The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-17
OUTRAGKs IN SOUTHERN KANSAS.
The Bloody ChePokees Commence their
Rlel1tann Work.
EIGHTEEN MEN KILLED.

.-.r4 HelltoO WOfks
EIGHTEEN MEN KILLED.
Sixty Families Driven Fl ON their Homes.
From the Lesvenworth Conservative, Aug. sth1
From Mr.. Avery I. Spencer, Of lola, Aller
county we have the following account Of the
wholesale dsstardly outrsges on the settlers o
our Southeastern border
Mr.. Spencer left Humboldt, Allen county, or
Tuesday night to procure assistance from thu
Governor. The days we're so hot be travelled
only ny night, reaching Lawrence yesterday morn
ing !, It not being in the power Of Governor
Rubinson to render the aid desired, Mr. Spencer
in company with Mr.. Smith, private secretar.
of the Governor, started for this city, reaching
here yesterday afternoon. "a. ~ 3
Upw .rds of sixty families from Cherokee ire
Gently McGee) county on the Cherokee Neutra
Lands, have within few days reached A|ler
county, having been driven from their homes BY
a band Of Missourians, Aikansans and Cherokes
Indians, unler the leadership of one John Mat
thews, q we'll knoEn trader of Timber Hill, in
the Usage nation, some eight miles from our
south eastern border. Threats Of an attack on
Hnmbolt, where they had sought safety, bave
driven many to LIE Roy. Cofey county. o..
The operations Of the desperadoes under Mat
thews extended throughout the neutral lands
ifty by twentY,f FIVE miles-aDd almost every
Union fatally in that SECTION has been driven
away. Their houses have been pluIiered, the
greater portion OF their stock seized, and Jthem'
selves driven from their thriving places without
opportunity for a moments preparation. Some
we're SO fortunate as to save their teams and a
portion Of their stock, but they are only the ex-
options Sixtsea men are known 10 have been
brutally murdered. b ~
T, Hnsou p,on had rot III
cred together for selfprotection, but Matthews
came upon them with three hundred men. Re-
sistance was useless and none was made. The
6endisa commander ordered them I'll to be shot,
and but for the interposition of Capt. Miller, of
the Cherokee nation-the only one possessed of
a spark of humanity. the sentence would have
been instantly carried into effect. Eighteen were
permitted to leave, two we're found next morn
ing hanging from . Deighboring tree. 8f,;
Matthew'S command is said to consist of two
thirds whites and the remainder Cherokee Indian
renegades and deeperadoes We have not space
10 narrate the many 6eadish acts Of which Mat
thess has been guilty, his character could not be
backer. His lieutenant, Sam Patten, is refu-
gee from an ArSapsas Jail, to which he had been
brought BY several murders, such as even Ar
kansas could not tolerate. Three brothers
Arkansans--by name of Iizenby, q Cherokee
[ndisn named Vim Cochran, and Missouri
of the name Of Redshaw-every man
,,eeped ii every conceivable crime, are promi-
lent in the band. ,s.a ~
Mr.. Spencer had an interview with Mr.. Prince
asst evening; no determination was reached, and
IN appointment has been made f0r this morning
1t eight o'clock. We ardently hope the Major
viii see to it that terrible punishment be visited
lpon the marauders, and that with all possible
l'spatch. Some of our troops should DO sent
nto the devastated region. gtp
Arms must be sent 70 Southern Kansas, and
he brave hearts and strong arms Of her sons
will make an effective defsnse Of her soil This
asst outrage should be powerful warning.