The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-09-13
The Indian Campaign.
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Dear Ssr: Two weeks Of clear beautiful
heather. have taken the place Of CLOUDS
nd showers in this section, aud il looks
.ow g. If the "once-in-seYen-years - celuge
reelected for Kansas, had spent its might
md passed away. Having time 10 look
.-ound . little. farmers ind that corn sad
potatoes chow evidence Of turulng out
-ood crop. and probably the only damage
sustained will be on the rlver-boitom lands.
which have been 50 often overhowed as to
preclude the idea OF a crop al al, unless Il
be wrecks and drifl-wood.
From an item in the Leavenw0rth Con- /
se--ahre OF Aus. 2Oth, gather that the
7th cavalry have al length had their wishes .
,ratifed for an encounter with the Indians /
The fight took place few miles shove LIZ .
tie Laramie, but the paper says nothing o.
The numbers engaged, nor how the coa1ic-
terminated; but from what follows ! con
clude our boys were badly routed. II ap-
pears that man by the name Of bacon
was captured by the reds, and aiter be-
inc kicked ami cuifed around q spell was
chained 10 the wheel Of = wagon, and tie
smoked meat. which constituted It's load.
piled around the poor fellow. and he was
burned alive
From the fact that a wagon and prisoner
were captured. | conclude that a detach-
ment Of the 9TH must have been attacked
while guarding a provision train; but the
napers are so charv of mentioning anything
connected with the Indian campaign, that
one has 10 gue-s and surmiso at the greater
part. This c0yness on their part either
proceeds from lear OF the Generals IN com
mand or else is from Jack OF interest 1
Judge il 10 be the latter, as Lane and the
Governor have succeeded IN getting all the
Kansas troops, with the exception Of one
regiment. mustered out of tho service; and
as long as other troops are lighting the IN
dams OF their frontiers, they are content 10
let things take their own course. As soon
~ the Michigan brigade arrived here they
commenced discharging Kansas troops,
and regiments have been brought here from
New York and Massachusetts, when they
had but three months longer to serve. 10
take the place of Kansas regiments who
mad served but one year OF their three.
When the 9Th Michigan was mustered ont
every man in the regiment who had tour
months % serve was consolidated with the
] st and eth; hut when Kansas troops are
mustered out, every man belonging. though
mayhap he has served bat a month. Is mus
/ tered out also.
| This Is not written as n complaint. but
I has transpired SO often that il has been no
ticcd By everyone, and has and will causs
much discomfort among the soldiers from
other States.
II justice is blind, a. she is generally rep
resented think Lane has opened her eyes
pretty thoroughly whenever Kansas troop;
were wanting to be discharged. The Mich
/ gan brigade alone, during their twO-and-a-
[
/ fought five times the number of battles,
killed ten times the number OF rebels
marched three times the number OF miles
| Of all the regiments of Kansas put together
and yet they must come thousand mile,
out OF their way to protect the wives auc
children OF Kagsas soldiers, TO whom The
sight Of rebel would be a curiosity.
From d letter received from Vim. L
Lewis, Co. d, 9TH cavalry, dated Aug. 10th
at Fort Laramie, l am permitted 10 make
the following extracts:
As opportunity has Al length offered
the lst We are encampeaat Horse 'sn6,
| Station, on the north branch of the Platte
80 miles beyond Laramie. Charlie Cossit
and myself are both well and in the best O
spirits. Our company and iilteeI
infantry are stationed here, Lieut.. Kanous,
being in command. We have pretty goo,
times hunting and fishing, and scarcely se'
anything more savage than wolves to fight
I Co. is stationed % miles beyond here, anc
your Company 90 and l. are stationed al
Platte Bridge Station. - miles away
| While their horses were out grazing the
other day, the reds stampeded them
The boys al the post got wind OF il, mount
Cd some old played-out horses in the coral
and gave chase. Caught up with them
dressed them out, and recovered all the
horses but one. We have 80 day:
rations Oh hand. and at the expiration OF
that time hope to be relieved by other
troops"
From this It would seem that the eth reg
iment. if not the brigade, IS broken and
scattered along the overland telegraph line,
ami viii probably not be collected together
! again before spring.
Very truly YOURS.