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The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-12-15
ing that troops be forthwith sent there

to prevent disturbances. But Howart
sent no troops. On the 18th when tn,
message was received that men had beer
killed by them. In response to th'
question, will troops be sent? Th'
emphatic answer Was "no," and Gen
Howard then turned to us and said in
substance as follows: 1.-THE men killed
are Larry OFT and party with him who
have been killed in revenge of the
death of an Indian by said OFT, some
years ago. / have already sent to have
the chiefs give up the murderers. The
people have no cause for alarm. There
will be no general outbreak" and nc
troops were ordered to the scene OF
troubles upon the receipt of this news.
Others We're present and heard these
remarks, among them was W. G.. Lang
ford Esq, Of Walla Walla, who well
knows that what we have narrated are
facts. Now Mr.. Stand0rd if Gen.
Howard had this pre-existing knowl-
edge OF the purpose Of the Indians why
did he class these murders as only acts
OF private revenge? And why did he
say the people had no cause for alarm
unless he desired that the citizens
should 5e murdered. After these re-
marks on the 18th Of June and during
the afternoon of that day, testimony
was being taken before Col. Watkins at
the Lapwai Agency. We were pres
cnt, Col. Watkins, Agent Monteith, ".
G. Langford and perhaps others. Two
or three illusions were made to the
purposes Of Joseph and White Bird to
come upon the reservation, and Agent
1lontcith then and there expressed the
fullest confidence that they would peace
ably come at the appointed time, be-
cause as he said they had promised
to do so. Col. Watkins asked us what
was our opinion in the matter, to which
we replied that we thought their prom
lse WAS merely 70 gain time, that it was
= forced promise which we doubted
their fulfilling. So far as we could
Judge from what was said by Gen.
Howard On that day before the last
message came from Camas Prairie, he .
oartook of the same opinion of the in !
entions of Joseph and White Bird, as
lid Agent Monteith, and he seemed |
o act fully upon that belief. But as
conviction often does, force itself upon
he mind Of the most skeptical, so did
t force itself upon the mind IF these
leluded men when at about 5 p. NJ. of
he same day, the letter was received
rom l.. 2. Brown Of Camas Prairie Of
he killing of Norton, and others on the
'rairie, and of the hos;iles having CON-
'lete possession Of the prairie, save the
own of Mount Idaho.
Then there was a pallor like the
allor of death itself, which seemed to
leze the countanances of those know
az agents of the government. All
usiness of Watkins Court was quick
suspended, and there was gathering
and fro, in hot haste, and orders
iven and dispatches sent for troops,
nd the fullest evidences given that '
o preparation had ever been made by t
Toward Tor any emergency whatever, I
'oklng to the actual hostiltv IF Josonb t
The teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1876-1878, 1877-12-15
An Attempt to Make False History.


which occurred during the late Ne,
Perez rebellion. The expression O.
the Statesman which called forth the
Standards article was as follows:
"That General Howard erred at.the
commencement of the discussion with
Joseph in falling to understand the
spirit and intentions of the Indians and
in making the necessary preparation to
prevent or meet hostilities, no one, him.
self included, can now doubt"
In justice to Gen. Howard we have
ever believed the above expression true
and were it not for the fact that it is
generally known and understood that
what appears in the Standard upon
the subject of this war has the sane
ton of Gen. Howard, we should be
led to treat this article of the Stand
ard as eifusion Of an imaginary brain,
DESTROYS of lauding his hero beyond
measure nolens voleas and regardless
OF the facts we'll known to exist in the
history of the war. But the manifest
confidence Of the Standard in its
statements leads us to apprehend that
the article is written and published at
the instance, and with the knowledge
of Howard himself, or someone inter
ested in his behalf, for the purpose of
wllfully perverting these historical facts
in order to remove the stain attached
to his knowledge and proves as an In
dian fighter. We quote from the
Standard as follows:
off anyone in the world thoroughly
understood the intentions and spirit Of
the Nez Perces before the outbreak,
that person was Gen. Howard. lie
had been among them from the very
beginning of the hostiities--in fact,
before it was thought there would be
any war, and if anyone was a conscien.
tious student Of their spirit and irten-
tons" it was this same General. None
knew better than Gen. Howard that
the spirit in these men was brave, that
there was strong probability of their
lighting, and even the Indians them
selves say their Intentions" were to 90
to the Wallowa valley, and there stay,
''to the bitter end"--just as Gen. How
ard predicted, and took occasion to
stop by ordering troops to that neigh
borhood as quickly as possible. Every
preparation possible was made by How
ard with less than thousand men.
scattered from Alaska to Fort Yuma"
If Gen. Howard from the beginning
knew there was strong probability of
their fighting, then the country may
justly charge Gen. Howard with the
murder of the settlers upon Salmon
river and Camas Prairie, for he was in
a position to have duly notified these
this probability, that they
might have placed themselves in state
OF defense months before the outbreak !.
and he himself might have made ,
much more early disposal of his forces ,
so as to have averted these murders
Your declaration of this pre.existin,
knowledge Of the purpose of these In
dians to fight, poves altogether too
much to subserve the honor of Gen =,
howard. AS fact, on the morning of +,
the 18th of June, in our presence at
Lapwai, message was received an
that the Indians had muir. :
iered some men on SALMON river. The ;,
lay before a MESA ge reached Gen =
I a Al J.
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.Iosenh and White Bird and Tu-hul-
hu!-sut in his power at the Lapwal
Council, he should let them go out
among their people to make prepara-
tons for war for 30 days, upon a mere
promise that they would come back
peaceably upon the reservation. lfyou
take that horn of the dilimma Mr..
STANDARD you make your hero directly
answerable for the murder of our set
tiers.
But we quote further from the Stan
dord's article
"fIe started once and was we'll on the
way towards Lewiston, from which
place he intended to take the command,
via the Spokane country to Missoula.
and thus ''head of" Joseph as he should
emerge from the Lo Lo trail; but the
peoples fear was so great, backed by
such men as Brown and Congressman
Fem, and the evidences of Joseph
turning back 50 strong, that Howard
delayed until Col. Sanford's arrival, but
no longer, and even then his cooperat-
ing force, under Col. Wheaton had not
reached Lewiston. Furthermore, while
Joseph's men were coming in as pris-
oners Howard was trying to get
force behind the hosti!es by the way
Of Orc Fino ferry and road. A straight
push was sure to "hush the game and
IN attempt to turn their positions al
most hopeless, though possibly worth
:rying."
Suppose the fears Of the people of
which you speak had not foiled the
Intentions of Howard, to "take the
command via Spokane country to Mis-
oula, and then head off Joseph as he
hou!d emerge from the TO Lo TRAIL
Where would Joseph, have been by the
lme Towards force had reached the
point of said trail? From
\amia to said point via the trail
which the Indians travelled, is about
80 miles. From Kama to the same
'olnt via the route of Spokane, How
rd's intended route, is over 500
niles, which at Towards usual rate
+ tcavel after the Nez Perces. (2O |
allies per. day. would have taken his
ommand full 80 days to reach said |
ONT Surely Mr.. Standard you don't
1ention this intention of Howard as
violence Of military skill in your
eroic leader. You are only burlesquc-
ns him. But again you say "while
oseph's men were coming in as pris-
ners, Howard was trying to get
'rce behind the hostiles by the way of
'ro Elmo ferry and road" Now this
sheer perversion CT the facts. The
'cts are these. Some days before the
learwater fight the citizens of Pierce
isy by petition asked Howard for one
two companies to be sent to ioin
'ese citizens, and go and block the 10
0 trail SO as to prevent the escape of
lie hostiles in that direction. Howard
ever as much deigned to answer this
sttion, again after the Indians had
crossed to the 10 10 trail side Of the
earwater, and were evidently making
the entrance Of said trail, Howard
dered the volunteers under Melon
lie and two companies of regulars
go down to the Orc Elmo ferry and
I'VE around to get first on to the said
I'll and intercent the Indians and
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
APOs.0G ETsCALLY.

we dc~pise the necessity tor an
apology. and toe tina, reason, per
hsts, we are 50 often under the
necessity of offering them. We is
sued no paper last week, and the
reason of il was on account of a
play d.out winter roller which wo
neglected to replace in time, with
~one adapted for summer use. just
before leaving us, last Fstarday.
our handsome yoang typo, G. II
Parter, washed The said roller with
strong I've, until all ths suck and
surface had departed therelrom,
and with all the coax'ng and ingc
nuily ut nj our command, which
we lavishly bestowed upon it, utter
ly failed to bring il 10 a proper
sense of its duty, and nowhere
short Of Memphis could material be
had to replace i, and then, when
il did come, ii was too late. We
will take care 10 provide against
any more such mishaps IN the
future.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
~. louis Il ErO,a Mountain
Railroad Sssie.

The foil wing item We clip from
the Cairo Bulletin of the l2 inst:
=" A Telegram received Ia this city
late last evening, announces the
fact that The suit Of the Union Trust
company OF New York and Bar ing
Brothers vs.. the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain d Southern railrond com.
pany, asking for the appointment
of a receiver tor that road, has been
decided in 'avor Of the company
and denying the appointment OF Il
receiver. The case was heard by
justices Miller and Dillon of III,
United States supreme court. The
argument was heard at Davenport
iowa."-llot Sprngs Telegraph.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
OUR CLUBBING LIST.

We call the attention OF the pub.
liz TO the following list of publica
tons that we are clubbing our pa
per with, and at greatly reduced
rates.:
The Little Rock Weekly Gazette,
price 81, and the Osceo.a Times,
one year for SO 80.
The American Agricultural, 81, :
80, and the Osceola Times, one
year for i3,25
The Scientific American, price
g, 80, aud the Osceola Times, one
year tor S4,75.
The Saturday Evening Post, 50,
and the Osceola Times, one year
for 1898.
To those who are already sub.
scrihers 1" the Times, we will send
the Saturday Evening Post on re.
ocipt of l,I5.
Now is your chance to secure
reading matter cheap, Send along
your orders, friends.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
NOTICE.

T WILL SELL at public 1utcry. 10 the high
/ est bidder. for cash In hand, all Of the wal
nut timber now cut un the sixteenth section
lying in township ~ north. range eleven east
ami aid timber Hes uu or nSar The riy p, sup
posed 70 he about twenty thou~and feet, more
o. les >ue To- take place in the town cd Uslc
ola. Vt thci mt house door. on
MONDAY, JUNE L, ISs5,
IN Mir 'is,ippi county, uLd state of Arkansss.
j. l. DRIVER.
tommis-iC Cn.r
May %, is17.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
A SURE CURE.

+ or consumption. bronchitis asthma. catarfh, =,
throat anil hang dispasos Also u sure relief and
permanent cure for general debility, dy spcpsn,
and all nervous anociiOns, by u simple vegetable
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physician who was long resident of syria and
The East. aud who has freely given this valuable
specific to thousands of kindred sufferers with
the greatest possible benefits, and he no" feels
it his sacred christian duty to impart to Others
this wonderful invigorating remedy, and wll
send FREE the original recipe complete, with
mll directions, 10 any person enclosing stamp
fur reply DR. CtAHK \ RonBtNs,
Greedy Block, syracuse. y. Y.
(p %. Box 20
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

AT HOME or abroad gel Dr, J.
II. McLean's Strengthening Cordial
and B'ood Purifier, recognized all owe;
the World as the best tonic, invigora,or
and purifier of the blood. For puny
and weak children, or delicate females,
an absolute necessity. DIR. !. II. Nc,
Lear, 3I4 Chestnut St, ST. Louis.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
Notice.

IDy yiripeofs renewal order of sale made hy
ID the probate court oi Mississippi county. nj
The April fern. a. -. 1871. la the inhiirr of I
II IlEyucs A CO., against John u Driver. al
ministrator oi the estate OF II r. Bennett de-
ceased, |. ~ adm'uisiiator OF said t'ststr, viii
on the 9Th day at July next, lS75, ~ the couri
house door. in The town pg udreula, AK sell 10
the highest hi,ldcr, on crctit Of Ia pr months.
the following described iand-. lying in said
eouuts I Mississippi aud State ot Arkansas. be-
longing 10 said estate, to-wit; The W. of sws of
section :, township 10, muge9i the swi of sc
tim -, township n. range q; NV al ne = of
section -, township II, fange 81 " \, OF sw of
-ccllnn 30 township ! l. rangc o; e sw d, ol
section pi, township u, range 9; containing In
all a. o res The snlc 10 take place within law
iul hours, the purchaser required To give note
with approved security and lien retained mon
the Land fOf The payment II the same
Tlis June 9Th 1871 JOHN II. DRIVER
Adm'r Estate OF h. r. Bennett deed
G. ". Ihtna-Ou, Att'v
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

he beautiful women aud ow only
regret Is that our daily Attendance
on the convention prevented our
seeing aud learning more of her
people. At Little Rock, we we've
deinined from Saturday evening
antil Monday morning, on account
of the washes, 10y flood, on the
Memphis aud Little Rock road. Af.
ter another detention at Brinklev
Si > hours, the road was rcported
all tight. and we proceeded to
Memphis, where we arrived At 3
O'Clock m the morning; the next
eTen'nS We took passage on the
steamer Johu y. Maudc, and arriv.
ed home on Wednesday, the 18th.
INST, feeling equal 10 all emcrycn
cles that may ntiae during the com
lng ) enr--glad that We avallcd our
self OF the opportunity TO visit Fl.
smith, and meeting our brethren
of the Arkansas Press A ssociation.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
lie was accompanied home b.,
Heavy storm at Mem phis.

= MtMPHIs, june IG.-Thc storm
las; evening broke loose all the
steamboats, lying at the icyee, and
blew down the chimneys of the Os
ceola Belle aud damaged her about
fifteen hundred dollars. Other
boats unlnjured. The Cumberland
Presbyterian church, on Court
street, and several residences were
partially unrooicd.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
commizai:nor's Sale Of Real Estate

py,liue Of . decree ~ the Honorable Circuij
> Couli of his-l-sip ,uunty, in ,haucrry sit
ting. nt he May term thereof, \ ID ls11, IN d
cause therein pending. wherein T. u. Freeman
was plaintiff ard Irnrcy Thomas was defendant
viii, !n front Of the court house door in tho
town nf Osccoa. on Monday, TIE nh day Of Jtly
II L. O'Clock IN proceed to sell b. the highest
bidder. on credit of four months. The following
ilcscphcd real estate. 10 wit: The northeast
= of the NV 81 section twrniy-onc. in town.
.hlp Hficcn 10 north, range eleven 40 east, con
tanning forty acrcs of land, more or less. The
purr'.asr will be required to Civ, note and ap-
proved security fnr tac payment thereof
This june II, lsiI.
J X. y. HALE,
tOmmiS -iDugr
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
land sasc.

ny ,iriucur q decree OF the proba;c ooprt al
- Mississippi county, r-udctei VI thr slril
tenn. \ %. lS1l. ia the matter oTC &. 4 Mahan.
odmiuistTati. oi sac csiatc of &. I Mahan. de-
ceased, egpuet Bchcrca Nah n, |, as admin.
isimfriN u The estate uf .lid 6 Niahan de-
ceased, Wll, on the J,li day ui Juy next. lS5i u
tn, door oi the court house, in The town oi o.
cpola, Ark., s.ll to thc highest bidder on credit
~ thee nianlhs, The following described iracts
of land Lclurg.ug to sa.d estate. and living In
Mississippi county, Ark., tu-wit: The northwest
alaiteg ~ srction -, aud the northwest quarter
Of srciion q. infowuship H. rorh. range ID east
and contain ing 30 arus The sale 10 take place
within iawfl huurs, Tie purchaser required to
give note with good security and = lien retained
I h the Ian d Ton payuyn of the same
1his June q. Isl. g MAINN,
Admini>uaa 1T G. T. Mshuu. deed.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SYMPTOMS or WORMS.

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the ears an unusual secretion of saliva;
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foul, particularly in the IRONING; ap-
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witha gnawing sensation ofth stomach,
at Others, entirely gone flee'ing pains
in the stomach occasional a1Sea and
vomiting violent pains throughout the
abdomen, bowels irregular, at times
cosiiye stools Shiny; not unfrequently
finged with blood belly swollen and
hard urine turbid; respiration occa-
sionally difficult, and accompanied by
hiccough cough sometimes dry and
convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
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W.akNsSes GteKssise.

n Justices ceurt, Monroe Township.
" p. HALE Plaintiff.
NJ. Hci-iRnd Defendant
The defendant, NJ Ilcisland, j. warned 10 ap-
Iesr in this court within thirty days and ansWe ei
The complaint ot the plaiutif, ". =. Hale
This jane I, io1I.
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The Osceola times., 1877-06-23
.pgE7Ep pT4EqETs

To THE WoKkING CLAss.-We are now prepar.
cl To furnish an classes with constant empio .
ment NJ home, tho Whole Of the time or for their
spare moments Business new light aud proht
able Persons of either sex easily rFIn ffum %
Gems to S5 per evening. and proportional sum
no,s ana girls earn nearly as much u, men. That
all who see ihis u ticr may send their address {.
ami test the Gus incs- We make tbs uBpaTsleu Of
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one dollar TO pay for he trouble ~ writing Full
particulars, sampl worth sevetal dollars to
commence work on. aud II cory OF Home and
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Won want nrrnIar 4pru6tahlc work address.
Groues Su>sc o Portland Maine.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

STRANGER THESyHE "srRANeRR.. ,e
At theatrical dfAHer at Edinbur
Sir Daniel Macnee said tSdtNHapy peopl
went to theaters to have \Siren4l Ming
narrowed. 1t WIS a peculiSes,i, ,ryy -
he he ;upposed: 'hs papsSssE a s'sa
liked 70 os smenhs gaysrns,.
that old ceUly TO live snnm:ssS
theate{ = s2sPs .';.g-w ,1
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

CAPT. ID. Matthias returned
from Cape Girar1cau, No, last
Thursday night, whittier hr had
gone 20 attend the closing exercises
OF the school at st. Ninccnt's Acad.
envy.
lie was accompanied home b,
hls daughter MiSs Mollie Matthews.
Miss Fannie Morris and Miss Kate
Malone, who come 10 spend the
vacations. We hone the respite
from sthelr tudies will made pleas
ant and agreeable during their stay
in our midst.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

We are under renewed obligc.
lions to Capt. S. s. Scmmes, for
valuable services during our alb
Se"rc- supplying our copy hook
wiih choice mailcr, and otherwise
snpcriniondIDg The igci-pp OF the
Times.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-23

public '"o o''' i'''''''" Sp"'e
this Mr.. 40 iorego the mention Of
the marve new iound friends
~ denarteoi, and whose society
The boo
from poer -. ,
! to believe schools were VISITED
the poet tgang IN n body on Fri
finds great .r..,.
these liner anu 'o""" P'''e'"!
one .hadoi and in good working
The. .hatsfhe readiness with which
Wan iro%answered all questions
Whose pil 10 ,hepa clearly prov.
a', engoged>qs teachers
Home favored iaily(per'ormed
| And love Thou v
As limit 70 that h -,
bow, and thank tsss. iSilfe 'iiat VIC
| OF fisme and darkness sh h.,t.
Wide are the he.vens that u funy iloiii-
! Yet all too narrow for the higo. n ~.
And stiIf the chassisements Thod d.ocN on
| Thy jrstice tempered with exceedinA ;,l,F
A love that shalt a length be understos ~
when all Of III hath blossomed int good,
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