Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-09-10
The Fight on DEVILS River.

The Fight on DEVILS River.
From the official report of Lieut.. John
B. Hood, of the I'd Cavalry, we extract
the following account of the late affair with
the Indians on Devils River:
"About one mile from the trail l discor-
cred some two miles and half from me,
on ridge, some horses and large white
flag waiving. then crossed over to the
ridge without water, supposing they we're
party of Tonkaways, as instructions had
been received at For: Mason that party
or Tonkaways had gone to their families,
and the troops, on their raising white flag,
were to allow them to pass out. ad-
rvanced upon them about an hour by sun,
with every precaution, ready to fight or
talk. They were on very small mound,
but only some ten Indians in sight. l
advanced, and some five of them came for
ward with flag, and when my party were
within some thirty PAGES they dropped the
flag, sci fire to lot of rubbish they had
collected, and about thirty rose up from
among the Spanish bayonets, within ten
PAGES of us, with about twelve rifles, and
the rest with arrows: besides, eight or ten
attacked us mounted with lances and arrows.
My men gave one yell and went into
their midst and fought hand to hand; the
Indians from their heavy fire, beating us
back little until rallied my men with
their six shooters. We being within four
or five PAGES, our shoots were so heavy
that we drove them back. One of my men
| hung his rife on the cantle of his saddle
to use his six shooter, and an Indian took
it off, l forced them back until all the
shots of my rifles and six-shooters were ex-
pended. l then found that could not re-
load owing to their deadly fire. Ifell back
short distance to do so. If had had
two six shooters to man l would have
killed and wounded nearly all of them. In
the engagement killed nine and wounded
ten or twelve, regret to be compelled to
report my loss one man killed, one man
missing, supposed to be killed, ore man
dangerously wounded, myself and three
men severely wounded, one horse killed
and three wounded.
After the engagement l had but eleven
men to protect my wounded men and hor-
ses. l then withdrew to water, which l
found at about ten o'clock at night. i'm
mediately sent an express to Lieut.. Fink,
sth infantry, commanding Camp Hudson,
for wagon to transport my wounded to
his camp. So soon as my wounded were
cared for, Lieut.. Fink cheerfully joinad
me with fifteen men, and we proceeded to
the place of action to bury the dead, and
make search for the missing man, but no
traces of him could be found. From this
place the Indians had scattered in all di-
rections. Owing to my small force, 1 was
unable to make any further pursuit From
what my guide says, l suppose they were
Camanches and Lipans. There were two
chiefs; one was killed by my sergeant"
THE HARVEST IN EUROPE AND THE HEAT
Europe seems to have been visited with
one of our old-fashioned tropical summers,
with the thermometer we'll on to hundred.
The effect there has been to hasten the
harvest couple of weeks earlier than US
ual, and to produce fine crops. The Paris
correspondent of the New York Courier,
writing on the 9th says:
"There have been few fluctuations in f.
nancial matters since my last, but IAN i'm
portant decline has, in that interval, taken
place in the prices of cereals as it is now
the fashion now to term a fall in the Corn
Market. This, as you will surmise, has
been occasioned by the now certain f.
nest harvest during many years proceeded by
the continuance of the finest weather we
have known in this country Except in 1914
but which indeed, has been accompanied,
throughout the continent of Europe, by
heat so excessive, not no living man has a
recollection of its equal. In Paris this has
been especially the case. We had, for ex-
ample, the day before yesterday, 95 de-
gress of Fahrenheit in the shade.
"The vines have progressed marvellous
ly under this bountifnl dispensation of Di-
vine Providence. The vintage, which pro-
misses to be effected within a month from
this time, will it is hoped, prove the finest
and most abundant since that Of the com
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