The New York herald., 1863-07-22
GENERAL BLUHT'S NEW COMMAND.
Details Of the Recent Fight In the Cherokee
Settlement Of the Indian Territory.
COMPLETE ROUT OF THE REBELS,
As. &C.. Go.
Dur Cherokee Nation Correspondence.


Our Cherokee Nation Correspondence.
HEADQUARTERS. ARMY or THE FRONTIER !
cAsIS CREEK, CHERoKiE NATION, July y, L 163.
.kopemcns Of General Blunt-Ea Rote for the Eaemy-
Bottle in the Cherokee Na,ion-Esqagement Betv en-
Union Fbrce, Whies, Negroes and Indians, and tie
Rebels. 1exons ana Cherokee HaHbresds-Deserae Valor
Of Our Negro Soldiers, &c, &c
MAJOR General Blunt, with eight companies cavalry
under his command arrived this point today ON the
way to Fort Blunt This encampmept is on the banks OF
small stream, branch OF the Neosho, or, as IL is
called in this region, the Grand river IL was the
scene some days since of sharp engagement be-
tween Union force, Colonel J. NJ Williams First
regiment Kansas to.ored Volunteers, commanding that
regiment and the Second Colorado Volunteers, with
detachment OF cavalry, escorng train to Fort Blunt
and rebel force Of Texans and Indians under Colonel
stsndwaitie, q Cherokee halfbreed.
The particulars OF the affair about foows-A
supply train, consisting OF two hundred and eighteen
wagons, containing subsistence &c for COL Phillips
mand on the Arkansas, and number OF sutler wagons
with asubssence train for the Indian refugees numbering
In all about three hundred wagons left Fort Scott about
the 25th Of june II ted by two companies OF
che Wisconsin Third cavalry, under Captain Moore who
was In command OF tho escort companies OF the Ninth
ksnsas cavalry under Captain j. f. Stuart ono company
oi tee sixth kansas cavalry, aud two companies
risscd Tor the latter regiment, but mustered new
cavalry organization the Fourteenth Kansas Volunteers
IDS, with two twelve FOUNDER howt2ers, constituted
tho tram escort. They nothing remarkable
between Fort scott and Bax,ers Springs Here
they found tho First Kansas colored infantry,
Colonel Williams. with section 4 the Second Kansas
battery and six companies of the Second Colorado voun
tocr infantry, Lieutenant Colonel Dodd waiting TO move
with the train. Colonel Williams the ranking olHcer
assumed Command Of the force which reached 10
eiecve s,reglh, to about Thousand six hundred men
and 1ve guns.
On the 18th Of june advance guard came upon
soootng rafty Of thirty men from Siandwate's cim.
inAnd. seven miles The place Of this encampmept
Aen.k ensaTenent onsucd n which the rebels lost
shcd an wounded The p4rty consisted OF texans and
Indi~ns cloe v illiams Informed by the wounded
prisoners that Sandwaitie with ono thousand hun
oreh mev, Was encampci In strong poson the south
SIDE !" Cabin creek. II being night IL decided
~ encamp tine train ad force. send scouting
Ice thc suemy aDd pres. forward Ia the morning his
Wa done That sening scouts exchanged shots with
The rebel pickets on the moth side II the creek The
wh grcs, swiitness such was the case at this time
fAfv IN The morning u the LIST u July Colonel Will
lam. moved his commaed forward TO an adv .ntagoous
ssition on the prairie oyef okng the creek bottom and
heAr the oense timber. which is "a mile broad,
she MAYOR portion beiog on the north side Of the
brush, and the banks were quite Steep Be.
h,na TINS the rebels we're posted The train con
s~sisdi ana Cot Williams, with eight compane Of the
fsi kapsas clorcd, four Of the Colorado and
persn d the cavalry and the three howtzcs moved down
WaB
ployed. was found that the north side was c,ear
~ rebrl- On reaching the ,nk OF the G. eek 1t was
feana lspssieie 70 ford. the curren, being very
s~fs and The enemy being strongly and adyantA
posted.
rhe were ordered IN position, and for a
eeape o. hours tie rebel position shelled II
simast pos.ne 20 discover iorce except by the
sn'ercaaaee ~ muskesry between the skrmisners.
Nothing decisive LAT day, In the course OF
which reinforce. by detachment from
ss iedMn brigade. under Major forman. Of the Third
eeslcn nanhcgns Aye hanc ed men and one howitzer
lsl I'm tn lho fratu
kAriy on the morning ~ the I'd Tho attack
snen. 20 on standwatIe's p'.itbu Colonel Williams,
ef shritug the cnenyk lines formed the coiorcd regi
"snt sr ave comsanies of the Colorado second ard
psriar tn caval y. dl-ouused sk,rmshcrs, and
and aerloytnr 70 psr~ut order tho opts,site NIX
and chsrFns upon and utterly uting thu rebels.
40 brush wa so Dense the, made good their
sscar~ With the met u their wounded.
~ers s~aaasd leo o. ne colasada sccana one indian
kied sno wonadca aud fifteen of Capt stuarts
white and Indian sadhrs klcd MAJ. Frman. com.
sasndfng the indians thes wounds,
nene q .hich are dansere1s and IN AL about thirty were
~mnded The eaemy had every adyantaee a position,
I'D thsy had bad artillery, could have maintaaed
themselves ,li their rellisrc rcefn-nis arrived
ffam pfisoners I'd wiiia.ns cafned that about one
thoo~And Ave hundS.d detained by hign
~sser ai The crsnd river, sent ~ reinforce
sns.nps eommsnd Fort Stunt b. ia need Of sun
ens Nso fearing thal the cd rebes might rally On
shese reialsoonen,s he dese mined push forward
sh, fost sxty mias as mt, quickly as possible
This lone. ana cara w return tram that they
reaehr lst Nibai f4faher encounter and ~ safety
Al tho~e N the ret m tram lrc--nt az the Cabin
hln unite IN lrasng the daring courage ot our
sr.oy~ crossing tho stream under The enemy's nre
a. scis, 40 thcy acafd prais~ 10 the vaior aud dis
epns IN Negro solefe whose dFil, nprai AID etaa
tas aimirann q al bo come 10 contact with them.
THE rode moantan msa ADD miners OF tho second
ulurmdo While the march. Inclined to
a tss 'nigTers !" but after the exhibition
they ~ilne.~eo of their cmuoss a accrd
u.ros eft ~ place In the racks iii compelled 90 DO
Ny sheer exhsIAiloD uns black sergeant. terying
viii the skfrmmberr. sesereiy wounded IN the leg
. bal pass4ng thfong4 tse CT. lie bound " ~ y sto
the hiund nj uzntsnef tis liace iai.ng aud nrsng
s~ aNy t severely wDuDaod IN the hand Lven then he
aia return camn ui, a. he pbrssed u, "Dat d.
land rpt mighty siif t'xe couldn't ure a."
No setser eysdeace ~ plpe of the reg
mont ceud BE- lsand than lutte Tact related by one OF
ths -ul,ers Ne onmpelrd 10 move Ils wagons 10
that au of The train which would c9me within the lines
the ..of b0ys hut tnry inanuraed Acynflste sys
ten ~ piandef rtey " "Jsyhaskrd' the suffers un-
m.rcifuly. Ny informant stated tnd he hsf no such
htue AncacLu Occur alter camping with The negro req
Is. train arrived and was unloaied At Tor, Blunt.
u tsms lar its rsiaTn ~ Fef Scott The ascort con
sets tour csnpsn.ck ~ The sixth Kansas which has
bscn aons yasaasn ~ith ool Ih,ps. o~,ng 10
sn.cessu r1 of h~ rehel forces ARE portion q their
siacx They moving h. tort rcat, and vii
y rsmsan ssa m,asa.-,sl, r,.n 'ss .e.sra M's as
a tse Nlnth AsasAs h-sos formAa sso being 70
frovra north
esssra iaaui -n push orvard % the fc's % morrc~;
tr kan@-s sna ~. The snsmv oaitss, d.d
he dss MT rkorsas@ Tho had reached Fost niant
shni tne sietws y western kfxsns~ The neid
sxsn aua ~ were y b. - 70 sas' etory which
hss = Iuefrea o. esrnsrs OR hestlasyters
~ia to a Mdvanosl iF M ArkAnss ~ithia ten days.
NEWS FaDM FORTRESS MoNR0e.