The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-08
COLONEL WHTPPLE's FIGHT WITH
LOOKING OL1SS'S B1ND
The Indians Put 10 Flight aud their Camp
and uorses Captured-Coi Perry Attacked
by MOstIIes-Chief .Ioseph kirnterx.

INC COMMAND returneu last night Capt.
Chief Joscph's cattle and 40 horses They had
askirmish on the Nimnaha. The Captain says
he does not know how may were killed. as they
tween the snake and salmon rivers i've and are er,
TBs apS S 800 strong on, s1d well armed Capt
COUNTY Oregon. noyy in the walla Wall@ valley
Gen. Alfred saily. eommandine at I Lew torn
Idaho. that %. Perry, with thirty men. on his
Lieut. Rans tSi soldiers. and two citizens were
a asd the en- vS1Ee SgS Cot Perry and
on Major JacHsons cornpany First TIC Ca So
which LETT Fort Vancouver yesterday morning,
VIII arrive at Lewiston tomorrow at noon.
The following despatch comes from Walla
Walla 1t probably reached there by the steamer
Fenino. which arrived at 9;l6 on Thursday
Gen Howard across the Salmon river. and that
men Joseph recrossed the river and got, on the
within thirty miles of Lewiston"
q special received from John A. Farrell Of
san FRANCISCO who has Just returned from Col
VIII n. dated Palouss. Landing July 8. via wale
myself arrived here this evening When we
ced between 500 and 4o buck indssn wc w mo
were said TO be in COUNCIL They were all well
, armed and egpipped They consisted OF Yak
ones Callcshalls. and renegade young men
from other tribes whose names are not known.
tiers on Pine creek and the Paiouse plains. ex-
ccpt five men. have left The country Is in the
hands OF the savages."
DESPATCH PROM GEN. MCDOWELL.
WASHINGTON. July THE following telegram
from Gen. Mcdowell. commanding the military
division Of the Pacific. WAS received at the War
Department this morning:
AI.tunt General w..snsf'r 0''0o' July o. 1910
The following kilograms. both from Lewiston.
have Just been received from my aide de camp
whom ! had sent up to Gen. Towards COM
mand. The hrst telegram. Of July 4. says
direct from Gen 9w.ra since ss The
4 Capt I'M %sPSs dets.hmse, struck band Nx
WIN CEN in1." wS , rS hs. ,ss"s been
suiy here mat .sl' success and cen H9wsrds
da.ss wishs. to come IN viii his band Mr. wssin.
ina .h. "r % b., ssro.sd the Salmon and i nal.
p. heel, and Col Whilpc barring the way. aud that
There arr no Hgns OF other Indians taking hand
The second telegram is dated July 5. and
says:
TIE Sllowins wa. received rom csPt Perry: dated
u day u force AMI very dsmonsirauye Last even.
Killed. had wSgpis win Is. Mo-" eemmsSs come SS's
y, our us' ny .,s l,ru would 1nig9n.dy have All
k.sni,ih company arrives lie urges that be sent to
iiormsoa Jus! ap b, the boa, po.iponcs TIE srryalqf
T. orn,pnhy dsn or Two SUI no news from Howard
gen from Colve Just m represents the situation in the
troops KssisR. Aidede-Camp
Instead Of sending the Second Infantry ms d.
rscled. | have determined 10 send 1t ~ Gen.
go. steamer to Portland thence, 10y boat 10 Low
ision Tn. TROOPS that are On route to Boise.
Idaho. Will b. sum lent, believe. for that dis
enforced than that OF the Columbia. | have or
dercd an tne troops from fort Yuma. two COM
plnlrs, 10 Boise. and have broken up Camp In
"A sci a a
same destination.
MCDOWELL. Major General.
,Ex,GdER.TrD, REPORTS OF THE OUTBREAK.
- WAsHlNoToN July IA letter received by the
tommissioner of Indian Affairs to-day from
Inspector Watkins. under dnte Of Lapwai.
Idaho. June ~ contains the following:
The excitement over the outbreak OF Jo-
seph's band II Nez Pcrces is suits ding aud we
are nuiinl out the facts Of the lisht with Col
Perry = command, and the preceding murders
Of citz"ns. The first accounts. ~ Is usually the
cas-, were exaggerated. Four Indians. who
Sunday. say that Joseph expects To be Killed
but says he will sell his life Hs dearly rs pos
slhlc. Joseph says he intends a. separate from
Mhtte Bird. and 20 To the Wallowa valley 10 Toe
Killed He says that Is his country, and he
wants 10 be buried there, These Indians say
Whirty-two enlisted men and one officer. hut
wcre, not scalped or mnuiatfd. Money cap
away 10y direction OF Joseph. who tod his
pcople they would never have u chance 10 use 1t
Fathcr Ca,ildo. the Catholic priest belonging
70 the mission on this reserve, wns nj the Cuur
dAlrnc Mission when the outbreak occurred. |
wrot" To- INN urging him to use his best efforts
and al his great influence among those Catho-
ne Indians 10 prevent any of them from Joining
Joseph. lie was tlyr IN his efforts. and came
back here yesterday, bringing CTur Al"ncs
Indian with HIM. TO assure us. in thu name of
ms entire people. that they are friendly and will
remain So The father also visited "A NUMBER of
the Spokones, talked with them and other small
bands IN tho nclghborhood. and says they talk
has e. he xk ID
their homes again. do not now antic pate any
trouble from mat direction.
A messenger from the CmGiillas reports all
quiet and II good feeling existing among them
LATHE Las been heard from the Malheurs Mil
SONS from that source. have sent To- the agent
10 prevent II II poss lblc. and do not think any
great number, II any Will 20 10 the hostilrs.
There is u small band OF about seventy 1--WE
males on the Wciscr river that may Join Joseph.
encouraged hy his recent victory but do not
NM. .nmr1 he VII get any number from other
sources Indeed, II th'se prisoners can be- bee
leVcd, he does not expect assistance, and only
intends 10 llsht 10 the end and Kill many sol
"What Is remarkable in Indian warfare. Joseph
has not scalprd or mutiiated the citizens Killed.
or burned houses, and, 50 far us heard from,
ohlS IN. men against whom the Indians had
some CID gruige had been killed 1t has been
aterrlble sediment of old troubles. The first
whit" man klled had Killed an Indian "A few
years ago. and was killed by the son Of the In
dian killed. The Indians told his wife why they
had killc' her husband. and let her 20 I'M
harmed. In another cusc girl ten years Old
was kept and fed n day or two and thcn sent 10
Mount Idaho. Two women and one child have
been wounded 80 far rs known, but the Indians
say II was by accident Other Information Is
somewhat different. but in no ciise have we
heard If woman or a child being killed or i'll
treated when the band were together when Ju-
s,ph was nong-cltler the elder or the younger
chef of that nnme."
Inspector Watkins also reports that he has
written T. all the agents IN that part of the
country. directing them TO have an iinmrdiutr
count made Of all Indians under their charge
10 watch them closely with Il view Ia preventing
any OF the young men leaving 10 JON Joseph,
aud Ia organize small force Of trusty ludLtus
to arrest and guard any that attempt 10 leave or
are deemed doubtful.
To-Day's Excursions.
Five trlps 10 Rockaway Beach by the steam
hoais 'ulumun, Amcrcus. AMI NrN,i,lnk
Two tups to RuckawaA by Jarrett ralmcrs Plymouth
Rock
t. Rockaway Roa h b, the stcamhost William cook
l.ung streets steamboat Twilight tu klshawAy teach
the Hudson river Ia Iona island ami West FONT bl
tho steamboat Empire STATE.
. The lilcwli, !. u. schuyler, and Armenia 10 Coney
lsmml, landing At the beach
20 hrilgcpurt and return b, the Thomas Powell
The Hudson flNer, landing at NunAcrs Iona Island
Ntst iWnt &C. bN the steamboat Long Branch
a. MnfIshha " lite boats, connocns VITA boats for
Hush fiti.U
lo,ors ocean steamer seth Low to the Fishing Banks
srnmhoal Maii'hWan 10 Report landing al Ross,ule