Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-08-07

there q noaodbt I Hrre lin" y ~
9 o.ner tribes n! e among them, and it might
&c oiAfnlt matter TO Iknd, any tribe
t!Om the sCentral Pacific sailroad., On
the south, TO Snake river 6ri the north.
members OF which are not within the
enemy. .s5rf'esi 10 srS -
The Umatillas have claimed to be Al.
together friendly, but ii seems that
some OF them have been acting with the
hostlies tor some time, but, having had
enoLgh OF war, are now back on their re.
servation. The reason and manner of
their coming involved proceeding
which resulted in the death of Egan and
three OF his warriors. and the captureof
four more. As before stated, about for
ty UmauNas. who, with the hostiles. de-
sired to desert and return to their reser-
walton. but were afraid their participa-
ton in the war would be punished in
some ways Their friends still on the
reservation communicate the fact that
these hostile Umatillas wanted to come
back to Maj. Cornoyer and Capt. Miles.
who gave assurance that they mipht.re-
turn provided they brought Egan, the
noted Malheur chief with them. Un-
der this arrangement, on last Monday,
July 10, about forty friendly Umatillas
went in the forenoon to the camp OF
the hostiles and intimated to Egan that
they had come to JOIN him, but private
~ told tneir people who were with him
the conditions upon which they would
be allowed tOAreturn to their reserva-
ton. 10 the terms, all the Umatillas.
friendly andshostile, agreed, and Egan
with seven others Of his personal iol-
lowers was called outside of the hostile
camp. ostensibly for the ,purpose of
parleying over the conditions of their
union with him. Whenafi parties had
reached spot out of reach of bullets
from the camp of the main body of In
dams, Egan was seized and informed
that he was to be carried to the camp Of
the Bostons. With the seven followers.
he resisted and attempted to escape.
Instantly over half II hundred rifles were
leveled, and Esan, the terror of the de-
fenseless, the contempt Of the brave,
with three out Of the seven followers,
bit the dust. The other, four NAL
hours were brought to Capt. Miles
command rs prisoners. Eyan and
his dead were scalped, and the Umatillas
returned TO Miles command with the
the trophies Of their success, their err
ring brethren returning with them.
Capt. Miles told the Indians that MS
there might be some dispute as to the
identity Of Eyan's scalp, it might be
we'll to bring in some other part of the
body, and they again went back to the
scene of the killing and brought in tho
head and his left arm. The arm was
found to have been recently fractured
above the elbow by bullet. and was
enclosed in splints and bandages, and
bound to his breast. This Wound was
probably made by ball from the gun
in the hands Of Mr.. Noble at the time
Egan and his 'party called on Messrs.
Robbie q French for their horses near
STEMS mountain, about three weeks
before.
AMURDERED WARRIOR.
Egan was o. man rather below the
medium size of white men, about 40 or
45 years of age, and was II born devil,
having only been restrained from con-
slant murder and pillage by fear.
While not braye, he was skilled in the
arts of Indian warfare, cunning and
treacherous. His taxing off ana its
manner were doubtless subjects of great
purtuberation in the hostile camp, ~
he was regarded as the leader of the
whole force, though others ranked with
him in. command Some whites pro.
fees to feel disgust at the action of The
Umitillas .ip sedaacing Egan rfsom his
camp under false pretences and then
then taking his life; shut while we might
condemn the theory of their conduct,
we have reason to be satisfied with its
results. The william would not fight
armed men, but his savage propensitiea
led him to the utmost cruelty to the
defenseless who fell into his hands
Homely, sub-chief of the Umitillas
Claims and is reported to have fired thu
shot which killed Egan, and will proba
bly, get the $1,000 reward offered by
Mr.. Robe for the scalp of the reprobate
WE have received a poem from
"Ophelia" which places us in rather
embarrassing position. Ophelia says
Kiss no one but me darling; kiss nc
one but me: and vow, as l live, II
kiss no one but thee" This proposition
is fair enough, certainly; but we have
never seen Ophelia. Her lines are no
accom- panied by her photograph, as .
guarantee of good faith. She may
have red hair, a celestial nose, ant
poor teeth. We might be hugely sole
If We were to swear off INDUCING il
osculatory exercises with the fair sex il
general. and kiss no one but Ophelia
Besides, we are married, and our wifi
would probably not give her consent t