Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-03-06
INDIAN FIGHT,
An Obstinate Confiict-Every RedsIkin
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The Humboldt Register, of January goth. gives the
following account of late fight with Indians:
One OF the best fights yet recorded since the Indians
on our Northern border commenced hostll!tIes was
that made near the confluence of Queens river and
Fish creek, last week.
The Indians had become so daring and trouble
some OF late that communication between Dun Glen
and Camp McDermit was unsafe. The Queens river
region was dangerous. Captain q. d. Conrad deter
mined on raid against the marauders All prepGra-
tons made, the command set out from Dun Glen on
the morning Of the 8h, headed for Queens river.
The entire command consisted of fifty six persons.
After extraordinary suffering from the cold, and
long march of three DAYS. they at length arrived
upon the Indians and Immediately the fight began
in all its fury he Indians had the advantage of the
ground. The field fought over. was about two miles
square, and largo portion OF 1t was very much cut
up with gullies and ravlnes, and bore also great
quantity of Spanish broom. The In ians could not
have selected field better adapted to their style of
warfare The Indians discovered the three columns
coming dashing down on them when about mile
pairing for battledvding off into squads of four and
SIX and selecting their places for combat where it
would be most difficult to mGnoeuvre cavalry. Each
warrior had from fifty to seventyive poisoned ar
rows, giving each squad from two hundred and fifty
to three hundred and fifty shots. The moment before
the battle commenced, owing to the extreme cold. a
dense cloud of frost commenced flying so thick that
q horseman could not be distinctly seen over one
hundred yards
This gave the Indians great advantage as it COM
PEELED the soldiers to fight at short range that the
bow and arrow could be used aud it also increased
the chances of escape for the Indians Had the frost
commenced flying earlier, no doubt many of them
would have escaped; The plan of battle was such
that the right and left columns ianked the Indians
and soon surrounded them: They fought with dos
peration. In no instance did the warrior lay down
his till he laid down his life. They arranged
their arrows between their fingers in such manner
that they could shoot them rapidly and charged
With as much bravery as any soldiers in the world
the savages charging and yelling each stranng all
his powers to- destroy the other the Wild ringing
war-whoop the rapid firing of eighty disciplined
men, the thunder of cavalry charge altogether ere
ated scene that beggars description.
The battle continued in full force for two and a
half hours, when the conflict was reduced to points
at which several warriors had selected deem short
gullies and were making what they knew to be their
The battle. with the exception of few struggling
Shots was over. The Indians had fought with Il
herosm that astonShed every one who had witnessed
it. They made no offer to surrender; uttered no sound
but yells of defiance, and continued to fire their
poisoned arrows until they were weak that they
could throw them but few feet; and some Of them
dying would shoot arrow straight up into the air,
in the hope that the deadly missile would fall the
hated and victorious foe
At the close of the battle thiry-fve dead Indians
lay on the field. with their bows and quiverS still
cutched in their hands. All of them were large
pared for battle. But five squaws were in the band
and they were acting in the capacity Of pack train
Two of them were killed in battle by mistake, the
other three were furnished with some provisions,
and left unmolested.
Scouting parties made the entire circuit Of the
field and found that no living thing had escaped, as
the snow was three inches deep, and there were no
tracks leading from the camp.
On the Union side seven were wounded.
Tho Indian camps were all destroyed, the wounded
all cared for, and the command marched for Fish
creek. were water could be obtained. and camped.
the train having arrived there before them.
RIcH Coal BED.-There is vast bed o. coal IN
DERIVING the city Of La Sale, ILL.,, at depth of 800
400 feet The city fathers propose to sell the right
of mining the coal to the highest bidder and eypecf
to get bonus Of royalty Of twenty cents er ton for
the privilege 1t is estimated that there are 27,O00
tons under each acre. and as the city plat embraces
Gao acres the bonus may amount to three or four