Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-20
From the St. Louis Republican, Sept. IS.
DHiAii-S or The BATTLE AT SAR
Pis POlNT-DEFEAT OF THE TROOPS FROM
FOKT LARAMlE-GOVERNMEST GOODS CAP
TURED-BORDElITS sTopp p,rr .cpn


FORT LARAMIE-GOvERNMENT GOODS CAP
TURED-BORDEAU'S STORE PlLLAGED.
SARPY's PoISr, NEBRAsK. TERRtrop,
light miles L. of Fort Laramie, Aug. 81, S4
Editor Of the Missouri Republican,
SIR An affair has happened here between the soldiers
and the lndians, which ought be properly noticed nv
the United States Government Having been An eve
witness TO the battle consider it my duty furnish strict
account OF aud its causes 10 the first place on the 18th
o August, train OF MOrnons passed this place The
in'Ans who were encamped here waiting for their pay
meht from the Government, had provisions and were
OF course anxious Tor something TO As the Mormops
we're passing lame cow belonging to man in the rear
OF the Mormon tram became frightened and ran into the
ihuan camp Ihe Mormon left tho behind and 30
one oil Tie Indians Munecosha shot him down and with
us companions, ate II up. The Mormons then wen, IN
the Fort aud reported that the Indians had killed onr nj
their cows. ia the 18Th, about o'clock in the sr
teruOon, Lieut. Grattan, with a command of twenty.
seven soldiers, aud Augustus Lucieu, Interpreter ar
rived heie to arrest the Indian who had killed the COW
accordingly sent Tor the chiefs TO go with the Lieuten
i,s and make the arrest They accompanied him, bu,
the lndan was not willing TO give himself up saving that
tie wonld die first While the Bear Chief of The ,,
we're standing with three other chiefs the Little Thunder
the Big Paruzin aud the Man who afraid of his Iorse
among the soldiers, the Lieutenant ordered his mo, n
hfe They did so, and wounded the Bear Chief and bis
brother. But one round fred when the Indians in
uln charged ana succeeded ia routing the soldiers and
hus al OF tnen with the exception OF private who
u not expected 70 recover. Lieut. Grattan and Two n,
hls men were kiey while standing by their csupon ,b
Lieutenant receiving twenty -four arrows on of Ubi.
passed through his head As toon as the soldier. saw
their commander fall they took flight but were ali klaJ
within bali mile Of this place. The Ognalah c,mn
about one mile distant, and white man named ssvGov
lott was staying there &C the time Being siouI in
'erpreer the chief requested him stay between the
young men from charging the soldiers but he cnud
not succeed, and birely escaped with his life
Atiny house, We wero placed 10 a bad situation
lhere were with me, MI Antoine Reyna and Mr. 3imue
smith, with I've Others and all could was TO stay in the
house, aud try 70 keep the Indians out Az Mf was
standing 10 the doorway Of the house. Indian rushed Oh
MIN, aud tried to kill him, when another Indian the
Vlck Bear tried to kill tho first Indian for rushing on
white man-but one caught Quick Bears cum snd
its contents went into the wall Of the house By ths
time party bad collected outside OF the house who tried
TO iofce Their way in but Of my friends the Quick
Deat abd Others, stopped them After the battle, the
Che's cano in ms house. aud said az the Young man
killed all the soldiers that had come to eight hem thew
would now go aud slaughter the Of the soldiers al the
f0ri burn all the houses, and kill all the whites on the
tSer bnt tod the Chiefs TO stop them from doing
assuring them that since the soldiers had commenced the
quarrel would be overlook ed by government Bat thee
then rushed IL the house. aud demanded of mo to giyo
them every thing that they wanted. To save our live,
gave them every thing that bad In nv store 10 the
amount oftwo thousand dollars
Inc next day they wen. to the pos, Of the American
fur Company took all the goods that were sent To them
Oy government and obliged the store. The institution
| ,,o,a ,l ' W iV't hlIAne u perhOus IN the eI
IRENE was requested by the Commander of the Fort
TO bury tue dead soldiers suce he had not men enough
70 deiach party for tha. service aud succeeded 10 DO
! AZ iaf o. know anything about Indians think thai
our government ought to send five hundred mounted men
veteran troops 70 keep she Indians in subsection and
one company OF infantry guard the fort The Indians
~ tue recent battle, after killing all tho soldiers brok,
their cannon TO pieces aud earned of their musEes sud
animals AS Tor placing the infantry on prairie N 6vb
with The Indians. 5 just the putting them ut
as targets to be shot at There about one thousand
! Indians Ia the battle.