Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-07-19

various rumors concerning him and tn
Isituation Of his camp. Isn't the Recor'
MA little too fast with its charges of zig
norance" and absurdity," which j
nj seeks to plaster over every paper but II
Isclf!
=. THE IDAHO WAR.
= Since our issue OF last week, press dis
patches assert the killing of II Indians il
the Looking Glass affair. While moving
> from SALMON river Howard discovered Il
caches of supplies, clothing, etc., ant
captured large band of horses and cat
> tie. A courier express from Col. Perry
who was en- route for Howard with pacl
train and an escort of thirty mon, says hi
d|"was attacked on the 18th, and ten soldiers
v and two citizens were killed. Captain
Whipple, IN command at Cottonwood
. came to the rescue and repulsed the In
z ldians. 1t is bold stroke of Joseph and
his band, and its report by signal to the
Indians north and east will stir them to
defensive acts.''
/ The next morning Whipple, with his
linen, started to meet Col. Perry, who
/, was expected with supply train from
|Lapwai, and kept out skirmish lines along
the route. He met Col. Perry near Board
House and escorted him to our camp on
Cottonwood creek. Baird and two men
Iarrived from Mount Idaho soon after, and
about 5p. m. the rifle pits were manned
and two Calling guns placed in position.
The Indians made several attempts to
storm the rife pits, but were kept at al
distance. On the morning of the 9Th,
two couriers from Howard were chased
into camp by the Indians. Soon after the
Indians moved their camp, with about
900 head Of stock, across the prairie in
the direction Of Cottonwood. No moyc|
was made to intercept them. Soon after
Captain Randall and l6 volunteers FROM
Mount Idaho appeared. The Indians in.
|tercepted them at the junction of the Elk
City trail with the stage road. At this
crisis, being seen from Perry's position
on the bill at the rife pits, the Colonel
was urged to 60 with his troops to their
rescue, to which he replied that it was no
|use; they were gone, and he would not
order rescue. The volunteers say that
Captain Randall, seeing his position, or
dered them to charge and break the lines
of the Indians, dash over toward the
creek bottom, dismount. and return and
hold their position partly under cover of
a small hill until the force at Cottonwood
could reach them. The command was no
sooner given than Capt. Randall and his
sixteen men made q charge, broke through
the Indian line, reached the position Il
named, dismounted and returned the fire.
In the charge Capt. Randall was MORALLY
Benjamin Evans killed, and|t
three others wounded. They fought there
for nearly an hour. and kept the Indians d
1t bay. In about half an hour after, when
It was known that the Indians had them e
IN tight place, Dol. Perry gave orders =
for fifty men to 60 to their relief, 1t was 9 !,
quickly obeyed, and about one hour after .
he charge they were relieved. No pur- .
uit OF the Indians was ordered, but re- .
reat was made, and no pursuit had been !"
made up to the time of Morrill's leaving L
N the night Of the 9th. The volunteers e
az they know they killed several Indians "
they saw the Others packing them off. Io'
The same night McConville, with vol. W
nicer force, arrived at Cottonwood from o o.
towards command. On the 9Th inst. al u
etachment Of seventy. five men UNDER se
1cConville was sent as an escort to AIR
'ason carrying the killed and wounded !! ~
} Mount Idaho, u
morrill, says that Randall, after he was W
lortally wounded and had got into his W
osltion, sat and fired . good many shots ~
the Indians, tho last one not more than In
re minutes before he fell back dead.
ot one OF these seventeen faltered in tho lon
ast or showed the white feather, though IN
nd pressed By 100 Indians; nor did one iul
ae OF them geek to run for Cottonwood mi
ter they had broken the Indian line no
1T strictly obeyod the order to hold their tn
'ound. When Bard and Morrill, left. tn
70 Indians were in full possession of mi
amas l'rairie. except Mount Idaho. ab
and the camp At Cottonwood. ar
rom Lapwai II is reported that the In. tn
ans crossed Clearwater yesterday at II on
M, near KAMA, with their stock. Pill
he settlers arc being plundered and
'bbed on Crow creek and on the Colvillel
I'd Walla walls road, From 40 to col
'lunteers have gone from Walla Walla :
the scene of the difficulty. These hos lae
leo are supposed to be Yakimas,', wi
Troops have been ordered to the scenelde
hostilities from various Southern and Al
'estern stations; General Mcdowell hssItio
zen authorized to call for 200 to 600 vol. Bl
'teers in Idaho and Washington and oo|of
. 18th the Cabinet considered the affairs We
the Indian war principally. It is re
'rded necessary to take every proper tn
ethod to end forever hostile demonstra 'er
ons OF the Indian tribes, This latest =.
ltbreak is considered as serious a. anv of w,
to years. The Government viii use|arl
'ery resource to give final stroke to the to
ldian troubles. lik
General Howard on the 18th struck WI
oseph's camp. 800 strong, on the Clear vs.
ater - the battle raging 2 hours. and We
ter severe fighting, aided by artillery Itul