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Show Moses' Treachery. San Francisco, 23. Yakimi City (Washington territory) dispatch: Sa-luakin, Sa-luakin, the Indian, waa arraigned before Ju?tico Heck yesterday, for the murder of the Perkins family. He made a confession relative to tbe murder, with every detail. It was very evident from h:a acoouuls ol after events that theee valleys had, last summer, a very narrow escape (rom a bloody maseacre. Chief Moses had his runners rut watcbm the progress of tne fighting between the Snakes and Umatillas and Hie soldiurs Had tbe bosttles been sue cesaful, they would have croa?ed the Cj'umbia and Mosrs would have joined them in anticipation 0! Indian Bucceaees. Moses had previously previ-ously arranged bis warriors eo as to surround the country, especially in Buequatemil and Natchez passes. He would then have formed bis forces from tbe south and brought them to bear on tbe settlements, with Yakima chy as his objective point. Nothing but the presence of gunboats en the Columbia saved the lives of the popu lation in these valleys. The people here are very indignant at Moses' treachery during the time of his talk with General HowarJ last summer, when Howard demanded the murderers. Moses si) id he did not know where they were, but would find and deliver them. From this confession, all the. murderers were shot at the very mo-j ment. Moses a fterwarda ordered 1 them away and they left. |