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NEW
YORK TIMES – NEW YORK
AUGUST
21, 1879
SETTLERS
KILLED BY INDIANS
San
Francisco, Aug. 20 – A
dispatch from Warrens, Idaho Territory, via Walla Walla, dated the 18th
inst., says that on the evening of the day previous the ranch of James
Raines, on Salmon River, 18 miles from Warrens, was attacked by Indians.
Raines and James Edwards were killed, and Albert Weber was badly
wounded. Seven other
settlers escaped and arrived in the town safely.
The Indians burned up all the buildings on the ranch. The number of the Indians is not stated.
Col. Bernard’s command are hunting Indians 50 miles away in
another direction.
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