The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-06-29
IDAHO INDIAN WAR.

The late fearful Indian war in Idaho. IS
 said .o have arisen from horse trade with a
 settler a. Camas Prairie, wherein the Indians
 claims to have been swindled. etc, whi e
 other reports attribute tine uprising to the
 factth.t portion ofthe reservation claimed by the N,z Pcrces had been sold another ac-
 count claims ihe uprising to have arisen from
 The fact that three of their number were re- centlv murdered, but VIC consider 1t ihs re-
 suit of general euSsednesS of the Indians General Howard is ccnsured severely by 'hc iinhal itan,s, and il is not at all unlikely that General Croo& will b. ordered to take com mand of the Idaho army and sub'ue ihe rcd.hot devils Our reports are to the sith
 of June.
 Williams, who brought letters to Lewis
 ton, says he was a scout in the light, and that the engagement took place ot The to't
 of White bud canyon instead of the head.
 Upol the first fir the Indians and soldlrrs
 broke ranks and re,reaicd. The oihccrs
 could not rally them or make them face the
 fire, and tha Indians pursued them about sixteen mile,. firing upon them constantly
 AAt states AiAN Aiit AIfAlAAliH itAit NtAf't --N4 ! thaa the troops. aod their aim Was deadly. | From the first attacN there were about l2j ] h ,ianS in pursuit The troops were vel mounted. After the fight the Indians held
 a grand war dance.
 We have before us General Towards dis | patch to Colonel Wood, dated June 18th, II a. m., giving the number of Colonel Pcrrys command who had been killed The mum II l "a T 1 including Capt in Theilcr. \ letter from ! Father CSta.dr,a ,a Cathode priest, reports the i Indians on Hangman's creek quiet at pres ! ent, although m my Neg PerccS and Palousns are there Great alarm Is felt at Boise and ! Bake City. Volunteers are being callvd for
 and every possible preparation Is being
 made 10 meet the eXigcucy ot the occasi n. ! There Is a great lack of arms, and the avail able force uf the regular army is practically nothing.
 l Lieutenant Theller. of the 2ist |. $. In ] faniry, who was killed in the recent Indian ! fight, WAS brother 10 Samuel Theller the we'll known capitalist If San Francisco.- | He had seen much Indian service in Arizona and during the Nodnc war He was about ! thirty-seven years old. Col. Perry also in command of the force engaged is also an ac
 compished Indian fighter. Company |, of the l2th l. s. Infantry left San Francisco ca the 18th for Camp McDrrmot Nevada, to | take place of the cavalry company ordered thence to the front.
 ! The steamer Alaska. from Lewiston. Ida l ho Territory. has just arrived and brings the ! following Indian news: The Indians, em- ! hracing Jo>eph's band and Salmon river In- dians. were assembled on Cauas prairie, making demonstrations of hOStiiities. On | Friday morning news came that Harry Ou and three other men had been killed on Sal mon river, near the mouth of the White l Bird. The settlers on CamaS prarie had be- C clme so much alarmed that they were gath ering toward Mount Idaho. and asked for troops tO come n their relief, but no troops wer- ordered upon their request. About ! five o'clock P. NJ. Friday, an Indian messen- ger came through to ihe agency with letter to the effect that the Indians had made an TWENTY NINE WHITES HAD BEEN KILLED. ! And that the whites had killed White Bird, . chief Jf th band and his family. Lewis . ton has an organiz ton of e men. partly . fitted for home duty in case Of an emersen- ] cy. Two compani.S uf intintry are expect . ed here on the steamer from Walluia tO l night, and 2j cavalrymen from Waila WIlla , to-mnrrow. Five hundred Indians are on ! Han 5man Creek, but there are no hostiles . there vet.
 BATTLE-TuE TROOPS SURROUNDED. 1 The troops. with l5) men from Mount ! ! Idaho, encountered th, Indians al the head
 of White Bird canyon. The troops dis ! mounted and left few soldiers and twenty . ] friendly Indians nId the horses The h. . dians opened fire on the troops. and the fighting was continued for some time The l friendly Indians became alarmed, and the
 soldiers guarding the horses could see that | the Indians were gettin. the best of the i fight. and that the soldiers were rctreating i The Captain of the citizens. Sergeant Lytlc
 an one soldier were known to be killed ! The whole horse guard, Indian and whites. 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 post. Many houses on the prairie have
 been burned. Another soldier who reached the garrison at eighs o'clock on the mnrninr Of the lS,h from the fight reported that the troops were on foot and surrounded by h. dians in the lnyun, and in hand to-hand fight Colonel Perry and about
 oNE-HALF oT THE COMMAND ARE SAID TO
 HAVE BEEN KILLED,
 And the remainder surrounded and fighting against odds when the soldier left. The h. dianS engaged in the fight are non-treaty Nez Pcrces. They, together with other dis satisfied tribes, number 2,000 effective War ri'rs. Thcre k a general uprising of the savagoS, and the whole country lS wild with alarm. The Indians are missing men, wo- men and children in the Camas prairie. and the settlers are fleeing in all directions for safety. General Howard is now at Lewis town, but is pnwerlesS, owing to the made quatc military forces. Troops have been ordered from number of posts in the de- pertinent, and will soon be on the way 10 the scene. General Mcdowell, command
 ing the Division of the Pacific, has been teegraphed to and speedy assistance de- handed. Further and sanguinary details are expected here. Governor Chadwick has also been applied to for arms, etc
 RATHER CHEEKY.
 The juvenile Cum. in his anxiety to get