New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-30

we extract as foiloE'9 from tle correspondence
Of the Leayenworth Times:
or FoSI NIX GEaasE4, .,isss:i Sne 10 $50 5
Denr Tntss-On the 2sth uIt., we left otF camp
on the Arkansas river for Smoky Hill Fork taking
with all seTyiceable horses, and train Of thirty
wagons, to carry provisions for the men, and for
age fes horses for fifteen days scout; the reIaan
der Of the train with guard Ct twenty men, vas
left in camp to await orr return.
Aug. s.-Left camp at sunrise Abont two Inlies
from camp, over g gentle river, we came upon .
party Of 5hirty Indians. detachment OF thirty
men, and 5f1e advance guard, Immediately charged
upon them They Tan them so close that they
were compelled to drep lances, rifles, pistols, bows
and arrows and otbar Indian trinEets, as well az
their saddles, The I7dans soon gained the level
ground and far outstripped us We followed the
trail for ifteer miles.
While hating TO resi- our horses, q paffy of
about fsty made their appearance about two miles
in advance Of us, and seemed very warliae. One
company Of troops, and one hundred OF our In
dians went towards them. The fifty, at Hrst seen,
soon numbered over five hundred. Our Indians
were first in battle two CT their number being
| killed and two wounded. The kioWas left three
dead on the field There is no accurate idea 70 be
/ formed of how many were killed of their number,
as they are nearly all strapped to their saddles.
! When the main body Of troops advanced towards
/ them they retreated at rapid pace. The charge
| was sounded the 1st and 80 squadrons took up
/ the charge, while the I'd was kept back as re-
| serve. The third came upon them Just In tlme to
| pour several volleTs into them. While crossing q
| deep ravne, saw several deop Off Their ponies,
| and large number reeling in their saddles When
| we arrived at the spot not an Indian was to be
| seen-both dead and living disappeared among the
| timbers Of the Republican. AS we gained the last
rise between us and the river, we could just see
| them emerging from fle timber on the opposite
side Of the river We followed after them for about
eight miles north of the Republican, and found that
| we were losing ground, when we returned 70
| where the fight first commenced. Alter ride OF
| fifty miles, We eamped ON branch Of Supper
creek.
/ While we were following the main body OF
Indians another party attacked the train but were
sorely disappointed They lost four killed ana hye
| wounded in return for which they got eight
ponies belonging to our guides. One man, return
| ing from the main body Of troops with broken
| down horse, was attacked by party of eight
4 Kiowas He killed two and wounded another.
He broke three of their lanees with his sabre.
4 While engaged with third Indian, aid arrived and
| dispersed the remainder. His horse was run
through with q lance the man himself received a
the Indians ran was literally covered with saddles
4 blankets, and various other Indian equipments
/ One of our Indians killed has twenty-one arrows
sticking in his body. While returning from the
Republican to camp, several Of the kiowas KEEP
raoping backwards and forwards upon the cres
OF hill, about three miles distant probably tt
take observations of our camp for an attack to
night. Our camp s situated on the side Of gently
rising hill, half mile from the creek. Thus ended
the skirmsh with the kioWas on Supper creek.
Aug. An alarm was raised last night, which
however, proved false. II was caused BY the dis
charge of pistol in the hands os drunken man
he was Immediately put under the charge of tn
guard. A man of Company d tarned up missln
last night at roll call; it is thought that he wa
taken by the Kiowas. We left camp at O'Clock
marched twelve miles and camped on the Republ
!, can Fork. Here we found the horse belonging
u . the missing man, but no traces of the man coul
j be found. The horse was still saddled and bride
Ii and quietly grazing in the bottom. As we PAST
over the battle field we halted and buried the fals
Indians ttwo in number) belonging to our rank
e. The Kiowas had covered over all their dead.
ID the top of the hill, near the river we saw what
peared to be large body of Kiowas, but after
N close examination with telescopes proved to
re buffalo. Eight Kiowas were found dead upon t
banks of the Republican, having been shot WI
poisoned arrows; they were sweled to twice thu
w natural size. Their scalps Immediately to
or off their heads.
I | cam and head towards Fort kearney for a supp
AZ of provisions. Marched over beautiful but watt
n | less prairie distance of thirty-tiye miles, a
~ eamped at water holes, which are Of stagna
m nature. The prairie literally covered wi
,g buffalo on their return to the south. The hills
X the west of camp were SO thickly covered wi
f them that not solitary spot OF grass was Vislp
A. We pass over prairie which has been the scene
p" great havoc amongst the buffalo. All, apparent
a. were in great haste-rifles, bows and arrows we
N fired in abudance. Butfaoes half-sknned and hi
ia cut up, were scattered over the prairie for mile
d. Aug. 9.-Left camp at about 6a o clock march
H. over hlly country for ten miles, and came to Pa
10 river about fourteen miles above Fort kearne
q followed down the stream until within ten miles
10 the fort and pitched camp on the Platte river
"a weather was tolerably cool. While crossing Il
al last ridge of hills, several wagons, going leisure
Il along the road, as soon they saw as, took VI
= fast gallop, evidently mistaking4u for Indians.
n Aug lot is reported here that body of Is
:. Indians crossed the Platte river about fourte
g. hours in advance of us. They must evidently ha
II II been the Kiowas. They had with them 1000 he
A. of extra ponies.