The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-27


fully cared for by the women of Mount
Idaho. Benson, Lewis and Pettigruos'
pack trains are safe in from the noun
tains. Mount Idaho is well fortified.
THE RENEGADEs ARE JOINING THE
HosTILEs.
Scouts report the following houses on
the prairies and hills as plundered of
everything valuable: Johnson, Jarrett,
Overman, Byron, Hensagan, Rodman,
Remington, Chapman, Benoy end
| Crowsdale's. Watson's house and
Johnson's barn were burned. The
settlers did not provoke the outbreak,
but the Indian and War Departments
gave offense in their management of
the orders to bring the Indians upon
the reservation. The Salmon river
Indians Joseph band and other rene
gades-perpetrated the outbreak. Geo.
Popham has just got in from White
Bird. He witnessed the first attack on
Salmon river and much Of the fight
between the Indians and soldiers on
Sunday morning following.
THIS Is HIS STATEMENT OF THE OUT
RACES:
| had been stopping at Jack Man..
uels, my son-in-law, since last Fall
The first alarm we had was on Thurs
day, about noon, when we saw three
Indians go past. Soon after Mr.. b.
ker and his father came to Manuels |
and told us that the three Indians who |
Just passed had shot Sam Benedict in
the leg. Mr.. Baker wanted to come to
the prairie and inform the people,
but Manuel did not deem it safe for
any of them to leave. Mr.. Baker went
home and IN a short time returned
with Pat Price, and intended to come
to Mount Idaho. They had gone only
a short distance when they saw Indi-
ans coming. Baker and Manuel's
wife and children started to 60 down 10
Bakers house. They had got but
short distance when they were sur.
rounded by Indians. about twenty in
number They killed Baker and Man.
uel Mrs. Manuel fell from her horse
and they ravished her. Her little
girls arm was broken and the baby
killed. Mrs. Manuel got back to the
house, and the Indians told her that if
Price and herself would give up all the
arms and ammunition we had, they
would not kill us. We gave up a
Henry rifle and shot gun. We kept
seereted that night and Friday night.
On Saturday at about ii o'clock the
Indians came down the road and went
in the brush and stayed all night. l
also took to the timber on Sunday
morning. They burned the house,
and Mrs. Manuel and her child were
burned 10 it. The Indians were all |
camped on the creek below with their !
squaws. About daylight the fight be-
tween the Indians and soldiers COM
menced, and continued about one |
hour, when the troops fell back, and / |
saw no more of them.
THE INDIANS TOLD ME-
They were going to cross Salmon river.
They killed large band Of cattle and
had great many horses belonging to
settlers. The Indians also told nae
they had sent message to Snake
river, and that the,e was a arge band
of Indians there who would join them;
that they bad plenty of good guns, and
that they would kill the settlers and
capture the country about Weiser,
Payette and Boise Valley, together
with Boise City. They also said run
ners had been sent to the Pilouse,
Spokane, Columbia River and Umatil-
la tribes. who would join them. and
that they would capture the whole
country. They said it would take
two months to accomplish this, and
then they would have good time. On
Monday | started for Mount Idaho,
but in the afternoon | was headed off,
and went back. On Tuesday morning
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