The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-08-30
. Battles With the Indians.


Porter, whose train was attacked by the
Indians, on, the I'd instant, at Hort Phil.
Kearney, gives the following, particulars:
His men vert disposed in three small par
| ties, at "a supporting distance from each
other. fPhe first attack was at l05 b clock
in the morning, on party guardipg stock.
These were driven Of, but soon returned
with increased numbers. At the same timo
an attack was made On agpafty agusrdinsi
| another poftion of the herd, and upon q
small corfallYor central party, which con.s
| tanned eighteen soldiers and twenty two
citizens under Col. Powell. The Indiaus
| caine pouring over the hills in oYeiwhenl-'
| ing numbers, and made three distinct
charges on horseback upon Powell, who,
by this time, had been joined by other par,
/ ties, but were repulsed with great, saugh-
! ter, retreating to the hills. They again re-,
| turned On foot, stripped entirely paked.--.l
Not less than two thousand completely sur
rounded the corral, where for two and a.
haif ihoursythe battle ragea with mcessants
fury, when the timely arrival of -Coiuuel
Smith, with reinforeelnents compelled the
| Indlanstorretire. TherIndian losssis esti-i
mated by Porter and 'Po5Sen to be a5 least
| 300 Many were killed within ten PAGES Of
| the coriat,D so determined were they to con.
quer the little garrison. The snccess Of the
latter, in repulsing this attack, is attributed.
| to the breech- loading guns with which. they.
were armed. The loss of property Is g35,-.
O00--the damage nearly as much more.
- ST. Louis, Aug. 25.
A dispatch from sFortvHays, kahsas,r
dated August 23d,i says A couFierl has
! just arrived from oCapain Ames with dis -
patches to. Captain Carbilii to the effect that
| Ames had a severe battle with eight hun-
| dred Indians under Satanti, CD the Repnb-
| lican River. Their village wis ttvo n,iieyl
long. Captain Alnes charged twice through
| their wagons. The rsayages fought desper-t
! ateiy. Three Of our men were Killed ami
twenty five wounded. Thirty horses wereT
lost. The 1ndians,lost severely, but finally
repulssed our troops. Oar dead were left
on the field, There, was an immense
1ase Sm0us' f f9 sssaye pfopeTy n hs ipdSa
| andsthc3fght LASTED three days. Two of
the. men killed belonged 10 the Kansas
cavalry, and one to the 18th rcgaiars.-
| Captain Ames had one hundred ana tWs,esiil. u
| five men. SE so - J3gt 81 = s1-Gl( NaN~ y
A strong force under Major Elliott iandr
some Kansas cavalry uedero Major Moore,
will leave for the Indian village in light
, marching order this morning. We .havs
not enough troops here. H'a -sia3 Of t7sasT
/ -t75Sle 94sD97abiraoo ST. Louis, Aug. 2T.;
CaptanrAmes, who had a fight wit al
large body Of Indians at Republican, rivers,
few days ago, arrived ct Fort Hayes yes.
terday. Z" .Hereports losing three men killed.
! thirty five wounded and forty horses. ~ Tbs
Indians loss Is reported at l50. After tho,
battle was over the Indians, sent a fag of
| truce with the following message
'"'Tah your officers We do not want peace
We are for war We shall keep on fights
ing. ''o' They then charged our tiooaa
| agaln,t ,,t.f.s,4I Ear E-.-...f II -. 80
/ Three, hundred men, embracing Kansas
volunteers and regulars, left:Fort Hayes
yesterday, ih pursuit of Indians. Gem
Hancock Isl at Fort Harker. ~ szs,iensl lDd
Immense swarms of locusts were Id tho
vicinity of Fort Ellsworth, Kansas, yester-.
day morning, in south easterly direction.
Judge Dcnncy, Indian Coutnissio6er3
arrived at Omaha on Saturday, HERE,
ports the Sioux Indians incgrris ible, tut
thinks the Crows triepIiy. 90 -
Three hundred and thirty deaths hy'chtol4
| era occurred in the Indian Territory South
of Kansas. Thirty seven per cent 9th
population of; Fort. Gibson died at Bort
| Arbuokle. Sixty soldiers and seventy .fya
Indians succpmbe1 to the scourge. -"
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