The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-05-13
Er21 the Ninth.
Re The following is an extract from

Last Tuesday. about halt of the men
whom we have here started for point
80 miles from here TO break up jay
hawking band Of desperadoes, and on
Friday evening messenger came in
after more help. Our men had been
fighting two days, and had taken about
80 prisoners, but they had got out of
ammunition, and the rebels had got them
surrounded. Yesterday morning all the
men that could be spared from here went
out, and what the result will be time
will show. Some settlers came in last
night who said they had heard cannonad-
ing yesterday morning. which makes
us the more anxious, because we know
that the reinforcements could not have
reached there-but we hope for the best
This place is not guarded very we'll now,
but | do not think there is any danger
now here.
Two men who have been acting as
guilds in our army left here last Wednes-
day to go to their families, having heard
nothing from them for some time. They
got home, and while putting their
horses in the stable, some rebels came
out of the brush md took them off about
two miles and shot them. This is the
way things are carried on here now, and
still our government and officers are
taking men every day and swearing
them and letting them so.
again sit down to write. l went
down town to get some beef and bread,
and found that the Doctor had got some
teams to take some OF our wounded
away, and so had to get some rat;ons for
them. We sent Is Of our regiment
away While l was down town 8 cavalry
came in from the scouting party. They
say our men whipped the rebels out
yesterday morning, and were still in
pursuit. These three were fired at, when
coming in about 3 miles from here by 8
rebels. They killed one, but the odds
were too great, and they spurred into
town. These guerr!las are getting quite
bold, but think we will soon be out of
this place. The quartermaster has had
orders to press every team that he can
find into service, and send the sick and
wounded away as fast as possible. Fiji
teen teams were started to-day. Our
ambulance went yesterday with of our
men. SO we are getting them away quite
fast. The Doctor thinks we will 90 to
the regiment in week or ten days, al
The farlhest.
MONDAY MoRSINc-Great rejoicing
here yesterday afternoon. Our scouts
came in. They have been out six days,
aud have been skirmisLing every day
since they left, and have been in one oil
the worst nests of cut Threats there is in
Missouri. They brought in 81 prison
ers, and lost only 2 men killed and one
wounded. Our force numbered only
goo, and it TOOK almost one-half Of them
to guard the prisoners, who were con.
stanlly trying to get away. because, ac-
cor1in0 IN Can H.iIrcv'c orlar III
March 70, they are subject to be
hung. The butternuts calculated tc
attack our men yesterday morning, bu
when daylight dawned our boys were
about | 5 miles on their road TO this place,
thinking it better to make sure of what
they had got. They got horse and gun
with almost every MAJ taken, and sever
al wagons. There is about 700 or 500
of the gang. about half of whom are
Indians. Our men killed two ofthe Red
Skins. They wounded one and one o.
our men started up to him, when the
Indian drew his revolver and shot him
dead This SO exasperated our boys
that the cavalry put about dozen balls
through him and cut him to pieces with
their swords.
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