Indian War Dispatches From Salmon River Front
Letters from Mt Idaho and Spokane describe Army activity along Salmon River with Gen. Howard preparing to cross, Looking Glass and Kamia bands moving, and Spokane and Nez Perce groups in flux. Reports note arrests, missing murderers of Ritchie, and Walla Walla Volunteers praised for service near White Bird Creek and the Salmon River line.
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Mt. Idaho
Spokane
Larano
Samoon River
White Bira
Howard
Parterns
Slate Creek
Thomas
Lapwai
Elk City
PRESS TO COLVILLE AND INDIAN OUTLOOK
Jo Craig sent to Ft Colville to learn Indian dispositions along the route. He met Cour d Alenes Spokane Palouses Wa wa was and learned they deny war with whites and want no part of 1855 56 fighting. Murderers of Ritchie are outlawed by Wa wa wa bands. Five Nez Perces lodges returned from Haun, with Colville quiet though heightened by rumors.
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Jo Craig
Sims
Ft. Colville
Hangman
Wright
Ritchie
Colville
Nez Perces
Haug
Nez Perce Movement and Native Alliances in Colville Region
Umatilla Reservation is favored by the Palouses Wa wa was and some Palouse bands to relocate. Craig reports seven guns among the Indians en route and low arms, no immediate war intent, but fear of white retaliation over Joseph and Salmon Rivers actions. He urges Nez Perce to return to the reservation, promising safety. Coeur d Alenes pledge to aid whites to subdue hostiles, Craig trusts their professed friendship.
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Ritchie
Coeur d’Alenes
Pine Creek
Cur d’Alenes
Oregon
Walla Walla
Eadquirtars
Columbia
Anouth
White Bird
I. T
P. Pance
O. C. Howard
Man Creek
Umatilla
Sims
Moses
Craig
Colville
Joseph
Nez Perces
Troops Across Salmon Set To Hunt Joseph’s Band
A 3 AM courier records Gen Howard’s crossing of the Salmon River on the night of the 29th. Cavalry pursues Lookout Glass’s band on Clearwater. Scouts report stock found, Indians unseen. Dispatches warn Grand Ronde and Wallowa valleys residents to be vigilant amid a potential six month campaign in the mountains.
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Joseph
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Kamia A
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James Uben
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