Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-11
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.a ben y, Ne. Perez war is written. ,,. the I'm.
d 70. Earning of danger came WY" .
hnt ~a' If war council ut the
''se"o emu" e,amas prairie at the call OF
u.s.. ,I'., Ia Joseph in May 1877. The peace
Chle' ' headed by the religious
n'a ..e,. who had been civilized by the
! .ps,h. at Kaniah, were III the
Scne ;.,, in this council. The war e'e-
n'!U' %oxsver was su''e" in their pas
mem admission to the will Of the
s''e . , and refused to disper-e after
90 .s.n,t OF the vote was announced.
until, ~, they were hes'tati"g some OF
WV" .oors rapid war chiefs stole away.
among these were t"o young ea, ,''
. ss Indians who freque"ted the 'onn
NV, nv. ranch. This was Il station on
l -. trail where all classes OF
p'. ,s,ers were afforded shelter and re-
.'.sments. Harry Elphus was the
e' "a.d and some of the Iudiars had
'Isv.nces against him. it Is said' on
..u,nt Of heavy losses sustained at
,mbling. Two OF the renegades rom
s.. council while the subject OF war
w.. .,ill agitated-two frequenters OF
w.. ,ohn Day house came one after
.oor and lounged till evening In the
'sn, s;,tinp room. In the evening
..hau E,phus and his wife were out
milking they stole u rifle and a large
.mount of ammunition and walked
.v.v with the stolen property con-
os.,ed under their blankets.
Dick Devine al old bachelor who
uysd ak miles from the John Day
.,so had a rifle and large number OF
cartridges. The old man was killed
tor his gun and he was the first victim
,a the Nez Perez war. The two young
,.v.pes were then well armed. They
returned before daylight to the John
Imy ranch. They knew the custom Of
The men, The work horses were In
kpssture a half mile away and a. was
tbe custom, Bob Bland and a young
man. name unknown who had been
successful in winning money, horses
and blankets from these Indians went
out to bring them in. They did not
return and about eight o'clock Henry
Elphus went out to assist them think
Ing they had encountered some diff.
Guilty. He was shot through the
shoulder from amt ush. He ran toward
the house few rods ana fell. He was
approached by the murderers who
placed the gun in his mouth and blew
his brains out. The Indians then took
the horses and rode away passing
within a few feet of Mrs. Elphus with
ont mo!esting her. A sick man who
was stopping with the family and had
been out hunting found the body Of
Henry Elphus in an hour or two after
he was murdered. He reported the
circumstances to the neighbOrs and
this was the first alarm that was
sounded. The bodies of Bland and his
compa mon were f02ud where they
had been shot down from ambush.
Almost with the report of the first
murders came the account of the
killing Of Harry Mason-Osborne, San
BENEDICT and French Frank" and
with it the shocking report Of the mis-
treatment of the women, Mrs. Mason
Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Osborne. rhel
70 lowed hasty flight of the exposed
settlers to the mouth of Slate creek
Jack Manuel, wife aid two children
ATTEMPTED to escape but they were me-
near home by hostile Indians. They
lined to reach old man Bakers hous'
BY running their horses. Mrs. Manue
carried baby boy and four year oil
Maggie was behind her father. Tn
mother and babe reached the house
but q bullet through his neck knocke,
JACK Manuel from his horse Oh tn
way. He rolled down bank into tn,
creek bed. There he lay for fourteen
Gays. Mrs. Manuel was killed, afte
'ssrlul torture, by knife wound. 4
we'll known Indian defended her, bu
ne was overpowered and the won.a,
was stabbed to death. The little bah,
ooy was stolen by faithful squas
VINO tried hard to save his life. Sin
a'd the boy 10 the brush aud nOurishe
nun 'or several days. The child frette
'of It's mother and its wailipg disclose
!" hlding place. A warrior killed tn,
co''d and punished the faithful squa,
which tr!el to save It's life. Littl
aasg'e was the youngest heroine .
'ae war. Her arm was broken whe
que Tell from the horse with her fathe
que witnessed the murder of he
..o'ner and stole away Ia the midst {
'us turmoil. Sire hid in some rubbish
.es' The cabin-sO near that she WI
'''rehed by the heat when it WI
"u'''ed. This heroine was rescued b
ray Bryce. He took the little girl q
Nurse ana undertook To reach ID
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