The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-19
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WESTERN DISPATCHES
Thousand Warriors i'm the Field
Men. Women and Chiidren
Killed bY the Savages.

-men. women ana Chhdren
Killed bv the Savages.
A dispatch from Portland, Oregon,
brings the news of an Indian outbreak
on Salmon river, in Northern Idaho
Last Friday Joseph's band of Nez
Perces assembled on Camas Prairie
making hostile demonstrations. News
WAS received that Harry Oft and three
other white men had been killed on
Salmon river. The settlers on Camas
Prairie, became so alarmed that they
gathered at Mount Idaho. aud sent for
troops to come to their relief. Friday
afternoon messengers reached the
Agency with news of an attack upon
the settlers and the murder of Ben
Morton and wife, Mr.. Moore, Mrs.
Day, and others by the Indians; that
teams had been attacked and their
drivers forced to abandon them. and
that the Indians had possession Of all
of Camas Prairie, except the town of
Mount Idaho. That evening force of
one hundred troops, twenty friendly
Indians and several citizens left Fort
Lapwai. under command of Colonel
Perry. for the scene of the outbreak.
The latest news since the arrival of the
troops is that the Indians had attacked
the settlers on Salmon river and killed
Capt James Baker, Sam Benedict and
wife and four children, Harry Mason,
Henry Effers, and Warren's express
man; also. that u train of forty puck
mules had been attacked near Cold
Springs and two white men named
Davenport and OusIey were killed
Two half breed Indians escaped. The
Indians and settlers. according to
letters, were fighting below Chapmans T.
After the arrival of Colonel Perry a
dispatch came through to the effect
that he arrived at Mount Idaho on
Saturday morniug aud found the re.
ports OF those killed true. The Indians
had gone to Salmon river, aud the
troops were in pursuit. Messages from
Kamai. brought by Indian runners to
the Agency, states that twenty-nine
whites had been killed, and that the
whites had killed White Bird, Chief of
bnnd, and his family. Leweston has an
organization of sixty men partly fitted
for home duty in case of an emergency.
Two companies of infantry are expected
here on the steamer from Walula to.
night and twenty-five cavalry men
from Walla Walla tomorrow. Five
hundred Indians are on Hangman
creek, but there are no hostiles there
yet.
STILL LATER. The troops with $50
men from Mount Idaho encountered the
Indians at the head of White Bird
Canyon. The troops dismounted and
left few soldiers and twenty friendly
Indians to hold the horses. The Indi-
ans open fire upon the troops, and the
fighting was continued for some time.
The friendly Indians became alarmed,
and the soldiers guarding the horses
could see that the Indians were getting
the best of the fight. and the soldiers
were retreating. The Captain of the
citizens, Sergeant Lyttle. aud one
soldier were known to be killed. The
whole horse guard Indians and whites
broke and run, leaving the horses to
run loose over the prairie. Many
houses on the prairie have been burne d.
A soldier who reached the garrison
at eight o'clock on the morning of the
18th from the fight reported that the
troops were on foot and surrounded by
Indians in the canyon, and in hand.
to-hand fight. Colonel Perry and
about one.half the command are said
to have been killed, and the remainder
surrounded and fighting against great
odds. The Indians engaged in the
fight are non-treaty Nez Perces. They,
together with other dsaffected tribes,
number about 1900 effective warriors.
There is general uprising of the saw
ages. and the whole country is wild
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