The Big blue union. [volume] (Marysville, Kan.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-05

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Mr.. Jno. A. Nye writes A long i.t,s, !.
the M Denver -Ms'es, which j, published A. :.
WSb Mr. NySk III M and
sepS hs tn ~ h.ulins 70; h;m Ha
thsnssk- thsif los1lig up Sn.he L;,,,a
Blue a, the time fthe Indian scare, and
abandoned it there We are told -.h,,
part Of it was burned up and part Of !,
was carried away. me Nse groSs YER;
angry in his letter and writes As follow,
But the Kansas militia Who came mn the ,..S
as fA1 a. there was NO danger, ostensablv ~
.hghtthe Indians and protect the road, de,sl.
oped their real purpose, showed out their real
nature, making isSuiaY iSadsf sAoSsss Sas
they werein an enemys countyy, by,oarrv;s.
off all they could pdck da their horsees Thss
took oil kinds Of valuable gooasindiserimips,:I
ly, and destroyed and left to spoil much tb.,
but for them, would not have been much hs,m1'
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eeoI speak of things that know, and testf, ,,
What IL have felt. have seen horses lOaasS
down with sacks Of monkey wrenc Ls, and laS;..
6he shoes; strings Of boots and drvoooSs
|en,ugh to make one endorse q possible 49,
stion that such men are not even the peers =;
those who sacked Lawrence, or who led tho n
dians in this bloody work. If any Cbr;st.;n
should pray that lightning should strike A..
man who will ever travel by way Of Marysyili..
to or from Colorado again, hundreds Of thoss.
who have suffered, will say Amen.
Now Mr.. Nye you 60 too fast. Jus,
retain your linen and keep the fever
down You have said some pretty hard
things about Marysville and the Kansas
militia and without just cause. Nobody
doubts but whs, you are bold brave man
and have been greatly outraged. Butt
you live a thousand years and 6ud ont,
more of the facts of the case you will see
how foolish the letter il. Come TO Marys.
vile sir and enquire after your property.
Nobody will hurt you. but on the other
hand the citizens will render you ali the
assistance and information possible to re.
cover anything that may, belong to you
OF that any other gentleman may have
LOST. upon the road. We sre 10 earnes.
and politely ask you to come, and take our
word for it no one will or wishes to harm
you. We recently learned where there
are some valuable goods taken from up
the road, but they are not in this section
of country neither were they taken by the
militia. We will give you information
about this or any other properly that nay
come to our knowledge.
!, The militia companies from Marysville
took no property at all that was abandoned
by freighters. A few dollars worth and
only a few dollars worth was taken BY
some other companies Of militia but il
was not taken with the intention of steal.
ing, but more for the purpose of saving It
and if Mr.. Nye or any other man Who has
lost property that Is in this section and
will come after it they can get ii.
The following is . list Of the killed,
wounded and prisoners of the Cd KS.
Militia of Topeka, who were lost in the
battle with Price Oct. 22d.
p KILLED.-H. C. CoyilIe. Dan. Hanley,
Nick Brown. L. Crenn, Harry Young, NJ.
Martin, NJ. d. Race, Lieut.. Col. Greene,
Saml.. Allen, ;, W. P. Roberts, Eagle B.
Springs. Gerald NICK nown, Rake, Charles
Budd, Chapman, Tanner, and two others
unknown.
WOUNDED Thompson, John
Bronmer, NJ. B. Crawford, DR.. Neeley,
Captain Ross Burns, Flick, Capt. Bush,
(seriously,) Lieut.. W. A. DeloDg, DR..
Capt. miles, John P. Green,
John Ward, Davis, Fultz, (dead).
PR1soNERs.-G. G.. Gage, Link, Foil.
ansbee, Fitzgerald, two Mackeys, j. An.
1erson, Ewd. Pope, ]. Kline, Levi Will.
ans, z. D.,Smith, Holman, Capt. Hun.
DON, Serg,. Williams, ~ Nelson Young,
Lieut.. Wyckoff, Lieut.. Higbee, Lieut.
Reeder, @, NJ, and about thirty Others.
The Essespss sssys Il sMasning voluntarily