The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
PIONEER SECTION OF THE RECORDER
EARLY DAY HISTORY coMPuEo az IoHN REFS

charge a murderOns vuliey. resulting
Ia a confused stampede wherein
we're horses running in every diFec-
tions some with empty saddles. some
unmanageable AnG running away
with soldiers and men being wound
ed and others shot to pieces. II was
excitement indeed And this man
nw OF hghting was kept up for =
long time with no decisive results.
Along with Fisher and some Of his
scouts We endeavored TO get down
into the creek bed where we could
hank the Indians and IL Was here we
encountered a sharp and hot Gre and
were getting the worst Of il when
Dick Johnson came up with the can
non. Suirgis had battery but II was
not put in aCinn, apply . good
force from Gen Howard with otls's
battery reached the hald In the after.
noon and the battery was AZ once put
Ilto action which soon drove the Ia
dians away The battle lasted for
about ssyen hours. ] hardly think
"a single NeG Perez vas killed for
did not see an Indian in all the fght
either dead or alive, All the eYt.
dtace we had Of Indians was the con
slant report of rife shots, volleys Of
/ flying bullets and continual puffs Ol
smoke coming from behind the rocks
and creek banks. TO all Of which our
fire was likewise uJected. The In
dians managed 20 get away notwtth
standing the large force nj Gen. Stur
gis' command and tho bottled up
position in which We had them. Ev
cry one felt that the General hat
Numbered as he surely had a suite
lent force 20 have corrAilsd the en-
tire Indian oufft
However. this battle taught th'
Nez Perces that they were not as 50
cure as they had supposed and wer'
liable TO attacks from commands 9th
er than that OF Gen Towards which
had bern eluded for some time an,
which they imagined would be TN
only one against which they mus
be guarded They made up thet
minds 10 move AZ once for the Brit
ish possessions and did with all pos
sible speed. We never came withti
sight OF them after this They struel
the tran and stopped only when the
supposed they were in Canada. Whit
Bird. with quite a following crosse
the lire. but Chief Joseph Etoppe
, within forty miles Of II where Ger
|. Miles overlook him aud surFuunde
. him and his entire force az Bear Pa'
mountain where after Ava DAYS OF
siege and lighting. forced him 10 suI
I render,
4 remained to help care for th
! wounded and care, for the deat
4 There was a total Of fourteen me
killed and about thirty wounded b.
sides a great many horses were shs
|. md crippled A long trench was du
!. into which the dead were placed sid
i Nv side, and covered over Many I
!. the men were literally shot to piece
!. but no time was taken or effort -
(. c"nded in fixing or cleaning them q
J. in any manner but were put into N
trench with sFcFs. belts or oth'
A wearing apparel upon them. An O
/, ficer read the burial service and
= shot fred oveg the grave While
I, had beer 20 anxious 10 get into IN
= fight. yet the sights which ! wttnea
= ed among the dead and wounds
took a great deal OF this notion ol
= OF me- One cannot realize the fcs
ing engendered by taking part
such carnage as a battle produc,
untu they have had the actual exps
u ienca In warfare II was q hnrrih
and Eruesome sight
q Ito be continnedl