Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1868-10-01


Tns indian uar
severe t1uhi IN kansns--i1n, soldier,
Attached b, seven flundrcd Indians.
Nearly VAT the whites kiilcd and
Wounded.
fpRr WALKrR, September %. Two
scouts from Colonel forsyths com.
mand who have been securing the
country towards the head waters OF
Republican River arrived last night.
They left Forsyth's camp on Dry
Fork on the Republican River, fiye
miles from the mouth aud ninety
miles north Of here, four nights ago,
Thoy report that on the morning OF
the 18th a party Of Indians tried to
run of portion of somo stock, aud
half an hour later, 300 or 400 appear.
ed on the bluffs two miles of, and
made a dash Tor the camp. Colonel
Forsyth having only fifty men, crossed
them to small island, and tho Indi.
ans commenced firing on them, which
they kept up steadily and fast until
eleven o'clock, after which only scat.
tering shots until three o'clock, when
they again opened n steady fire and
increased their force, being estimated
at seven hundred. Tho fight was
kept up in this manner until sundown,
when the Indians made a charge TO
take the camp, but were unsuccessful.
They, however, kept up the fight un-
til II o'clock, at which time the scouts
left for Fort Wallace TO obtain assis-
tance. They were obliged TO crawl
two miles on their hands and knees
through the Indians TO get out. At
daylight they heard firing back at the
camp seven miles away, and occasion
al shots all day. The casualties are :
Colonel Forsyth, left leg broken by a
ball. and shot through the thigh. Lieu
tenant, Beecher shot in several places /;
supposed to be dying, rs his back was
broken. He begged the men to kill
him. DR. Moore, shot in the head
while dressing Colonel Forsyth's
wounds. Two men were killed and
twenty wounded. All the stock of
the command was killed and the men
are living on horsefesh. The scouts
had only one and q half pounds TO
last them into Fort Wallace. The
party have sixty-five rounds of ammu-
milton left and were fortifying. The
scouts could only travel at night on
account Of the Indians. On learning
Colonel Forsyth's condition, Colonel
Bankhead, commanding this post, sent
out one hundred men with provisions,
ammunition, &c, to his relief also,
scouts TO Colonel Carpenter, who was
supposed TO be about forty five miles
west of here, with his company 10
Colonel Forsyth's assistance A
scout that came in at 10 o'clock this
morning reported Carpenter far on
his way. Gen. Bradley, from Fort
Sedgwick, on the way to the Fork Of
Republican, was supposed to be in that
vicinity with two companies Of caval.
ry and three Of infantry. 1t was con-
fidently expected by General Sheri-
dan they would come up in time 10
the party, as they were on his route
LATER- sp. m.-General Nichols,
Just arrived from Fort Reynolds, re-
ports Lieutenant Beecher dead, DR.
Moore mortally wounded and dying,
and Colonel Forsyth nearly as bad
nll lying there with Indians all around
them, eating their horses flesh, wait
ing for relief. Colonels Bankhead
and Carpenter will reach them to.
night.
1t seems almost idle for us TO say
anything with reference TO the horri-
bic outrages committed by the lndi-
ans on the Western Plains. Hun
dreds Of men, women and children
have been murdered in cold blood,
and yet it attracts less attention than
a Georgia riot. 1t is well known
that Gen. Grant and his staff have
been bumming around in the West
for two months past, but still the In
dians have full swing. Why are not
some OF tho 10000 soldiers in the
South taken to quell the Indians, and
allow the negro bureau to take care
of Sambo awhile, until the butcherics
in the West are stoppedl Say,
Ulysses"