The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-17
ANOTHER MASSACRE.
Sen. Glbbon wien Isa Men Attacks Joseph
-GlbbOm Mefeafed-A0gs IN Killed
and Wounded one Mun'
dred.

! HELENA, Montana, Aug. II. .-Th'
r following was received this morning:
BIC HOLE, NJ. T., Aug. 9, 1877.
TO Cor Potts. Had q hard fgh
with Nez Perces, killing number AM
7 losing number of officers and mer
We are here near the mouth Of Bi
a Hole pass with a large number Of wour
!. ded in want Of everything food, cloth
ing, medicines and medical attendance
Send us assistance at once.
JOHN GI9BON, Col. U. $. A.
TO Cor. Potts. We had had fgh
and took the village, but were fnall
driven back with heavy loss. Capt
Logan and Lieut.. Bradley are killed
Gen. Gibbon and Lieuts Coolidge
English and Woodruff, wounded Eng
lish seriously, the others slightly. Tn,
troops are entrenched and the indians
were leaving when the messenger left
DEER LODGE, Aug. ll-9A. NV.
III. Edwards has just arrived from Big
Hole bringing accounts Of a terrible bat
tie between Gibbons command and the
Nez Perces on Big Hole river Aug.
9th. Gibbons command consisting Of
lS2 men, II officers, 1873 regulars and
2S citizen volunteers, crossed over
from Ross Hole to near the Big Hole
on Wednesday. Starting at ii o'clock
on the same night they moved down
all the troops, with the exception of a
few left to guard the transportation a
few miles above close to the Indian
camp, which was made on Big Hole
about three miles below where the Bit
ter Root and Bannack trail crosses.
At daylight this morning the fight was
opened by the volunteers firing and kill
ing an Indian going after horses The
charge was then made on the camp and
hard fighting occurred for the next two
hours, during which time number of
men and Indians were killed, The SOL
liers then charged on the lodges, but /
were repulsed in the attempt. The In
lians then attempted to cut them off
from high wooded point, but the SOL
diers charged them, and driving the In
dian advance from it held it and at once
fortified. Fighting continued here all
day, and was still progressing ftfully
when the courier left. At II o'clock
the fighting was desperate on both sides,
the full force Of the Indians being in
the fight. Capt. Logan and Lieut.
Bradley were killed. Gen. Gibbon,
Capt. Williams and Lieuts. Coolidge,
English and Woodruff were wounded, |
Gen, Gibbon only slightly. Bradley |
was the first man killed The messen-
ger says that after they failed to capture
the lodges the Indians moved their
camp off in the direction Of Bannack. |
All their horses being captured the
messenger had to come to French gulch. |
nearly so miles on foot. Another
messenger was sent to Gen. Howard,
who should have reached there to-day.
The howitzer had been left six miles be-
hind, and was ordered to be moved up
at daylight. During the fight they heard
t discharged twice and then it was
ilent. A band of Indians soon appear
d with large band of horses, and it
believed all the horses of the com
nand, the gun, their supplies, reserve {
ETC., were captured. Gen.
iibbon thought when the courier left
here he had still one hundred effective
nen, and believed the Indians had near
y all withdrawn from his front. The
Messenger says he thinks one hundred
Indians were killed, and nearly half the
command including citizens, were killed
II wounded. Gen. Gibbon has sent I
Or medicines, surgeons, supplies and l
tic. DR. Mitchell will leave TODAY t
With an escort. Gen. Gibbon particu- '
arly asks for ambulance wagons to |
ONE under escort, and every available 9
wagon will go forward from here and
SUITE 1t was one of the hardest In h
Ian fights on record, and Gibbons
ommand made a most gallant and des- a
crate fight against overwhelming num- Il
ers.
DEER LODGE, Aug. lilo A. NJ il
lot all the men we want here to escort b.
agons. We are rushing up wagons.
ores ice etc. Eighty out Of 1872 are I'll
lied or wounded. al
The Latest.
DEER LODGE, M. T., Aug, I2-Two 81
uriers are in from Gen. Howard's tr
He was lS miles distance tn
om GibbOn and would reach there WI
rly on the llth. No further partic- on
ars from the battle field, excepting ed
G report that Gibbons camp and gun ev
re captured. hal
OmclHl Account Of the Rattle. 81
CHICAGO, Aug, l2-The following il he
official report of the Indian fight n "B
mo
ST, PAUL, MINI, Aug. IL. dai
Lieet. Gen. Sheridan Ckicaqo W.-A
patch just received from Gen. Gibbon. req
ed Big Hole pass, Aug 0, is as fol, he
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