Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-11
EVENING STAR.
TUksDAY...... September m, Is77
A Terrible Experieace.

A Terrible Experience.
How TEE LIVES or rHREE PENSIONS CAP
D BY THE NEz PEKCEs wEkE
correspondent OF the v. Y. T-.b,o,e de-
tals the Killing OF most OF the members OF
Perces recently. fhe parry which i6eiuSef
Two women. Mrs. COwan and her sister
Ntre surprised by asmsll party OF Indians
Just a. they we're going into camp on the 2sth
OF August. The Indians said t6ey must an
90 10 Joseph's camp. This done, the say
sses moved ON, after awhile mounting them
serves HEon me horses OF the eNcursioniste,
10 whom they gave the use OF their ponies.
lhe second day, when in n ravine. a eoiy OF
soine SiNty indians suddenly surrounded tho
ueNotd party of ten whites, who were with
ole exception, close together and began dr-
Ing ulon them-one Oleham De ng killesf.
anu tne three 1 have mentioned, aud Mr..
NoNah, escaping unhurt. and the remainder
elthtr getting into the tim Der or being killed.
whlch' Is not Yet known. But for the escap-
.ls lour an EXPERIENCE was reserved not often
recorued, except as an episode OF Indian war
iare' and may be BREEZY narrated as follows.
After the skirmish tue two men and two
women were carried along with the Indians
the monotony OF the day being nnallV re-
lieved by the shooting OF Mr. Cowan lie
ell nom his pony, and being caught In Mrs.
Cowsn's arms, was again shot aud MS
brains beaten out she held him IN her
arms. he was a lawyer at Rsdcrsburg, aud
received his nrst shot nom a Me- Perez who
had been wounded In the head In the Oibbon
light. The second shot was Administered
Win a revolver 10y another wounded savage,
ard Third completed the work by dashing
OUT Ms brains with a rock, a. his Shrieklng
v lie wa pulled OF by a crowd OF Indians.
WHO Unlisted for her blood. The poor yo-
man hardly a year married, begged the saw
axe hru'eS TO KIN her Outrighf. not suppos-
ing she would be spared a moment bGf no
NUMEROUS attempt was made upon her or
1er young sister: The brother. r. carpenter,
| was rex; singled out. aud. being aiken OF a
short distance and ordered u kneeI a burly
savage RAISED as gun To fire, when the in-
| ttndel victim, bethiuking him OF the Ro-
man Catholicism Of The NeZ Perces, crossed
himself. As the magic symbol was traced
before the Indian who was u shoot, he hes
! Nstedi dropped hls gun, and told CarpeuteI 10
60, a., af,er ihat, Il can no Kill you, ne said.
/ a council Of i've Was then held, 90 dec lie tbs
| fate of the three trembling prisoners. at
| which young Carpenter was present, his Sis
terS icing sheltered, tor The time. ia the camp
| OF Tie Chief, White Bird The &C ION 81 his
| chleI fo.iI part OF The romance of This cpl
\ sode. From The beginning he appears %
have objected To deallng violently win iha
| prisoners, and advOcatel the reieasa OF the
| entire party. He continued his kindly Offices
| even after Jne attack upon the unfortunate
| company, and the murder of Cowau During
| tne COUNCIL The demand tor the blood OF ula
| three prisoners was loud ana determined
| one Indian detailing, with savage earnest
! ness, the fact that the whites had killed his
| squaw. his father and his son, and. Rppeal-
/ Ing for the chance for revenge. he could NOT
/ be appeased. TIE while young Carpenter sal
| by, ms lie and that OF AIS two sisters hang-
t3Nase council proving OF deadly Interest IN
MN, who, but al hour before. had knelt
doHn 20 DE, leaving MS sisters to the mercy
While the council was sitting, young Car
| renter, despairlng OF escape. and caring for
/ TIE lives ard honor OF hts sisters, appeslef
4 - IL 10 sacrifice him and spare theTn, asking
| IL he were To be killed, that they be sent in
| safety TO the settlement To this a warrior
, named Joseph mot the chief, who had shown
I --teDdly intentions from the beginning, re-
spono,-H that q possible the wish should be
! granted. anu AA1 &c hiihsei woald perform
! the service. ., -, a..
But they all escaped. The COUNCIL S, oI I've
! noteu uree 20 two In favor OF Il, .Saiy
NE, and White Bird bore the news OF
escape 10 the camp, where Tho reynbiin,,
women awaited their fate And Then u,,it,Ss
blrd, lately so cool and deliberata' became
: nervous ana .Jeu, rearing reconsiderafion
py me council, or defiance Of It's conclusion
by lie bloods and squaws. sYou go auIck-
| go by this trail-donr stop 70 camp or eaf.
or water your ponies-donf go up the river
I hurry TO the Hot.springs and join your pso-
PIE tnere-get away-hurry!' And mounting
the almost naked women upon broken-toyD
| ponies, and giving each a small piece OF
oread and some matches, Carpenter him.
sell going aioot, White Bird guided them n
mile out OF camp, and then left them 10 weut
uelr way 10 where they met Lieutenant
Schoneld. The women were hatless, shawl
less; the man had been robbed OF everything
except ais shirt, trousers and boots and az
the trall was rough and the nights were yerv
cold, the trip TO the soldiers camp almost
! without food, with no protection for Ina
Won en- but an old quilt presented by White
Bird ana nc In momestary dread OF re-
capture, must har. been one TO which the
term horrible may be aptly 9. piled.
TRoCBLE AMONG CINCINNATI Bern.-
hhs-IEere ls trouble springiug az among
ue Cincinnati brewers. Tue trouble grows
oGt OF Whsat they claim 10 he bad TAI N on tho
pat o. Two OF The members OF the Brewer's
association. The Beer Brewers AssOcia-
tioh y composed OF nearly all the brewers of
r1e Gil ana vicinity, ana one OF the ch ief oh
ices OF rs existence is To regulate the price
90 Deer, nNing the rates at such fikares thai
NE brewers themselves can make "A fair
prom, aud all the retailers can do well i'm
- A4iis a. nNe cents a glass. The price OF
C'er 10 saloonlsts was $40 barrel up TO n
honth ago, when IL was reduced toSg Every
ming went on smoothly until II WAS fourSf
on lnat Two brewers were selling AT IS The
excitement is great, and the brewers say that
II VIII necessarily reduce the quality Of the
Cincinnati beer.
END OF THE MITCHELL Casa tele
gram from Milwaukee,, dated the eth inst
says: "ln the county court today ali the
papers IN the Mitchell scandal case were,
Wlthdrawn, and Mrs. Mitchell filed sirnpl,.
petition Tor divorce, which WAS In