New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-27
FROM THE INDIAN EXPEDITION
Ru,tIe OF Bnyou Bnrna I'D.

from Orr Special CouesPor dent
CaxPoS GIlsp KiyrE. {. N Aug H. 1857.
While the three Indian Regiments let, ID aud 81
lay in camp at Vol Creek, under directions Of Col
Furnees the ranking commander, Col. Phillips OF
the "a selected 200 men pic ID from the three reg
inents AMI "a seoton Of Capt. Allen, Battery under
Lieut. Baldwin Col. Phillips cent MAJOR Forman
own the west ride Of Grand River with one-Lali OF
he force and the twO pieces Of artillery iPauotl
eunsj. The other 900 men went down with Inn
through Talequa and Park Hill. Talequa IL The cap
tal If tie Cherokee Nation, and is It small decayed
Town. Park I'LL IL the residence Of John Ross
mhose marion IL q beautiful one, Handsomely fui
liyhed with a lawn aud shrubbery, aud "a great
deal OF comfort aud beauty clustered round II.
The desiga Of the expedition wa, inst, 10 check
he Inroads Of the enemy from Fort Davis, VINO
We're expected to deyarlIte the country rOudly,
10 cut oil The thIe. Rebel regiments Col. Winter p.
Taylor fFO.s0m' ,) aud McIntOr IS, all OF whom
had moved 20 the north side Of tie Arkansas. Al
bad been arranged tha. one part o. tue lore should
enter Glbson from the west sde Of Grand River ~
dayli ght the morning OF the @th ult., while the
otter a. the same moment entered from Park Hill.
Col. Folsom rcpLlent, under Col Taylor, to
gether with paIt OF Col Wmtors regiment, and "a
company u white We IN Gibson. The remainder
OF Col. Winters regiment, some 30 men, had gone
up GTdud River on sac morning Of the 2Sth ana
vn Grand River, and made demonstration inst at
dusk Major forman's rear. ~ noon, Coz. lay
Tor, with hIs command. enumerated started up
the Purk-linl road, AID met Col Phillips about :,
o'clock.
The loyal Iudians had been sent forward in three
columns, cOnyerging 10 IL point II few mile. from
Gibson. An advance guard, under Lieut. lIluway,
iau been sent forward t. The FORKS Of the rOad -
rtcOuuOtor. IL wHs AZ this moment hat some 800
Of Iayiors force charged III slope on the advance
guard. Lieut.. iienway vaIDly attempted 10 hold
,hsm III check. The advance guard Was scattered
and fed through tie woods Fired with the hope
oi cutting them OIL, The Rebels hurried on ai!d IA
lbOut L mile IAN INTO Tie advance guard Of the
CENTER which held them IN check lew minutes on
tue lalcqua rond. The heaviest part OF the | zion
force war on the road, and Is these Indians have
the iiirt heutenaIs and sergcaEls Of white oicers,
rolccttd from he noI-cOunlsslOnot Offices OF white
they were thrown in line Of battle and
waited on the slope. ~ timber, Oh tie edge OF the
brush prairie, ior the attack Of the enemy. One
rOinpany Ans Stationed ar q rcfcrye 10 guard the
wagonr and ,wo companies sent round the
back Of the hin to flank ne advancing enemy.
HE Rebel force came on, shouting lhd yelling,
mil they reached wiihig btly yards ol the tlaber
when after v0iley, The UniOnisl3 charged. ~
hey charged the LOYAL Indians gave "a shoul that
mint have been heard for mile. Dsmuycd, tie
iebels wheeled ana fed. They bad fallen back in
opfuson more than & mile, and their forces, scat
cred somewhat by t.or headloDg charge, had
naasod, when Col. Taylor enG.ayofcd t. III Ike IL
tand On a steep backbone ridge that loObn the
iayou Barnard. Here they were sharply asfaicd, |
nd before long part Of the Ranking force came IN
heir rear, when they broke IN all directions IN the
widest diSway. Between thirty hpd forty rTiso,i-