, 1877-07-06
THE IDAHO WAR.
A Fight with Chief Looking.Glass'
Band on the Clearwater.
List Of tho Killed and Wounded In lite
Salmon River Fight.
Howard's Troops Hurry Toward the
Scene Of the Trouble.


Tribes In Montana Likely to Join tho
Mes Perces.
sAS Fn.Se'seo, July "a press d'spateh from
Portland, Orc. snys tho following has Just been
received firm, Lewiston. via wnlla Wal)n, under
date July Z: courier ju<t in from KaHfa says
Col. Whipp1e and his command had IN engagement
with Looking. 0ln1s' hand On tho, Clearwater to-
day. -Four 1tdsans wcro killed mud left on the
hclh; many Others were wounded. Tho sqaaws nnd
children took to the ftvcr,' and several were
drowned. Fighting was stilt going on when tho
eourer lcf Looking Glass band Is estimated By
scouts TO Number ahons 400.
1lowAnp's rnooFs.
Al 3 Il. m. courier arrived, having LETT Gen.
Towards camp IN tho night Of tho goth. The
troops had mhdo crossing tint day, and scouts
vino had been out on the hills found stock but no
indiana. Tho latter are believed to hayo gone
down toward the mnuth of the t'rnnlcronAe Dis
patches wcro forwarded TO Wn!la Waila tu bo tclc.
graphcd. 70 a. 10 npprise persons In UEnndcrondcs
ARD walowa Valleys that they may bc OIL tho
lookout
4 private letter stntes tfat tho body Of Lieut.,
Thelles had pccn found, and several other bodies
near by. The great number OF empty cartridges
by gavo proof they had sold their ltyes dcnry
Late Saturday Fome Ecz rcsces, ralonscs, Spo-
kane, md fnmc Other northern Indians held n
council about ten miles north Of the Cnur dAtcnss
camp, on 1aanRman's Creek, at which tho MURDER
err Of Ritcffe wetc present. The minority Of tho
| council approved Of the killing, The minority had
separated from the others md wanted 10 20 baek
to the reservation, but afraid to 60 leat hey
should be attacked by tho whites. The Cpnr d.
Alencs offer to send out ion men OF their number
| To accompany few whtc scttloTs 10 hring IN tho
murderer OF Httchic. The wisites have no nr,na
tn fnun 6Axtt In fSntSxs1 ~
messenger 10 IN town for arms.
KlLIEp AND WOUNDED.
The following Is full tist of tho killed and
wounded at The fnafAn maefacra and fight, a. fAr
IL positively known: Killed, citizens, Len Norton,
| Jamcs Uakcr, aamNe1 Uencliet, Hurry Mason,
l1onfy Elfcres, Lew Day, Mrs. Manuel md CHILD,
| H. D. Horton, George Woodward, William Osborn,
Leo wl!lmosc, French Frank, rctcr Datard, II.
Devinc, II. DacRtld.c, II. Dlund4 J. Manucl and
/ John Chamberlain Company r. First Ez;-!r3,
| Ecrst Gum, Scrgt. Hymn Corporal Thompson,
Trampcter Jones; Pr,vatos Armstrong, burrl,.
Colbu:f lIalbut, Donnlc. Llstou ntostorth,
shnllan Shaw. Dla'f, c6nno1l! pouehc,
pany IL, First Cavalry, Ltuut. Thel,er,
Tfumpetcr Marshal, snddlcr Ga.lvln. Corporal
Lee, corporal CusIan, rsiyatea Crawford, Norris
| seY, Shay. Werner, Ga,ansngl', Edward. Nelson,
Gaps rPlmblo, i. s. A., William George, 4. &.
PUSHING FORWARD.
| a press dispatch from. Silver city. 1laho says
Col. bandfUr.i's command comprising rumpun!cs g.
g. Xasa Gsas'' nss
Huntington, and Surgeons Ncglsnds ui,d Kober.
MaJ. aresne,s communal @ 20 opcfaie nsa!nss 'ti tho
Indians In Wciacf Valley and beyond. Tho COM
maud Tag two tlatllngs, . mountain ho"atzer, and
| train OF thirteen wagons.
wAsnlSuTos DISPATCHES.
wAsntsnros, =. G.. July Tho Commission.
N es saS ssfp's
hs ~ ,"S Sast .ss ae iaas
pu.et. ' =.
general order trom ths wst Department d.
fantry from t,le Department Of tlo south 10 tic
Department Of tho lac1c for tbs purpose Of rein.
forcing Gen. Howard in bis opernstohs against the
sloNs or TROUBLE.
ltsIxxA. Mon, July 4.-Scetetsry Mills. who
Governor in snbatance ~ foEinws: Tho alarm in
Western Monsana caused by ths news Of she ont. t:
ssma @ tsms & taat NJ lcrce, a elsi1inR % 70 coms
from Lewiston, nsid Inst the Nc. Telees vere COM
sss, + 1 "a ,1s ssy e. tsns s:s'o ss
act didcrsntly. becam. reserved n thtr ialt, but
lilo ralley, 'ntm,ted shst a. band had
aist!ng Of about thirty lodges, now under yoana
ses q h ~ H. f. f9 o Il @
ier!0e snow. they cames b,rk 10 Tho io'o .rs'i.
hesda' chez. disappeared, .and % the 18th no
q ss WORT Ut features s' ar = Tic lassonaSs
result Of the:e concurrent t.c. va. 70 etcats Fen.
ess I'D 1SH'% H,ss ss0enaa on &: :d s cs
sess iss r wh!!e.: ~ ths H. !, re- isg i%gg!'t Tl
ani they diA not think they eouli control thSn:
ets y Fsa sn s
count Of thc fh! n wh'tS isa canon ss not
Of ii the Ipdians 70 nght ti,e whites. lncidenta
to this, the Indians have adsices that tho Crow
whltcs. They had word Tint 4 Crow Chief woul'l
th!s fprlng fvfnss to 70 along with thu .oidists
sou1 s so' when ea s%e saaH os eamp hs INV soa'
! send ten men to txat with. Sitting null 10
&c: :: ass na x Z Ill., 'ffs ss aores n:
; my that ths Mex ictcs rising was prenatarc: I'M
oitheit chisfs had besn opposed to .hs ho:silites
MAXI ample prepa:atlon. by supplying ths,aselye
, 10 trade thsiF hor.es. soou after two ,of then
Y went 70 The trading p3ss nsas Lapwa sni ons do
lss %ass BAD ss H.
8 Indians, pointing to the sun. said that before
:. | het lie should hnfr Uut. Tho trader Game arouu,
, III euaniat Ia elect hi,l, whom tho India
! Irew > revolver anil shot him through III
bead. Thpy then killed another man Ia tho store
g snA beat woman ~ death With club. tio!n
out, they Killed four susticKs. aud rode 10 camp
q when iher comrades turned out and niassacfc
. | at, peoplc on thu Salmon River. Thrss storr
curfvnt among tho Indians, From all tn(ormatlo
think It probable tAst general concerted 1l.tn
=. Ia. been in conlempla.ien, but that the time b.
9 ldsho They have not staeo bod tlTss to aRree nr
y on plan Ut operation: II L. pEobahle that th
l. Char!us has gone ~ idAho via tho LoIp TRAIL II
!. l2U n,,ic. from MesoulA to caaas rsalre. Chs,
Z los 10 tbs faxosI.e Chtat Ut the dlsaGscte
u Ind!ans, aud 1t IL estimated that hc ca
!: | control 200 warriors. Including hichells m
y Assse4' yoang 1nsn. one half u the Indians calls
s Intefmaf1icd INIT! thu name i tic only dstint
y t!on Michel, tho Zen d orellle Chief, has abol
sixty lodges, foar to lodge ncas thu Ut. lGnatu
Il Nas3un. Altce4 lss ts4M 4lteeH 10 tMentY l0dg.