The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-08-27

ms Against the 1Sth Regiment X.
8. M, These Papers Come Greet
Ing.
From several men, from newspapers.
and from various sources learn that sew.
eral agents Of the Overland Stage Com.
pany have scattered far and wide the re.
port thata company of Marshall County
Militia. under command of Col. f. c
Manning, took from the said Overland
Stage Company forty, fifty and sixty hors-
es, besides harness, wagon, guns, corn,
hay, etc., etc., from their stables at Rock
Creek and at other points, for militia pur-
poses. also learn from good authority
than an agent or agents Of said Stage
Company applied to Gen. Curtis Head.
quarters for an order for The arrest of Col
E. c. Manning and all his men, accom-.
panied with the polite request that's Nam
ming be transported to Ft. Leaveuworth
in irons. This request alone is good evi.
dence that the agent was either fool or
crazy ; the idea of calling upon a Depart.
nent Commander, who has only few
hundred troops at his command, to send
force enough to arrest fifty men of Mar
shall County!
Well, the order was not issued, we pre-.
sumo. Down the road, up the road, ihro'
the river towns, and in the eastern papers
60 the reports about "Manning's thieving
militia" "Mauning's jayhawkers," g.
Now let me tell all concerned the circum.
stances and acts from which all this hub.
bub is created. In the fore part of the
second week Of August news came here of
the Indian outbreak up the road. We'd
nesday parties arrived here with inform
alton, that could not be gainsayed, which
fully confirmed all that had been previ-
ously told. After consulting with the
best citizens of the place, decided to call
out lwo.huudred. of the Marshall County
miltia-ffty from the two companies in
town, and the remaining number from the
other companies in the county. Wednes-
day evening some calls for assistance came
down the road. Thursday morning call.
ed for the fifty men from this vicinity, and
ordered them TO be ready q, noon to march.
During the day messengers came from up
the road appealing for assistance, and rep
resentipg that the indians were coming
down the road, burning every ranch, and
everybody in their course. l
hurried off the company, being anxious to
get off to the relief of the people up the
road, but with all my efforts, well second
ed by the company officers, it was abou,
dark when l had fifty men mounted on
such stock as they had, aud armed with
shot guns, rifles and revolvers started
at dark, marched on steady walk al!
oight, except two hours ha al Hollen-
berg's Station, and arrived at Rock Creek
the next morning just after sunrise. Here
found the stage stock all going down the
road, Oreriand Route being temporaral-
y abandoned On account of the troubles.
Several Of tue ponies belonging TO tie men
had given out entirely, aud | took from
Mr.. Sam Jerome, the division agent, seuea
horses, and one set Of double haraess. put.
ng Eve of the men of my company onfive
IF The horses, aud sending their worn out
stock back; the other two horses aud harm
sss were pu, TO wagon s,andng there for
he purpose Of hauling our supplies up the
road further, as Mr.. Dunbar, who had
hauled them thus far, wished to turn bis
cam back from there with goods. The
agent Jerome was perfectly willing that
should have The horses, and asked for a d
order that he might show the Company
where the horses had gone to, and asked
ne 10 issue n order to mount, from the
stock, ten or fifteen drivers and RAJ chmeu,
who were there. and who wished to accom-.
pany us up the road This refused to
10, telling Jerome that had nothing to
10 with the stage drivers. Friday we
marched to Big Sandy, feeding our horses
,nt of anv hav or corn that we could man.