The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-12
Another Small Fight, and the Indians
Defeated.

A press dispatch from Portland says the
following news has just been received from
Lewiston, via Wallawala, under date of
July 2: A courier just in from Kamia says
that Colonel Whipple and his command had
an engagement with Looking Glass band on
the Clearwater to-day. Four Indians were
killed and left on the field dead. Many
others were wounded. The squaws and
children took to the river, and several were
drowned.
The fighting was still going on when the
courier left.
The Looking Glass band is estimated by
scouts to number about four hundred.
At three a. m. a courier arrived, having
left General Howard's camp on the night of
the goth. The troops had made crossing
that day, and the scouts, who had been out
ON the hills, found stock, but no Indians.
The latter are believed to have gone down
toward the mouth of the Salmon, and to be
making Gray's Crossing ON the Salmon,
thence crossing Snake River at the mouth of
the Granderonde. Dispatches were for
warded to Wallawala to be telegraphed so as
to apprise persons in the Granderonde and
Wallawala Valleys that they may be on the
lookout.
A private letter states that the body of
Lieutenant Theller has been found, and sew
eral other bodies near by A great number
of empty cartridges near by gave proof that
Late, Saturday, the Nez Perces, Pakons
and Spokanes, and some other Northern
Indians, held a council about ten miles
north of C9ur dAlene Camp, on Hangman's
Greek, at which the murderers of Ritchie
were present. A majority of the council
approved of the killing, and minority had
separated from the others, and wanted to go
back to the reservation, but were afraid to
go lest they should be attacked by the
whites. The Coeur dAlenes offer to send
out ten men of their number to accompany
few white settlers to bring in the murderers
of Ritchie.
The whites had no arms to spare for going
with the Ceur d'Alenes, and a messenger is
in town for arms.
The following is full list of the killed
and wounded at the Indian massacre and
fight, as far as is positively known:
Killed Citizens-Ben. Norton, James
Baker, Sam1 Benedict, Harry Mason, Henry
Elferes, Lew. Day, Mrs. Manuel and child,
II. D. Horton, George Woodward, VIM. Os-
born, Leo. Willmote, French Frank, Peter
Batard, R. Devine, Fl. Backridge, H. Bland,
J. Manuel and John Chamberlain.
Company F, First Cavalry-Sergeant
Gum, Sergeant Ryan, Corporal Thompson,
Trumpeter Jones, and Privates Armstrong,
Burch, Colbut, Hulbut, Donnie, Liston, Mos
| forth, Shullan, Shaw, Blair, Connolly,
| Douche, Lewis, Martin, Quinlan and Sulli-
| van.
Company Fl, First Cavalry-Lieutenant
Theller, Trumpeter Marshall, Corporal Lee,
| Corporal Curian, Privates Crawford, Nor
rissey, Shay, Werner, Cavanaugh, Edward
Nelson and Simpson.
Wounded-Mrs. Ben. Norton, F. Swarz,
Joe Moore, G. Shearer, l.. D. Sargent, Capt.
Trimble, U. S. A, VIM. George and H. C.
| Brown.
A Press dispatch from Silver City, Idaho,
says that Colonel SanfOrd's command, COM
prising Companies e, D and l, of the First
Cavalry, Captains Wagner, Sumner and
Sard, Adjutant Cresson, Quartermaste1
Huntington, and Surgeons Nevelands and
Kober, have arrived, en- route to Boise
where they will join Major Green's com
mand to operate against the Indians in the
Weiser Valley and beyond. The command
has two Gatling mountain howitzers and 6
train of thirteen wagons.
FURTHER NEWS.
WAsHNGToN, July 5.-The Commissioner
of Indian Affairs is to-day in receipt of &
telegram from Inspector Watkins, dated Ft
Lapwai, the I'd inst, stating that the hostiles
are falling back towards Wallawala Valley
| that the troops are pressing them, and thai
| the Northern Indians are quiet.
A general order from the War Department
directs the transfer of the Second Regimen
of Infantry from the Department of tn,
South to the Division of the Pacific, for tn,
purpose of reinforcing General Howard il
his operations against the Indians.