The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-09
1881.


hicCte -- IudiaH Affairs - aOrse
bb0R HaECl.e attacked by Indians
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SIT Ipts Apr.f s.4q ii4 ana
JeHarD5 Cite glcfed snrre fi jicll
tieket7 yesteTI-y w. Is usas City
tae DeiIyerr rrtic tekel was elected
with fhe CUccprFn 81 ftfe Anlrt0r,
City Mar-haf anj 0Ba 81 German.
Harris Demr.raf FIR Mayor has 200
maloFiy. bnt Iah c3r-l sfablyahead
Of his ticket III LaaVsnworth the
m.t Dsm0efatic ticket with the p17
ceptioG o.. Treasnrer for which Office
no Delnocrat WIS uousuated- was
eie@eF ~ m65r.t'es angling from
t0ur rttsetea i7tndfed This viii By
the ar7E iuli Dtmoefatic afnIihfstra
tiORB0r Tx wears AaGoa5l ,b6iihcs
and che import os. tiie Ebuhs dele
cation ~ tobercss wsre tr6nhncnt
issues 10 tie eiettion TIE cry az
C1r0nls 81 ak miles belbw Here.
elected fuli Democratic tickety yes
terdayr ai - = = 7ise Aah lA
Ti6othys S. Fitch Btoaibt1t citi-
zen iOf Chicago, VIE ihned five hun-
dfed dollars in the C0aft 0f Criminal
Correerop 10 day for misdeineanor
and alleged false sweafih8 iD connec-
ton with a suit with eaptaih BrUuer.
some i've years aeo. a hoti0h for q
new trial viii be made
SF LbUis. April S-Ihe entire,
Dem0efatic tieket w3s eectad here
yesterday The Dem8ctats have eight
out % feu C0uneilineh. p7t5o
AnDmaha speciul Fo,fhb Dem5trat
says: "A reliable letter from Fort
Laramie dated the lst.n says the ln-
dian Agents and confraetOrs for In
dian goods are suppressing authentic
reporuf Of Indian aif8irs, and doing
everything 70 prevent the true state
Of affairs rom being made public. t
The. following are oply. q part OF The
depredaIiOus committed. Tie last
week IN March fifty Ibdiahs attacked
ranche on Batter Cottonwood. %
miles west of the Cheyebbe and Fetl
termau road, killing one boy pnd carr
ryink of the ranehmhns wife plh6Q
ranchman aud another boy escaped 10
where seven whites lodked9' The Ia
dians nttaoked the house, Bat were
repulsed, leaving one dead li6fse on
the ground. Et3Ys 1H Y49 t9 .
On March 22d a hundred Indians
attacked Horse Shoe Banche. forty
miles west. occupied by WorreI, fgf-
merly Of the llth Ohio cavalry. Ills
partner, Thornberg, apd another manr 3
havin8 plenty Of arms and ammuni-
ton, the whites defended the rancho
until night, and then escaped into an
underground passage way, with loop
holes, from whence they kept up q
fire, killing two Indians aud wound
&c. 81
meantime, burned the building,
stables, &c, valued at $4,000, Early
next morning Worrell's party escaped
east, where four more whites we're
lodged. The entire party started for
Cottonwood Rancho, fifteen miles be-
yohd
After proceeding about six miles
they were attacked by sixty Indians.
After long fight, 10 which Harper
and David Dunpicr and another white
man were killed, and Worrell wound
ed and FIVE Indians killed, the parties
held a council, the indians agreeing
If the men returned and gave up the
goods az Irwin Spring Rancho, they
would be allowed 70 60 pnmolested
This was done, and the Indians then
burned the rancho. Worrell and
three others were brought in By
company Of troops. and the killed
were buried where they were found.
March 24th-A ranche on the road
between ChnnR Oreekiand Fort Fet-
termany Waa burned. Nothing has
yet been hoard of the occupants. The
Indians are stealing stock and come
.mittiDg all finds Of depredati0ne, un-
The settlers between Forts
BeitermRn and Laramis have oil gone
10 Ihe military posts for pr0tectlOna11 1e
March Zjth-Iwo settlers. living on
LabOrta Creek were attacked by70
indians. yesterday Their buildings
were burned and their property de-
str0yed. The men escaped 20 Fort
Eetterman. aa. s1HI 1TgFa.