Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-20
The Indian War.

Inc IOllOWl0S uiSpatcn HAS D0eu
received from Walla Walla, 18th, 8
p. NJ: A man who left Weston to-
day says the troops are fighting be-
tween the mouth Of Lodi Willow
and Cayuse Station, twelve miles
from Weston, on the Meachain +
road. They commenced firing be-
tween eight and nine O'Clock this
morning. They were still firing |
when he left. There are about $50 |
soldiers under arms. They expect |
Major Sanford ut Cayuse Station to-
night. Six companies that left |
Walla Walla for Lewiston have
been turned back, and are now en- |
route for Walla Walla. Many |
wagons have arrived in the city, |
containing families coming in for |
safety. They are still arriving from |
various directions.
EXCITEMENT AT wALLA wALLA.
The following dispatch is received |
from Walla Walla, July 10, 10 p. |
NJ: This place was thrown into eX-
element this afternoon upon receipt |
of a report that the hostiles We're on |
Wild Horse creek, and that fighting |
was going on there between artille-
ry and Indians, and that in all |
probability the reds would come
down Vans Yckle canon and make |
for the mouth of Snake river, pass
ing within two or three miles of |
this place, and likely calling upon
us. Upon learning of fighting on
Wild Horse, General Wheaton
stopped seven companies of cavalry, |
under General Forsythe, who were
Just leaving for Lewiston, and or
dered them Immediately to Walla,
on to aid Miles, who, it was sup |
posed, was engaged. A message |
has Just been received confirming
this supposition, and a courier sent
from here to Gen. Forsythe, in
structing him to make all possible
speed and by the shortest roads TO
Miles, who has doubtless had a
long, hard fight to-day, as five hun
dred Indians are reported to have
been in the band that burned Cay
use Station. 1t is undoubtedly this
same band that Miles and perhaps
ThrockmortOn are fighting to-day.
We have all the women and chill
dren aboard the wharfboat. No
one here, however, has any fears
for personal safety, we are so well
| fortified. Runners set out to aScer-
tain the whereabouts of the hOstiles,
and to report their appearance, at
six o'clock this evening have not
vet returned.
DISTRESS AT PENDLETON.
PORTLAND, July 14.-General
| Sprague, Superintendent of the Or
/ Mnxvscsn (tOvN,rnraxy
has receiued the following dispatch
from Governor Chadwick, under
date of Umatilla, 18th:
Could Portland do anything to
relieve the distress of PendletOn?
The actual necessarieS of life are
needed there by families. Some
emigrants are there. / have re-
quested the officials there to prevent
suffering.
STARTLING NEWS FROM PENDLE-
TON.
PORTLAND, July 13.-The follow
ing startling news is just received
here from PendIetOn, under date of
the 18th, from j. B. Keny, dis
patch directed to Governor Chad
wick:
Yours is just received. 1 will try
and get an escOK for a wagon in the
morning. We have been having
exciting times here to-day. The
hostile indians are in force on the
reservation, George COggan, of
Portland, and AL. Bunker, of La
erande. were shot this afternoon
about six miles from here, on the
stage road to Cayuse. Coggan was
killed. Bunker is supposed to be
MORALLY wounded. Fred Foster
was with them, and only got away
by luck Bunker rode with him
for abOat two miles after he was
shot, snd he was compelled to leave
him. Foster gave lis the news, and
we started a team, with fourteen
men as escort, to go for Bunker.
They got as far as Chief Wincum-
onOats farm, when they were at
tackled and compelled to return,
after exchanging a number of shots.
| The Indians are about $50 strong.
! The UmatillaS are undoubtedly
fighting with them. Major COnnoy-
ef was with the party attacked.
They think they killed one Indian,
as he was seen to fall from his horse.
| GAY USE uOuSC was anu
| burned. Our stage station was not
burned at dark. Captain Miles
command will reach the agency to-
night. His soldiers are all very
much exhausted, and should they
| go into the agency, thinking that
! the Umatillas are all right, they
may get the worst of it. Our fami- |
lies are at the mill and Courthouse
and the town is well guarded.
VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT BY GOV.
CHADWICK.
Col. Efinger, of this city, has just |
received the following dispatch |
from Gov. Chadwick:
UMATILLA, July 81 have made |
call for 300 volunteers. Take |
those of Captain Sears, 100 of Port
land equipped by the citizens. See
that he has men not so much for |
number, but for courage, activity |
and endurance. Short work, boys. |
| will get the balance here.
Captain g. C. Sears, of the Port
land Volunteer Rangers, has just |
received the following:
UMATILLA, July ID, s A. M
Come at once, as you propose. |
have guns at Vancouver now and |
will get them. S. f. CHADWICK.
GOV. CIIADwICK's PROCLAMATION.
The Governors proclamation
calling out the volunteers, in sub
stance recites thecondition of affairs, |
that all friendly Indians will go to
the hostiles whenever they find that
they can be successful against the
whites; that all friendly Indians,
with few exceptions, are midnight
allies of the hOStiles, and aid them
in removing stolen stock and plum
der; that their promises and pledges
cannot be relied upon. They have
misled settlers and soldiers, and
have acted as spies and scouts for
the hOStiles. He further cautions
the volunteers against doing any act
not justified By the custom govern
ing modern warfare. The men will
all be raised in Eastern Oregon.
DISPATCH FROM GOV. FERRY.
Gov. Ferry Yesterday dispatched
to Gov. Chadwick that ne could
have the guns now from Vancouver