The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-05-02


Authentic intelligence received last night from the
West states that fsht tsok place near Cnarfon,
crossing Of the Arkansas River thirty miles vest Of
Fort Dodge the 10Th instant, between po-tie. OF
Geuerai Hsneock's command aud band OF Tneyen
mes resreasing south. A detachment Of the Seventh
Cavalry, Nslor Cooper commanding. in the advance,
came upon the Indians saddenly The infians, bang
calsa upon to halt, replied With vsl,ey. Aiilae
horse and wounding its rider. Major ecrper shes
ordered charge, which scattered the Indians in all
directions leaving six of their warriors dead on the
fea They we're pursued sever,l miles, keeping up a
running fight. fts1 Lar ar & S1sea
General Ha ncoek 5 blood up, and WesteFa Kansas
viii soon be clear of hostile Indians. aa sezs@s
Salt Lake adsices b the sih Instant give the par
teniars of shocking m assacrs near Glenwood, ia
Severn Valley. a and his two daughters, cap
tureS By aparty of Indians, led By Back Hawk. a
blood thirsty hend The old mans brains were beat
en- cut with clubs, but the fate Of his daughters
still verse After violating their persons, the Indians
put them 70 death with extreme torture, BY ihrustng
roughknottea pnesticks their bowels, causing
mos. horrible death. Their bodies soon after-
wards discovered.
a. ST. Lorrs, April 70.
A correspondent with Gen. Hancoek's Indian ex-
petition sends the fotowing dated at deserted Ghey-
mp, thirty miles from Fort Laramie, April Is
Dispatches received las. ighta at headquarters
from General Gustav stating that the Indians burned
tht stations Smoky Hill route and killed threa
men, md scalped and burned them. 4lzcss
Orders have been sent each post the IS nta Fe
AID Smoky Hill routes, warning all to be the alert
and informing them that the Indians had broken on,
last, and intended to be the threats they s.
sued during the winter This raid is attributed to the
Sioux, who anlped with the Cheyennes in this
village. ;t ....- z.4.-s4.
i, General Cus.ar has divided his command, taking
i've companies of cavalry, with himself, b pursue
the main body of Cheyennes and Sioux, and thres
COMPANIES of cavalry after the lands who committee
the raid and who are supposed to be part OF those
Sioux who committed the massacre at Phil. Kearnes
We strike GU: to Fort Dodge to- morrow. ssa
STkezD emocrats ST Joseph special SAYS. that late
arrivals from Helena, Montana, report that large
bodies of Crows, Blackfset and Sioux messing IN
tae vicinity of Fort Benton and il was expected
tack on the fort was intended. Ia. 81
A regiment of troops was forming at Helena epe-
rate against the Indians. .-rr s..sf- --re.E sEgg
4 A dispatch from Julesburg the 15th, to the Dem
yer News states that the previous afternoon de-
tachnent of troops from Fort Mitchell, crossed the
river and made dash on the Indians camped FIVE
miles above, recapturing some twenty mules. The
troops took the Indians by surprise and succeeded
killing seven when the Indians rallied and drove the
soldiers back the river into the fort not how
ever, without suffering from the CALLING FIRE kept up
on fhe retreat by The troops The Indians remain in
force Fort Mitchell, and show strong desire to
fight. but evidently afraid to attack the fort.