The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-06-11
THE INDIAN NEWS.

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Another Bloody Massacre importantly
tails. IlsiaH oztEageA ~
e d dtpatJ FskeiiTeE Iast evening ND fFs,ra
WeterTille States that an kttack had
been u.adez tpeu the std ere en- the
Repuljfitau By al sfgs bod Of Sioux,
Cheyenne and KioWa Hhdi&fs. Khe9
settlers were--drixen across the river.
Seventeen settlers who had recently
come into the country were killed
among them a Mr.. Winklefiel, late
prpDIipent CITIZEN Of AtchisoR& The
EIaf9eF lslamlSer off tseSe were killed
while crossing the riyer.-Iopekd C0la-
Hs0nmeatth, Juno 8.
Geo. W. Growthereof the Irving Re-
eordery writes the fe4lowssig particulars
of late Indian murders to Governor
Harvey, dated Waterville, Jane ID :s2f.
.sThe reports of Indian massacre and
| piliaSe L find upon examinations have
not been exaggerated. In fact they
have eOmmitted more idepredations
! thansh have been reported. ~ s2sl5l -
Representative Smith, of Marshall
county, has just arrived from the .cOun-
j try west of tile SolomOn.s He was one
(, of the party of ten that went out for
the purpose OF hunting andslooking up
! locations. On last Saturday evening
! about four O'CLOCK five of the party,
/ while hunting near the forks of the Sol
ONION. were set upon by about 100 Sioax
/ and Cheyennes the party were sepa-
/ rated, and they took to the brush, elud-
4 ing tile Indians until dark, at which
/ time they singly struck for the settle-
nleHts.T Four of them, after being
chased two days, and suffering untold
haifiships for the want of food, water
and sleep. have arrived--the most ter
Pibly dilapidated nIortais I have ever
! seen. The fifth man., John Wilson,
Smith SAYS. was headed by the Indians
j and was compelled to run through their
! camp; since then notlIing has been seen
or heard OF him. lt is thought lac was
tomahawked in the camp.
1 Six Of a hunting party of seven from
this place were mastered at the mouth
of W hite Rock. They made gallant
ammunition giving out, they fell easy
victims to the merciIess tomahawk.
The following are the ilIunes of those
killed belonging to the Wateryiile par.
/ ty,: IL. Wen1lefieck, L. Wendlefieck.
land two persons named Cole, just from
Michigan. 1t is truly heart-renaing to
learn that those killed are not the only
8 liferers. Mr.. Burke, we'll known,
believe, to your Excellency, leaves a
family consisting of wife and eight
chiltlren-all girisyniH all butgdestitute
circum instances. MFR. Wendleheck, q
much honored citizen of this place,
leaves a family of a wife and six chill
dren, who were entirely dependent up
OH him for their daily bread. bolt
| Four citizens of Rose Greek, NebFas-
ka, near. the Kansas line, were at the
head of White Rock, i'll thisState, look
ing mp farms, and were ruthlessly sci
upon by the savages, on Thursday last,
and brutality murdered and mutilated
Two Swede farmers were massarred on
Thursday, on White Rock.
! MIR. Pillsbury, of Smiths party, in
his wanderings found the body of Il DR.
Rose, on the Solomon, terribly mutiIat-
ed. 1t is feared that the remainder OF
Il party of four, of which he was tliE
the head, are murdered, as they have
: not been heard from. ar sri g
IL Mr.. Smith says that he knows of sew.
/ en- squads OF. hunters, averaging five t.
the squad, who were about twenty
miles west of him when he was at.
tackled, and it is feared that, owing t.
the fact that they have not been heard
from, they have fallen victims to the
seafpiug knife. s -tif la 80
! Mr.. Smith stopped at Lake Sibiey
where Capt. Ii. &. Saunders, who com
manded "A company of the Indian mill
tia last year, was very .busily employed
i organizing the settlers who had fiockeC
there for protection. eg-i p.f1 =
- Mr.. Smith intends yraising an in
dependent company of men, and cal
culates to go up OH White Rock to pro
tect the settlers. He left with his com
nland yesterday Ed itauaf~
4 The Excelsior Colony have deserted
their locations, and sire scattered al
along The Republican, from Scandina
via to Lake Sibley.
: Mr.. Smith says that the Indians who
attacked his party wore broad brimmeC
hats, aud were armed with new Colt
revolvers.
From Capt. Brunswick, of Junction
City, who arrived in the city yesterday
we have learned the names of the partic
who were murdered by the Indians OF
worth. Mr.. Brunswick saw the bodie
on Saturday last. lie says they present
ed the most shocking sight he ever be
held or conceived Of The brains of tn
children were beaten out and their teetl
driven into their mouths. The bodie
of the adults were manglcd, bruised ant
tortured. The names of the killed wer
~. &. Lovington and wife, brs. Alder
dyce and four children aged respective
ly eight, five and two years, and a bab
of seven months /; Christopher Peterson
John WetZel and Hermann Mayhofl
George Smietz and VIM. Alderlyc
were wounded. = Topeka Common
tcedith. 4s