The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-09


tribe accepted lawyer. and H. became. in ia t.
the ruling chief ns far us the Government was
conegrned. But the portion OF I'll" irinN % VINO
ta,,s never rccOgn'NN Lawyer, and nt the
ir Nv council Of 1851. Eagle Of the Lglt
iOl lily and aggrcssiVnlY strOdr in, accompanied
lN SOM of his ch,~ warriors. who cung
to the wild life of their fathers. confronted
itWvrr rrviG,A him IN srornful 81 cch. and
prroinl torilv hndc him to retire and hnsi IN to
u .. loll.c IT, So ovrrlWcd ~" inls rhtci 10y his
haughty mirn and unnandnE power thnt he
Al lruuk frofu the council and oh we'd the order
oi his fcHrc.s riNrl. Eagle Of the Light and
Io0king Glass refused TO sign the treaty. and
GrRGd gd Ia6 a 6o for ircay HS%s WIS "npnlSI as
madc, and il WIS agreeable to rs terms that
jos ph and hs people wrr. to possess the Wal
Iowa valley. There WIS ut thui time no oc 'upa-
tiun of it 10y white mon, hut the cuntn .rn"y VIVA
pru,id n..uin.t. War na,ain hrosr out IN 1855
nnd nt lis beginning Col II 'ptge was bndy
beaten with very heavy loss Con. llarngy camc
into tho field accompanied hy the celebrated
jesuit Father De Slurt. and the result was the
fatrd hostile trihcs-thc Curur d'Alonns. the
Srosancs, the NJ lcrws. the Fan ,d'Orsilios.
the Fiath 'nds, ami the kOsicnaNs. From that
umc unit the troubles IN the OMyhce, country.
which Gen. Crook gu'llcd in 1865. there has
boon p ace III the Indian country. Elslo of the
Light retired io the liiti"r Root mountains and
lett Joseph in the Salmon river region.
Onthc evening ot Jun" 10. two days after the
massarrn Of = itlcrs. BrrV,t Col David Perry.
who was IN command at Fort Lapwai. the
military post In The Nlcinty ui the NrH Ter -
res 'rN tion., quit that rla,r. IN + Ironp .rst
numbering about ninty men, twenty lrirnLy
Indians. and several armed citz"ns. for the
scene oi The outruges Marrhinl. in % southcrly
direction. tn" party next morning reached
Mount Idaho. n small town. whore tn" pn' pie
were found to be- IN stat OF tHr create t"iarm.
expecting visit from The hostilr sdNis's. Ih'
columns soon came up with the enemy. who
wcrc found we'll posted IN "A deny raNin at the
head Of White Bird canon. Tho troops Il -
mounted. ami icu the friendly Indians io hold
IN" horses After the first fire the latter became
manic stricken and the soldiers soon after gave
a ns N-sf4f tft I'll
that time Lieut. lhall'r ana ihiiiN -thr'' rrku-
lars wr' Killed. and Their bodies lit On the
field. Ten day. att nrWurd. when the : 'rno of the
hnul wl- visited. the remains oi twenty-s ven
wer' huriel where th"y hul fallen. mporiy
ol them had been scalp"d. Gen. " ward arm 'd
particulars o. this disaster at Waha Maiia,
wher" he had been som" time striNing to hl ing
the nen-trcaty snyngr to terms. ii. now real
ilrd that b" had : 'rious work on hand. H.
ordered every available man in his "partm'nt
to Lewiston. whrr" he established depot Tor
,,iartrrmn-tcr. comiui~sary. ordnance. and
ed from tlr arsenal Mt Nan'ouv"r; ne mad, an
urgent demand on Cen. VI bowel To- 'ul HIM
thut could possibly uc iurniS.i'd iroM tli ior-
nIa;aui Gov. Brvmun oi Ideho is-u"l o. PROF.
rfpnT 10 NN"r lnirmS Collins OF tnc rs, N.Y.
lt-i lninrtry at Fort BOISE. The tro1p- pln"i
10 mY'i'n, w"f s''t rel ,"N d 'ld
rt..iun ami w,d"ly separated In a. ut q
w.., G.m, Howard hnt .al".i four hN.ir I
AZ Do ant five mHnn'nn AnW - tir u .l.
i-aasane'i To- SN.iNon rN rui a. i"s.Nrr ]
Joseph AMI l.- liNOW .rs rn uuiHi 'rN-~ ,nf
,ifr.ni, "a lut iwnNr iHiI'- -tlnt it"l J.. -i-
tlug wis un ot .gfNt ulturl ~tr r.n-fI. ia,
country Wa oi q wild aui ru. ci.raN T..
rend RIM. IL dln ait for ir'.,- .r'.' y. ami
heavy AMI cont uupu- rair- hii Ni.l TO in"
oh-.n r. N'r'"' z. " w. lml0 -''i 'n irr-
vent tn s"sa.,r from Nih- i".n.Nr 80
! snal. d"t 'hmcnt- thr lush country - IT" ~
| familiar o. them, amt. ON tl" MhO. Howard
cons id.red II nndN sable a. u'in. uuiil hr w'lS
stronger. Joseph soon alter retired io a more
| favorable pos lion.