, 1883-07-14
F,carixG TEE Battle syEK.
The st1th Anniversary Or the Greaa Cls,r.
wase- Indian Etgst--Thc lSeo-0tse
Chase..-A Thrilling Aesssni by enc
Nhs Was Iherr

This day, July l2sh. IS the anniversary oi
the battle Of Clearwater, in iGaho, in lS7.1,
whichc mmencedon the day previouI but
O'clock IN the afternoon, and lasted ali Il :,
day and night up 20 noon On the i2ih. This
was the Erst battle in wticl the hostile Nez
Perces uniar Ch'ef joseph wors.ed by the
regulars, and IN which their backbone vas
broken and their historic fight and chase Of
1000 miles, began only TO end In the capture
by General Miles at Bear Paw Mountain IN
IN Montana, close to the BRITISH iine. The
redskins fought as Indians never fought be-
fore they were flushed with the victories
they had gained over sn al bndies Of troops
and citizens and considered that they had
only TO stand their ground in order 70 CON
qaer. No far they bad encountered only the
cavalry arm Of the service, AMI 90 when they
were discovered on the banks Of tho Gle ar
witer and General Howard sent them few
shells TO wake them up. they sRarmed up
the steep dechvities and contested every
inch OF ground. The 2lst Infantry snd 4th
Artillery met them, and ia spite Of their se-
We're losses, m,nfu.ly he'd toe ground. The
Indian ere WIS terrific, ami q man Rad iu,
TO show hin self out cf the grass to bs the
max Of . score Of unerrins rifles, and 60 hot
Eas the front sLirmish line that Il" Co., Of
the 2lst Infartry, which went into action
with tWenry-twn men came out with onl,
nine; their gallai young lieutenant Wit
iiams, was wounded N tH places, AMI under
q heavy Sre tie writer of these lines assisted
il car yipg 5.n 70 place Of safety, and b.
Is nc IS active as ever On the second ds. /,
.. .snieh this {, the date, things looked blu ,
our ineI were beii z .lInk-d Of in detail wi e
she = 1isr los .as slao-s o,hins. a bis
PACK ;rIin uadz, command of Maj. Jackson,
l.: Cacs.ry, WIS uaomentarilly expected and
about nom long line Of da.t IN the dis.
taaee snncu ;ced their e. presence. the
Indians had just made charge on tbs gst
Tag gun, and, at the critical moment, NJ jor
Marcus Miller, Of the 4.h ARTILLERY, one Of
the braYe,t men who ever h,ed, got rs liz
tie command together and with FOLLOW ne
men," charged peli nell upon the Indian
line. Indians cannot s,ald charge. and IL
t lis instsnce, amid cheers of the ou fl, they
broke ard Rundown The steep mountain,
across the r,rer, Up ,he oth.r side and n TO
Camass Prairie they went followed By the
victoricas In:sutr, and Artillery and few
dismo, -tet CAVIAR, men, until our bcys,
ovsrca--.e by heat aLi exhaustion, were fain
y g;re up The pursult until the next day.
i trophy # Vie dght IN the shape of the
ieckiecc .r2u. the neek of the only dead
Indian found on the field row hangs
in cur office over the commission.
snd our old carbine given by Gov
.ruor Brsyman Of Idabo TO the propIie
Tor Of the STATESMAN ''for gallant service
in the ,ai, and of which We 81 all ever feel
p-ouG, 10 matter hoT much our epemies may
envy US such mem.nto- Should the time
asa:a come when the helpless need s defen-
der, We s!eN be at the front as usual, but this
time ms. lad o. bong alone, will have The
whole STATESMAN force along with US.
In this connection it is IN order to make
Honorable mention of Mr.. Hirney Simpson,
of the Stine House. This gentleman vas IL
tie hottest Of the fight. serving With dis
tlnction aId during tie day was badly
wounded