The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-06-06
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TIE AMERICANS DEFEATED. -
CARSON Valley INA BLAZE.

i CARSON VALLEY INA BLAZE
The last pony express took the i~ntelligsnet
that several Americans had been murdered By
the Indians while asleep at MIXERS Station, OF
ICarsonariTer, some thirty miles, from the settle
ment, qand-also that arious-companies had or
ganizedf at Virginia City Gold Hill and
other settlements in thesi Washoe mines, and
gone in pursuit of the Indians supposed to
have committed the murders. sssseana
- Esubsequently appeared that these volun:
tOfmsby, numbering los mounted men.
On the 18th they came upon the Indians at
a bend of the Quickie river, IS miles north
ward towards Pyramid Lake from Urquiza city.
The Indians were in ambush at a narrow pass
through which Major Ormsby's party were
proceeding numbering about five hundred,
having plenty of firearms, ammunition, and
500 horses within convenient distance, and
they p fire upon the troops from their
safe .hiding-place. 'Ba 4sf 49, 1G3 Z
+ Major 0rmsby ordered a charge, but the In
dams continued to skulk, firing from behind
the rocks and bushes, doing damage, but suf-
fering much in return. - -
x This condition of things continued for two
hours, when the ammunition of Major Orms.
The Indians seeing this closed upon them
pouring In Telley after volley, killing many on
the spot. The balance retreated, scattering in
all directions. The Indians pursued them for
twenty-five or thirty miles, cutting off many
detached parties.
The stragglers came into Virginia city du-
ring the two subsequent days. The exact
number of killed has not been aseertained,
but it probably exceeds fifty. tsA ss>
Among the slain are Major Ormsby, Harry
Meredith, a distinguished California lawyer;
VIM. L.. Spear, Richard Snowden, William
Arlington, Charles Mcleod, John Fleming,
s. Anderson Andfew Scealled, M. Kneza-
rinteh, John Gormbo, A. 4. Elliott, W. Haw-
kins, George Jones, VIM. Macintosh, and G.
McNaughton. dt8t dftf vIr@- o5sftEA
{ The total known to be killed is Fl; wounded
8; fate unknown, 43; returned alive, 3S.
Wagons have been sent out to pick up any
of the wounded that may be found, and IN
arme1 force, to protect the parties burying the
dead. A2 axe AEAA &C. cAz
No correct account has yet been received
from the battlefield. Exaggerated accounts
of it were autographed to all parts of California
causing a great excitement.
The first report stated that all of Major
Orlnsby's. men were killed except six; that the
victorious Indians, numbering two thousand,
were marching ON Virginia City, determined
to kill all the Americans in Washoe mines, that
all the Indians from Walker river south, to
Humboldt river on the north, were in full war.
paint, and had sent their women and children
into protection, and that while thus threatened
with destruction the Americans in the Washoe
mines had no arms and ammunition for de-
fence. %A'A9A 7ofG g
These exaggerated reports caused powerful
exertions throughout California to send relief.
At Placerville and Sacramento the people
assembled and raised S 5000, and fitted out a
of well-armed volunteers, who started
from Placerville on their way over the noun
tains on the 18th. -
se On the 15th,a150 volunteers started out
from ,DownieVille, and another company from
Nevada. y s5rseE as@3
All the principal military companies in the
State expressed their readiness to embark on
the same Duty .ead.r4F s. xblsg rs
1.-The State authorities promptly despatched
zoe stand of arms with q good supply Of am
=. 70
Gen. Clark commanding the Pacific division
of the U. S.. Army, despatched from San Fran
cisco, on the 18th, one hundred and fifty u.
S. troops, being all the available men in Cen
trail California, with 500 stand of arms, and
100, 600 rounds of ammunition. He also sent
that the hundred u. S.. soldiers station
ed at Honey Lake, should proceed to Pyramid
Lake region, and aid in suppressing the hos
%tilities. ,.@ %
This movements warrant the belief that
there are not less than t~hree-hundred we'll
volunteers from California and 260 u.
S. troops ready for duty in the eastern slope
of the mountains. 8aEr.g t q