the Indians in the
canon, and In q hand-to-hand fight. Col.
Perry and about one half of the command
are said to have been killed and the re-
mAinler surrounded And fi9htink Against
odds. When the soidiers len thS Indians
were engaged in fight with the nom
treaty Nee Perces. They, together with
other disaffected tribes, number about 200
effective warriors. There is general ris-
ing Of savages, and the whole country is
wild with alarm. The Indians are mas
sacring men, women and children in the
Camas prairie, and the settlers are fleeing
In all directions for safety. Gen. Howard
Is now at Lewiston, but Is powerless,
owing to inadequate military forces.
The Russian Government has purchas-
ed the monster Krupp gun made for the
Philadelphia Exhibition - y -
A fearful confagration occurred at st.
johns, u. Bon wednesday. It COM
fhenced IN the McLaughiin Boiler Works,
York Point Slip. Half of the city Is gone.
The Victoria Hotel, Academy OF Music,
telegraph offices, all the newspaper
offices and all the best houses, north and
south wharves, Dock street, Market
Square, Prince William street, King
street, all the way down to Lower Cove,
and part Of st. German street, are
burned. Several lives are reported lost.
The loss,sit Is thought, cannot fall short
Of $l2, O00, 900. Thousands Of people areip
the streets bemeless and In despair. The
destruction OF provisions of all kinds
seems to point to q famine, and relief
must come In speedily or many must
perish from want. Few saved even their
clothes. The gas works are destroyed,
end the city p In darkness. except hppi
e,slbldEs. The area burned Is nearly 100
sToinrpapseis Of e.yaft,I shles d
artillery and tnree OF Infantry have been
ordered e the The, scene Ofths Ipdiap ,ogt;;
The combined forces of Chief Jossph
IN ne a~cadr3 5n0' ysrrscv. mil 49,
are a number of discontented tribes who,
IL. il feared, wiz be drawn intcactive
hostilities. Those who are acquainted
with the vast region Of country lying
west and north of the Bitter Root noun
tains affirm that from 4 800 20 =, 600 war
riors can be brought into the field in Q
short tine, embracing the non-treaty Ne3
'Perces tribes, Spokene Flat Heads, Pa
Ions and other battered bands. It is
Iasatured plan Of action on the PAT OF the
Indiana. The scene of the war Is located
Eewiston, on What h khSwn as sCaniHs
prairie. 1T il 80 miles from.Walla Walla,
'WeshfngtOn terrftoRy-rl0 n1ilos by
river-the nearest point where the tele-
graph can be reached. The total strength
at the disposal Of Gen. Hovsrt when all
the troops under tl4 orders are c0ncen-
trated, win be about 800 men.
The Governor Of Idaho has telegraphed
to the War Department for authority to
organize volunteer military force at the
expense of the general government, there
being no territorial law creating q militia
no authoritystQ authorize him to organize,
erntnSnt SxPeksS, but thst Cen. Howard
had been fully instructed and clothed
with all the authority the department can
confer, and that he might furnish arms
and ammunition IS provided by law.
Gen. Howard reports that the Indians
began by numbering 9 white man In re-
others at the same time. Since then they
have begun war. upon the people near
Mount idaho. He asks for Indian scouts
and an increased force.
The last four OF the sentenced Molly
Maguipes were hung at Pottsville, Pa,
The Are at st. Johns, N. b, proves to
have been even more disastrous than was
1t first reported. The loss IN estimated
1t el2, OO0, 600. Several lives were lost and
accid0nts were numerous. Thousands Of
people were rendered homeless and lost
an their effects. Relief IN cooked victuals
and money has been sent from neighbor-
Ing cities.
AT theC x,nss Prairie massacre the In
dams did not kill the women and children,
but allowed them to be taken under the
escort Of friendly squaw to Slate Creek.
which has thus far been LETT undisturbed.
At Slate Greek the whites have fortified
themselve6 In astockade fort, into which
have been received the wives and, chill
dr0n Of the murdered men, together with
The families Of tho men who had escaped
The nnn1Sncrc.
= Ths Secretary of War has authorised
Gen. Howard 20 issue 500 stand Of arms
% citizens Of Oregon. Citizens are FORM
Ing volunteer paroles. s.iisa,ga
Gen. Howard reports Pefry's loss In
he enlargement Of the nth. at one ofhcer
Lieut. Heller, Of the Twenty-drst In
|ant<y) and thirty-three men. The troops
though allowing themselvest 70 be decoyed
into ambush, displayed throughout the
lction the utInosg gAllantry and fought
ike tigers. About twenty-five or thirty
soldiers were killed IN about tho same