The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-06
Ghe Indians.

WAsHISGToN, Ju.y 4.-The Commjs
sioner of Indian Affairs is to-day In re,
cept of telegram from Inspector Wst.
kins, dated Fort Lspwsi, July %, stating
that the hosIiles are falling back towards
Wsllamslls Valley; that the troop:
are pressing them and that the
Northern Indians are AL quiet
SAS FRANCrsCo, July 5 "A press dis,
patch from Portland says the following
news hiss Just been received from Lewis.
ton, via Walls Wslla under date OF
July ID: A courier just IN from hswsi
says that Colonel Whipple and his com.
msnd had sn engagement with Looking.
glass band, on Clear water, to-day. Four
Indians were killed and le,t on the field
desd. and many others were wounded.
The sQusws and children took to the
river snd several Were drowned. The
lighting still going on when the Courier
left. Looking Glass band i estimated
by the scouts to number about 400. At
8 A. VI. the Courier arrived having lett
Gen. Howsrd's camp on the night OF the
29th. The troops had made y crossing
that day snd the scouts who had been
out on the hills found stock, but 10 In.
disus. The latter are believed 20 have
gone towards the mouth ot the Ssl.
mon and to be making tor GrayS
CrossiRg on the Salmon, thence
crossing Snake river at the mouth OF the
Grand Ronde. Dispatches were tor
warded TO WsllswsIls to be telegraphed,
50 as to spprlsr persons IN Grsnde
Ronde and WaIlawslls Valleys that they
may be on the lookout. a private letter
state, that the body of Lieutenant Thel-
Ter has been found. and several other
bodies. \ great number OF empty cart
ridges near by gave proof that they had
sold their lives dearly.
Late Sat Irday some NeZ PcrccS,
P,lou., Spakanes and some other North
ern Indians held council about ten
miles north OF Occur D'Alene camp, on
Hangmsn's creek, at which the murder
ers of Richie were present. \ majority
of the council approved of the killing,
and q minority bad separated from the
others, and wanted to 60 to the rescr
vstion, but were afraid to
90 lest they ,houli be
attacked by the whites. The Coeur
d Alenes otter to send out ten of their
number to accompany few white ST.
tiers to bring in the murderer Richie.
The whites have no arms TO spare for
gong with the COeur Alenes, and n
messenger is in town for arms The fol.
lowing is full list OF the killed and
wounded at the Indian massacre and
fight, as far rs positively known: Killed
-Cltizcn-: Ben Norton, James Baker,
Samuel Benedict, Harry Mason, Henry
Elterer, Lew Day, Mrs. Maured, Ii. ID.
Horton, George Woodward, VIM. o..
borne, Leo WIllmste. Frasch Frank, Pc
ter Bstard, K. Devine, II. Bsckridge, II.
Bland, j Manuel and John Chamber
lain. Company +, FIRST Cavalry-Ser-
geant Ryan, Corporal Thompson, Trum-
peter Jones, Privstes Armstrong, Burch,
Coc, Beet, Hslbut, Donne, Lis
ton, Mosforth, ShulIsn, Shaw, Blair,
Connolly, Douche, Lewis, Mar
tin, Quinlan and Sullivan. Com
pany II, First Cavalry, Lieutenant
Theller, trumpeter, Marshal Saddle and
Calvin, Corporal Lee and CacursIsn and
privates Crawford, Morrissey, Shay,
Werner. Cavsnaugh Edwards and
Simpson. The wounded were Messrs.
Ben Norton, Fort Swarz, Joe Moore, q
l.. d. Sargent, Captain Trimble,
VIM. George and II. &. Brown.