The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-16

WASHINGTON, September l4-The fol-
lowing dispatches have been received at
headquarters of the army:
HEADQUARTERS, Fl RIDGELEY
August 56th, 1862.
To General Halleck, Commander an
Chief: fcQA o1 "a
l have the honor to report that the
post was assaulted by large force of
Sioux Indians on the Doth inst A small
remnant of Co. b, 5th Regiment Union
Volunteers, and the Renville Rangers, a
company just organized for one of our
regiments of the State, were the only
troops | had under my command for its
defense, and well did they do their duty.
Finding that they could not effect lodg-
ment which was prevented in great
measure, by the superior fire of artillery
under the immediate charge of ordnance
Sergeant j. Jones, U. S. A, which com
PEELED them to eyacuate ravines by which
the post is surrounded They withdrew
their forces and the gallant little garri-
son rested on their arms.
During the night several remnants of
surviving families arrived at the post
in the most miserable condition-some
wounded and severely burned, having
made their escape from their dwellings,
which had been fired by the Indians
The people in the immediate vicinity fled
to this post and were organized and
a med as far as practicable to aid in its
defense.
On the 22d inst. the Indians returned
with much larger force and attacked
us on all sides. The most determined
attacks were on the East and West cor
ners of the fort, which are in the vicinity
of the ravines
The west corner was also covered by
stables and log buildings, which offered
the Indians great protection, and in or
der to protect the garrison, | ordered
them to be destroyed Some were fired
by artillery and the balance by the RAN
gers, under command of LIST Lieutenant
Jones, to whom, and the men nnder his
command, great credit is due for their
gallant conduct The balls flew thick
over and through the wooden buildings
erected for officers quarters. Still the
men maintained their ground. The In
dians then proceeded to carry the post
by storm, but the gallant conduct of the
men at the guns parallized them, and
compelled them to withdraw after one of
the most determined attacks made by the
Indians on any military post. The men
of company C and B, of the 9Th regiment
volunteers, aided by citizens, did good
execution and deserve the highest praise
for their heroic conduct.
Mr.. Myck, of the Indian Department,
and many other citizens rendered eff
cient service. Our small arm ammuni-
ton nearly failed On consultation
with Sergeant Jones, ordered the balls
to be removed from some of the spheri-
cal case shot. Many of the balls fired
by the indians were collected and recast.
ammunition was prepared by a party OF
men and ladies organized for the pur-
pose, who worked aight and day until a
good supply was obtained
The building comprising the garrison
proper, are still up, but they are very
much wrecked. All the out-buildings,
except the guard house and magazine,
were entirely destroyed. Most of the
mules and oxen belonging to the @. NJ
department were taken by the Indians.
We are left with scanty supply of trans
portation. l will use every means>in my
power for defense by erecting barbados,
covering the store house with earth to
guard against fry arrows, which were
thrown with determination to make a
complete sacrifice of everything. 1 en-
close list of killed and wounded Three
killed and thirteen wounded
| Very respectfully,