, 1877-06-23
1eIegraphic News.


WA1LULA, June 1S.-The Almo
from Lewiston has just arrived an
brings the following Indian new
from the Lewiston Teller's extr,
Thursdays stage brought down tn
news that the Indians, embracin
Joseph's band and the Salmon rive
Indians, were assembled on Cana
Prairie and were making demonstra
tions of hostilities. Friday mornin,
news came that Larry OFT and thre
other white men had been killed OF
Salmon river near the mouth O
White Bird. and that the settlers OF
Camas Prairie had become so mucl
alarmed that they were gathering
at Mount Idaho and asking fol
troops to come to their relief. Nc
troops were ordered upon the re.
quest. About 5 P. NJ. of Friday an
Indian messenger came through to
the agency with a letter from L. p.
Brown, Esq, to the effect that the
Indians had made an attack upon
the settlers on the prairie; had kill
ed Ben Norton, shot his wife and
broke both her legs; shot Mr..
Moore through the hips; had badly
wounded Norton's son aged about
eleven and mortally wounded Mr..
Day; had attacked all the teams on
the road and forced the men to
abandon them, and at the time of
writing had possession of Camas
Prairie save Mount Idaho, and we're
threatening an attack upon that
town, and demanded immediate aid
to be sent to their rescue. It is
stated that the roads we're blockaded
by the Indians, and urged that the
mail and express do not start from
Lewiston on Saturday unless under
strong escort. Upon receipt of this
letter orders were given at the garri-
son that two comc,:.."".7o Of cavalr;;
2be ready and start for the scene of
Q,ostilities forthwith. The alarm
has been generally given, so as to
reach settlers throughout the coun-
try. Tonight Lewiston is under a
guard of twenty police. Several
have gone to accompany the troops
to the seat of war.
LATER-yune 18th, 4 o'clock P. M.
-Rumors are and have been for the
last Sc hours very conflicting in re-
lation to where the Indians are and
what they have done. Many of them
are very exaggerated. The truth is
bad enough to alarm the whole
country The most authetic is that
on Friday evening at s O'Clock a
military force of 100 troops, 20
friendly Indians and several citizens
left the Lapwai garrison under COM
mand of Col. Perry for Mount Idaho.
Various letters are brought through
by Indian messengers to the agency
and the garrison from Mt. Idaho
and the Kamia, some of them having
come through since the arrival of
the troops at Mt. Idaho. The fol-
lowing is the substance from Mt.
Idaho: That a part of the Indians
had gone to attact the settlers on
Salmon river, and part bad gone
to fortified place on Cottonwood
creek below Chapman's; that Capt.
James Baker, Samuel Benedict, wife
and four children, Harry Mason,
Henry Efrez, and the Warrens ex-
pressman had been killed on Salmon
River. That pack train of forty
mules had been attacked near Cold
Spring and the two white men, Da-
vezport and Ousley killed, and two
half-breed Indians escaped and the
cargo was captured; that the Indians
and settlers were fighting below
Chapman's. After the arrival of Col.
Perry a dispatch came to the effect
that he arrived at Mt Idaho on Sat
urday morning and found the reports
of killed true; that the Indians had
gone to Salmon River; that the
troops we're in pursuit of them in
hopes of overtaking them at the
crossing. Messages from the Kamia,
brought also by Indian runners to
the agency, state that it had been
ascertained that % whites had been
killed so far as known; that the
whi,es had killed White Bird, the
chief of his band, and his family.
Lal Dunwell, the Orc Fino express
man, came through safely on Satur-
day evening unconscisus of the
trouble till be arrived on the Lapwai
although he saw on the mountain a
mounted and nude painted Indian
in the brush near the road The
T,I:,, x-o1,1J not rocr,0rI ~ his