The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-27

.Yathenfic Details Of the Bdn Of Sarpy's Point
-Defsat eftAe Troops from Fort Laramie
&C ,ccram nj gsods CaPtxred- Bordeaa's
Nere P.isged.
Sarps', Point, Nebraska Territory,
9 milss E ot FIR. Lsraaie, Aug D., 1854.
editor Of tks Miss,sri Repsbticaa
8 q: An effair has happened here between
the soldiers and the Indians, which ought tn b.
properly natced by ,hc United States ti"vern-
,M-nt. Having been an eye ui,ness TO the
hattie, cnnsider i my duty tn furnish . strict
cccecnt III i and its ctuses, In the FRS place,
on the l7th Of August train Of Nlo-mans passed
this place. II E Ind ans, who were ca,np~d
here waiting FOR their payment from Govern
mens, had no provisions, and were uf course
anxious for something u eat. A the Mormons
wee p,s.ing, lame caw, belonging to a man
il, the rear nf the Norm IN train, became fright
-ned and ran into the Indian camp The Nor
m N leil the COW behind, and 50 one at the
Indians, a Minnecosha, shat it down, and with
his companions, ave II up. The Morsn"ns thrn
went % The Fort and reported that the Indians
had K He'd one of their cows, On the l9ts,
ab ,ut 2 o'clock IN the Afternoon. Lieut. Gra'lan,
with COIN nsnd ii twenty sewn soldiers, and
Au,uste Lu-.en, interpreter, arrived here II
ares, the Indian who had killed the COW.
=
i.ieutea mi and make the arrest Tn y acco.n.
panied HIM, but the lnai,n was no, willing I"
give himself up, sayn. hat he would die first.
While the a. Chief Of the Wiz,zi was
standing with three ether chiefs, the Little
Thunder, the Big Partiz IN aud the Man VIII" l.
afraid OF his Hors,s smnng the soid,e :, tue
L;eu,.n,at ordered his mn to fire IN did
81. and wounded .h- B .ar Chief and his hra h-r
But one round was fired, when The indians ~
turn charged, and succeeded IN routing the sol
dlers, aad killing all OF them with the -xcep -"
OF one private, who il not expected To rrc,.s"r
l. cut. Grsttan aud two 1T hrs men were kill
while siandin by their cann"n, the Lieutenant
receiving twenty four arrows. one OF which
pissed Though his head. As soOn as the sol
disrs saw { cir ,nmander fall. they ,s"k 1"
n CHI. hut were all killed within halt mile at
III place. Tae o. alallah camp was about one
mile distant, and white man named S-y.roy
Lott, was stay ny there al the tune B'ing
Sioux int .rprrter, the chiefs req ,ested him To
stay between the camps t. prevent tie young
men from charging on the soid'ers, hut he
could not succeed, aud barely escaped with his
life.
At nv house we were placed in bid sitna-
ii IN Their were with me, Mr. Antoine Rry-
nal and Mr. Samue lIsmita, with FIVE Others, aud
all we could d. WAS - stay in the house, aud
try to keep the Indians on. As MIR. sas
.t,ndnv in the d norway Of the house, an Indian
rushed on him, aud tiled 10 kill him, when an
other Indian, the Quick Bear, tried 10 kill The
first Indian Tor rushing on q white man-bu'
some one caugh, Qaick Bears gun, aud IT'S
,ntents went into the wall Of the house. ny
this time party had collected outside Oh the
house, who tried TO force .heir way IN, but some
ofmy Fl ends the Quick Bear and others, s'opp-
I'd them. Alter the battle, the Chiefs came in
- IL, tha cCtS.N. ma, n
killed all the soldiers that hid come to fight
the n, they would now go aad slauyht { the
rest Of the soldiers at the Forte, burn all the
houses, and kill all the hites on the river but
! told the Chiefs 10 stop them from so doing
assuring .hem that since the soldiers had CON.
menced the quarrel it would be overlooked by
Government. Bat they then rushed in the
house, and demanded OF me t, give them every
thing that had in my store, to the amount OF
two thousand dollars.
Thc mex. day they went to the post 81 the
American Fur Company, took all the goods that
were sent to them by G ycrnment and pillsged
the store The situation Of the traders al F0fi
L,ram,e il perilous in The extreme. was re-
ouested b. the Commander Of the Fort 10 b1ry
The dead soldiers, since he had not men enough
to det,ch party for that service, and sue
ceeded in doing so.
A far a. know anything about indians,
think that our Government ought to send 500
mounted men, veteran troops, 10 keep the In
dams in subsection; and ON. company OF inian
trv Ia guard the f,rt. Til. Indians in the recent
battle, after killing all the soldiers, broke thei
cannon II pieces, and carried of their muske,s
and ani...als. As tor placing the infantry on
prairie TO Il sht with Indians, is just the same
a. putin. them up a. targets 10 be shot at
TIL are were about one thousand Indians in the
hattie Yours truly
~ JAMES BoRDEAU.
Per SAMUEL SAITH.
Witne - that the above is correct, the under
signed being eye witness:
(Signed,)
ASTnlSE REysAL, SAaL SMITH,
ToFIEL GR,PH, PAUL VIAL,
PErER Paw, ANTONIO LAHosE
Copy Of letter from the commander Of Fort
Laramie TO James Hnrdeau
Fort Laramie, Nebraska, Aug %, 1854.
STA: Your letter of the 10Th haa been receiv,
Cd BY me, and in reply lsay that am unable
N take further notice Al present Ut this uniortu-
rate trsnsaction; and wish you To speak to the
Bear and other Chiefs withlrefarence to the mat
ter Make the best terms with taem you can
for the pre- sent, for your own safety, and the
safety OF others likewise unpro ected in the
cou,;ty / wish you (, use all means in your
power 10 procure the restoration Of the bodies Of
lii ,se VIA have been killed.
T. our ubedient servant,