The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-06-30
LATER.



TlLlTlES.
/. p. Brown ESQ.,, sends u. full re-
ports of events as learned at Mt. Idaho
during the 18th 10th goth 2lst and to
0A. NJ. of the 22d. We condense the
facts in his dispatches and give them
in their daily order. On the 18th
some three or four Of Col. Perry's Co.,
arrived safely into camp. Wm. George
after he was wounded on Salmon river
escaped and arrived through the noun
tains. Pat Price having Mauuel's lit.
tie girl 81 years old with broken arm
arrived safely from White Bird, Mrs.
Samuel Benedict with two children
were found the 18th on the White Bird
hill and brought safely in. she reports
Geo. Woodward and Peter Bertard
killed at Bakers house and her hus.
band aud August killed at her home.
About 20 Indians made the attack.
They then went to II. G. Browns house
aud store. Brown and wife escaped
across the river in a boat, Brown was
wounded. They were afterwards res.
cued near Cottonwood house. Indians
then went to II. Mason's, killed Ma
son, French Frank, the old shoemaker
aud Osborne. Others on Salmon river
forted at Slate Creek having aid from
Florence. II. G. Horton was found
dead near Atkinsons field, supposed to
have been killed oh the 18th. New
some creek aud Elk City miners have
either come in or are fortified, wait
ing arms aud ammunition at Mt. Idaho.
18th. Lew Day died of his wound at
| o'clock A. NJ, buried to-day in Ma.
sonic grounds. The other wounded
are comfortably cared for by the women
of Mt. Idaho. lsenson's, Louis, and
Pettegrew's pack trains safe in from the
mountains. Mt. Idaho we'll fortified.
Renegades joining hostiles. Scouts
have found the following houses on the
prairie pillayed and pluudered of every.
thing valuable, to wit: II. johnson,
jarrett, Overman. Byron, Hashagan,
Reiman, Remington, Chapman, Benoy
and Crowsdale. Watson's house and
Johnson's barn burned. The settlers
did not provoke the break, but the
Indian and War Department gave the
ofiense in their management Of the or
ders to brin. the Indians upon the res
ervation. The Salmon rivers, Joseph's
band and other renegades precipitated
the outbreak. Geo. popham just got
in from White bird. He witnessed the
first attack on Salmon river and much
of the fight between Indians and SOL
diers on Sunday morning. The follow
ing is his statement verbatim as taken
down by Mr.. Brown:
81 was stoping ut Jack Manuals, my
son in laws. since last Fall. The first
alarm we had was on Thursday about
noon, when we saw three Indians go
past, soon after Mr.. Baker and truth
came to Manuals and told US that the
three Indians just past had shot Sam
Benedict in the legs. Mr.. Baker want
ed to come to the prairie and inform
the people, but Manual did not deem ii
safe for any Of them to leave. MIR. Ba-
ker went home aud in short time re.
turned with Pat Price and Intended to
come to Mt. Idaho, they had only gone
a short distance when they saw the In
dians coming. Baker, Manual wife
and children started to 90 down to Ba.
ker's house, had got but short ways
when they were surrounded by the In.
iians, about 20 in number, they killed
Baker and Manual. Mrs. Manual fell
from her horse ard they ravished her
,od afterwards killed her by stab 10
he breast. The little girls arm wss
broken aud the baby boy WAS killed.