The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-17

An Account Of the battles With the
oavages-The Redskins Have
the Best Off

SAN FRANcIsco, July lO-Di.paich..
from lewiston via Portland gives the de-
taiIs al an encounter with Indians ON the
3d, 9Th and 9Th inst, near Cottonwood. On
Tuesday Col. whipple sen, out Foster and
Blewett scouting for the Indisrs in the iii.
recIion Of Gen. Howarj's camp ON Salmon
River. Tney had not gone far when they
met three or four Indians, who ran them
back towards the camp. Blewett Was un-
hor-ed, but escaped. Foster reached camp.
Whirpl~ ordered the command in resdi-
ness tn move. In the meantime Lieut.
Rains, with Foster and eleven mer, were
sen, in advance To- reconnoiter. Rains and
his men rode over the sirst ri.e this side OF
Co tonwoos, AMI down into side ravine,
where the road crosses before the ascent Of
Craig's Mountain, and We're attacked. Be-
fore WhiPpie could get To them, after he
heard the firing. Rains and his whole party
we're killed. including Foster.
| Whipple's command came forward and
formed in line of battle ON the east side Of
the ravine. and the Indians on the wes,
we're all in the open ground. about one
thousand yanis apart. and only the rsvine
he.ween them. Here they remained menac-
ing each other for about iwo hours, until
darkness came.
WhipPle returned tn his camp and the
Indians passed over to y point on the Cot
,"nwoo.l trail tn Craig's Crossing. No more
was done that night. On the next MORN
ing whipPle. Nth his men, started this way
tn meet Colonel Perry, who was expected
with supply train from LaPwai, and KEEP,
out his skirmish lines along the route.
They met Col. Perry with his train near
board house, and escorted him to the camp
On Cottonwood Creek
Baird and two men arrived from Mount
Idaho soon after and about ) p. M, the rifle
pits were manned and two Gailings placed
in ps~ ,ion. The Indians made several At
iemp,s I" storm the rifle pits, hut we're kept
nj n distance.
NJ about p. m, the firing ceased for the
night. On the morning Of the 9Th two cou-
riers arrived from Howard, chased into
camp by the Indians. Soon after tie In
dians moved their camp, with about 1000
head Of stock across the prairie, in the d.
rection Of Cottonwood. No move was made
to intercept them.
Soon after, Capt. Randall and the volun-
teers from Mount Idaho appeared. About
one hundred and fifty Indians intercepted
them At the junction Of the Elk City trail
with the stage road.
At this crisis, being seen from P.rry's |
position on the hill at the rifle pit., the |
colonel was urged to 60 with troops tn their
rescue, to which he replied il was M nee /;
they we're gone, and he would not order .
rescue.
The volunteers say that their captain,
seeing his p~i'ion, ordered them to charge |
and break the line Of the Indians. dash |
over toward the creek bottom, dismount
and return their FIRE and hold their posi-.
ton. partly under cover Of . small hill,
until the force at Cottonwood could reach
them.
Command Was M sooner given than Capt.
Randall with his sixteen men made the
charge broke through the Indian line,
reached the position nsmel ,dismounted and
returned the Ere.
On the charge Capt Randall was mortal
ly wounded, BENZ Evans killed, and three
others sounded. They fought there for
nearly an honr and kept the Indians at
bay.
In about half an hour after il was
known that the ln1ians had the volunteers
in tight place, Col. Perry gave orders for
fifty men to go to their relief. II vas
quickly obeyed, and they were relieved in
about one hour after the charge.
No pursuit Of Indians was ordered but
a retreat was made to camp. and no pur-
suit had been made up to the time OF Nor
rill's leaving. on the night of the 9th
Volunteers say they know they
KILLED SEVERAL INDIANS
and wounded many others, a. they saw the
Indians packing of their dead and wound
ed.
The same night, McConville, with vol
unieer force arrived at Cottonwood from
lIoward's command. On the 9th, . de-
tachment III seventy Eve men under Nc
was sent a. an escort to wagon
the killed and wounded to Mount
IdahOe.
Morrill, says that Randall, after he wss
wounded, and had got into his
petition, sat upon the ground and fired
many shots at the Indians, the last one not
more than five minutes before
He FELL RACK DEAD.
Not one Of ihese seventeen faltered in the
least or showed the white feather, though
hard pressed by one hundredI indians nor
dill one Of them seek to run for the Cotton
wood after they had broken the Indian line
but strictly obeyed orders to hold their
ground The following are the names Of
the ID
MEMORABLE SIXTEEN: III
ID. T. Randall and B. F. Evans, killed
A. Blendand, II. II. Houaer sud Charles
Johnson. wounded D. p. Willmos, J. 8.
Early. James Buchanan, VIM. weemer,
Charles Case, Eph. Bunker. Frank Van
Else, c. W. Day. George Higgins, A. d.
Barley, II. C. johnson and F. A. Finn.
When Biard and Morrill, left the Indians
IN FULL POeSE8lON
Of Comas prairie, except Mount Idahoe,
and the camp ct Cottonwood.
Yesterday several fires were seen in diff
ferent directions. some about three miles