Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-14

laefaemss Of April Isdh. isth sna mr.
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81 =. i. cAHASIss. Md

tiIl morning. 'Thpsnah the vhoIs nigh.
ne eoaId hear him groaninR, AZ re sno
tlas ettser wounded men had rot then
h,een removed 20 sils camp Beyond We
Lake, in boaia- g.
Johnaon. a rnsmber Of x Company,
Ptrxt Cavalry. while peeptng through q
rail arauir10 which be had IN circle
~ roske that be had thrown 7p, vas
not 10 the eye and imEDeciaisiy s1-
pred. ...
solAisf. Who, like many more, bad en,
Iiotad In shs q. 5. Array, nstnfef OF a
troop. vhile looking from behind . rock.
vas shot at. Tho ball knocked on q
uisos Of the stone. which went through
hIs hat and made q1ite esi IN ais fore
head. eanaing the kaood 10 run doEn nla
faca. when be- came 70 Ins be vas m
der the impression that the ballet bad
wounded him.
One of Psrry's zen reported 10 me on
the 6eld and exhibited a wounded toe,
and stated that he had come by order OF
mia commanding odiieeF. BEING salts
fIed. fron the mans character and the
chafnossr Of the wound, that be tad shot
himself. I would not excuse Ism and
seut him back TO the line. IL 10 highly
probable that be 10 ORA wing pension
on ae0oant Of q wound inflicted BY him
aslf 10 avoid tbs risk of being killed.
Thsee events Ooe1Ted On tbs 18th OF
AprII. the day of attack. Firing Was
kspt up till night during this tine; the
man occupying the RrOand on tbs east
and vest, tbs south side being opsn.
Hare our night, under Miller, and the
lsft had failed 10 unite 10 enclose the
Indians; and az this failure caused some
gtFintures 20 be made 10 the diseradit OF
an officsr, l will tell what know about
IN. Miller, an ! stated. wag on the night,
and was 10 have ioiaed Major - Ths
Majors ieft was under captain OF cav
airy, Who reported 10 hina that IL vas
impossible 10 unite with tbs right be
eauss OF an ifnpassable ehasni, which
was bstween the two. The Major thought
shis 90, and the result was that the In
dians raised out. The Warn Spring
Indians Attempted 10 prevent this move
ment; bot, one of them having been
wounded, they fell bask, thus bsayine
Miller alone. In executing bis part
Miller vent beyond the distance which
would have been necessary bad hB been
met by the troops or the WArni hprina
Indians, though the latter were not ex
peotsd 10 do this. Miller had one man
killed and enc wounded, narrOsly e.
gaping himself.
IAsutenants Geary and Harris we're
near 10 Col. Miller, Id su0h a position
that they could not move without being
exposed TO heavy IRE. They had with
them adozsn men. Smith, their hugler,
was shot in the neck, the bullet passing
through white handkerchief which he
wore, and which served ~ target for
tho Indian. He fell into d crater, and,
the word being passed along the line
that q man was wounded, ! made my
way 10 the place and, having rravled
and lodged among the rocks 70 escape
ths Gre, found the poor fellow was dead.
The man was placed on a litter which
had with me and removed.
Having reached point at which We
were exposed 10 tho fire Of the Indians,
and quite high wall Of rock having to
be climbed. IL was arranged that one at
q time should climb this. The body be-
ing with us, II would be rather difficult
90 get II over without danger 10 the liv-
Ina. We had rope with CTS, and I bad
one end tied 10 the man and the ether
was thrown over the wall. In this way
the men got over safely and then drew
the body after them. This bugler had
been sick all the winter with rlseu ma
tism, and, few DAYS after he was re-
turned 20 duty, was shot. Thus, having
escaped death from disease, he war one
Of the first TO fall BY an Indians bullet.
Five buglera we're killed during tile cam.
pAiQn, and the music men," As they
were called by the Indians, did not have
very euviable positions, and the dsration
q their lives in fss instances was
timed.
Tbs second day OF the attack was at.
hindad by several casualties. Sergeant
Morgan, of Miller's battery, vaa in
SANITY killed. The right Of the line
was falling back toward the center; in
doing this the men were exposed TO q
hsavy Are from hve Indians VITO we're
bshind the rocks. When at the distance
81 two hundred yards, and while Nor.
gan, Ryan, Griffin (soidleFs) and were
going no slight elevation, q allot was
bred, and the bullet, passing through
nineteen thieknaeeas Of Grifiin's blink
sL struck Morgan, and, passing Through
him, hattened itself against rock. His
body and gun were left, and would have
become the spoil Of the Indians had
net known shat no gina or ammunition
should he laft with him. Calling "a
Miller that. IL I had few men, would
recover The body and gun, Miller tho.
knowing that Morgan vas shot directed
ssrReAnt George Hill, now of Astoria,
" take four maa and obey my orders.
fiacing the men bshind ledge. / d.
rsctsd them 10 IRE en- the Indians while
l approached the trody, M their shots
would prsteca me-. This plan suc0eeded,
90 thay ware coed mArksmen, and the
hledocs dare not expose themselves.
klAving pielted q way 10 tho bod, 1 re-
ntFnsd; and two men lMahan, ala en-.
rtbei soldier, and nncshsrl went bach
with me. One took the body and took
the rnusAet. and, without shot BEING
cred 81 n, returned 10 she line. In ths
sseaatims the Sergeant ard thass with
htm had kept up thu Are.
On this day EuReHe Hovey, q young
sAnn whose family resided In YrskA and
who had grown ap thafe, Was killed IN.
der moss patnful circumstances Hs
yfaR u years AZ ace aud well knewn q
Che Indians. m they often Dame q, Nseka
and knsw oil " the people tlsre by
sight, I'm this day he was sent ~ the
Nuarternasstef. Ia company with sam
Watson, With letters 10 the held. These
,FeFs packed on horsebacls, Uhils thew
fuda thu animals. They had 10 pas.
slens trail which led 10 the xrOunsl
held BY the trscpsh and betwsssa che
lake and lara led. seven Of The In.
tliaNs bod, under q heavy ere, broker
thrangh the line aud run 20 q ,azt %
the lava bed thrun.xh which thsse usr
lad 10 90. and there waylaid them
idosay's horse was shot, aud fell; Hove,
tres also shel. and with kniyes AMI
ianass the Aends finished Their work
Watson eseage1 With the loss Of nj,
hsresA Before leaving Carp this yonn.
insA ltoveyl told his frisnds thar b.
wcald Be killed, hui be nevertheless iis
his dniy.
Tia Same party Of indians ard al .
PACK train. and Mr.. Fox Of the New
Yosk Begaaa, Eill Dad and DE-, Neil
derry narrowly escaped. Al osls Tim
hel ran tewAfd the packs where the In
sIlssis were AidAen. bat, fursanaisly 10
hiEE. changed his Boarsn In tins. CO.
Wsszht and nyeatf saw the affair, =
'se we're bat Few hundred yaFshf away
ind exgeeied 10 dee these esatlerel
fail, - the tiftnG was kot and die AL
if;rnck nssAF ihesn.
biii Dad declared thai = ball kn.srks,
t4 The saie Of ksia ehoe. bGt ths eAAnee
sgre thai ths rceks did q.