The Washington union., 1857-11-18

hoses aud retaFslc 10 the stek the next day but m
the meanwhile, the Indians diperscd.
For the last three days this detachment had no raiions
having been out seventeen 'ash.
| Xxx June n, 1851 The southern column cum
manded by Lieut. Colonel Dixon s Miles-of the Gila
expedition under Colonel b. L. II Bonneville sd nial-
try composed Of detachmenis from companies ~ H. y,
and lst dragoons, b, G. and mounted rnenlen, =.
f. and Sd infantry and and sth infantry with
company OF guides and spies composed OF Pueba Indians
and Captain Bias Luceros Mexicans in all some four
hundred meIaer a march Of twelve days nom the de-
pot the 6ila river, New Mexico came upon band oi
Coyotero and Mogollon Apaees killed twenty -four, took
twenty-seycn prisoners eapturo destroyed all theh
property and .rescucd Mexican boy from captivity
The following named officers and men were wounded,
most Of them slightly:
Ii Drogooas Second Lieutenant Benjamin \. Davis;
Corporal Anderson, ftwice, with and once
with bullet) and Private Donneliy, company a.
sd LgfanfTy Second Lieutenant Alexander T. steen,
Sergeant James Heron, company N. and Pryates John
son and Mcnamara, company c.
Very special mention i made by all the superior
manders Of Captain Richard ). Ewel Isl Dungeons, to
whom the credit is given Of planning the action and
| breaking the enemy.
Colonel Bonneville gives much credit Second Lieu
tenant A. Med. McCook I'd Infantry, for 'the admirable
| manner ia which he managed his pncbla Indians
Great credit also given by their commanders TO the
| following named officers and men
Nodsrsl .Ss.g. Assistant Surgeon John NJ. Haaen
| Ia DJegoas First Lieutenant l. n Moore; second
lieutenans Alfred b. Chapman and Benz \. Davis Ser
gean y. Pishcn, company b; Corporal j. Anderson and
! Priyates Donnelly and r. Walsh company Lance
Corporal w Lambert and Private N. Brewer, OF compa-
! NY ID.
Mounted Rsaeaea. Captain Thomas Claiborne jr., and
Second Lieutenant J. V. ID. Dubois
50 b.faatrg First Lieutenant Vim. ID Whippe and
Second Lieutenant A. T. Steen Sergeant j. Heron and
Private John S, Harper, company X Privates Thomas
Me cNamara Thomas 7. Morris and John Brown, oomIa-
ny Sergeants Dooling and Morrison Corporal halo-
ney Privates Giles, Moore McCardlc. Quinn, Woods
man, Wes and Nnzinhnfer, company r
| sA Infantry Second Lieutenant Henry N. Lzelle
Corporal John o. o'Donne and W. Robinson company b
Sergeant G. Wolpent and Private Mckay, company l.
XXI July 20, ls5T.--A detachment Of twenty four
men of company G, I'd cavalry, commanded by Second
Lieutenant John b. Hood from Fort Mason Texas, to-
wards the close of the fourth day OF fatigung march,
came upon body of fifty Comanche and Lpan Indians,
the head of Devils river, San Pcdro,l and, after
hand hand conflict forced them to retire with
loss of nine Of their number zone chief killed and ten
I To twelve wounded.
Private Thomas Ryan, killed Second Lieutenant John
| d Hood Priyates John Dayit, Vim. w Williams Ihos.@
| f. Tincll, and John }. Kane, wounded Private Wrn,
Barry, missing supposed to have been mortay wound
| ed
XXI July "a, ls51--The mail escort Of one SER
eant six privates of the sth infantry, commanded
by Sergeant Schroeder and wood party Of one sergeant
and six piyates OF the LIST infantry, commanded by Scr
geant Lbbcy, having been attacked at place known ~
the Rpples about twenty five miles from Fort Lancaster,
the road from that post 10 Fort Davis Texas, by
body from eighty hundred Indians, and Sergeant
Schroeder killed. detachment of forty from the lat
infantry Mt Fort Lancaster under Second Leuts. A. Al.
Haskell John r. Sherburne joined to detachment Of
forty the eth infantry from Fort Davis, the whole
under Second Lieutenant Edward L. Hartz, st infantry,
sent against them. The commander placed his
men in wagons with the covers closely drawn, and
marched under the yuiso of provision train The rsc
successful and the party attacked about forty
five miles from Fort Lancaster by body OF mounted ln-
dians supposed to be Mucaero Apaches who driven
back with loss of three Of their number killed and
wounded The troops were unhuIt. The conduct of the
sergeants commanding the mail escort and the wood party
Il ted
| been gallant and judicious
4 XXIH. July 20, 1s57.--Colonel 4. v. Sumner lst
cavalry, commanding expedition against the Cheyennes,
with companies A, b, ID, H. q, and II Of his regiment,
and companies Z, ID, and 9th infantry, after march
with the former of than thousand miles came
upon body Of three hundred Cheyenne warriors
Solomon fork of the Kansas in Kansas Territory, drawn
| up in battle array TO oppose his march.
The Indians all well mounted and well armed,
many of them with rifles and rcvovers The troops ad
vanced steadily upon them they standing their ground
till charged by the cavalry when they broke in all direc
4 tons. They pursued mikes, with loss OF
nine killed Number wounded not known.
Colonel Summers loss Private Martin Lynch, Of
company A, and George Cale company G LIST cavalry,
killed First Lieutenant James T. ID Stuart ls cavalry,
severely. though not dangerously wounded; First Ser
geant George c. McEoWen, company ID, Private Franz
Plot company B. and James M. Cooke, company g. dan
gerously First Sergeant Henry b. Robinson, company ii,
Prvates Francis f. Freer, company b. Roilin Taylor,
company E, and Thomas Wilson, company d. severely
and Private Alexander wilkey, company B, slightly
The troops on the 3Ist of July took the principal
town of the Cherennes which had been abandoned,
tanning hundred and seventy lodges and large amount
of their property.
| XIV August ls57.-A detachment of the I'd cayal-
nv from Fort Clark Texas commanded by Capt. Charles
1 j. Whiting, with Second Lieutenant James 7. Major.
regiment and Mr.. Dunlap, citizen volunteer af
fatiguing and exhaustng pursuit of five daysdu-
ring which time they twice, for thirty SIX hours,
without water for their horesoyertook aparty Of thirty
or Indians supposed to be Of the party who
attacked Second Lieut. Hood They charged by the
cavalry off from their horses and driven to take ref
uge in wooded ravne. with loss OF two killed and
three wounded. Their horses thirtythre in number
were captured.
Second Lieut. James r. Major and Mr.. Dunlap are both
warmly commended by Capt Whiting
4 XIV September IS, 1857 A detachment of twelve
privates from company L. 2d cavalry, commanded by
Sergeant Charles NJ Patrick sent out from Fort McIn
tsh Texas after search and pursuit days.
upon party Of Indians at place known Santa Caa
| rina one Indian killed and FIVE wounded eleven of
their animals captured Owing TO continued rains the
march was very yet the detachment, whilst
| in pursuit succeeded in making one hundred and sixty
| miles in two and half DAYS.
III The foregoing list comprises butts few OF the eIpedi
tons undertaken by the army within the period mention
ed many Of them, too, highly creabe alike To COM
manders and men, and marked rs well by the yigor
sources and tenacity Of purpose with which they were
prosecuted y the tolls and suerngs with which they
4 we're attended. Nevertheless, special mention of
them Is made 1t being the intention herein to notice only
those where actual conflict took place.
This rule however, must have a marked exception
that Of Brevet Major T. W. Sherman, Sd artillery, who
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