New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-20


a, fhe Crossing May 10 1888 )
We arrived az this place last night. no o. c.och.
tina, j. crossed the last wagon 40 llt hClr anl men
fred tie twelfth cannon in conre,- GRAFTON ~ ne event.
Half an hour since Au5reys thirty men ani "a
hove In sight from santa fe. ao1 o. ,ney nier 1 I
ing b, thls place avail mysaf Of tle opportunity ID
dropyou lne. informing yea Of olr "leree''-l'. -i
how getting on. Al in ne coui ny ere Do
and IN fine .p.rts. mere are about ufe AAAdft1 li
dians eucunpcd % Pawuec OK ten % Twelve ml-e-
above this pOint--cOnssiins u Arapahocs lnayenne'
and ki0wa8--anl hereby langs ta-c, "iiA VIII re-
We syr,ved al OFT Mann On the Ilth u F. not no.
eessary % descrbe % yOl IT, style OF f1ac a but
Will sag that it b. bu,t Of mud and logs and iI rude
and unwOr kmaniikc manner. You viii rccoiect that
Capt Peltzer lss year killed number Of Pawrecs in "a
cOwardly and uns0ldierilkg manner That same Capt
Pelfzer commands now 40 the iOri, Col GlPn beng
absent expedition aca nst the Camancncs on Red
River. We were HOSPITALITY received By thc Oihcer-
particularly Capt EnOs, Qusrterna.ter. Whie az tAe
Fort where arrived lu ne morning, MAJOR singer
arrived from santa Re.
The Major who ia apaymasterin the = Array. SAID
that when within Eve miles u toe Crossing he piscoF
cred that the plains were covered with CaHsnches ana
KOWas. about one hundred II whom made an as-aAt
upOu him he his wagner and servant being alone
within the wagon that they fed llayng put one gun
among them, leaving wagon mules ana contents ~
their fate that when biz men came up from oennl
the found the wagon robbed Of mules hs trunk broken
open all his papers gone including some lJ documents
vouchers for S1OOOlO
Captain Pelfzer then urgently requested that our
trains would encamp dt being very early n the day Of
the Fort and be would take some forty men, disguised
- traders five Va ons and q h9wlzer. masked as %
wagon with corn and proceed 10 the river wnerc or
be might ind n sIn and he would give them what he
had long desired sound tnrashing. Yes. De would
cxteTmnote them from The face Of The cartn we sa"
that deal Of yapor was one component part OF tAe
captains material but nevertheless eucamped two ts
from the Fort road expecting % see him and ha
men passing during the forenoon 40 OciocN ln me
afternoon they came up the captain remaining 10 oui
camp the train going The captain during me stay
IN our camp vsp0rcd largely Of bis prowess-said nf
would bring Of the toes of the ndians Gas the
army regulation does not allow scaplngJ
At seven o'clock he departed on his gray mule ana
then commenced this glorious affair. But OBJ how ui
stable al subunary affairs and how easny oO1eo
away the courage Of falstah At eight o'clock the
dread captain returned Iie had seen l'J iAAians tA
tending from river % hls evidently intending % cut
him of from his train As be had no cruppcr % hs
saddle il was continually slipping over the mules hcad
and wishing 10 be- LETT 0n loot be- beat retreat our
H. said the valiant chief had bad good Meet morse
would have tried them. I would have charged upon
them sword in hand.
Ills lieutenant an American, arrived from The iori a
this juncturc and desired 20 on Tut the captain sad
no-you must not, as meye Is graf oGnger however g.
# you pleas and he did 60. About I'D az night tine
train returned having advanced eight miles.
We put the captain aud quart oi whisky % bed To-
eother they being one and indvisbie and al early
dawn he departed for the fort % recount ms wonderful
nunchausen exploits. During the forenoon the hcu
tenant returned having been TO the Iiyer ndn5 eisAy
miles and going into their camp oil luD or 3O loiges
Dawn was apprOaching-hc 90 the nils nhd made
his way home. 20 ended this great and glorious affair
Of Major Singer, Capt Petzer and al his cronics
Now, for the INDIAN side Of the story Two Of them
were ia camp Yesterday evening, and ol their own
accord told W : Williams, old mountainccr. who
speaks several indian tongues, that they were out on
buffalo hunt aud saw wagon standing n The road anh
mules attached that they took of the mules
papers &c aud were ready 90 return them. and would
have sent man o. the fort with them but they desired
10 deposit an with AS for delivery as thc man would
probably return, bat be killed hy Tire co"a} rc
Irr Now II would seem that the plains biacScncd ty
Indians was am optical dcusion to be explained hy
strpes arc dlsrraccd by such men a. pozor and the
sooner they are among thc outs the better.
PS-Y0ung Raven. "a hiowa BIAS iast brought in tho
papers taken from Major Singer The seals are al
broken Tho Indians have also brought o. Welh's camp
all the other property including the Majors uniform aud
sword
These Indians being Arapahoes Chaycnnes, hiowas
and Apaches drsniormcd into Camanchcs by MAJOR
singor) are friendly and have Fitzpatrick as their