Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-06
The Indians.

| A dispatch from Lewiston, August l, says
Yesterday Indian Joe and his family who have
been with people at Slate creek all through the
Indian troubles and proved true and faithful to
the whites, returned from Kamiah, where they
had been sent TO ascertain the movements Of
| hosliles. His squaw says the Indians at ka-
| miah told her they wero going across the NOUS.
tans by the Lolo trail with their stock and FAM,
| lies. aud when they got them in z secure place
| they would return and fight tho soldiers. She
| also stated that before leaving kamiah they
went to the friendly Indians camp and drove
| Of all the young squaws, beat them with club
| and forced them along like SO many cattle.
They also came back and robbed them Of every
| thing they could ind and all their horses OF uuy
| value. She further stated that the hostilcs are
| to be reinforced by Indians from the other side
Of tho mountains when they return. Tier state
meuts are considered reliable by those who
have known her.
This morong Lieut. Wilmol, with thirty men,
started to 60 across Salmon river to asce tain If
| any hosiles remain there. 1t has been report
ed for several days that few had been seen i'll
that direction, and the object is to hunt ticm
out ard destroy all supplies. 1t is now believed
by old acquaintance Of Joseph that be will put
| away in safety his stores and extra horses au'!
| return to Comas prairie, returning by ELK CITY
or Petite trails. which are much more easily
travelled than IIoIo. This trip can. with forced
| march, be made 10 about seven days. lie has
asserted bis determination to burn the gram on
Comas prairie and then arrange his plans TO
20 to Wilowa and the opinion is prevalent that
he will attempt it.
che to the effect that three soldiers belonging
to scouting party had come into that posLand
reported Captain Nicholas Nolan, Lieutenant
@. l.. Cooper and twenty Fix men as probably
lost on the Staked Plains. Tho three soldiers
separated themselves from the rest Of the scouts
in search Of water, for Which all were suffering
and they succeeded in finding some. The;
then returned to inform their comrades, bu
found they had scattered in every direction
The soldiers, on their return to the supply
camp. picked up ii men. The supply camp Gu
Buells ia l4O miles from COnche. Capt. Smith
ers and Lieut.. Stear started out Immediately
with all available force to hunt for their impcr
ied comrades 1t is not certain by any meaus
that they have persisted, but the gravest apple
tensions arc entertained.
A STRANGE INCONsIsTENCY.-Our cS!orcd
friends complain that they are not called upon
to cit upon juries. except when chosen az grand
Jurors. and even intimate that white juries arc
not supposed to be capable of doing justice 10
the poor negro.
But, on Saturday, negro woman, Indicted
for the murder Of her own child, was found
mot guilty. by an intelligent jury of white
men, and the savage howl on tho part Of the
colored people-the women, espocialy-when
the verdict was announced indicated that if tho
case had been left 10 them hanging would have
been considered too mild punishment la.
deed, the members Of the jury were abused in
unmeasured terms-not by any white person,
but by the negroes themselves.
Had the accused been tried by coored jury
she would now have been in Jail. convicted OF
murder in tho first degree, aud the galIows 10
the near future. while, by the good fortune OF
being tried by white jury she has been &C.
quilted. and is now as free as before the alleged
crime was committed. -LynchJwg Neps.