Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-04-24

difficulties that might arise between them
and the settlers Joseph at first refused
to come pesceably. But when General
Howard told him that he should be re
| CURED to use force in case he did not
come peacefully. Joseph then said tina,
if they would give him so days time to
gather up his stock and make the rcmov-
al he would come without force This
was agreed to BY Howard, and he was al
lowed the time to make the removal, and
he did gather up his stock and did remove
across corner of the reservation, a
| few miles south of the reservation. and
there held councils with his people, with
the Salmon Rivers and with many who
belonged on the reservation, and all with
out the presence Of any military force
nearer than go miles, and their councils
resulted in determining to commerce the
slaughter of American citizens, who were
not in their Wallowa country, nor had
they ever been there, but were on Salmon
river and on Camas Prairie more than
100 miles distant from any portion of the
Wallowa country, while they never mo-
Tested settler in the country which they
laid claim to. They deliberately murder
ed about 70 unarmed aud defenseless cit
izens, men, women and children, without
mercy and set fire to their houses and
stole their property, before there was ever
a particle Of force brough, to bear against
them, and then followed the war, in which
both Joseph aud his allies and General
Howard and his troops became so signal
izcd. The battles ut White Bird, at
Cottonwood, on Camas Praire, at the
mouth Of Cottonwood, at the Big Hole
and other battles on the march to where
General Mile. brought them to halt
and induced them to surrender are
still remembered. II Senator DAVIS,
Mrs. Garfield, and her 500 co-adjators,
during the scenes first enacted by these
Indians, could have stood on the top of
Cottonwood Butte, overlooking Camas
Prairie, and the isolated dwellings on
White Bird and Salmon river and wit
messed the outragcs of these Indians upon
unprotected settlers, which precipitatcd
the bloody strife of 1877 and all under
the direction OF Joseph and his Indian
counsellors, their mock sympathy for
these glorified heroes, might be exchanged
for genuine sympathy for the victims OF
their murderous rapacity, unless they
have become so stepped in fanaticism for
the red man, that they have become
ayowed enemies of their own race. 1t
may be possible that their desire to send
them back here, is to arouse the revenge
Of the survivors Of the murdered and out
ragged settlers of this section, and induce
them to make war upon them as soon as
they arrive here, and visit upon them the
dire revenge that has burned in Their
bosoms from June 1877 till the present
time, which could only become satiated
by the blood of every man, woman ant
lchild who engaged and aided in thos,
murders One thing only makes such
purpose plausible, and that is: 1t is said
the War Department is about to with
draw L. $. troops from the Lapwai gar
rison and leave these returned murderer,
without any protection against the re
venge Of the friends of the murdered
settlers. If that is the policy, it may b,
assumed without any cavil that thS out
ragged settlers will be likely to improv,
their opportunity. to prevent the increas,
Of Indians on the Neg Perez reservation
by additions from Josephs band who arr
now in Indian Territory. They claim i
!, 70 be unhealthy for them there The,
, will find it far more unhealthy here, anc
their diseases will be much more sudden
" fatal We can liveat peace with peace
ably disposed Indians. But we wan
none, and will tolerate none who are muir
d'rers, and We expect to stay here despit,
them. That is our heart.
We are in receipt Of tho first plumber o.
the Weekly Cgur d Alene Eagle. publishe.