The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-07-31
A Periious Adventure.

The following account of perilous
adventure with Indians is from the Usage
Kansas Chronicle of june 2Gth The
Schuylers whose gallant conduct and
wonderful escape are here recorded are
brothers Of z. G. Schuyler, Jr., Esq, of
Portland
On Monday evening Governor Harvey
arrived 10 our town, bringing the news
ct the late attack of the Cheyenne Indi-
ans upon Col. Greenwood's surveying
party. Knowing that our young fellow
tewnsman, Howard Schuyler, had charge
OF one OF the corps of that party of which
his younger brother James was member,
both sons OF Judge p. G. Schuyler, con-
siderable anxiety was felt as to the result
Of the attack. The stage that same even
ing brought the additional news that both
Howard and james Schuyler were woun-
ded. Next morning Fred. Schuyler
started for Sheridan to learn the worst.
At this writing he has not returned but
| from other sources we learn the following
particulars:
The surveying party were out some
fifteen miles west of Sheridan ON last
! Saturday morning. Howard and James
! Schuyler were some ways in advance of
the main party wheu suddenly and unex-
pectedly large number of whooping
| yelling red devils arose from the grass,
surrounding each one Of the boys sepa-
rately. \ most desperate hand 10 hand
| fight ensued, III which James was very
severely wounded. Thrilling and dan
gerolis in the extreme, as was the position
Of these brothers, yet they displayed
such coolness and bravery that their
courage can only be described as 'sheroic. .
Alone upon the prairie, twenty miles away
from aid, surrounded by yelling, blood
| thirsty demons, we find nothing-but ad-
miration IN our minds for the conduct of
our friends. The fight became a run
ming one in which the Dog Soldiers
discharged their deadly missiles from gun
and bow so thick, that the s'fortune that
fayors the brave could only have pre-
served their lives. No lines of romance
could be more thrilling than the descrip.
ton we heard of Howard's race for life
Having left his revolver in camp he had
only an eight shooting rifle, and as they
pressed upon his fleeing and wounded
horse he would turn in his saddle and
fire, and at each successive pull of the
trigger a brave would bite the dust. A
big chief riding along side of him dis
charged FIVE shots into Howard S clothing
and horse then nearing him exclaimed
HUeh, you come off" Howard answered
ugh you come off, at the same time
showing the end of his rife agains the In
dlan's breast, and the contents, with g
flash, sent the soul of the screeching devil
to the. bourne where may the rest o1
them soon follow So did our brave
mob young friend continue to fire unli
FIVE Of his relentless persuers had uttered
their last whoop. One ball was lodged
in the stock of Howard's S carbne, another
In rhe heel of his boot, and wonderful as
it may seem, he received but two or three
slight flesh wounds. The race was kept
UP until they reached their friends, wher
one of their horses sunk down exhust
ed and bleeding Jimmy was taken in
; to Sheridan, his wounds were properly
cared for. and whence he will come home
as soon as able, when our citizens may
; hear from his own lips the recounting Of
the perils of that morning in which be
and his brother displayed manly anc
noble courage than the histories Of Indi
an wars give few more startling.
Since the above was put in type Fred
, SCHUYLER returned, bringing additiona
data and corrections to the above, bu
. nothing that in the least detraets from
the brilliancy of the adventure. 1t ap
pears that Howard was alone some three
miles in advance of his party. Seeing
, large number of ponies, which he took
to be wild, in the distance, he rode VI
toward them, when from fifty to sixty In
dians sprang up all around him. Be
lieving that there remained no show fol
[ his life he instantly resolved to make it
costly prize to his enemies, and before
they were able to discern his resolve hi
had shot two of them dead in their tracks
In the precipitate fight and fight o
three miles back to his party he killed
two more The surveying party were
afoot, and still some three miles from
their wagons. James Schuyler received
his wound in the retreat to camp. Afte
t reaching the wagons, Hod. again turned
) laid his gun across a wagon wheel ane
, brought down the fifth Indian. The In
dians followed the whole party fifteer
miles back to Sheridan. James Schuy
ler is now at Topeka and doing we'll
t Other than these items the statement frs
{ written is substantially correct.
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