, 1870-05-21
TIE INDIAN RAID ON THE SOLO,
MON.


Particulars OF tho Nn$%actc mt the
Mouth Of Limestone
From ne 7r{~ta {Kan*as} Commonwealth, My Is.
In Sunday morning issue We published the
report Of ali Indian mid on Limestone Creek,
ut its junction with the. Solomon, which re-
suited iu the killing of three pcfsons. From
correspondence now before us, We are enabled
to give fuller patticula1a. ;,
Tho following is an e1trseet from letter
written by George stinaon. and dated t'Stin-
SONS Store. May Ii, 1870.
many we eannot teL They male ! dash On
Scvts' dug-out on the 9th, aud Killed three men
out Of nse: The party. being without arms. wsr.
the IFer IN froni of Il Tney were ali Eell prpsiii-
un with arms hut were too careless, leaving their
bones without Tsapop Ths Indians sst tsa
1tcn- The names OF the unfortunate men arr John
GeeE, Solomon Aser, and William kesson
vnser m H. I'll u q Il. soe eIest.
and With an arrow In the hack, passing nrariy
through Tie txls. he ~As also toMahaw Se4. Great
esing the unpcr tr. He YVES 2o years oi age, aal
leaves wife. lie hatl not been herr quite week.
It was e:i.!ent from the surroundings that he hal
pa~nee County, Sep1aa1s.
"Sulomon Mlser, 1rum Michigan, WAS shot In the
river with seven Arrows; two III the brrast passing
four inches through the body, one In the side,
in the back, one i0 the hlr one in the Right a,m-
| and one IN the hndy, His tge WIS about IS Years
| t" " tlltAM hEESon, fEHiuE0fG QukHGHn Ee Was
lsllet, when nearly ae7oes the stream Two revolver
through the heart
"Thctc men we1e al respected By those who
knew them. They have lost their tires f7om L.
tlan cruelty. How long will the government per-
NIT such ontrages to b. committed on the from
! ter. We might u well hare no protection At al
| as The 3ew soldiers that are here 1t the people
f1rm Asnvr 10 the forks OF the Solomon were tu
| leave, the government would be compelled to rim
force their station herr, the scalps OF the
few soldiers that rtnteCf u"
From another letter, written By J. n. Myers,
and dated Belois. Mitchell County, May II, We
take the following:
u presume 5ou VIII heat, ere this reaches you,
| ihBt The 10 family has again given us toretasst
uf what We may expect this SUMNER. They killed
| THREE citizens Oh Limestone Greek, It its junction
With tns Solomon Tasse M & Me.s feHs ,I msa sd saa
1t 70 happened tnat, for the nrst time, they had
locked their door, leaving their arms, 1mmuns
tun. and accunHe1penss inside; therefore the,
ait seems Is though the Indians, OF part O.
| iheu, had gone III the house, hruken open tht
Which Consisted Of elevcn guns aud SO rounds
then secIrIct themselves 10 the brush At the cross
lug while the other pc1ty Of ted devils made tibet
Wrrc II work. The rarty naturally Starred 10
| ihett arms, and while cruising threc Of the mel
were Ii led; the rem aiming man and boy SWIM
cf It'd tSe.s it, comr1des fwo 81 The men were kille,
bat Ntle STOCK"
hood Of seventy miles shove Lindsey. Cap
| tain Nineell, xho has been in town for son
| time in attendance upon the United State
District Court, resides about twelve miles be
low where this massacre ocrufrcl- he re
ceieed letter from his wife yesterday. urgin
him to come home at once. aud bring hel
with him. She etated that Indians hid bee
. Feen near their place. She herself hzd gon
done to Aeheryille for safety.