Nebraska advertiser., 1865-08-24

" held al the office OF T.. G. Dorsey, on
Saturday, Sept. I'd, al 3 o'clock, P. NJ.
aud every man who has The good of the
Territory and his W prosperity at
hear <hOuld attend.
We have been kindly permitted TO
read and extract from a letter w%rittenby
Ed. d. Smith, Co. &C." Isl Nsb. Vel.
Cav, dated at Camp near LARAMIE Sta
tiOn. on Big Laramie River, Daco.a Ter
ritofy, Aug. 4th.
l"On the % inst news came to our
camp that a train that left the river at.
3 o'clock was attacked by 80 Indians
Ourcamp being nearly deserted a detail
of 90 men being away under Lieut..
WinkelTan, so as soon as we could Gin.
Fuller, Palmer, Caldwell andmyseIf sad
died and started in the direction Of the
attack. Within two miles Of camp we
came on the train. returning, who told Us
that two miles ahead the Indians would
be fOuDd. We started OF in full lOpe,
were soon joined by 6 men Of the LIST
Michigan. On reaching the top of a
high hill, we saw a wagon with two yoke
of cattle close by. There, after four
years of soldering, / saw the most horri-
bic sight l ever saw. On the ground
close to the wagon lay an old lady-who
we afterwards learned was 20 years Of
age-dead and scalped from the forehead
TO the back of her neck and from ear to
ear, her throat cut'from ear to ear, one
bresl cut of, a cash from the lower part
of her right bresI TO the centre of Der
back, With an arrow silckiDg close to her
, aud stripped naked with the ex.
of part of the waste of her dress
and the sleeve s of the m Some gun
sacks lay close by we covered BEN
over the old lady, and took up tbe trafl
and followed it until right came on. We
were but a sberr distance from the sta
lion on Little laramie river, ard we
rode t. the station. There the Indians
had also been, they killed a citizen and
wounded a soldier, drove Of so head of
all the stage stock, and tie stock
belonged to soldiers stationed t6ere
IA in number. When we %enquired
he distance back TO our camp, they told
rs it was eighteen miles, and il was now
dark. they also told US in the place of 80
pr 40 Indians that made the attack there
here was near 300. However we start
ID back 10 camp. Coming up to where
he old lady was murdered we laid her
,ack in the wagon and guarded her as
,esi we could against wolves or other
arments. and went on to camp. We
earned there lnh.c, the Indians had car
led of the oldladies ussrghter-a IN ar !
led womaAAwOunded the OLD lsdIes son
D. the arm and shot her grand child--a
lila girl-through The aEm Ulth an sr' ]
ow, the arrow still sticking IN her arm
hen she was brought to the station. q
August Sd, a tfaingcame from The d.
of Fl. HalIeck, say that at the Z
etion above Little LaramieS men E'ere
lied, one women, one child and a girl n
8 yeRrs old eorriee Of, The woman thai 0
as killed was butChered up worse than
Ie old lady clo~e 10 u camp, she was y
Il up worse, besides 2 arrows taken !
ON and around her 1890 Making r
all II persons killed a. both places v
ID 8 wounded. SIX Indians were sup 5.
,sed toihaEe been killed. The train
at came down SAYS shat the Indians are eI
'Out 700 sueng. u Jan OF
Here is food for thought for our Indi. re
loving statesmen. and a moral to h
dcshaa talen of Indian m%agnanimity ID
d humanity. These Indians doubtless to