Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-17
WASHINGTON NEWS And GOSSIP

WAN w AeAnouUofeu, VIC presented the READERS
OF the Star with aR account of this battle, from
the pen Of q subscriber residing at Fort Atkin.
son, on the Arkansas, In the heart of the In
dian territory, his account being made up
from the representations of the defeated party,
numbering two or three thousand souls, with
at least twelve hundred warriors among them
who had participated in the fight. This morn
ing's mail brings US another and an equally
interesting account Of the same great Indian
battle, written from the heart of the Sac coun-
try, hundreds Of miles distant from the point
at which the first was penned. This last may
be called the version of the story given by the
victors-the Sacs and Foxes. Our readers will
permit rs to say tina. the prompt reception of
these two faithful histories of this important
battle occurring away of-on the Oregon
trsce-in advances Of any detailed publication
concerning the affair in any other journal,
shows that our efforts to perfect system
through which We shall be able to present
them with accurate accounts of every thing
Of general public interest occurring any where
in the United States, are being crowned with
complete success. Though the Star has not
been fourteen months in our hands, We long
since obtained for it the reputation of being
the only Journal in the United States always
sure to be full Of interesting and perfectly 70.
liable Washington news.
Tho account Of tho battle which our sub.
scriber and correspondent in thu Sac country
sends US, is a. follows:
INDIAN TERRITORY,
West Of Missouri and south of Kansas,
august 2, 1854.
Some Two or seven weeks since about one
hundred young men of the Sac and Fox tribe
left their agency for the purpose of hunting
buffalo on the plains, in order to get something
for themselves as we'll as those left behind On
the lst Of July. when this par = was about
one hundred miles west of Fort Riley, hey
were fired upon by about one thousand Indians
composed of the bands of ComaDches, Arrap-
ahoes, and Osages. The attack was made Oh
them In dastardIy and eowardly manner,
party of the assailants first coming forward
and shaking hands with the Sacs and Foxes,
thereby inducing them to believe that they
were friendly, and had visited them 10 tn at
spirit. After shaking hands, another party
rusfei forward and commenced a general
shooting on the Sacs and Foxes, who had to re
turn their shooting in self defence Although
the odds were ten to one against the latter
hey drove them from the ground, killing about
sixty OF their men and about one hundred
horses, mostly American, which arc supposed
to have been stolen from citizens of the United
States in crossing the plains. The Sac. and
Foxes 10 five men killed, and four wounded,
all the latter being now at home, ard N a fai r
way of recovery. They the Sacs and Foxes)
arc greatly excited at the cowardly treatment
this portion of their young men have thus ex-
perienced- They appear to be more excited
against the Osages th an against the Comanches
or Arrapahoes, the former being their neigh
bors-that Is, occupying the arst lands lying
south Of theirs. Tney had visited each Other.
and appeared quite friendly 1t seems at
present likely that the Sacs and Foxes will
take their revenge on the Osages as soon as thu
latter return to their homes, though efforts will
doubtless be made by the Indian and War De
. catastrophe. The Sscs and Foxes have the
reputation Of being "good fighters" and 1t
will be unfortunate, indeed, to see them, backed
as they would be BY ota er tribes, eogae cd in a
general Indian war upon the western fl ntier
They, (the Sacs and Foxes) in the engagement
above described, were under the command Of
two Fox Ir dams, who showed grea. skill and
bravery in the conduct of the battle, as the
result proves.
Pensions and Bounty Lands.-The most im-
portant change made by Congress at it. last
session in the bounty lands and pension laws
was one granting bounty Ia nds aud pensions
to widows of deceased soldiers, if they apply
during widewhood, whether through the death
Of the husband performing the service, or any
subsequent husband. Heretofore, in case of
marriage after the death of the husband for
whose service the application was made, the
law forbade the allowance of tho claim. As
amended, the law now gives the land or pen sion
or both, as the case may be, to those whose
claims were thrown out ON account Of second
marriage, in case the applicant has again be-
como q widow, and is now one. The only
widowhood requisite, is that she must be o
widow at the date Of her application. This
fact is important to many thousand poor
widows, and, We trust, will be republished by
all our contemporaries.
The Twenty per cent. Increase Of Pay tt
the Clerks in Washington.-As the account
ing officers Of the Treasury copstrue the Law
amending the Sd section Of the act civil ant
diplomatic billy approved March Sd, 1853
which said amendatory act was approved
April %, 1854, any clerk or messenger EN-
braced within the classes whose pay was raised
by this bill, is entitled to the benefit Of lit
provisions, provided he was thus In publ,
employment at any time within tho fsca
year 1853, whether before or after the pa,sas,
Of the anendatory act, or both.
Increase Of the Pay Of the Soldiers ant
non Conmissioned Officers in the Unitet
States Army.-The following General Or
ders, No. H." dated Angus. 11th, hare jus
been published by the War Department.
1.-The following law of Congress in relaii,,
to the military establishment is published
officially to the army:
| AN ACT 10 increase the pay of the rank and file O
the army and 10 encourage enIistmen,s.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o,
| Representative O. the United States of inner
yea IN Congress assaulted, That the pay o
| the non commissioned officers musicians anG
privstes of the army Of the United States
shall be increased at the rate of four dollar,
per month, and to continue for the term OF
| three years from and after the first day of Jan
usry next, and until otherwise fixed by law
SEC. 2. Aiad BE- 1t further enacted. That
every soldier, who, having been honorably dis.
| charged from the service Of the United States
shall, within one month thereafter, re-enlist
shall DO entitled to two dollars per month in
/ additiO to the ordinary nav of bis Grade 70,