Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-07-20
The Indian War.

The Indian War.
4 severe fight took place near Fort Wallace
on the 9th ui., in which detachment OF the
9th cavalry, commanded 10y Captain Albert Bur
rey escorung party Of raiIroad engineers, was
attacked by two hundred Indians, and after three
hours hard fighting was driven back 10 the tou,
losing six m,n killed ard number wounded.
an orderly sergeant was captured and tearuly
tortured. His throat was cut, his arms and legs
split open, the muscles taken out, the breast cut
open and be skull broken in. photograph OF
the mu,i.aed man taken, 10 he forwarded
to the Secretary Of War.
On the 9Th uIumo iorty-fvc Sioux warriors
attacked a detachment Of twen,yE FIVE men Of
regiment, under Captain ). NJ. Hamilton, near
the forks Of the Republican. Captain lIamil.
tons party after gallant fight, defeated AMI
drove of ;he Indians, killing two warriors and
wouudlug several others, bis own party losing
but one horse, wounded. On the 20 ut, war
party Of SIouAs aud Chcycnnes combined num-
bering between five and SIX hundred, attacked
and surrounded forty eight men OF Inc 9Th rcsi-
ment, who under Leulenant ;. NJ Robbins
and ~. w. Cook, were oscorlns tram Of sup
plies from Fort " aIIlco.
The report Of the commissioners Of Indian az
fairs, July -, traces the causes Of the present
war on the plains to wrongful acts OF the militia
~ agents OF the government towards the Indians
such as the Sand Creek massacre Of friendly
Cheyenne and Auapahoc women and children,
and the uncaIled for Turning Of their villages,
and the establishment, against tier earnest pro.
test, Of the Montana road, with military roads
thereon, through their best and last reliable hun.
ling grounds.
General Bul0rJ, and the other two commis-
sioners, who have just returned from Font Lar
annie, believe that but for General Hancock cx.
petition, they would have secured peace with
all tho tribes TO whom they were sent. Gener.
al Sanbom, another of the commissioners, re-
ports that the Sioux Indians have carried on tic
war FOR the purpose Of defending their ancient
possessions, and says, ito secure peace, III ne
ccssary 10 abstain from aggressive war
The Constitutional Union, Of Wash
ington city, reports thaia Runic inscrIp-
lion has been discovered near the Great
Falls in the Potomac; that it records The
death Of an IceIandic woman, named Su-
san, who died in 1851; that the discovery
proves the visit Of the Mortimer to our
shores five centuries before the lime OF
Columbus, and that they made eXplOrI-
lions inland. It is also stated that lrag.
ments Of teeth, bronze trinkeis, coins and
other curious things have been oxhumed
from the grave.
One pound OF green coppefas dissolv.
ed in quart Of wafer and poured down
sink or drain will eGectuaIly destroy the
foulesl smell. If cat, rat, or mouse
dies about the house, and sends forth an
offensive gas, place some dissolved cop
peras in an open vessel near the place
where the nuisance is, and it will soon
purify the atmosphere.
The store Of Daniel r. Keller, Esq al
Pallerson's creek Depot, Mineral county,
W. Va: was entered by five men, few
days ago, and robbed Of goods to the value
Of between three and four hundred dol
lars. The clerk and three colored men,
were in the store at the time and we're
placed under durshce, by the scoundrels,
who were armed, with the threat, If they
gave any alarm while they were engaged
in lbeir neraiious work they would be
killed.
The Lexington Gazette says that the
farmers in that neighborhood are getting
disguised with the conduct Of the c0lored
laborers, who are becoming so unreliable
as not TO be depended on,mssing as many
holidays as they can, and stopping work
in the busiest season 10 attend Society
celebrations, loyal league meetings, or any
sort OF meetings that will give an excuse
for idling.
A Yankee teacher and phlanlhropist
by the name OF Pyne, who has been leach
the lille negroes IDEAS how 10 shoot, al
ThomasviIe, Georgia, recently left for
the North. Before leaving, he collected
al his tuition and persuaded each OF the
liule dsTkies 10 give him ten cents, in or
der'lhsl he might remember them. lie
is nov at hone in The hills Of New Eng
land, and can evcIsim Though lost TO
smell 10 memory dear"
A dissatisfied couple in Cleveland,
Ohio, qusueled, the other day, wien The
husband converted his property into cash,
intending TO separate altogether and leave
the CITY next day. He deposited $4,000
between the cloth and lining Of his vest,
where his vile found it in The night. She
substituted an old almanac, aid next day
they took different trains, be going 10 To-
ledo in blissful ignorance OF bis loss, and
she TO her friends 10 Indiana, with tie
money.