The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-09
The Indians-SeyeraI skirmishts-
with Varying Results.

special dispatch, dated Lewiston, July
4th, VIA Walls Wslls, 9th, says: July
"a Colonel WhippIe's command, with
volunteers under y. b. Randall came
across Looking glass bsnd a. CIesr
Creek, al : A. NJ. The Indians told the
: Colonel they were prepared to tight, and,
it is SAID, opened the ball by firing first.
When the order was gwen to commence
firing, the Indians soon broke for the
! hills and places OF shelter. 1t ls not
| know now many were killed and
wouhted, as they scanpered IN ali deFec-
tions. The command captured the In
dian camp burned al their provisions
and plunder, and took about thousand
head of Indian horses which they
brought here. No citizens or soldiers
were killed or wounded. Inc command
returned last night.
Captain Elliott. of the Idaho Rangers,
captured seventy-dve of JosePh's cattle
and forty horses. They had a skIrmish
on the Nimnsho. The Captain says he
does not know how msny were killed, n
they had TO retreat. The Indians are
mostly between the Snake and Salmon
dred strong and well armed Captain
Booth will 20 TO Walls WsIla with
seventy men rom the Cove. There are
twenty-one men from Union county now
in Wslla Walls valley
News received at the department
headq quarters here from General a.
Sully, commanding u. Lew ston, says
that Colonel Perry, with thirty men, on
his way to Cottonwood. was attacked by
the hostlles Lieutenant Rains. ten sol.
dies and two citizens were killed. Colonel
Whipple Joined Coionai Perry and drove
the Indians of. The fight is still going on.
Major jackson company, the First
cavalry, which ien Fort Vancouver yes.
terday morning, will arrive NJ Lewiston ,
Tomorrow nj noon.
The following dispatch comes from
Wsllows. 1t probably came by the
steamer Tenlno, which arrived al 9:l5
Thursday night They say Joseph
decoyet General Howard across the
Salmon river, and tnen Joseph recro.sed
the river and got on TO the Cottonwood,
between Howard aud Lapwal, within
thirty miles of Lewiston
A special received from John A. Far
rell, of San Francisco, whe mas just re.
turned from ColIyIlie, dated Paiouse
Landing the Sd inst, via WsllOwa the
9Th, says: Joseph OppenheImer and
myself arrived here this evening When
we crossed Spokane Bridge yesterday
there were 300 or 400 buck Indians, who
were said to be 10 council, and all well
armed. They consisted o. Gaktamas
under Moses, Palouse, TamparIlls, Spo
ksnes, CalleshRlls, and IencGado YOU Z
men from other trIbo-, names not known.
The outlook for TIN, country l, bad.
The settlers on Pine creek and PslOuse
plans. except five men, have i"tt. The
county Is in the hands of the savsges.
A Boise City dispatch says the follow
ing is al extract from letter received
here from Major n. A Comoyer, Indian
agent for many years at the Umstilla
reservation. He has lived in that country
and hss been personally acquainted with
the Indians spoken Of in mis- letter for
thirty five years The Indians referred
to in his letter embrace every thing with
n resch OF the hos.l!es, except the Ban
nocks and Piutes
On this reservation the number Of In
dians last January was G12 men. l51
women, 262 boys and l47 grls. Now |
have some more-I think an addition Of
about 200-and the Indians are all here.
Two only are ut Lspwai and both are very
friendly to the whites None have gone
to Join the hostile Indians | estimate
the Indians on Yskama Reservation,
and the renegade bands or the Columbia
River, from Cells to White Bluffs, nj
about 1000. l know nothing OF other
tribes north. These Indians will not
take up arms against the whites. Am
also sure the COur ID 'Alenes will remain
friendly The reports OF the Umst.l!aS
moving to join the hostile Indians are
false. None have gone, and | can not
believe any will go. The chiefs and head
men OF this reservation are keeping their
young men close ri home, and | do not
think aay can leave without being dis
covered
WAsHINGToN, July THE following
telegram from General Mcdowell, com
mandng the military division OF the
Pacific, was received At the War Depart
ment this morning: