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The Last Battles at Cottonwood and Clearwater
A detailed narrative recounts the July events around Cottonwood Idaho with scouts Foster and Blewett. Lieutenant Rains and others are killed, Whipple’s force holds a ravine, Perry’s train arrives, Merrill observes the Indian movements, and Captain Randall and 16 volunteers halt a major Indian ambush, with Randall mortally wounded. Seventeen named heroes are praised for courage. Indian movements include stock drives toward Clearwater and intact camps at Cottonwood. Reports note fires in the region and Pete Stagg's return from Kamia with word of crossing the Clearwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Baird
Mt. Idaho
Cottonwood
Morris
Baird
Whipple
Bill Foster
Charley Blewett
Howard
Craig
Salmon River
Sawyer
Foster
Rains
Craig’s Mountain
Craig’s
Col. Perry
Lapwai
Perry
Board House
Lewiston
Merrill
Mottonwood Creek
Tee Point
Chapman
Beyon House
Tance
Rocky Canon
Canon
Clearwater
Mt. Idsho
Elk City Trail
Stage Road
Gifie
Capt
Randall
Ben Evans
Chas. Case
Morrill
McConville
D. B. Randall
B. F. Evans
A. B. Leland
D. H. Howser
Chas. Johnson
L. P. Wilmot
Jcearley
James Buchanan
Wm. Beemer
Eph. Bunker
Frank Vancise
C. M. Day
Geo. Riggins
A. D. Bartly
H.C. Johnson
F. A. Fenn
Morill
Camas Prairie
Grangeville
Wire Creek
Pete Stagg
Kamia