, 1864-09-10
FROM THE PLAINS.
4 Thrilling Letter Of Adventures
Of an Emlsrant Party.
IKDlAH ATROCI7IES-H4RpSHf AND
. SUFFERING OF THE N0aEy
AND CnILDREH.

1MA&A q 6A AtAAo91e
1o "Aes 1ast o1 5ou1o r'A-' "~s -, @oo-s
uEAh-: We KNOW yon must feel very
1nxious about u BY thIe time, for We suppose you
have hearf, of thr tronhles mn hare amono ,bo Tn,
aA'e 0ea'1 ~ w. ..ono4~o ~ ~. LIZ ~
ulane, aHo expect Anes Ase nulupueo cons1oet-
able by the time they reach you
We have struck hard run OF luck 1atelT, aI-
.ooaeI -@1 s""u "'N'1 "e'a eA'ofeo
oc11ef heaLn tnan now.
On July 14ih the Indians etanpeded about sixty
,.,~r.,.
lee 4boa1 one ana hali malee 1rom our camp.
md 1innev and snecreaed II, pett,nt, them All M
~ ~ ..'' -14 =" hc.-@ eo@N44 ~ w.
1ne Alst We nea1u VI aHs uuuo'e aoaon9 sne L.
dians, was nbout midnight Of the 18th, some SOL
f}lers pe,e naes!ug. and eaid the Indiana had 1t
s..-.1as -
tackea ano csptu1eo uaia ABOVE, me asy before
and murdered Elk men. and were all about us. We
had reen no ttsn Of them, but nevertheless We
a,hcrea IN our stoc,, a,7 us,dcd ~ val IN a,,
3;ob, H. a,on, o,rtoc1. ~ +,rnsa rhara - -, y
grass, and about Ia. III. the 1ndiana came ont Of
,he hills ntar b. aG-e<x within few feet OF the
rcn on n.rd S.1.e1 wire ai-covf red FIonrv
vas out WIN ny ~ ane aleo the other man
tat was with me- ! had been on gard all
night, and hsd laid down by the wazons
to e,ecp, Wien I ec1: the STOCK ont I nut Ione
.ope W n's, '. n'u44's Aale'' aod to'- LII uot
70 eteo o. II, ouf thefe "as Any alarm or dan
lad but just rot On tne tecdine gr,and, aud at at
down on The c1aes to mend h1s mocassln, with the
rope in tis hand. whtu be heard horse galioptng
= the direction Ct our camp. &c looked up, and
The Indian yelIed and scared the mare; she broke
the rope, aud away ehc went 18th the reet. II
could have got the marc, with her and my ride
could have recovered tie vi hoie Of the stock In
indians IN the rang. TIE boys that went ont tos-
sIesoiyeT s ~ T out tat at the lime Tie man VINO I'D il
empt1td 1t ut them, but docs not know a. he done
any cumaee. Toe other boys 1an INTO tho herd.
and tried to head them to the caup and one
Of the teamttezs 70, an arrow into his bio pretty
badly, hut ts Low ueasly we'll N'e lay there where
" we're til thcrs we're near ave hundred Wagons
CONC an. and nt01lt pLr hnntr.d and I'm aCidfe-s
afn on lie I5th We rn1reu mr. 10 = creeE ehont ~,
uiIts. Therc We could cct pcn,r ri xatrr ND
av IL tTo Ss,s for liz miiitaTt, 70 toni n1nnnd
vninniee1s' nrd ihefe xers ov.r mn hnndr.d y
them MD tEo mouate hovitzetr snd ihe e. ftaid n
XIII 1wn dovs an wu' ,a ,s ~Suo a.. nos go
m to De+r erik. 1Erns7 1ni,es tn ,ntii1srv E1v
tint1on mud 1eie.Tsnn f1f}ce Tia em,rrsnts -
1nt ;nEin tac c ;sna 81 nc onf wagons To- thas
tbe roai. o. reacbulr therc C,nta,n (;rsnocra
myetlf lca,pcd lhe-c had ben ,rain Of IL wa,,-
tor salt Like, tCspi. G. IL the man who q" .,w1eS
tie most o; the tfu1u We we're in co:onauy uith !
Ne mounted cocule Of mnies md started af1e11
them. We overlook them at Plato b-id~s.
and tErs tent haek ,enoc Drs1 ncs r. n hen
They lad alreedy picked in about Eeyen Eayons
In the fame fix, ard they ouly had that nianT
animals to %parc When we rot hack In ncer
Creek Station, we found theF mad started nnt
With ;00 soldiers aEd ton dsye' ratioue. to try to
Eecapture the ttocE. We leaf1,cd when we cans
about thirty iu 1umbe1, Lad surrounded a rain Of
three or four wagons SIX neu ana their furnIlies.
p1tfetsine to be friendly Indians, md kept on
WITH them Ior = lev 1ni;ee, and fi.n demanded
theIr supuer The tmipralits were in thcIr no wer
and theselore stopped to comply with their oe-
ns sna as 1asy ws %ak9G h e t.
bo,h cpmmepcc6 10 run on The llrut aInfm and
made their ereepe TO some willow. on he baai Of
station A force was cent ont In the Elorufng and
they found two OF the 1nen there hatly 4oQnded
three children mitainQ, aud The wnrons hnIned nsd
end etock eo1c The! buried The dead and re-.
moved the xou1ded 70 the ttstion, but sent no
ipC M. We took another ROAD which pas,ed ahout
two miles to the right Of the eccue
Near the road we we!e on. Was touud one Of the
rows in htr bouy and scalped. We buried her a.
well ae we could end passed on. That hsppeucd
about fi1een ni]es from the Deer Creek Station,
We found man beslde The road shot With arrows
and strfpned Of all but his pants. He had been
desd / ehould th{lk. about four daYe but We
bn1ied where be Law.
At Der Creek. we found the two wounded men
and ono Of the women cane In tie night before
e rof there. hrtncfpr htr little boy with her. She
DC msoe her eecspe il The night, and had travel
Cd Two nixhss md psrt vi of the list day and came
in tat.. Hrr hnahsnd was one Of the wounded
anu IL Hkej, to reeoyer. Tbs other wounded man
+ eirrie mar,' and ts n,obslJs 3sad befare thIs
Nc lsy u Willie beiofo we moved on, and ior 3
week nIltrthes comrnencca thry we're fteaIipc The
Patie River 5or f1 niss M and ~ no "1 "ne tn .tnn
item, aud tie rm.rnt had r. re,v an ia oTn aTm