, 1869-06-10

Operations OF the SuEuRcs in Kan.
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ELLSWORTH, June l.
Mocrehouse to the ecene Of the recent lnuian
massacre on the Saline hare lust retorned. Tney
report The Indians nfleen mtlea above, and 4 de-.
tachBept Of the Seventh Cavalry at Splllman
Greek, wherc they found twensJ.,hree women
and children gathered; but there WAS poor sup
ply OF arms !oE their defence. Several adtlltonal
bodies hare been found, making the whole num-
bes Of Killed eleven, With sevesal others fatally
Another force Of SCOUTS will be sent out ia the
morning. Il being the intention to keep comtnun1-
cailon open with the exposed settlements
Recruiting for the Indlan Battalion hiss been
Twenty-nine Indixns are reported to hare
crossed the track At North Fort, ten miles east OF
Hays CITY, this morning at O'Clock. Txo we5e
seen On the haui1s, four miles West OF this p!ace,
Two tralas arrived from Camp Supply ih,, after
noon- They were not nolested, hut report an I'M
mense numoef Of Indians at Camp supply, rrcely-
trg an abundance Of tatious, according to the
Quaker policy.
Several wagons arrived from Fort za,aa to-la.,
post was increased to-dsy 6y ,he arasai Of Il coai @
pany 4, Seventh Cavalry, and detachment of the
Tenth tcoloret) Cavalry. No cou11e1s nave az.
sssed there for fofs,'elshs hS1ra q Fa,~,n-,r ,n.
The paymasters tts.n, while coming from sher-
dan thia morning xte O'Clock, vas thrown from
showed It 70 be Tho work Of Indians, aud thirty
OF them were slsible on shc south side Of the road
and Afterwards crossed the truck cast Of the train
After two hours delay tho train WAS again In
motion and arrived here At $50 p. N. No one
va ,1|qEsd y tne accident Indans were II
to approach tho track ADD were tred on. THn OF
them aslerwatd reappeared near the construction
train 1ntt received second warning.
Gen. Niles courier arrived this morning from
the Saline, They report two additional bodies
found, making thirteen killed.
the Solomon md Republican. They 5 TcTe ID sisat M
On Taesd.J, t~e indlans made dash into tho
herd belonging 70 Troop Q, seyenth Cavalry, and
Wounded one man slightly.
fGs the ssns 1s f,e1aS i y as
Folt uaIker during the eampalRu. =
Major Coz, OF the Tenth Cavalry, has arrived
o SEE Se Al sss pos saui n saa ~:
ammunition. Colonel Nelson, Superintendent, Is
there with nne stock Of provisions and goods for
be gss1tsoned by si1 companies d lie Tenta cav "!
airy and ave companies OF infantry. Al the cav
alry Ein be mounted u accordance with orders
frrm Department f1esdquasters-
Ad}utalt General Muorchouse leaves tonight
for the Republican, with twcnty-shree scout, re-
c5nitcd here Ne rceeiyed dispatches day no.
OF White Rock and Lake Slhley all week, al1lnx
ani destroying everything. Assistance .s begged
Hays Guy. Kan.a. tJuu 81, Dt,9ateA to tie L.ss-
tntrorsA 1sraks
The section men at Norfolk, nine ni1cs eas. Of
here. ny band Of about thirty 1utllans passed
4 guard has been placed at rosstl okskssuk 70
project the tank and saction men at thai Sosnt
sss wno OF ne .n
CTeek, returned from hia scout to-tat, hut was
unable TO and anything tut the srall OF a anan
East5 crossing an6 teunssins the Saline, humber
Another scouting party has been sent By General
Cnstss q 70 Nalnus Greek
uer WIS this afternoon driven In bJ IndIAus four
miles from here, and that = surveying party were
Indians hare been seen 1ithin tea os Twelve
miles of hers By different parties, Al day.
tc1rcs61 ~ mtSeTs + juss fseesed By
dred lnd!ans were seen within d miie and hair
Of town stnce dusk. They were standing u i
circle md had q red tas nolfseA
o'clocs this morning was run OF the
tion. They hal brofen on lie hesds Of apiHes
z Il e Raaaea 'as nd ~ aa II 4
e,'E been the result, II It was in vesy critical
place: but lnctt1J for an board It WIS not, and
the engineer, bang On the lookout Tor something
of the Kind, discovered It IN tine ID check the
train, 70 th1t therr was no serious damage done.
II l. heleTed there were not less than 70 Of the
sssn eT hrped u fsa
tine the train was delayed IN nI1ng the szack.
Thcrr were eeyerzi 1ho0 fired by both indians and
Whites, but owing to the Distance between them
no one was injured. -.-.
News vas received to-day from Lieutenant
Law. who il In command Ct q Troop Of seSen,h
CayalrJ, canped near the mouth Of Asher C7rek,
on the Solomon River, EAns9s, to the effect tbaI
the Indians we're seeu there 1t three different
times June Isl, and pursued each u1ae, but made
kheh escape uplntured eaee time.
NJ Thompson, The boarding noss q ogallan.
informs me that any AMOUNT Of Indian useE are
10 b seen Ia th4s vicinity, bat the rrroFt shat In
dlaos were seen tn sight there to-day Is untrue
No trouble u spprehended from them II this
N xEsK4sxl.
Fort Eearney, Neh tJane y, Cor,esponj<nee oJ Tic
Omaha Republican,
4 few days ago party Of immigrants, e. route
To Clno1nls, Hefr attacked tn the blum about IS
miles east Of this place. TheJ uere attacked on
The blum lpto the Platte Valley. The sars9es weTe
beaten Oh. bat he emlgr1nt paytJ lost one nan
killed By them. The young nanx nanne Wa
IhoEnaa Main waxing. and be WE travelling with
his father md mother and h<ptherk The family
arc from Tic town OF EdgeFood, Et1n2ham Coun-
~, Illinois,
TO-DAY settler on the Little Blue Riser a.r.sed
here md reported that humber Ct Indians
party Of about axteen, be thought-had been hor-
eInE around the settlement there. and that teeJ
eyez- The nan Is one Of patty Of dlschasggd
soldIen, Who haze setued on the L1s!le Hlne ne
report, 1lRo, that one m4u bad Al bis cattle
drIsen %, xnd th&t others bad losf 4tack 1lSo.
he Indiana are committing Ssea5 depledauon
had been attacked also, and had one oI their
horses shot and the Fagon cus up We expect 70
hear OF mere depfedallons sci, ~ the Indians
have undoabei ei1J cone over 70 tals sectnu Of the
country fer that putFcse