Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-13
GENERAL MITES TFcroRr.
The last rtsht win a..

| d tHANE CoNprcr or - -
/ hNNb-THE sURKENnER - - -
49, +. -. AbLk 0hIEFTAIN AND rfs POL
ogr BENroN. Nj OCT
heie- q, Oct I)-At tors rnorn,,,, - -. ~.
cugr e. To Gen. Terry from Go a., t,4ies s
- St.s.Hs : tesA, slncGncing an evest which
@F.uNc> = cltSr In the tents which viii ~. -
echoed UrCuthpUt The country M. -.
sGu9ued me Nez Peices. HUrrah' A braver
,-.o oi ..ulanS never upl.' III The fame AMI
lIoNe>s OF her shori ginzl race. During tbs
thsrge On the nrst day. tn which the comm
LltN Il The fith Infantry aud Seventh cav
Sr! lsfuc iPaied. as YOU have been told. NE
lHmher OF KILLED and wounded soldier, was
Er,aier than that ment ioned in my laSt 49,
lsSt'h- IL was ~ instead OF s.. The Indians
~, feCelNea a greater number OF casualties
tiLaH Couid "e reported 10y the rouriers who
arrived nom the Geld lasi niebf No. 49,,
. nAfrlors bit their last morSel from thedusf
OF me rsHine, where they were confined i'm
holes and burrows Tor three davs and niShts
They stayed all through the asy and nigf,
previous 10 the surrender with untIrins o.r-
lnscily. Their tcouts had gone 10 sitting
Buzz Tor assistance, but had no. succeeded I'm
returning To the Nez PerceS caDp T~tce
Joseph had offered To surrender ani once his
opposition " Sopposed by HE IA sne>t cnisfS
WI te Bard obi-cis-f To sssrren derlng hecs,Ss.
he anticipated that he and ali the tr be would
cuffs. f
:. Ne no &c, in trap" said the reioublable
'ppi eis Sln' : no use prison. better de-" But
on NE 5.h Joseph made a treaiy. White
u ri and the rest of TOE minor chiefs ,vfre nv
lhis Time now mere. Tnesr followers were a.
VIKING 10 surrender a. Joseph waS and tho
seritt OF The capitnlst.ou mus he Sousht I'm
lotAl error on The part OF the Savag,aS "a
vel as ln tie gatlsuiry ~ General Miles,
roors the Indians did no, dream "A first
hal they were nghuag any other tpsn CEN
tlsl How8fn's troops. Mbfrn they ia n fora
.ncounterei. Joseph hsj uot ye lear ed
mat he had fought General Gibboa A. Big
Hole. IN fact, the Indians all at Them. had
- Insufficient knOwleaga OF The scttoa OF
the nlted State EoVernm -rf that they
were - surp-iNed when they found a new
general 81 irort OF them lbzt they took MIN
ior suefrliiHs Iley dit not ltentify him
Win The nattUN. Overwhsl mel. defeated
std starving. they at I-ug "A Sucerfmpsi-
'reneial Miles tad 80 carefully placed MS
100, mar nol inan oi his coon nsId was
liieH after the Assault ga Iae FIRST dav, bat
the savage, twllEslaudlug Al their srlS
CONTINUALLY suffered. Ga TIE 9Th the day
v ben they surrendered, there remained
aoont 90 men, SIdaWs aud children IA the
liutsn pts OF these about On. mn tsrei
ana sixty were warriors. Al hSIfpa,f Two
IN ne afternoon Of inst GAY Joseph CAms
INTO GeneIal Miles Canlp. aul shock hands
ana proposed surrender. wnIca Wa rp.taufly
granted. VI neu the scouts len den Miles
WAS receiving personally the srms snd am
Iluh5tlon iron escn OF the Indians. r tch
warrior a. he passed said +" 10, ani Lenderef
his topples. One added the warss .RaI
medicine; better next time"
Up To The last hours Of the Il ght the Indians
never ceased 20 belle all the stories Ia, nave
been told OF the savage. one NJ Is-.s cbtef
approached wOunJvd soljIer a. Midnight
and said In broken English ..Papr bow
on re Loo young 10 go % war. I no XIII
GU Then ne put a blanket under Z - head
ana lett him. General Miles m return
ordered ali the wouIdef I-tdlaas 10 b. we'll
cared Tor. General Miles iujea Is 10 start to-
day for the Tongue river with tue yvoundef
OF bis command and OF JOS pas time and
prisoners. This eudS the most retnarkabla
4ndlan hgot on record.-.N T. He.0i9 SScclai.