The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-08-16
FIGHT WITH INDIANs-TERRlBLE
SUFFERINGS.
From the 81. Louis Republican. Aug.

The Ell Paso mail arrived here this afternoon
AT o'clock, and before | had time 70 read
Henry Changers letter, the other came IN from
Independence. / will FIRST briefly state all OF
Henry's Indian fight. Dave Rinehart was
| sent to Corilitias with a stock OF goods,
amounting 10 $4,000. lie sold the whole for
$4,000, aud ran away with it. As soon as
Henry heard this, he left after him in hot
pursuit-caught him, and on returning, at
about forty-fve miles this side Of Corilitias,
| four of them (the whole partyl were attacked
| by band Of sixty ella Apaches. They sue
ceeded in taking possession Of mound close
by. In the frat charge of the Indians, the
| mules were all taken but one, and Grand Jean
| desperately wounded in the thigh, while en-
| deavori ng to save his riding mules. He tell,
| and the other three men run out and fetched'
or dragged him up to the top OF the mound pc
fore the Indians could scalp him alive. IN
doing this, tw of the men e badly woundeo,
the Indians using siugs iusteud OF oa''s'
Night coming on, the lndinns retired OUT ., y,
gun shot of the mound, and built hfes ali
around this little band OF truly courageous
men. They, all wounded but one spent .he
night in feardl anxiety and constant watch-
fulness.
With mornings dawn, hostility on the part OF
| Tho rcd DEVILS was recommended with active
and vigorous charges. AT every charge, they
met with deadly and we'll directed fire from
This little band. On the second charge, they
saw, three fall dead and two badly wounded
On the third charge they came up the mound
within pistol range, and then they dealt death
to them with Colts revolvers. At this juno.
ture they fed to some distance, still watching
them. and with great GOODNESS, commenced
eating the provisions and drinking the water
belonging to this little band on the mound
About 5 p. NJ, the Indians again commenced,
and with determined ambition 10 wipe them
out, lin Indian parlance.l They made acharge
in several places. Ia the meantime, our he
roes had piled up rocks that were handy by,
and form ed broken kind of breastwork on
one side of the mound, and were now in wait,
| their range and thirst having made them despe-
rate. At the fourth charge, the party used
their revolvers as before, with terrible effect
Still the devils persisted, until they, in utter
| CONSERVATION fed. not knowing how they could
| fire so many times, and evidently from one
| piece. In the fifth charge, the man not wound
| ed 10y name MIR. Daily,) had his clothing, even
| to the soes of his shoes, shot and rIdded by
| slugs, but in no wise inj ured except by con
| cussion; the other three also were IN this Tx.
| Henry, at this charge, received slug IN his
left leg, in front, direct on his porte monnaie.
which was at the time filled with dOuboons
| and silver to the amount of $500. This saved
his leg from being broken, but the conclusion
| was SO great as to cripple him completely.
| The Indians again retired, and again kindled
their fires, evidently intended as decoy, Tor
| this was done and the sun yet an hour and
half high. In this movement they were out
| generated. By some means they got log or
stick of wood and dressed il up in a coat, pants
and hat and then lmping and endeavorlng to
| get along made a demonstration towards the
Indians. AT once they charged on them, firing:
down dropped the dressed log, and in the
meantime away went Daily on the only mule
| in camp, tslig htly wounded at thnt,) for Carl
sal for assistance; and before the Indians could
| get back to their camp and make ready TO fol-
| low Daily in pursuit, he was some distance off;
| all this time the three wounded ones pouring il
into them with their rifles. Graad jeans rifle
was Swiss one, and carried an ounce and a
half ball at least one thousand yards.
Night set in and put an end TO hOstilities.-
But the same ordeal of constant guard had TO
be gone over with. the three men, fatgued
and wCrn down with want OF water and prOvi
sOns, their thirst became great that they had
recourse to powder eating, 10 allay their ex-
IRENE dilemma. Then the party, suffering the
most excruciating pains of thirst, belook their
| urine. This of course aggravated the case.
At IL p. NJ, Henry mi,de up his mind to
reach Carrsal or perish. And with this deter
, mination he set out, limping, and dragging his
wounded leg after him; the other two, it seems,
! left soon after, and mode their escape. Grand
Jean, after travelling some distance, felt his
wound commence bleeding afresh and he
seys he was completely lost, and knowing well
his situation, be consigned his soul to his ma.
ker. and fell asleep, as he thought, but he had
tainted. The other three reached Carrisa ,
and soon found that Grand Jean WAS missing
At this, Daily offered three hundred dollars TO
a party OF Mexlcans TO 60 and bring him ill.,
dead or alive.
A party ofsevenleen started after him; found
him insensible about six miles off the road and
brought him. Returning consciousness in
duced him to believe all was dream. He soon
recovered far enough TO ascertain how he was
saved.
Soon the others proceeded ON their Journey
to Ell Paso, leaving him to The care of his sal
vators. He agreed to pay them The three hun
| dred dollars, but they, the scoundrels, put him
| in prison and threatened him with death, and
in this way extorled from him the sum of five
hundred and twenty five dollars and not sat
isfed with this, stole all the movable property
he had, and then started him off out of their
town, still weak from the immense loss of
blood occasioned by the wound in his thigh
He met his boon and courageous companion
Daily with carriage, in which were the two
other wounded men. and he, with the others.
were soon in Ell Paso. He was five days
without drinking drop of water or eating a
morsel of provisions, desperately wounded al
that.
He is now safe in the Paso, but very far
from being well, and is in quite critical situ-
alton. 1t will be some time before he can suf
fciently recover his strength TO travel. As
| soon as he is able he will be up, and then |
| will Immediately embark for Kansas and ST.
Louis. JeaneTet or myself will 60 down by
| The mail 10 the Paso.
| DIsINFECTING LAMA note from a medi,
cal friend reminds US of beautiful, simple,
economical apparatus, for overcoming bad
odors and purifying any apartment where the
AR is loaded with noxious materials. A discrip-
ton of it has already appeared, but the refer
ence, in the note alluded to, has unfortunately
been mlslald. The whole matter however, is
simply this, Take one of any OF the various
kinds OF glass lamps-for burning camphene.
for example-and ill it with choric ether, and
light the wick. In few minutes the object
will be accomplished. In dssectng rooms.
in the damp, deep vaults, where vegetables are
sometimes stored, or where drains allow the
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