White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1865-08-31
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
Attacks Upon Government and Emf
grant Trains.
GEN. CONNOR AFTER THE SAVAGES.

Mr. Armstrong, Of the Overland Park
Station. and F. S. Murphy. of the Seven
Mile Ranch. give us particulars of Indian
outrages that occurred between Big Lara
mie and Rock Creek. last Friday.
A simultaneous attack was made all
along the road between the two points
named. At one place the Indians attack
ed q single emigrant wagon, coming up
and protesting peaceable intentions. tell
ing the old man who was driving not to
be alarmed, as they would not hurt him.
When they arrived near enough single
arrow was shot through his body, killing
him instantly. His wife and two child
rem were killed, the body of the wife bs-
ing shockingly mutilated-our inform
ants say 'litsrally disjointed, her head
seal ped. and skull slowed in" They then
captured three females who were in the
wagon, aged, respectively. about eleven,
eighteen and twenty-five years. Start
ing from the apot they had gons about
two miles; when the youngest girl, who
continued to make an cutlery, had seven
arrows shot into her and was left to die
The wounded girl was found and taken to
Laramie. where she received surgical at
tention and is now doing well. with a
prospect of recovery. She is spoken Of as
being quite Intelligent. and say sthe first
arrow that wounded her was fred by a
white man.
At the attack near Little Laramie, the
Indians killed Sergeant Cody. of the LIST
colored cavalry, by a shot through the
head, and captured two Government
teams OF six mules each.
Perry Abbots's train was attacked,
three miles this side of Rock Creek, and
had lively fighting for five miles, when
ths Indians retired. The train sustained
no injury. and the men think they killed
four of the attacking party.
At the attack at Rock Creek ranch no
one was killed, bat the Inlians plumber.
ed the store and house of such things as
they wished. and left
AT Rsshsw's ranch they took every
thing. robbing him OF all h. had Re-
shaw's wife is a squaw, and two of her
brothers were in the attacking party
! They told their sister to tell the whites
that the Indians were determined to hold
that road. and that the whites should not
live there. and that they were going to
clesn out the road to Fort Collins. then
they would go to Fort Laramie. On be-
ing told that General Connor, with q
force of four thousand men, was after
them. they laughed. and stated that il
that was all the force he bad they would
like 10 meet him
AT Cooper's Creek, the 7th Michigan
cavalry killed eight Indians, that they
arc sure of, but all the attacking party
being lashed to their horses, it was i'm
possible to correctly ascertain how badly
they were punished.
A Government train was attacked at
Seven Mile Ranch. between Cooper's
Greek and Little Laramie. The party
with the train succeeded in keeping their
assaiiants oil and sustained no iDinry.-
Half way batween the ranch and Little
Laramie, another train was attacked
1 particulars not known.
At Little Laramie the Indians ran off
all the stock, abont eighty hoad. bolong-
ing the Philip Mantel. and captured all
the soldiers horses. The soldiers retreat.
ed from the Station to Mantel's rancho,
where they made stand anil fought their
assailants from IA. NJ. until dark in the
evening. One discharged soldier by the
name of John Owens, formerly of the 81
California Cavalry, was out fishing. and
was killed. Many Indians were believ-
ed to bs killed and woundsd in that days
tight, but as they were lsshed to their
ponies the number could not be ascertain.
Ell. The station was burnt by the Indi-
ans.
One incident Of the day deserves espe.
cial mention: The Indians after killing
Sergeant Cooley. captured his horse and
tied the leading reins of two of their
ponies TO him. The horse broke away
from bis captors and led the two ponies
with him. A boy soldier, whose horse
had been taken away from him by cow
ardly white man. who wanted to get out
of danger, caught tie horse and fought
his way slfely in with the prize.
Twelve white persons were killed, one
wounded and two captured, in ell the at
taeks made during the day.
Gen. Connor, with a force of 1000
men, left Fort Laramie on the 9th for
Powder River. with Bridger as gnide.-
Denver City Nsws. August 10M, '65.
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