The Columbia River . s first battle. Meanwhile Governor Stevens had organised aforce of Washington volunteers. As the year 1856progressed, it seemed more plain that the discordwhich developed between the regulars under commandof General John E. Wool and the volunteers wouldresult in fatal weakness. Nevertheless Governor Ste-vens and Governor Curry kept pressing the move-ments of their backwoods soldiers with unflaggingenergy. They were at last rewarded with a measureof success. For Colonel B. F. Shaw, commandingthe Washington volunteers, learning that the hos-tiles were camped in force in the
The Columbia River . s first battle. Meanwhile Governor Stevens had organised aforce of Washington volunteers. As the year 1856progressed, it seemed more plain that the discordwhich developed between the regulars under commandof General John E. Wool and the volunteers wouldresult in fatal weakness. Nevertheless Governor Ste-vens and Governor Curry kept pressing the move-ments of their backwoods soldiers with unflaggingenergy. They were at last rewarded with a measureof success. For Colonel B. F. Shaw, commandingthe Washington volunteers, learning that the hos-tiles were camped in force in the Grande RondeValley, made a rapid march from Walla Walla acrossthe western spur of the Blue Mountains and struckthe collected force of Indians a deadly blow, scatter-ing them in all directions and ending the war in thatquarter. But the end had not yet come in Walla Stevens determined to hold another greatcouncil at the site of the first. Leaving The Dalleson August 19th, he pressed on to Shaws camp, two. Fort Sheridan on the Grande Ronde, Built by Philip Sheridan in 1855. By Courtesy of Major Lee Moorehouse. The Times of Tomahawk and Fire-Brand 223 miles above the present location of Walla Walla. OnSeptember 5th, Colonel E. J. Steptoe, with four com-panies of regulars, arrived at the same place andmade camp on the site of the present fort. And now came on the second great Walla Wallacouncil. The tribes were gathered as before, andwere aligned as before. The division of Nez Per-ces under Lawyer stood firmly by Stevens and thetreaty. The others did not. The most unfortun-ate feature of the entire matter was that ColonelSteptoe, acting under General Wools instructions,thus far kept secret, refused to grant Stevens ade-quate support and subjected him to humiliations whichgalled the fiery Governor to the limit. In fact, hadit not been for the vigilance of the faithful NezPerces of Lawyers band, Stevens and his force wouldsurely have met the doom prepared for them at th
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