Evening star., 1869-12-13
More Indian Outrare~.

Horrible Murder and NarIdfiOr Of q White H,H Lg
~. ~ S,oas-DesIerdts A':asts Upon Hed Po'7i.s-
The indians Ldsgh at usc iafdRtTy.
Especial Correspondence of The STAnJ
FORT LARAMIE, WYoMING TERRITORY, Dec.
| 4, lst9.-EditoT Star Since last 4 wrote th.
| Sioux have been at their terrible work, ami
| hardly day passes now that some pcTsJns arc
not kill ed on wounded.
About three weeks since Mr.. Dickinson tsasl
OF Judge Dickinson, of New NOTk. WHO llas ben
| engaged during the summer In filling hay con-
tracts at Fort Laramie. was returning 10 his
Indians and killed he Was aIen. ~ $1,000 Nv
the post, and not returning % his camnst 49,.
proper time, party was sent "a hook Tor him.
rom tlle surroundings il appears that ba W.
attacked suddenly from the rear hy Indsrs 80
ms horse started TO run, but the Indians >ot In.
morse and he fell dead Dickinson then foasl,,
lhem Win his revolver, using his right hang
until he received an arrow in his rigb+ sr,,, =;
the elbow this he must have pulled out. brok.n
IN TWO, and thrown upon the ground a. n w.
,,',, ,ociid ~ ms sde; he then continued dghtng
until lac received pistol rife hall In lis LEI,
shouideri THIS rendered both arms useless to q
great extent; but the third shot struck him I'm ts
gIoln groai anu dlsabled him 20 that ne laid down,
when one OF them stepped up to him and pat fhs
lnuzzle OF pistol against his forehead and blew
out his brains; his forehead wa 6lled Win
vsoer rom the pistol, showing that il was near
his face. The savages then stripped him OF his
eiothes, took his Pocket-book, which contained
about two hundred doilars -calIed him horribly
cut Oh uls cilln and the NhiskerS with IL. and
then ieit him on the open plains. in which con-
Union ne was found and brought into this po,t.
and sul'sequently buried I'm the post Cemetery
on Saturday night, the 9TH Instant a marty
OF sioux ca me TO the lodge of herder in ths,
employ OF Mr.. Benjamin Mills, abOu. three
miles from Fort Laramie, made some noise ont
SIDE 10 attract his attention, and as soon as he
opened his lodge door fired into him, woundinc
hlm severely; they then ran OF with aboIf
iorty head OF stock belonging 10 Mr.. Mills
On Thursday, the I'd OF December the mail
party from Fort Laramie for Fort Fetterman
was attacked furiOusly by about fifty Indians
The party consisted Of a corporal and six men
The little party fought them brayely and re-
treated towards Fort Laramie. The Indians
Followed them TO within about twelve miles of
tne post, and made three separate charges on
The party. The corporal in charge CORPORAL
Nerneke, OF Brevet Major VIM. :. Golfers
company OF tho eth Infantry, aud Private EIne
OF BreNet Lieut.. Col. X. Z. Mckibbin's com
l,any, were badly wounded. Private Erne's LETT
thigh bone Was horribly shattered, and Erus is
not expected 90 live.
The same day, the same band attacked the
mail party coming from Fort Fetterman TO Fort
Laramie, and Private johnson, of Cap.a.n
Henry w. Patterson's company of the Ith In
iahtry, was severely wounded through the lungs.
lie was brought 70 Fort Laramie YESTERDAY. and
died at the post hospital last night. lie VAS
buried to-day an the post cemetery.
And thus the bloody work goes bravelv on.
The cavalry have all been withdrawn 20 Onla lia
coo miles from the scene Of warfare, and th..
Indians, on their ponies. laugh at infantry. II.