, 1869-06-24
TIE INDIANS,

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TIE INDIANs.
Their Raid ON the solomon Rive
Settlements, In Kansas-TheR Or
orati0ns In Jefferson County, Nc
brnAka-
salina, Kansds tJuns1s, Correspondence or tie Leg
| entfosfh 1Tuses.
When tast wrote nom this place there hG
deeu no Indian GutraReS for few daFa aud On
! c1edufous citizens had begun to thnk the pesB
tho phIlsnthroptAts had left this vicinity but u
attack On the Solomon River settlements last sa
| nrday dlspt1ed that WlHtnu- THIS raid was bette
planned than any previous one While ahou
! thTtT f1dLaus attacked the Aaher Greek settle
ment and occupied the attention Of the troup
Fisher Creek and Pipe Creek settiements, whicj
a1e more than swentl m1tes apart AZ Asher Creel
Se sett!eF .sn was ro1ndeS a Fshs1 Greek on
Dyer and John Wle1, we're Killed; tHenty-1y
norsea ma nuies stolen, and Captain Pierce
| we're working tn the neti when ahoE and each re
cetFed three bullets, hut the Indiana omitted tn
! usual ecalpin4 and mutilati0n- Doth were IN
| g1etted ID tie same nelghnorhood man, name,
| brewster, = brother Of A1. Morgan VINO wa
r. y ~ nans 1ss nst s7 VA
treated q house vhere he h4d carblne o.
esass n ana na2 as vi
nouAe was burned, has had bitter Indian ex
pedence. In the last Minnesota massacre, by tn
hands OF the earages he lost all hlB Improvement
again loses alL Captain Jaggers, on Pipe Greek
4 lost seven horaca, but number were Ate1ward
rerBpEure1. 70 dafln0 were the8e thieves tha
they chased horse almost to The GENRE Of H.
| toHn ef Minneapolis. As soon as their presenc,
Was known the citizens gathered and nine men 0
capturing eonaidefable stolen stoek aad one IL
dian pony. at last accounts the Indians had re
treated . the slne ifilts where 1t Is almost in
ernor was quickly on the ground. and promises
me Whole q the exposed district must relaps,
tssaes @ as asvs In thsls aouses % and gs Gn an;
sought protection In adjoining towns. The 70
mainlng settlers wait In dreAd Of smother attaek
Without knowing where their relentless Toe vii
Res Creed NIB, tJurs . corrtspondeees Of tbs Nc
ao hansess o. pa y s1s coany wer y
lacked BY bank Of fn1lanA OH the north bank o.
the Republican River; about thirty Or forty miles
Aeoat q sae ots! naas
from other counties, and from other party Of this
conntyt zero attacked. The party from hi.
se ee trg "a hs
q; A. nsss: I'D one IF: RoseaSuran;
ps Pay ss wsse c.t .tsstsa snS1 sSa
out after budato that had been Killed One wagon
had been sent out for the unest but before arItr-
9H .es q III asns M @ NJ dass dnss a ss
ponies. The hunters turned the team and made
for camp At full speed, tho Indians following up
na5 rsne nn S een y 10 sa9 9, t
them, yelling and screaming IKE demons The
dght commenced for tie ami sca1ps. The hunters
eSs sour tn asPnS saa h3 e ne e. sF Sss %ss
ucae was ordered. TIE Indians pursued
sca3peL | give the natnes: Me+ Preaton, Two
atkinson hfo,hcrs and Nj. Abr1m Roseoourgh.
The other. tnrse got away and returned 70 the
through the county since, robhng, plnndtrfng
and stealing horses
We, the cttzeHe, dfmlf beiete these indians to
the government and led and kept aa peta would,
tuss here. say for myself that tho government had
ccttcr send detachment Of god soldiers tnme-
- Ike fsobsler settlers p general thing hare de-
te.1rtned and Pledged thetr lives fortunes and So
s1sa honof 10 tnss rsMnee ., 12d 9s oa r. Rsasssaions r.
tuned oseE to the Schraaka Legislature Tor doua-
ton to Iorn, Kansas, Or tho St LOUIS L Omaha
b urdet u ths eM.zena Of Js0erson County,
Neb1aakA In. Tnoxssa1t County CLERK
The Massacre ON tho Saline Kaver.-
va Co., e e. 1ssit:s1 I sssssf1 s1 MOO ~ e. 4nom,.
izmiiy w muzdsesa nd hss 2Fa9sz5 Destroyed
q bali m[lea below the mouth Of Spllnau Greek
ul4 home waa thlrt ty~thfee niles from kallna e1d
twenty four miles from E1!swo;rn1the ;as,er be-
Alds!Ssa x. sstaIaa fca ssina 81 ~ q = wien
psad Of Indians had boen tnso tho sest.em ent AMI
muEdsred iatKe humber Of peop5e, and q es1roJel
g. 1uni Z I'D "a ~. a's a :. 19Rs
With gr.st at ndlng ono OF hix ehikisen ysafs Of
aRe. 'esti oH TIE ground with dn1r bat.las4 In hi
I'VE ssrosss. A third child had nse an w woanfs
tn HIS body one entering na back to j. le depth oi
ata irchts- The Wounded one Is nc y Iyinc es
trE we'll MrA 4AJdetdlee aud heT q de ared 3
Eonths, we're carried away copstves. by the IN
lIans.
It beens that the IudiAnst,-shx. srp s,nrnaa,, tn
hafa beeu members OF the Dog Sol der baud OF
CheyenueS-carle UPON the aefil=ot at about an
hon1 betcie aAfk. They n!gidsb u 40 baatIs Of
IN nre localtticA. 1' >''->S''s
,o,1s: NJ ,1na Ms,tzsl tsrnss yha rt q about two
toRetner with cotnrala. an1 hi s. y. Waa cas.
rleo on by the aavagee, y contaau with, the wife
Of our Informant. The Weitzesa iera nom Hano-
1s5, ana haa oas3 nee7 10 tssa 50 ontsy about two
A Danian rnau and wlte ware .urslereo On sp11l,
man Cfees aooat screG mites n ,m tna mouth
oaa hts bead nashea win fh Z, ~ 11e> and ~ ~
shot through the haazt ,wisA "a arrow. They s.ieI
e oa5n ~. .nnse PIT sase m ssEstea In ali the
young boz "a aaed E.s..sa , strarsa, about ID
Ieats old, WAS shot through tt htsfi Wtth hi ur-
ToN, and bis head araaahea vt ia W. cluh. Wlihen
Fa4 io1nd htatdA 1ta no1Y, hr oxen n tvn =
A boy hhms6 a@onta. ahQuk Ib Y~Sfa ND TR4
mot through the body. 3Lt hopes al hfa rAA~-s-
~ ara enterfa4ned, IA tka daet NJ ass aTrpH Is
sp1Posed to be ei:cstnK.1n hts lungs
1ne house of Thomas No3a wn7>atesckedand
ss 9 !ss a p three ssed two OF
Tne hosse os William Hendr.ckaan was sarel
ey the hetcls;n of tEo womcn--Ma- Heud:!cEscsa
nil Ars Gfeep-Whn Ered on the savnge5 several
times, aud tlnallT drove them pG.
When tle IQdtol3 were after JoU4K SND1tA 8
hoy aged twelve ena another aEod nine, slarted
to the rescue, the elder cagrl ing gun and thB
Faupger the afamRniti0n. They fepS The murder
crs away aud prevented them 1irm. killing Smoots
outright
Tnllteeu persons IN all we1e ,fillea, md ~ the
movable property in the settl1neps destroyed or
M. AiGerslice caue TO Karsas about. sax yeaz
ago and has been living ont where his family wSS
for aene time pat We wish some of
the pntla1thz6plsts In the EaAt who. talk abaut
clvtizing the Indiana, could. have heard tnls M
story. We think they HouaA at Least have W1xef.
ed q little IN their opinion Of the La famfly-
Nj. Alde1dlce IL here TO make nia coaaplat9B In
pFrg3u to the military, AMI seA II nny assistance
can t,e rendered him In hooking fen his Wite aud
child. lie has Scented the county for q esanaId-
cradle dl3tnnce around the scenes Of the o1tr0geS
and gives II as his epnten that the aaEafseA hast
not lc1s this section Of the country, hut are still
around In bacds OF fro1u four ia eight.
Tho Eagerly nEzaasncrcA