White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-05-12
Correspondence,
(For the Chief,
fosr SMITH, ARKAxsas. AM, E -.

lrof the Chiefly
Foar SMITH, Arkansas. April s ,as,
EDIroR WHITE CLoup CHrrr:-w.' '
the first opportunity since arri,in, here s ~
you fsz notes frsm or Journal s'
We len Tort Scott on. the IA off,.
Our 6snpsny consisted Of Capt. B,,h. 'a'a.
q. Ni Lev. teIl, Of the Iah, cb,nl,;a ' u nd
AfSsI fss orsix non-epnpision.d ofs.. Nc,
sew mpsi f.on the I3th Reeiue,, H'nd ,ss
.vy Mn Dc lsshs with Col. s.su' sua ABOUT
Soesnn4 wssanpea g. fns nisb, ' =. "a
Wood, twelve miles from For. sco,,: . 'g Ny
the march BY six O'Clock mex. uorniD. ''a
.asshed until ssg.. Z: NJ -xisaau, b,l,;aN nj .a'
save about i've minutes each hour. 70 I..
pea rps saWsMapsdt4 ~ ,he,,kh, ,s,S ~ S'
Kinnsys, having marched ,hirt,.,b,.. ~ NC
You can imagine that most of III. - ~"
|biitsfed fsegahd veatl sa6sg InT
The nszs'ny ts marched sieu.,,.s;.
10 Carthage, No. .Aese u.-s.n..s 4. NE
night. The best buildings in the &C.,
been b~nefft,i business SEEMS % :, ,. nave
ing. "A ssofs Sast Seen opehed k,r. ,DS. ~
mers in the surrounding country ar. MIN:
TO their hs~ess ead tf,ing ,.s-eul.i,.,. ,s.'
farms. They have organised and armed sn. 1
selves, and agree 10 protect each OH,
Bushvhackers and Jayhawkers. h,,m
tifal country around Carthage and .,t,s :.
euPyins. eysp, q some peril. Ba. .i.,, ~. W
ing Carthage. the sell 10 poor asd r,,,u
and the country billy--so much 20, ,S,, s
all follow up and down some creek o, ~
lift does mot run the right direction, ,b...
no alternative but to follow on until Won ,,,,
some creek running into the one ,oo 80
living. and thus wind around the bill,
The settlers, like the soil, are ,.,..r
poor without energy, education, or much !,
tellisenee,' They live in snail log bous., y.
chiEneys built of sod and usa,h.rbo,.d.s
sticks daubed with mud. and that, too ,,.'
within one hundred feet of the house i. n,,,,.
Of the very best Of building stone. The ,.,
as usual "srs nearly all away from hons. h,,
judging from appearances, they mus, ,.,D..
quite frequently. Nearly all .bs. We ,,l,a
with we're Of course leysLhad slrs,, hs.,
loyal. When We inquired II there ,.,. A..
Bush"haeksrs in the country, the ,ns,., ~.
invariably "No." 1--we inquired of the W.
men (Who would average about two and .s,y
to every house) vhsrs the men v.,,. tb.,;,
formed us they had ''sak siek sod died h Nm,
or had been comptirsS to leare BY .h. Bu,b.
vhaekes-though there we're mona in a.
country. At Pineville there were .bou, ,,.,
ty.hvs families staying, and only On. nan .,
be found in the place. Their nsa bad non.
TO mill, or we're about their legi.iuss. b,,i.
ness, which We have no doubt was bu,h,A.,,.
ing. The families were poor and di,,,.s.s
indeed; and although hey found . shelter in
tho houses let in the town, We .hourb, 4
would have been better had not only par, su
all been burned. We were very erdTbbb.
formed. At this place, that Price, with .iau
thousand mea, was marching On to For. SuiA.
and that he would SOM occupy Missouri .s,i,.
Such nevs.ss Of course very alarming to our
little band; but as he had not 70. to Fort
Smith, and Was only coming. We did NO, ,u,,
back. ,.ss ,sl ,..., :. -.
At Bentoavi1e, in Benton County, Ark.n.
sas. We found the people very lo,,l-h,d al
was been loyal-but somehow our army made
Z great mistake. over . year ago, BY burning
most Of che town, thinking ,hsy acted ,,ry
much ike rebels. Ami,iss their loud assertion,
of loyalty, We were Informed that Union man
had been taken out and ssot, three o, four
days before We passed through. We asked ,
little boy where al the men had gone to, n.
very honestly informed Us they had Joined
Mixers Csnpssy. We tool pain, to inu,ir,
who Mizer was, and Learned thai he u.,.r
turned rebel soldier, who was o,,,pirns m
military company 10 pu. down
bush~hsekins. els he . Union mani" y.
sskAd,rJhs. answer whs: ."sHe'is s.i,bef Un
on nor Sscesh; he does NOT take sides" We
asked: If the two armies we're 70 &c, into
fght, which side vosld be takst' .N.ithu
sid, vas H. answer. This Mixer had .bou,
seventy men, and many Of them from the bush
and The rebel army; and our opinion is, WIEN
fully orgsuised, thsy uin b.sh.b.ek or 70
South. p, ...r, .---- 10
fhe,s has h.en unit. . .h.n,. in n;l;..u
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