Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-07

| three of his warriors and the capture of
| four more. AS before Stated, about for
ty Umatillas, who, with the hostiles, de-
/ sired to desert andreturn to their reser-
vation but were afraid their participa-
ton in the war would be punished in
some way. Their friends still on the
reservation communicate the fact that
| these hostile Umatlllas wanted to come
back to Maj. CornOyer and Capt. Miles,
who gave assurance that they might re-
turn provided they brought Egan, the
noted Malheur chief with them. I'm
der this arrangement, on last Monday,
July Is, about forty friendly Umatilias
went in the forenoon to the camp Of
the hostiles and intimated to Egan that
they had come to JOIN him, but private
| ly told their people who were with him
the conditions upon which they would
be allowed to return to their reserva-
ton. To the terms, all the Umatillas,
friendly and hostile, agreed, and Egan
with seven others of his personal fol-
lowers was called outside Of the hostile
camp. ostensibly for the purpose Of
parleylng over the conditions of their
union with him. When all parties had
reached a 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 d hundred rifles were
leveled, and Egan, the terror Of the de-
tenseless, 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 as prisoners. Egan and
his dead were scalped, and the Umatillas
returned to Miles command with the
the trophies of their success, their er-
ring brethren returning with them.
Capt. Miles told the Indians that as
there might be some dispute as to the
identity of Egan's scalp, it might be
welfto bringiin some other part of the
body, and they again went back to the
scene Of the killing and brought in the
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 e French for their horses near
STEMS mountain, about three weeks
before.
| A MURDERED WARRIOR.
| Egan was q man rather below the
medium size Of white men, about 40 or
10 years OF age, and was d born devil,
| having only been restrained from con-
3 slant murder ana pillage by fear.
While not brave, he was skilled in the
arts Of Indian warfare, cunning and
| treacherous. His taking off ana it's
manner were doubtless subjects of great
purtuberation in the hostile camp, as
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
Umltlllas In seducing Egan from his
camp under false pretences and then
then taking his life; but 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 propensities
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 the
shot which killed Egan, and will proba-
bly, get. the $1,000 reward offered by
Mr.. Robe for the scalp of the reprobate.
A BALTIMORE tramp mistook a Cos
pei tent for a circus last Sunday. The
Rev. Mr.. Cummings was leading in
prayer, and all the brethren were On
their kness, when a strange figure darted
up the aisle with a yell, and mounting
the pulpit gave the Bible preparatory
whack, and proceeded to square off as
if to address the crowd. The effect was
electric s People sprang to their feet,
and dozen hands were laid upon the
I Withholding intruder. His shoes and
4 pantaloons were in bad repair, hair was
unkempt, and his beard unshaven, and
| although he wore. a coat, there was
notning between it and his skin. When
he was taken to a police station he was
asked who he was. "I'll tell you," he
exclaimed with energy: "T'm the Devil
Old Nick! 9Flbbertygibbett Mephisto-
pheles!. Beelzebub! Bob Ingersoll!
Hoop-la, here ye are for the lower re-
gions, get.alang!" and as he said this he
cracked an imaginary whip.-N. Y.
i If2blt7ae. I. a."t5|lAt IL ~.
/
WE have received a poem from
"Ophelia" which PLACES us in a rather
!, embarrassing. position. Ophelia says:
." Kiss no one but me darling; kiss no
bone but me: and I vow, as [ live, I'll
kiss no one but thee."' This proposition
is fair, enoughr certainly; but we have
never seen Ophelia. Her lines are not
accompanied by her photograph, as a
guarantee of good faith. She may
have red hair, a celestial nose, and
poor teeth. We might be hugely sold
if we were to- swear off INDUCING in
| osculatory exercises with the fair sex in
general, AMI kiss no one but Ophelia.
/ Besides we are married, and our wife
would probably not give her consent to
! such an arragnement Ophelia had