Washington telegraph., 1847-02-10
From the louisville Journal.
GREATINDlAN BATTLE.

GREAT INDIAN BATTLE.
A letter from a gentleman nj Council
Blnlls. dated on the l7lh of December, to
his correspondent in ST. Louis, states that,
on the previous day. hand of tho Omahas
were met by a band Of the Sioux, in the
neighborhood of The Bluffs, that battle
ensned between them. and that tue Sioux
killed SIXTY Of the 0mahas before the con.
ilel terminated.
The following particulars we anl In =
lcfer 10 the ST. Louis Republicans:
at was cold blooded bulehefy of We.
men and children in tho absence Of all The
warriors oil the village. On tho nights Of
the l2lh aud lalh. the letter states, that a
war party of ianeton Sioux Indians de.
leaiad aud destroyed fourteen tribes Of the
Omaha tribe of Indians. located at ltr
time at Woods Bluffs. situated ahoui sixty
miles from this pluee-lielleriew, The
men anl warriors Of the onahas had leli
the camp on a hunt and tho Sioux, soon
altar they reached llte camp. discovered
thai they only had womcn anl children 10
contend with. The slaughter was terrible
--sesenly.lhreo was killed, and nineteen
moHaiy wounded. Two men made their
eseape--one OF them named Jos. Lailuohe,
a trader in the employ Of Ar. Peter A.
Sarpy, and nj the time in charge Of
stock Of gools.
ale ran from tho seems Of blood bare.
aolcd. an1 arrived at Belleview with boil
frozen. Mr. Safpy aud MAJOR Miller, the
present agent despatched party Of inea
"a ascertain The facts, aud they confirmed,
on their return, the report OF l.ailcehe.-
Ihry also reported that five Of the Sioux
Indians had been killed, no doubt stabbed
bY The Omaha squaws. Going twenty
miles luther than The ground al the massa
ere, they found the place where the goods
Of the trader had been divided among the
robbers.
ali seems. adds the letter, that lle Is
against the Omaha Indians -Four or i've
days before this event loak place, one
lodge. camping At Gapanne's old trading
hause. was attacked hy war paily u Ayo.
nas, commanded by the well known ehiei
White Clonj. and four of the men wounded
aid'one woman killed.
la the same number of the Republican
Wa find the following;
1--WE are in possession Of another letter
rom foh Scott. dated on The 10th De.
eemher. describing the exposed condition
of our western frontier. We are told
Of daily ou,ragcs by the Indians, committed
cas-, AMI wesl oflhe Stale line. II, is said
that the osages. returning from their fall
hunt. met the ruinor that their agent had
been robbed Of part of their annuity and
that the remainder had been taken idr their
safety, and deposited ia the bank at Spring.
field, distance oi lj0 miles from the
place Of payment. The Indians caused
the ageniio be arrested, by the aid Of the
civi. law, siIiy.iiye miles east Of the State
boundary line, and ho was permitted 10
proceed only Llier several days detention.
10 secure, bis safe progress to Jefferson
city, he was compelled 10 employ twenty
armed men, in addition 10 lae U. s. ioEee
with him.
1--WE are in possession" says the letter,
"of information that the Sac and Usage
Indians have recently held council in
the Usage nation, the object Of which was
To unite their forces and influence. TO rob
and piunder The whites. possibly under the
impression that they could obtain aid from
Mexico. The government should look to
i at once. Font Scott should be occupied
by troops without delay, because its posi-.
lion makes It most available in queiling
disturbances, should they break oui in the
north, the west or the south.
ave hear, also. that the principal men
ol The Creek nation are sending hostile
letters to the Osages. demanding remuner.
alton for losses which they have sustained
from time to time. They also state that,
il The value Of the property is not returned,
they will rally their forces and take it,
Nolbng but the presence of an adequate
military force eau keep in su9lcclon the
thousands Of Indians now on our lrotnier,
placed there by treaty siipulatiuns, and
those sIipulations violated in almost every
particular"