The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-16
me Frontier War.

DAN eRASCIbCOt July 4O.-A WAhi
WAlla dispatch gives the following &C
count Of the fght At UmGtillA: Reser'
yation news reaches Col. Miles, who wa
At Pendleton, that the hostiles were a
the reservation. be 1t once started fol
Selue with three hundred regulars. Al
ter q march Of about six miles and within
& short distance Of Cayuse Station he en-
couutered between four and Eve hundred
warriors. This WAs about eight O'Clock
in the morning. Getting his men int
position Col. Miles opened FIRE on the
hostiles who returned it. but without
effect, neither ude doing any injury.
This was continued without intermissiou
until l2 O'Clock, when the Indians at
tempted 10 charge Miles lines, but were
driven Of. The red skins being unable
TO stand the FIRE from the hoWitEer. In
the charge the Indians sustained consid.
cradle los. Those present estimAted their
dead At fifteen. Miles casualties consists
Of two men wounded, one in the arm
and the other in the leg.
Shortly after one o'clock the Indians
fell back towards the mountains. This
il the first time during this campaign that
the hostiles hSye attempted q charge,
thus showing that they are driven to
desperation. During the whole fight
they shot wild. Miles object, In view ol
the overwhelming number against him,
Was 10 preyen, the advance ot the hos.
tiles and II possible to hold them In
check till reinforced. This he did, al.
though his force was foot and the saw.
ages we'll mounted. During Friday the
Indians completed the destruction Of the
Cayuse station, which on the day pre-.
yious they had partially destroyed. i IL
feared that Meachem's has met similar
fate. Among the interested spectators Of
the Miles fight were large number Of
UmatillAs, who took sides with neither
party, but appeared to relish the
sport. It is said that number Of young
men belonging TO this tribe, under We
nspsnoot, have joined the hostIles. Col.
Cornoryer reports that the young war
riors have passed beyond his control.
At 10 O'Clock this morning Col. For.
syth, with his command, was At Weston,
having been ordered 10 the scene Of yes.
terday's conflict, and was moving as rap.
idly as his horses could travel.
Forces are now In UmAtilla county
amounting 10 one hundred men and il Is
thought will be sufficient 10 bring the hos.
tiles 10 terms In few days, poiWith.
standing the reports to the contrary.
1t is most certain that portion Of the
hostiles have succeeded in crossing the
Columbia, and there is danger so far as
the future IL concerned as with them.
Several mill men have just come into
town and report that they were driven
out Of the mountains by the Indians, who
appear 10 be in large numbers.
A volunteer company has been organ
ized here and have placed themselves At
the disposal Of Gov. Ferry.
MILES DRIVES THE INDIANS.
PORTLAND, oBe, July l5.-The fol.
lowing dispatch has been received from
Pendleton: The troops under Captain
Miles drove the Indians into the foot Of
the bill. At Csyuse Station. They fouGh ht
four or Eve hours at long range in the
valley. Finslly the troops and yolun.
teers made 8 charge and drove them four
miles to the hills, and captured
several horses on the field. The vol.
unieers did well and the officers
in command complimented them highly.
Quite + number Of Indians were killed.
Nothing doing but scouting. The In.
disns had not moved late in The day and
are watched close.
To.nigh, Col. Barnsrds cavalry ar.
rived on the Umatilla river, near the
other command, and will move on the
Indians early in the morning. Col. San
ford is coming up from Legrand to be
near the Indians on the MeschAm Road.
The Indians are surrounded and warm
work is expected.