The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-21
TREACHEROUs sAvAGEs.
Indians Return Treachery for Hospitality to q
small Band of White Man.

From the 81. Joseph (Mo) Herald, Sept. II.
The following particulars of an Indian massa-
ere near Fort Buford on the Upper Missouri,
reach us from an authentic source:-
IL Is the usual custom for Indian traders to
give the heads of the different tribes feast each
year. On the occasion to which we refer, Mr..
Larpenter whose trading post is ut Fort Buford,
had given feast to a large number of Indians.
After their repast they went to the officers
quarters at Fort Buford and amused the latter
with q war-dance Of course every one in or
about the fort was present to witness this novel
and amusing performance little dreaming
that while they were standing as spectators to
witness the war dance of q lot of quasi peacea
BILE savages their friends, only one and half
mile from the fort, were being murdered. 1t
appears that four wood-choppers, named Peter
s. Dugan, whose parents reside in Butler
county Pennsylvania; James II. McLain, from
some part of Illinois, j. Uraldie, an italian; and
an old plansman named Adam Jones, went out,
the morning to which we allude to cut wood,
about one mile and a half from the fort About
noon, and before the wood-choppers were able
to give the alarm, they were surrounded by
about seventy-fye Indian warriors belonging to
the Honea Papa tribe. The Indians Immediately
surrounded and commenced an attack on the
small band of white men. The latter being
well armed, fought back with q heroism
very seldom heard of. For one hour the un-
equal contest ragged, at the end of which time
the four white men were killed, but not before
they had killed ten and dangerously wounded
thirteen more of their enemies. After the
Indians had killed the four white men, they pro-
ceeded to take their scalps. Previous to this
time, Mr. j. w. Cooper, hearing Shots and sus-
pecting that everything was not right got on
his horse and rode in the direction from whence
the sounds proceeded. AS he came in sight of
the Indians they started for the Missouri river.
Mr.. Cooper, learning the condition of affairs,
returned Immediately to the fort and gave the
alarm. A large number of citizens and soldiers
went in pursuit, but before they reached the bat
tle-ground the Indians had scalped the four white
men, and were in the act OF carrying off their own
dead. The white men giving pursuit, the In
dians made a Decline for the Missouri river.
They succeeded in reaching the opposite bank,
and gaining protection from the underbrush on
its bank, before their white pursuers came within
rifle range Ten Indians were killed outright
and thirteen wounded. The latter made their
escape. The bodies of the ten dead Indians were
fastened to the horses of the soldiers and citi-
zens, and dragged to Fort Buford, where they
were cut up and quartered. 1t would appear
that the four white men fought until they were
killed. When found they were clustered to-
gether, some of them having fired from fifty to
seventy rounds of cartridge.
Our informant states that q part of the same
band of Indians, on the same day and about the
same time, attacked train belonging to Cap
tain Payne. There were about thirty-fve men
in Captain Paynes party. He had one man
wounded and one horse stolen.
Old Indian traders express great fears of a
general Indian outbreak. They say that the
Indians never showed as much hostility as they
do at the present time, and everything indicates
an Indian war.