The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1865-07-06

manded the party to abandon the sta
ton, mount their horses and run the
gauntlet, in the hope of reaching Pine
Grove Station, tea miles west, where
another squad were stationed.
It was a desperate race for life or
death, but death claimed the larger
share. Valiantly did these brave men
cpptest every inch Of, ground, Time
and again were they entirely surround
ed by fifteen times their own number,
yet they would calmly dismouut, take,
deliberate aim and FIRE, the Indians
showing a deadly adherence of the
leadep messengers they we're sending
from their carbines with such telling
effect. Then they would remouut. and
continue their fight, until surrounded
again, when they would again dismouut
and deliver their FIRE, ,..... ..-- ..-
The first to fall Of the whites were
the two station keepers. The next one
was George Bodine, who was wounded
early in the chase, aud whose horse be.
came unmanageable, aud thus retarded
the progress ofthe whole party. The next
was Orlando Ducket. His horse was
wounded and he was surrouBdod, aud
when last seen was fighting horoically,
diseharging his revolver at close quar-
ters. AS we have been unable to find
his body, we are uncertain as to bis fate,
whether he was taken prisoner or killed
on the spot.
The next to fall was my firm and good
friend, Perry Stewart. After he was
wounded so badly as to be unable to
stand on his feet he raised to his knees
and fred six shots from his revolver.
lie must have struggled very hard.
When his body was recovered his
tongue was firmly clinched between his
teeth.
Corporal Wm H. Caldwell and VIM.
Wilson, seeing it was impossible to res
cue them, made one more effort to es
cape, pursued by about thirty Indians.
Caldwell was severely wounded by rife
ball, which took effect in his thigh just
below the hip joint, passing clear
through the feshy part. Wilson re
ceived slight flesh wound from an ar
row on the hip. Yet they calmly dis
mounted four different times and dis
charged their carbines. The last time
Caldwell was fortunate enough to plug
the old chief through, which put an
end to the chase; and fortunate it was
for him, as the savage had his rife up
and was taking sure aim at him. He
did not pull the trigger a second too
soon.
On the fall of the chief the Indians
circled around him, while Caldwell and
Wilson made good their escape. The
pursuit continued about eight miles
On arriving at Pine Grove they hurried
up the other squad and kept on to Sui
phur Springs. Caldwell and Wilson
rode on horse, back twelve miles before
they met the coach, which they stopped
and turned back. Both being now very
weak, they left their horses in charge
Of the other boys, got into the coach
and rode on to sulphur Springs. Here
they met Sergt. VIM. McFadlen and
ten more boys belonging to our com
pany, who had escorted Schuyler Colfaz
and party up the road some distance
above this place. .-.-7
After resting few hours they start,
ed back over the road, being now about
thirty strong, the stage coming through
with Them They found Stewart, Bo
dine, and one of the station keepers
where they had fallen. Stewart had
eleven arrows and balls through his
body. He was not scalped, but was
stripped of all his clothes, Bodine had
thirteen wounds. One arrow entered
his back and in it's course passed
through his heart. He was scalped and
stripped, ,'s'sn ~ .tsHssI So r-e,-
This all happened on the morning OF
the 9th. Their remains were brought
into the Fort just at suu.up on the
morning of the 10th, and were deccntly
inferred in the afternoon. p .''0po.'
Sadly do we miss these noblo fellows,
Long will they be remembered by the
members of company X. But oh! how
sadly will they be missed by fond moth
ers and loving brothers aud sisters al
home, May God sustain and bless them
in their core bereayement
/ remain yours truly
VIM. MOONEY,
Co. X, 11th o. v. c.
The President has appointed Lewis