The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-01-10
THE INDIAN WAR OVER.

"A special correspondent OF the
Oregoniam, writing from Yakima
City, w. T., under date of Dec. 81,
1878, the very latest news from the
seat OF Indian hostilities, sends the
cheering news that the .sCruel war
is over" that the Yakima volunteers
have returned, and forwards an Of
ficial report of the expedition, from
winch we learn that peace is restored
and that Chief Moses and his people
will quietly go upon the Yakima
reservation. 1t was bloodless cam
paign and "Mido" thinks it hard to
tell which were the most scard, the
whites or Indians. For the past two
years the people of that vicinity have
suffered more or less from Indian dep
relations, being constantly annoyed
by bands of thieving renegade red
skins which finally eliminated in the
murder of Perkins and wife. Endu.
rance ceased to be virtue and the
people took matters in their own
hands-and lasting peace, it is sin.
cerely hoped, will follow.
The report is full of interest, but
too lengthy for our columns. Capt.
VIM. Splawn, J. a. Splawn, deputy
sheriff, and seven other citizens sign
ed the report in which they say:
On Wednesday evening. the 18th, pro
position made by Moses to let him anG
his men go and they would bring i'll the
murderers, but after some parley we con
cluded to allow six of them to 90, retaining
| Moses and three of his men. This party
of six left our camp on Crab creek at
O'Clock A. NJ, arriving at che hostiles' camp
as we learn, about six in the evening. They
succeeded IN capturing one of the murderers
and returned to White Bluffs the following
night stating that one of the murderers ha,
killed himself while they were making al
effort to capture him.
! We have now in our possession four o
the murderers of Perkins and his wife, an
other has killed himself, and we have alst
one of the murderers of Charles Jewell o
Umatilla county, Oregon.
Moses and his three companions wer,
brought to this place and given in the hand
of Father Wilbur who has removed them t.
Fort Simcoe."
The correspondent says: C. Afte1
supper we accompanied Father VIII
bur to the skookum house, and were
allowed to converse with Moses, who
told his side of the story, as follows
Moses gives very circumstantial account
of all his actions, and denies that he eve
entertained any hostile feeling toward thu
whites He says that when Eneas brought
him the first message he was told that VIII
bur had received a big paper from Gen
Howard concerning the new reservation anC
he was to hurry up to the reservation, as the
paper could not be opened until he arrived
When he came to see Wilbur nothing was
said about this, and he thought he hat
been deceived. At the meeting at Yakima
he promised to send men to accompany the
the expedition. Eneas had arranged tc
meet him at certain place, but instead O
doing so he (Eneas) had taken the whites
II miles below. Moses confesses to have
acted foolishly in allowing so many of hi:
men to come down to the river where the
volunteers were, but dis lairns all intention
/ Oh DSln0 OtiieT"lSe iIltllIlS liz w
ed to show the people his strength, and the
occasion being more than ordinary all hi:
men wanted to see tie party of. To hi:
knowledge not gun was pointed at the
whites. After leaving the party, and the
whites refusing to go up the river tp cross
he and his men returned to his camp. Tn,
next day he sent nine of his men across til,
river with the intention of joining til,
whites and assist them in the capture Of the
mur,ierers. One of his men came to hin
and expressed the fear that they would no
be received in friendly manner by the
whites, and fearing this, Moses accompanie,
the party. Travelling until late at nisn
they made a dry camp up in the mountains
and it was at this place that they were cap
tured, their arms taken away from then
and they themselves brought to Yakima
placed in Jail and ironed. Such is the sub
stance of Moses story as to his actions anC
he earnestly desired that the people shoul,
know that he entel tains no hard feeling
toward them. He says that he was put il
irons by the lies of a few men, but his hear
is still warm, and whether he is to remain
a prisoner the rest of his life or is released
tomorrow, Moses will never fight th
whites. They as people have never injur
ed him, he still will be friend to them