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timl upon ami hilled by U»e guard. Till* wa-tbo signal (or a general tight, *!*«? *a?**e» nu*». cd upon the few aoldier*. but were held In check until company M. sixth ravaldry was brought upon ibe mcm, when the Indiana fell back ard ran iu Ibr Sand bill-, about a quarter of a in lit away. Here Uip aotdler* came ujk»d them an I f.#un*J to their aatowUh-uient lliat rifle pit- bad been made, and tbit tv try Indian look from tbe sand 4 gun ol lb** bcM pattern, and all Ibo ammunition tbi neeicd for a protracted ighl. Tbc Indian hlt; Id tbc rifle pita, uouudiu^* sixteen aoldlcr*. four mortally, vblk Ire ludiam were kiilol and hilt on tbc field. How many were wound-cd cannot be told, a- they curried llir wound* ml with tin in. Tbc flgtit la-t. f from i o'clock litl 10 o'clock p. tn. Iuriti» night the entire bony i‘l Indian*, barring tlic dead ou» •. caraprd under cover of the sand bill*, and tb. next morniug a company of cavalry wat m nt in pursuit, -ince w hich time iiclUi* r have ci» beard lt;»f. except b) uufounded rumor from Larnod. tbut nearly three bumlrnd C here 11 m* bad pa—cd that pod late Thursday nl-bt. gi~my north.There it tl!l -onielhiag Mranyr In the fj.I bat tbc thirty primmer* due from Fort Mil, in • barge of two companies of c.ivaliv and urn ot Infantry, have not yet arrived at Cheyenne for tbl« point, thru •- i„ Leavenworth, though due last Friday. That the rl*c w a* preconcerted and the aruis concealed l.y other* of theII ibr, tin rv I* ik, r«H#iii f.»r doubt. That it wa-tlio intent, after self-libera 11 on, tn mcun tin Indian primmer* due that afternoon. :i« a pari of tbc general plan. U alike apparent.Wbat action will be taken by tbc government 1 cm a in* to be *ten. That the Indian* l.aro been pet led until they are *|»ollcd I* a f.n t pit cut to every white invu on the Iron tier, many white* have, under the prmenf misleading policy, been made to pay for tin tr confidence lu government and Indian promise, with the forfeit of their live*. Hundred* ot innocent worn. 11 and children have been hru-tally murdered without mercy. bccaii-c of to., much merry.The sympathy of the American Indian i» proverbial. The latent illustration occurs in cou:j« -lion with the sad experience ol tin-
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The Wichita City Eagle
Wichita, Kansas, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1875
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