Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-19
The Recent Fight between the Cheyenne
and kaw 1ndians-..A Detailed Ac-
eount of the Affair.

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 9.-Col. Boone.
one of the Government Commissioners at
the Usage Council, writes to the State
Journal as follows about the recent fight
between the Kaws and combined force of
Cbeyennes and Arappahoes: 1--WE tried
to oct a council and find out the truth,
and while doing SO about eighty Cheyennes,
Arappahoes and Kaws charged past us with
ont firing a gun. The Kaws opened
and fired perhaps twenty shots,
but they were then too tar
off to do execution. Shortly after they
sent a white man with message Tor the
agent and myself to come out and talk with
them as they passed through Council
Grove I was at the agency. We took
horses and started Immediately, the DIS
lance being nearly one mile. They met us
in friendly way l told them had been
sent by their Great Father to try and smoke
peace between them and the Kaws, gave
them present of tobacco, and just as we
were going into council the Kaws opened
fire ON us indiscriminately, the
balls striking near us, some
passing over our heads, others falling short.
I'VE changed our position the fourth time,
the Kaws still following up and firing on us
until the fight became general and lasted
from three to four hours One Kaw was
shot through the fieshy part of his arm,
one Arappahoe shot In the foot and one
other slightly The chief ordered his bug
Ter to sound the retreat which was done
without missing anote. No regular officer
could have taken his men from the field
in better order / will venture that Slgel
never made a handsomer retreat. They
then burned two stone buildings belonging
to or occupied by some white men, passed
through Council Grove, and on their way
out robbed two or three families, killed
some cattle and are now encamped on by
mond Creek, numbering about four hun
bred. The militia are under orders and
will visit them to-day after the excitement
is over. Major Slows and myself will try
and council with both parties.
Crawford and party who went to Coun-
ell Grove on Friday last to ascertain the
exact condition of the Indian difficulties,
returned ON Sunday. Gen. Forsyth, OF the
United States Army, accompanIedthep party.
General Sheridan has promised the gov
eminent arms to arm the inhabitants on the
frontier.
1.-THE Indians did but little damage to the
settlers, nothing like as much as the whites
would do under similar circumstances. The
Cheyenne and Arappahoes made the raid up
on the Kaws i'll return for seven OF their
party killed last winter by the Kaws.
ST.. LOUIS, June 10.-Robert Gross,
miner from Montana, was robbed of $780,
600 night before last at Green street den.
Further advices from the Upper Missouri
mention Indian hostilities along the river.
Steamboats, have been fired into, stock run
of, and several whites have been killed.
General Terry was at Fort Rice June Sd,
and Father De Smet had gone out to IN
duce, if possible, the Indians TO come in
and make peace. They are reported to say
they don't want peace, for then they
starve, but when at war they get what they
require from whites, but they do want
more ammunition.