| Show THE BATTLE OF BEAR river BIVER la ain the ibe last bissu issue of the NEWS and the ohe ote preceding that we noticed as far as we bai bal infer mation matlon the expedition for the arrest of indian chiefs and the fight with the in deans 11 the Volun volunteers tetla tedra have how now returned to their Q quarters Qi arters on the bench east of tha city and through them we learn the facts in detail etall d 0 of the expedition and of a hard fought ought f battle which though in a locality outside of our territorial 11 limits pits mits will not be the less felt in its results by oui out citizens As we have been freely fArni furnished abed with what 1 information I I 1 we have requested we give it as freely to our oar readers at home and abroad THE expedition at the time we noticed the departure of the infantry under capt hoyt and of the gavar gaval vry ryu ryul inder 1 der major mcgarry we now learn that the fortner former had 69 men of company XI 1 3rd ard infantry and the latter had men of companies A 11 II 11 M and cavalry these together with 12 mounted men as an escort to the baggage baggi age train and co col connor major mcgarry mi carry major gallagher and aleut berry constituted the entire fi fight ht og ag force that went north noth guides and others attached to the company compans are of course not counted five or six irregulars am ng them then dutch cje 1 a gentleman with whom we wo have no acquaintance yent went vent in n and had bad a fre free e fight by way af pf f wiping orf off all scores with the tha indian so altogether the force little over men the me ludi judi judiciary clar ciar yr probably abl abi regard the arch ing of the expedition as an aid to the V U S aia Ala marshalin serving writs for the apprehension of several chiefs but it is quite as probable aule atle that the movement wis was but a part of the campaign C upon which col clil connor and the volun teera have hare entered to cear the north and central routes to california of the ma hi eving indians indiana whose mur murderous deraas deraus hostilities we were eo to frequently called upon i to record last summer miser su two previous expeditions under major mcgarry were but the prelude to that which we have now to record and as far as we can learn conjecture leads to the coa elusion that thattie the end of expeditions has not yet comi come and d tha that the colonel colo del oel rill either elther make an end of po co tello tella and san pitch with their bands this his bummer eummer or drive them far enough from the northern route to render it safe for the emi emigrants rants uil ull ARRIVAL AT on rea reaching ching ebing leir beir bear river though it was yet early daylight by the aid of his field bield field glaes glass the colon colonel 1 could plainly discover the position of the indians 01 on th the e north side of the river the cavalry loaded ed ad and major mcgarry had 1 orde orders r s to lead across the river and if possible surround the indians companies kiy efy KIP K alid aid M lieu litt I 1 chase and capt price finst first reached ached the banks on the tte north side alde arler atler co consitt 1181 datable ara era uie hie ble difficulty dM deculty culty dulty from the ice in the bottom of the river and from the masses of loe ice that were carried along with the current currents companies 11 and andai A capt McLe anand quilin quirin followed follow jei jed clos close L behind them the trot first companies galloped up to the base of a i range rn ge of hills to the ast and for melon meiOn ille liae of b battier battler a if e 1 but betra beara hii bil ill all the men tren had dis dismo anted the indians beut sent a bho sho shower war of lead iea Jea damon danon among them wounding ons ona of rf the volu vou the first companies were levoyed lep oyed as aa ordered along the front ol 01 the ra ravine ravane vitte vitle lne ine the two olber other companies ere era up immediately after and disnio dismount i ure ing were ordered gorm form forward ard in tb tace e same manner 1 TILE POSITION OF THE INMANS the launs indians had bad excellent v winter inter qu quarters arters in a deep ravine about three fourths of a mile long ru running almost directly due north from bear rier riter riek into the mountains that 7 formed ther their protection anthe iett lejet the banks of tb the e raine raline east and west were almost perpendicular with only three places of difficult approach which the indians had bad maie maje for their awn own convenience and sad for the annoyance of any approaching enemy anicita ting an attack they had cut steps in the east cast bide side of the ban banks ks of ot the ravine from which they could couta conveniently fire exposure and descend again f or perfect sec wIty ity besides these natural advantage advant ag a in the ravine on each side there chere were rising benches berj benj ches about ten feet teet apart which also gave the tha indiana the advantage b e over their exp eap sed sad enemy discover to ir suddenly that ready awaited their approach la in the ravine the wik cups ups were werft planted the which them and aai the lower portions were embanked I 1 rock and earth with considerable ingenuity they had bad interwoven the willows to the east of their wick i ups with 10 loop lo op holes through which they could fire without exposure they had bad also forked ladicks set in the ground to serve as rests for ther r fies fles flea and with these no doubt considered themselves safe enough against any force be brought against them THE FIGHT t t aa the he troops formed in line of battie battle the indians seemed to look upon the coming struggle gl e with particularly good bainor hux bux nor while one of the chiefs rode up and down in front of the ravine brandishing hiss pearln pearin the face of the volunteers the wandora in front sung rung fours right fours left come on you california sons gons of 0 br hs on such a polite oolite inai tation cailan tation the word was given to advance and gradually as the volunteers neared the ravine the indians retired over the benches awaited calmly their approach and sent at them a murderous fire that was sensibly y felt everywhere A large number of men fell dead several eral fell mor taly wounded and others othera threw Wm themselves selves to the ground to abide their time and to adopt adapt another style of rheb Rh fighting tB the ile word was p pissed along the line for the men not to waste their and to protect i ae themselves f m i selves as much as possible la the ad yance I 1 ance of or company K 11 chase was w is first firs 1 I 1 I 1 jf t ed ui in the wrist st and in a moment or two arece grece ived his bis mortal wound but kept his sad die dle die for about twenty minutes longer lorger urging on Ws uis men in the fight capt mclean in the advance with co M was wounded in the right rlph t hand but buk kept on towards the ravine with revolver in his left hand till he be received a in the left thigh which has C caused aused him much 5 ca andi and threatens threaten 3 his life the colonel seeing r fhe the advantageous postal I 1 tico tion of 0 the indians indiana resorted to strategy and I 1 leat leak sent IseA malor major mcgarry with a small detachment I 1 a of dismounted cavalry to cross the north end of the ravine to slink flink A ink the indians indiana on the left i and take them in the rear the infantry 1 hearing hearing helring the firing while yet distant tram irani the scene at 0 action hastened tip and attempted to I 1 cross the river but lut it was too dep for tor toot boot men and they had to fall back col connor I 1 y sent ovir to 0 o them the cavalry horses with I 1 s which they crossed an ani 1 wet and freezing they y entered the fight capt cant hoyt was ordered to support major mcgarry in the flanking r move anent and with his company succeeded in aai aal scrambling up the hill bill as they went W ent till they finally reached ached the west sided bide side wile where re with the troops north and east they kept up an enfilading fire on the indians that ultimately ely drove them down into the central and lower portions of the ravine the ile inh ii edans in the opening 11 of at the fight had the best I 1 of if it and the volunteers feil feli fell tell like th reaves leaves in autumn 1 but the tlde tide 0 of fortune changed change u I 1 A 8 od savage ferocity was outmatch outmatched ea by generalship ral ralE hip ship brave men and good rifles As the W work ork of death progressed and the I 1 result was now clearly sean scan the pon pos tion n ot of the ravine became the object ot of inter est capt price wl wih wih h a of men 44 from fron c companies ompa nies kly K and M were doing fearful fearful execution in the apace of five minutes t eight 0 01 his men had fallan in death or were mortally morta lly ily wounded but others taking their places the contest was kept up and at the close of the struggle forty eight indians were lying together in a heap which showed 7 71 how bravely they had fought for life quinn with a had entered the ravine from the easty east and did in the lan land guage aage of 0 report excellent execution while f clack with another commanded the mouth of the navine ravine and did also bla hla his bia duty aa the indi indians ans were driven drive n to wards 11 ards arda the river by this time the A feht bt had lasted nearly tour four our hours many of the men with feet feat to go IY ak badly frozen that they could conid arcely scarcely ec walk ard and ard and others with fin finers fingers ers ere so frozen that they could hot bot ot tell they had a cartrie cartridge gr in their hands unless they looked for it there the india indians na bravely aa as they fought could not withstand with stand the indomitable will and bravery ot of tle tte tl e troops and presently the dekatch me ts ata leoned at the mouth of c the ravine ragine detected the indians indiana breaking A wild yell from the trompa announced this fact to the Cb colonel lonel ionel and ia in an instant instants ha be had bad leuta ts berry quinland Quin nand conrad with a otra otma punted cavalry charging furiously howd town the ibe vir a ald cut at that tha point the indians being thus encircle dand brought to bay an almost hand to hand band conflict an ensued all alborg the river bank col connor and ana major gallagher then galloped down among the troops and another severe fight 0 took place in a few seconds Q linn ann had bad his horse shot from under him abd aad leui berry was badly wounded in the right shoulder and here also a number of the men fell A few mii mir minutes intes after berry feil fell fe it major gallagher received a painful wound in the left arm the ball passing through it entering his side while one of tb the e men close by col connor was shot from bia bis horse soon the were completely broken and in full retreat but very few of them escaped TH THE RESULTS OT T THE we have learned nothing more definite with regard d to the number cumber of indians killed than what we stated last week from two hundred and fifty to three hundred were undoubted edy killed in the fight or in the river in the attempt to escape the chiefs bear linter hunter hulter sag witch arid I ihl hi were among the slain stain A thousand bushes of wheat and a large amount of beeland bee fand provisions together with an abundant B of powder lead liets bullets and caps were found in the encampment there were num numerous erous erl eri evidences dences of emigrant plunder such as modern cooking R glasses co copies abs brushes fine rifles and ana pistol sand osand band I 1 such thinas things r as the indians were likely to consider worthy of reservation when they had bad attacked and anit robbed the emi emigrants rants wagon Cv avers ers erb with the names of their unfortunate owners were also lying around and patching 0 up the awick i ups what the command thought ht worth bringing to camp they took tooh and dea dez destroyed the ba balance ance leaving enough only for the preservation of the squads squaws and papooses oses samong among the trophies ef of mar war war w were ere 15 ponies that the indians had tied up to the willows during the fight a on the side of the voun volunteers tha the ha following is a carefully prepared LIST lisa OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE MATTLE AND casualties ON THE expedition expedition i 21 di cavalry valry kairy co A killed privates james VV IV baldwin baid Bald lvin ivin ant and george german mortally wounded private juhn john VV Wall wail badly 1 privates james S montgomery goi gol ners nery john welsh and win H lake slightly wounded jay feet frozen badly corporal ado Add adolphius Adolp liLu lius S Sp praggie raggie and private J lin D marker feet frozen el sightly ghaly bugler I 1 kearney PriVate privates samuel sSamuel lihommedieu R mcnulty Y and QS gawan wan t co libla M killed wagoner asa F howard privates george C cox and ani ant george C cr bloton seriously wounded sergeant anthony steven stevens corporal L W hughes privates W U H nood hood L D hughes J legget E C chaie chase chase T barcafar and wm win davis davia wounded sergeant ser geant lorin robbins pil privates vates K R miller al forbes and PHun bert berti bertl bugler A hoffmier Hoff mier iier feet frozen sergeant john cullen co po rais rals A P hewett and ana steel privates W IV collins cohins james jamea 13 per ner er and john mc gonagle hand rand tr froien frozen ozen oien private A J case co 11 charleana lesla leaLA killed privates john K kiga Char charles L hollowell P I 1 seriously wounded capt dan 1 el mclean sergt janies james Can cantelon corpis philip patrick frauley privates Mic michael haell baell 01 brine ueHL nehl H L fisher fishr john franklin frankiin D heu ile lit U C annor joseph clows clow thomi thomison thompson son bon jide lide lid iid e james logan j slightly wounded privates Priva tes tea barbeli Bar bele C frank Farley parley I 1 co az K killed privates lewis anderson anderaon ohrla lan ian smith shelbourne elbourne Kb C reed adolphus ro blowe elowe v ve and henry W I 1 seriously wounded darwin clabe clase chase chabe private win slocum badly wounded privates albert N M parker john S lee B welton nathaniel Xe keniey kanley kenley ken kan noley ley i slightly wounded sergt sylvanius Sl vanius SLon cf I ley carpl B Laud laudis his fis privates pd pdt j I 1 rick if kelly hugene J brady silas sils C bush john daley robert hargrave morris illia alonzo A P V mccoy frozen feet teet sergt wm win L beach compla wm win L white and james 11 hunt privates ansley matthew amone ammoae daved david briston fre frel 1 W B R acker nathaniel cha chap chadi j man samuel Caldwel gatewell cat Gat dwell lJoseph joseph cb caapman chapman apman J hn G Il hertle hertie ertle ertie charles B horse joeph jodeph jo eph hill george johnston joh Job Jr J fierson fferson lincoln arthur Al itchell mitchell james jamea mckown mceown alonzo 1 II 11 Za palmer liner charles wison 3rd ard infantry co IM K killed privates ioian john E darkes barkes samuel va 1 thomas I 1 seriously wounded senat A J austin 11 C hoy noy privates yates joew hensl thomas B valk eV 1 wm feet frozin frozen n C jw J herron C F wil williams liams iiams corpis william bennett hohti johr john lattman littman john wingate privates catesi jose joseph ph german james urquhart william william S jolin john i algeray ramsdell james epperson Eppe raon A J F randell william farnham john Baur laDd I 1 giles fickner Fic knor alfred B B bigelow J anderson F Bon ralso F brouch A L 1 i balley bailey william carleton car Gar leton D donahue C 11 godbold J heywood C heath J matin ing william way recapitulation CO rivia xii syi 0 O feer reer reet FEET TOTAL T 0 aly all A ad caa 2 5 7 14 liy ily if 2 11 16 29 d ka K I 1 1 5 14 2 21 t 40 f al ic 3 15 8 26 1 KL 3 1 n 2 41 4 27 33 14 49 79 1 1 1 THE nattle BATTLE private wm davis C co mead cavalry feb 2 al at ogden lleita darwin chase co K 2nd and cavalry feb 4 at farmington |
