New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-14
From Private Letter Ia Chicago Tribune, iNn.
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lOs MiLEs East OF SOUTH rhss Jay =, 1881.


DEAR -: We know You must feel ye-y
anxious about rs by This time, 'cF We 'upPose sou have
heard II The trouble up here dinot8 tho llal, snl
expect tie reports multiplied considerably BY tho
ulie Ties reach you.
Ne have s,rucE hard run Of lack lately although
Arni. Henry. and myself never enjoyed b;ter heath
Ga Univ IL the indians stampedcd ahont SIXTY
head of stock from our train. while they VCrr feeding
about one and hair miles from our camp. iley got
every animal had except tie tao jacks AMI Jenny,
heard OF any trouble among tho Indians Was sboit
Midnight II the 18th; soldiers were passing end
said the Indians had attacked and captured n 'fain
above the day before and murdered sY men ana Nere
m ab,pt U.s. had sec1 sign o. them bot never
tseloss We gathered ia stock ana guarded II wei
ill dahl gh and about O'Clock We tVrned thein ort To
krss sad about d. ~. the indians came on, " The
hs near by and got within low Feet OF u" men on
Guard bel0re thev were discovered. Henry was ont
yith my stock and also the other man that was win
ne lad been on guard AL night. and had i-o down
by tie wagons t. sleep ~
,yLen sent the stock ont put long rope on Kitty
"A ivoito narc) aud told him not 10 let ~ oEi but Il
there was any ainrm danger 10 monDt her ana ooo
T. NE at lie had lutt got or The fecdlug frOu
and ..t down on The grass TO rend his bOcoasin with
tie rope In his hand. when he hoard Eorso g1hopiIB
il tie direction Of our camp he ookca up ana st|
al Indian within few feet OF HIM The Indian yoheu
ava scared tho mare she broke the rope ana away sac
vert with the reat II could have got tho mare. Win
her ard rite could have recovered tas whoe o my
sock la fow hours az there were on.y about Ten or
frsot 10 take their rcyoers and there was bnt orc
revolver oct at the time The man who hadn't 5inl TED
II =. Them but does not know IA he done eny damage
me other boys .an into the herd and tried 70 head them
tie CAMP and OF the teansiers sot Gu arrow into
lis hip pretty badly. but In now nearly Wen.
Weiy there, where were. Ill tneio were near nvo
hundred wagons cope up. AID about ono hundrcu ana
len soldiers and the 18th we moved up To crack
s,,ut tsn miles where could got plenty or water,
and qy there two days for the military to foo around
and do nothing. They could have aaA two huadIed
~. ma hun 70 III -
and ,wo haunted howtzers and the trail perfectly
main 10 follow but they would not so. After waiting
iyo DAYS the creek. we moved up to Deer CreeA,
twenty miles military station and telegraph office.
The emigrsnts volunteered their teams to move our
Wagons to that point thinking We would be safer there
thnn on the road On reaching there, Capt GnDger
and uyscf earned there had been train " SIX wagons
a.d slty loose males let there that morning for Salt
lake Capt q. is the men Who owned most of tbs
train We were in company With We mounted cou.
pic OF mules aad started after them We overlook
night will tlo and they sont back lbIty.one mules
10 help u. they had already picked ~ asoUi aAs~a