, 1866-10-17
DESPERATE FIGHT ON THE
PLAINS.
An Ohio Soldiers Account Of d
Battle with the Indians.

From the Sandrsky Recfstes.1

From tho sandrsky Re:istes.J
Josiah Il. Fcagles, Of Seneca County, who
served three years in the army and is now
seeking his fortune among the golden hills
Of AontAna, sends us the following account
Of bis trip across the plains and m encoun-
''f WILL A' II fo5n1 5aei KHso. da Rowprn E,vrn,t
August !, 1sdG.
ED1ToR REGISTER: We left Atchison,
Kansas, on the 9Th Of May, for yirginfa
City, Moniaua Territory. the most OF us to
seek our fortunes in that land Of gold. Our
teams numbered twenty wagons, and our
men thi-tr-the military orders requiring
that many for protection. At Fort keaTneJ
charge Of the ou1ht, to say how the teams
should more and corral. We here babe
adfeu to civilization and proceeded up the
south side Of the Platte Is for as Julcsbury
-45J miles from Atchison. We here
f1ed fort sdsSsf dss saFsa md y r1sea efP oh at5
ward until We struck the North Platte.
Here we passed. Court House Rock, huge
pile Of granite resembling some ancient cas-
tie. a few miles father on we passed Chim-
ncy Rock. a large column some two hundred
some eighty or one hundred feet above the
surrounding country. We then Travelled up
The South Fork Of the North Platte to Fort
Laramie, where We crossed the river gu
bridge: Thence VIC travelled up North Platte
, 7
Hills. Twenty-cight miles fruIn there re
| left the Salt Lake route and took The Bore
man cutoff. Nothing occurred worthy of
note until the e4th Of July, within sixty
miles of Fort Reno, on Chyanue Creek, when
war whoop Of the Red Men. We were cor
rallied under the brow Of q hill, when the In.
| dians made charge on the loose stock and
sonic Of the riding stock.
They then attacked our herd of cattle,
grnzing short distance from our corral.
The savagcs outnumbcred us three to one,
aud the tieht W1s obstinste indeed. Their
sharp arrows fell in d perfect shower anon.
It's, producing the ug!lest sort Of wound:
whenever they struck one Of Our party.
thought had seen hard fighting during
three years Of service in the Federal army
bu: that was only play compared viii. this
Internal warfare. thought there could bt
TO worse sound than the yell OF the rebel:
when they were making successful charge,
but that was music compared With the un
earthly ''whoopn Of these retl devils. =
We succeeded in rcpellil. the sayages will
loss to our party Of eight killed nni tiy'
woMndra-A list OF whom Is given below
How many Of tue enemy We killed cauno
sny, as they carried thein off as fast as the,
fell. Ne recovered all cur stock except oil
steer. We reached Fort Reno In SAFETY fou
day. alter-lcaring ot,r eight murdered com
| panions to sleep their lonely sleep beneatl
the grass Of the prairie, far from friends an
Ear from The land Of gold toward Which the
had set their faces.
VIC arc NOW uithin three hundred and fit
miles Of Virginia City, and VIC hear there ar
1udinns between here and there, but the di
ferent teams have consolidated and VIC no,
number two hundred wagons and three lur
dced men, aud do not apprclaeyA much das
| ger. In the eight, the Indians only scalpe
one man, but stripped nll Of their clothing
KILLED.
William II. Dearborn. Stanton, Wisconsin
Fl. Il. Campbrll, Jefferson County, Ne
York Charles Barton, Council Bluff; Zacl
Hustled, Mnscatine, Iowa; William Bot
we'll, Montreal, Cannda Stephen Casso
Howard County, Missouri =; John Li.tl
= arkansas; Nelson Floyd, Leayenwort
U Kansas.
WOUNDED.
Henry o. HarEness. Norwalk. Ohio
Thomas Smith. Cooper County, Missonr
. Henry Darget, Leurcnworth, Kansas Cha
; Watkins, stanton, Wisconsin; Norm,
Davis, do.