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tINDIAN PRISONERS ESCAPE.TeaAwith iiuBlxtoen Soldiers Woundod, TwoAnj grmiiDr.Fatally./s.Five Indians Killed.leraNpiri up from CkfCMtt Agency la»l Thurs! Govttday brought reliable intelligence ol tbe escape, ciaa 1day.of the Pkeyenne prisoner*, three hundred In—-----a _ — - - - - ^ .| i__1 .a _ — 1, , a ^ n r |L aup »tlf 11 •number, arretted and held a* boatage* lor theIII* CS■»v.murder of a part of the Germain family, andTheourthe torture and outrage* perpetrated upon the• moweekGermain fttrt*, reeerred for a worae fate thanbring! Canlci •araph from ttbUthe tomahawk. Our information cornea froman cye-witoem or tbe affair, and doe* no', differ from Gen. KeO'a report, except In tbe»urtnumber of Indiana killed, which Gen. Xeilput* at three in ft rad of flee, probably owing jMr.butto a miatake on the part ol tbe operator, whoof themiatook a figure five for a figure three. Tbe•late, ilineoutbreak occurred at 2 o'clock p. in. Toeaday.fbe hutbe lltli. and upon the very afternoon the thirof a 1ty Indian prisoner* In Irona, cn route fromfactunnewbill to WU hita, were due at tbe ageucy. Thechanicprerioua day the Indiau prisoner* had all beencality.notsearched for arm* nod nothing waa founJ exleetedcept a few old gun*, these were taken by thefamilyguard, it being a precautionary measureThe. onagninat trouble during the next day'* irouingprocess. The object failed, a* tbe very nextwhen tafternoon, upon tbe outbreak, nearly everycal It auIndian had aide arms and plenty of ammuniat pre»b-tion ; the first Indian it was attempted to pulway* oiron* upon, demonstrated this fact an 1 broughtover tal-Into requisition upon tbe soldier*. a un--e••hole*'!!«•haodful, oppotiug three hundred blood-thlrs-safetyty ravage*, overwhelming in number*, wellof car?armed for the attack. A young Cheyennemodal]warrior, noted for bis dash and mischief-crcat-and ifIOing proclivities waa selected out from the real.route.the Irona got ready, and while the party dex s. rmdtailed for this work were approaching to perrailwayLbcform their duty , the young Indian broke andto Chiran from the atoekade, and waa Immediatelyfound111.t*f-bred upon and killed by the guird. Thi* waRoute.ll* signal for a your ml fight, the «avage* mao.Thend upon the faw soldier*. hut were held IIImat orthe mhcheck until company M, tfxlb cavaldry w».ulbrought upon the scene, when the Indilime to4^ana fell back ard ran to tbe Sand bill*. aboutrcM «*.a quarter of a uilte away. Here the aoldier-lot boxieaiue upon them and found to thtdr aatonuh.
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The Wichita City Eagle
Wichita, Kansas, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1875
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