Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-31

THRILLING ADVENTURE.

Additional Particulars oI she rum
creek Massacre on the Pacific kali
-ANvFas AtrOctty "a che Indians.
The st. Ionis Democrat publishes am
interesting letter from correspondent
Who was at Omaha when the remains
~ tbe victims of the late Indian atrOc.
itv at PInm Creek, on the Pacific Rail
road. we're brought to that city
AN APPALLING SIGHT.
Every spectator invOluntarily stepped
hack. for exposed TO view, surrounded
by cotton, lay "a biackened, chaTred
rink about two feet in length, resent
,.llpg a balf-burnt log of the same size.
- VAS carefully taken ont, and we were
flowed the privilege OF examining 1t.
.Yhr skull. burnt to a crisp, almost Tell
80 pieree as we lightly touched At; the
owes. like dry pitch, rested on each cor
r.r If the Orbital hone; the lower pOr-
tiop az the face had entirely disappear
"a the teeth were all gone, aud abont
half a dozen hard Jumps could be dis
tipouiahed rolling around within the
hollow skull. The neck appeared twist
e1 as If the mass of flesh and blood
had writhed and seethed before the
fierce heat. but now &c reEembled a
mass of black, giutinOus matter. OF
tine entire body the spinal column alone
remained. with the ribs burnt short off.
The thorax. pelois and limbs, all were
rome. Near the region of the heart
was a lump of fatty matter, but closely
adheFing To the bone. By the appar-
emily agOnizing position at the neck
and the grinniBP, ghaatly skull, the
stptted bitnminOus relic seemed to be
turning it's eyeless sockets, appealing
Ia Heaven for vengeance. 1t was an
apnalHnp sight, aud we have seldom
Witnessed more impressive o. solemn
qcene than the one presented IN mat
lonely baggage room, surrounded by
Isbnrers in their working clothes, gaz-
inc ON the two inanimate objects before
his.
TNTERMENT.
They were finally put ia the collins,
which were horne away, attended 10y a
LARGO cnneourse Of friends and ac.
uuaiufances. and buried IN the city
cemetery. 1t was an event most
memorable In this young clty-One
which will not readily be forgotten.
A sCALPRD LIVING MAN.
On the same train was a man named
William Thompson, native OF Eng
land, who turned ont to be one OF the
telegraph operators reported killed.
He attracted n great deal of attention
from the very extraordinary fact that
the covering for the heal which nature
had so kindly endowed him with was
absent. People iiOcked from all parts
to view the CORY, CHASTITY badness,
which had come upon him so suddenly,
without any premOnitOry symptoms.
The poor fellow suffered horribly, If
we might Judge by his facial cOntor-
lions. He seemed weak from loss OF
blood. He had received a gaping
wound in the neck, and a bullet IN the
muscle of his right arm. He was taken
to the Hamilton House, ana physician
was sent for, who attended to his
In n pail of water was his
scalp, abOut nine inches in length and
four in width, somewhat resembling
drowned rat. as it fiOated, curled mp, on
the water.
THE sCALPED MAN STORY.
His statement, which we have been
at some pains to get accurately, is as
follows:
About nine o'clock, Tuesday night,
myself and five others left Plum Greek
station, aud started up the track ON
hand car, To hunt MP where tie break
in the telegraph was. When We came
to where the break proved to be, we
saw a lot of ties piled on the track, but
at the same moment Indians jumped
up from the grass ali around, and fired
on US. We fired two or three shots in
and then, AS the Indians pressed
on us, We ran away. An Indian on a
pony singled me out, and gallOped mp
10 me. After coming to within ten
feet of me he fired, the bullet entering
my right arm; seeing me still run, he
'clubbed his rife and knocked me
down. He then took up his knife,
stabbed me IN the neck, and then
making a twiTl round his fingers with
my halr, he commenced saving and
hacking away at my scalp. Though
the pain was awful, / felt dizzy and
sick, and knew enough to keep quiet.
After what seemed to be half an hour.
he gave the last finishing cut 10 the
scalp on my left temple, and as it still
hung little he gave it a Jerk. 1 Just
then thought / could have screamed my
life out. | cannot describe it TO You.
1T just felt as If the whole head was
taken right of. The Indian then
mounted and galloped away. but as
he went he dropped my scalp within a
few feet of me, which L managed to
get and hide. The Indians were thick
IN the vicinity, or then might have
made my escape. While lying down
could hear the Indians moving around
whispering to each other, and then
shortly after placing Obstructionson the
track. After lying down abont an hour
and half, l heard the low rumbline OF
the train as it came tearing along. and
might have been able to flag it of
had L dared"
THE sAYAGES AT THE TRAIN.
The rest of the story we have giver
IN our first letter. The engineer and
tiremen were shot and scalped. bui
before the Indians burnt the train tbey
plundered the box cars of everything
that might prove of the least vaiue. on
what attracted their tickle fancy. RaIes
of calIcOes cOttOns hoves of fol,a1oc.