Hide Article Text (OCR)
ground In liiiwith »ut ef-»ro*eut M. K.Il3 U-tearthOmahaiaft N jur-foot irenl a-»north-Ve did ttgagecliturday to her .'.vlulljrdrhay.car loadnto tin* there iameniejr, av-rr duy mi, canknowl-ihutml led byarentt' ned oi buek-react,it har* Scdg-» hu»h-Marketiue iron* got rtauy, utiu wnue iue pan7 detailed for thin work 1rero approaching to perform their duly, the young Indian brok*- and ran from the stockade, and wu Immediately Ured U|MHi and killed by the guard. Till* wa* tho fignal lor a poueral light, the »avage» ma-»-fd upon the few soldier*. but were h-ld In check uniII company M. dxlb cavaldry wa* brought upon I he scene, when the lodi-an* tell back ai d ran to the Sand hill*, about a quarter of a mile away. Here the aoldier-came u|»on Cheat and found to their a»foni»h-u»-nt that rifle pit** had been made, and that every Indian took from the -and 4 gun of the beat pattern, and all tho auimutiihon they needed for a protracted fight. The Indian-held the rifle pit*, wounding sixteen Noldhr*. four mortally, while flve Indian-were killed and toll on the Held. How many tvere wound-ctl cauuol be told. a*, they carried the wound* rd with them. The light la*t* I from 2 o'clock till 10 o'clock p. tn. I»urin_ night tin* entire body of Indian*, barring the dead on* *, escaped under cover of tbr**and hill#, and the next morning a company of ra\ airy uai *eoi m |*l|»tiit, *incc which time neilbi r have been li* ard (if, extt|»i by uufoutsded rumor from Lamed. Umt nearly three hundred Cheyenne* had pa-srd that po*t late Thursday night, going north.There i* »UU-onietlung trange In the la« ilui the thirty prisoner* due from Furl MU, In • barge of two companies of cat ally and one «•! infantry, have not yet arrived at Cheyruue. for thi« point, tbcnee to Leavenworth. tliough due last Friday. That the rim vu preconcerted and tlie arni‘ concealed liy other*of the tribe, there In !k r«Miiji for doubt. That it w a* the intent, after -clf-libcration, to ractM tin Indian prisoners duo that utter noon. :i* a part of the genrra! plan. !• alike apparent.What action will be taken by tho government leruairiN to hr m«. n. That the Indian* hare been petted until they are -polled I* a fact patent to even white man on the frontier, many white* have, under the present inideading policy, been made to pny for their confidence lugovernment and Indian promise* with the forfeit of them live*. Hundred* o| innocent women and children have been brutally murdered witnout mercy. bccau*c of too much mercy.The sympathy of the American Indian i» proverbial. Thu latest illustration occur* in eoniic lion With the sad experience of theraitofoilUo1mathetinecrlottie]wahtwlvrl-wareepoian«eretlclinwadgi10Icotcallfo4* Irtci-het*dunitfibHot t lliforelglcigl0*tiforKmIIUI ho *c vlt;Kinrod•Kl•all.•coiIII*werto.-hci
Newspaper Details
The Wichita City Eagle
Wichita, Kansas, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1875
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 19 Jan 2025
Other Publications Near Wichita, Kansas
The Wichita City Eagle
Wichita Eagle
Wichita Daily Eagle
