Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-11-26
Special Correspondents Of tho Gin, Gazette
LEAvENwoRTH, Nov. 70.

LEA ENh OllLIl3 ANON' -. =
The object Of General Sheridan S
campaign against the Indians seems
to b to compel them to abandon
the country lying between the I'm
fon Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads. This line Of country is
about five hundred miles long and
two hundred wide. Lieut., Beecher,
who was familiar with much ofthe
territory Having visited the Indian
tribes when they were peaceable y
organized II small band Of scouts
and obtained much valuable lnfor'
nation. SCol. Forsyth obtained
permission to increase the band to-
sixty men, placed himself at theiE
head and marched into theIndian
hunting grounds4alon the 'Repubs.
hcan,4 Their object was to hant
and obtain Information of the
whereabouts of the Indians. Hay
ing followed tor several days a
large indian trail, on the morliin"
of the 17tli of September, while at
breakfast on the Dry Fork Of the
Republican, Thirty miles above the
trail leading from Fort Wallace to
Sedgwick, dozen Indians suddenly
dashed into their campmd STAN
rpedcd eight head Of horses. Prep,
arations were made to follow and
reoaptrre the stock, when SharpSan
81 I and exDeifenced scout, saw the
stampede was a decoyto draw them
into an ambuseade, and that other
Indians were concealed-behind the
'iriils. Galling out, 'Fhe trailishot
and we must cover,9 Col, Forsyth,
by Sharp's advice, retreated to a
little island in the stream near by.
Scarcely hadahey reached the island
when on the hills all around them
the Indians Appeared EiaTvast1lpm-
bersnmd3aIstpong force drawn up
in line was seen advancing down
the flat to the left Of the stream
Telling his men TO burrow in the
sand fQFa theirr liyesp Gplr Forsyth
tied the horses in circle round the
.isIand.h Before the men, with their
knives and tin plates' their only
trepching tools y could throw up
Icoverihg I, the Indians chargedEqFt-
ously upon them and a desperate
struggle ensded. C6lI Forsyth,
Lieut., Beecher ana eight of'their
men fell, but the Indians were re-
pulsed and fell back to reform for
another charge. Again the men
dug for theit HYes esaana'seop were
wellshielded by The friend
~ sand, Which, being soft, they had
thrown up with great rapidity. A
hole was scraped out in the center
of the little islands and il this the
dead and wounded were laid. @The
Indians we're now seen approach
ing again, and the devoted band
prBparedltO sell their lives .asIdeaF-
ly as possible. Their fainting and
bleeding leader, as he heard the
.Yellso9f the coming g,s9vagestFaised
himself up and cautioned his com
FADES to fbe cool and make every
shot tel, for they had only sixty
five rounds TO the man, The strug-
gle was fierce and bloody, but the
l6liausMere again repglseaS ,L0pcc
more the Chiefs rallied their war
riors, and sought t9 inspire them
to brave deeds by haranguing them.
Somgeisthese addresses iIyere de
iiverehsQin1sOnlond' O. Yoieefand 30
near the Besieged tllat nearly every
aFord could be- distinctly heard. ~
Sharp, WHO, had formerly LIVED with
the Indians and understood their
langdge, well interpfeted what was
being said One Sioux Chief, point
ing to ;tbe sixty horses OF the
scouts, said, .See their ponies
they Hlave onlyaa few, andlt these
men ride singiy, and there are no
more men there than horses, for
they never 60 as. we often doTtRo
upon one bBFse. iWeare hundreds,
they less than one to four, Shame
on you, wafrlors, to let this hand
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