New-York tribune., 1867-10-16

including a chici Killed Robinson, Lansing and went
June aSNS0 w feet OF track laid Expected an Indian
nght AT Wilson'S Creek at daylight. No Indians came
- i1ck laid All hands grading at old town
Of Elsworth-raisius grade above reach OF the mgh
JtIJ22-Lad u miles track to 23oth mile post. and
raised bridge so feet l0ng Fremont Creek Sergeant
Jliy 23-IAid II miles OF track, finished Fremont
Creek bridge commenced12O foot bridge over Cow Creek
Lane one OF carpenters, and a temperance man,
taken i'll at D. yesterday died Of cholera at TINS
a. IN Mat Green, foreman OF track layers, DAVIS DOS5
carpenter, Witheren paymaster and the BLACKSMITH al
ye;ly 2i-Iad mile track and finished Cow Creek ss
bridge About quarter Of our best track-men nave
left within the past week. .,o
Jily2j-ucayy rain last night; washed away about ~
feet 6f track Lard mile new track.
Jsdg 26-Lyman, contractor, taken very i'll. Roman
Catholic priest taken sick and died last evening. -
Jily27-TOOk Lyman to Fort lIarker Hospital warren
Farrs deserted his train Lad io iee6 t. 9i t 5ain MEN s
bal luce repairing damages from heavy rains.
Jtly 3O-Iaid G,50O feet Of track.
AU9 Onc of our guard of Sd Infantry died OF cholera
IWS s-The younger Of men sent to Ellsworth died to,
day. News received this evening OF an attack on en OF
Of them killed. Attack made O'Clock ,. M lne
men at work in a About % indians came ON them
suddenly Two made thoir escape on hoises' Hse Weio
killed outright died two hours after the othcr yes
terday morning Indians took nine mead oi STOCK from
1ag. r. Track laid mile. Most Of the day grading
where force driven OF by Indians IN l@tef PaII Vi
June, and known as the Bloody Ground ,
IH6 17-Today laid 1894 feet Of track Delayed
'A I,lS 25DTraeK np to 9i5th milepost Gen Hancock
rode work and expressed himself lisly Pe4sei
with the progress had made, considering uh'uiiies
in shape Of Hoods cholera and Indians We had TO contend
Ing. 91.-Laid s2s5 feet Of track to-day. Delayed
one hour by iron running ont in morning
SepL3-iad 9lj3 feet OF track. All aroused at 10 p m
mounted men. Our men badly scared ,,,-,.
Sent 4-LaId up to noon 3,445 feet of track Majority
of the workmen refused to so out IN the afternoon say
ing the grub supplied to them wasn't good enough no
cause for their cOnduc-only desire to make GlsuID-
Sept 9-Laid sl2i feet Of track
SeS iI-Lad 800 feet track Last night Farris's
train was going down TO Ellsworth short distance west
OF Cow Creek, engineer saw ties on the track but not IN
shots fired into the tram by Indians sew oi 'i'
beng seen. This morning the track was obtructed NJ
same place for both trains coming west but no shots
were fired. Two companies cavalry went To the spot
from Fort HarkCr, found nobody ana returned lIich
was again DISTRACTED for second train west ter cavalry
had passed Ellsworth on return to Fort Hayker. indian
pony and mOccasin tracks were PLAINLY NSioie Oh b1u
bars in the smoky near tnat place e',,..,r., -
Sept 1-lepors came down tonight that an me con con-
last evening About lop men left the fort this morning to
rescue sume ut W0iSmen whom thc Indians had
coraled dugont about i've niles west 81 the iot'
Al the 40 Irpo 4 Sliaws camp driven H. com,
pl,teiy demorallzed One VI SAaTpS men hutH' L@.i
SeI i9|ais!.s WSers Creek Bridge, I'O feet hong.
No additional details Of ludiau dcptdaiion' eXcct hat
Fishers m-n after being Allrd was h"riiy l""-
tla.cd, and left naked on grade ".h arrows tMoHsh
SEPT isERaih forenoon and part of afternoon Track
laid in afternoon, $3.50 feet
Se6t 2O-On the 275th mile. Laid direct track 4,o5o
feet and side track 1900 feet Lost one hour from want OF
materials. McGrath's ambulance arrived at 55O D. in'
with body OF Thomas Parks, contractor, Killed between
S5 miles AID 40 miles west OF Fort Hayes Ms camp was
attacked while the at dinner by about 30 In
dans The workmen drove them on Without loss Ihey
then chased them up 10 sNG We Ce me" & wp ~ t oI fr
buffalo meat; but before they could eaten up with ten
the Indians had wounded who driving three
woke OF oxen aud killed and wounded the other
i've The then returned 10 camp, but getting anN-
ious for the safety Of Parks went IN search OF his party
consisting Of himself Charles SaOn. and negro soldier
OF tile lOh United states Cavalry They were found at
p. M, Parks and the negro buried Dceah pgtcuhs
cf OF slate rock which the Indians had caycd down on
them; Parks dead with 10 holes through hm, bullet,
and lance; the negro badly wounded III the lSn
by bullet and in the back by five lance thrusts The
other was killed and sGalped before reaching ne me
cliff; but as eight Indians had oetn kied anu oneT
ponies loaded with their bodies the scalp Was recovered
as also two head OF stock which had been taken Inc
negro's cavalry horse was Killed, ana ParAes morse
taken. v,,, -
tresslework bridge 2O feet long in 277th mile
Who can read this record without feeling of adj
miTation for the courage ana energy Whlch pushes
! this Pacific Railway through such discOuIagenelB
| and such warfare. Floods, Immediately caused by
the understanding quality OF the builao grass from
which heavy rains run OIL as from an India-IuoDcr
! blanket wash away the completed track. While tie
ruin is being repaired track Is laid The cholera
appears and stampedes graders and track layeIs yet
amle and half Of the road j. prepared for the ears
| One day the Indians SURPRISE shoot ana scalp a
party of laborers; the next day, after burying the
/ dead, their comrades lay milo and quar-
ter Of the great road 1t IS grand. Ana tho ldIge-
/ Drained and large-hCaTted men who have put
! over five millions of dollars the earnings Of
! lives of labor, into this enterprise should bo
randly sustained. Ii is enough that they peril for,
tunes in public work from which tho greatest goOd
is 10 be derived by the public. IL IS not Just II s not
creditable that in addition 10 the natural dlcutes
of their gigantic undertaking, there should be I'M
posed on them the haTassing and costly necessity OF
lighting an Indian war. In all civilized States OF
Europe war is the prcTOgatiYe, and defensive war
fine duty of the State. This Company
has to fight the enemies Of the country; has to
enforce with arms act of Congress providing FOR
I oT.r arhfu mid
! the Pacific, the Rocky Mountain, and the Atlantic
! States. has to carry on war 10 fulfill its contract
with the nation TO furnish il railroad across the
continent IL is not just it Is not credltabe 1t Is not
polite to put them this necessity. The authon-
/ lies at Washington should from this hour TO the
completion Of the work guard it thoroughly from
| interruption by hostile Indians They should do
\ this as "a measure of policy as well as IN the dis
charge Of public duty to protect commerce., travel
and internal improvements. For every mlie OF this
| Kansas-Paciic Railway completed doubles or quad
| ruples the worth of the Government lands on the
| line, Every forty miles OF 1t completed saves tho
cost OF a regiment of infantry on the Plains, which
il 81 100000 a year. The road as 1t progresses SUI
mercedes the necessity of forts and military posts,
saves the enormous cost OF commercial and military
! transportation TO and through the Rocky Noun
| tans by OK and mule trains, and efiectualy and
forever settles the vcXed Indian question for that
| mucb of territory. The fighting, tOmahawking, and
scalping take place ahead Of the track Behind the
freight and passenger trains are peace and secu-
| rity and the distant tramp-tTamp OF Immigrants
/ marching into Middle and Western Kansas to
make it a paradise of agriculture, and the spring
| ING I'D in a days time of seeding cities. S.W.
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