, 1864-08-03
TROUBLES on TWE PLAINS


The following is an extinct from letter
received yesterday By j. c. Irwin, Govern
nent ftejghter, dated Council Grove July
eth:
Letters were received here to-day from
Creushaw Wbeeler and others, on Cow Greek,
that they had their trains corral1ed, and had
beEn besieged for five days. Their stock was
BILLED whenever let ont to Craze. or for
water, or run of. One train at another place
had lost nearly all theirs. Some ten or twelve
men are also reported to have been killed.
Tie mail stock has been taken as far In as
Cottonwood
The Santa Fe trains above referred to as
having been captured are supposed to be
those Of George Bryan, Ambrozlo Armijo,
Jesus d. Luna, Vincente Otcro aud Lauriano
JaramiIlp. All except the. hrst named lett
Aere on the 5th Of July; They loaded at Ft,
IeayenWorth.
From the Leayenworth Times, July ~
Passengers By the coach last night, from
Topeka, bring the startling intelligence OF
the capture Of Fort Latntd by band OF Plain
Indians, numbering some three or four thou
tand warriors, composed Of Camanches, Kfo-
wxs, Cheyennes, .Arrappahoes and Sioux.
These red devils hare been gathering along
the Arkansas, between Forts Lyon and Lar
ned, during the summer, IN the vicinity Of
the Buffalo range, as is their custom, md
having procured met enough tor their win
ter e1pply, may have taken It into their
heads to attack Fort Larned. get all the sup
Plies Of ammunition, provisions aud blankets
necessary to their winters comfort, rob all
the trains in the vicinity, and retreat rapidly
to the various winter quarters Of the different
tribes. ::
1t is rer orted the capture occurred on Fri
day, but this must be taken for what 1t ts
worth, nothing Of a definite nature having
been received War1antiug the assumption.
1t is asserted, positively, however, that the
T-.3 3tu-r ox1tyVA HHnI ia Il
trains about fifty miles west Of Council
Jusc11os CITY, Saturday, July %. 1867
The Indians have taken all the Government
stock from the Fort, and all Of the suffers
ttock, except two borses. / have not heard
that they have taken any stage stock.
Reports are va4i3us up to last night; no.
nothing definite ts known, more than that the
Indians {K1oWss) had made second raid On
Fort Iarned. Satanta, the Kiowa chief, shot
the guard on duty. They had run off all the
stock that vae out, including about forty
head of mules and horaes belonging to Crane
snd Wieechelvaum. They had cleared the
is only about fifty or sixty miles southwest
of this place, and had captured 500 or 600
nules from Santa Fe trains.
Our regiment of militia, and the one order
ed from Ogden and Manhattan vicinity, are
ordered out. Gen. Curtis is at Fort Riley.
From the Lsarenwo1th Conservative, asth.1
We have but little; additional news con-
csTnipg the Indian troubles In Western Kan
eas. It appears that the Government trains
captured were mostly conveying ordinance
stores to Fort Union. A letter from several
train masters, dated at Cow Creek, and ad;
dressed to the Fioodwood Br1gadier at-
Council Grove, says:
tive hsve been here three days, surround
ed by formidable aud hostile foe, who are
numbering ipdiscriminately every white man
they find. They commenced their depreda-
tions on Sunday last, at Fort Larned, by
running of the horses. The next Was to at
Union-killing twelve men, aud destroying
great quantity Of storca.
They made their appearance at this place
yeetertay, attacking Us from all sides. Ne
rallied our forces and dro1e them back With