, 1870-07-09
AN INDIAN WAR BEGUN
I.Rte Peaceful Tribes on the ".
Path In TcfE2ble EarneAf.

| rain In Terrible Earnest,
Fers Sill, Iadian Ttrrito.y tJune;), CORE p9,sdtn
y the ST. Loxi. Democrat,
T1ito you from amidst the fears RI
troubles Of Indian war.
The tribes Of Prairie Indians who hayc mai1
tanned peace towards the government, and nh
inhaplt thus region and the vicinity OF Ii
staked Plains, have, ut last, declared then,
selves hostile and to have gone npon the val
path in terrible earnest. Those tribes cons1,
OF the hloways, Conanches, and one hundre,
lodges OF Cheyennes, having az leaders Sa
tanta. Satank, kicking Bird, Ions Wolf. sfe1; u;
others. @>-@''' aA'
There are at Fort Sill seyeral Luni3ro,
troops under command Of Breyet Major Gen
cral Grierson. The Kioway and Comanch,
agency ls situated about two miles from ths
Friend L2Wrie Tatum, the agent.
couple OF months ago the Indians first be
gan to express their hostile Intentions by of.
1erlng iIdignlties and insults to employees
around tic Indian commissasy and agency;
eAot!ly aiterWard they all withdrew from liz
OF hunting buffalo ard having their medic,ne
oances, but really to concert their plans fol-
war.
About the first Of June they made their tirst
uemonstration. A party OF 40 or so Comm
ches, h1oways and Chcyennea dashed into tl,e
corn aelda oeloW the agency and drove OF the
oil man named Blackburn, who was Wateh-
man At shirley's mill, killed and scalped him
and catrled his scalp on 4 pole through tha
camps OF sone OF tho peaceab1y disposed Cn-
tnanches, to endeayor to incite them to lostil-
itE: They also stole all Agent Tatun's stock,
On the night OF juno Is, party OF Is or 26
kioways dashed up to the government corral n
about quarter OF a milo from the post, drove
OF the guaFd and got away with 10 govern
meat mules. They were pursued the next t1ay
over hundred miles by troops from Fort Sil.
but could not be oye1taken
Or the morning Of tho 10th, just at day
Cheyennes came to the vicinity OF tho post.
They first l1lled man named Henderson.
about two miles west Of the post, and scalped
linn. They then drove OF tie stock he was
Aerdlng, and went to . house near by where
some farmers we're living. They fred into tho
house Several times, and rode on. They then
rcde around to where the beef contractor,
Buckley, was herding his cattle, about milo
north OF tho post, and fired into party Of
hcrdeIs and rode on. They next proceeded
around to the. southeast Of and hslf q nile
from the post, and finding largo OF train
owned " man named Maslden camped there,
they deliberately went to work aud shot
twenty or more Of tie oxen with their alroEg,
Proceeding thence down Cache Creek to the
Coma'che and kioWays Agency, they discoy-
cred some Of the agents wagons campel alnnt
two hundred yarsaa from tho agency. They
rode up to tho wagons and ahot man named
Lew Luk1ns, q teamsteE, who was asleep uu-
der luis wagon. He Was shot with a cafbine.
and is considered mortally wounded. They
then crossed the creek and went to the butcher
pen, about two and n half miles south of tho
post. where they killed man named jose, q
Mexican. Troops were sent in pursuit. but
tue Indians escaped With their pluades and
EcAlps.
The next day, the 21st of June, q party Of
h!teen Or twenty 1ndians attacked the droye1H
with large herd Of cattle, about fifteen miles
sontheast Of Fort Sill, on the Texas rosd, and
killed one man.
lhe next day again they wcre around the
post, and endeayored at night about 10 O'Clock
o stampede come OF the cavalry horses, hut
we're driven or By tho guard
IN the 27th party OF five or eix Indiana
oao 2 10 np to within about bali mile OF tho post
It daybreak, and between the agency md tha |
and went to work shooting cattla |
here. They got away before pursuit could be- |
On the 18th party Of five or six Indians
ppsoachci the post, but were discovered and |
u1sult glSen: number Of shots wcro fred
n them but they escaped.
This state Of Affairs makea porson foe1
cry 10th to 60 from tire post, unless With
The agent, Tatum, thinks that tie Friende
"a do but little good with these saYaees. and
tier all his lard and earnest work With them,
as lad to ask for strong guard at bis acon-
rmed.
The Prairie or Plains Indians, especially the
loWays, are treacherons and cowa1dly, and
ood deal Of trouble is expected from them
lis summer.
GeneFal Sheridan'e 1es8on to them in the
inter Of GS99 ia forgotten BY them now;
10y thlnk they have good opportunity for
,urdcr aud pi1lage. He made one mistake in
ot hanging the Koway Chiefs Satanta and
one Wolf, whom lo had them prisonors.
Ihe Impression seems to bc that largo par-
Gu ri: tayage the border Of Texas now. a.
nall parties hare been doing all the year.
~ that devastation will reign in Several Of
70 border counties.
What courae nil be pursncd towards these
ld tribes u not known, but eel tain it is that
will never do them good. Thev
III have to DO and can only be Kept in sub
ction by fear.
Whether sny expeditions will be fssted ont
ainst them, this summer, or not il not
lown. IN the approach of troops they re- {
e to tho staked Plains, where it Is very dif- {
nn 10 lol1d" them On account OF water, they
y knowing where water can bo found. {
linus these Staked Plains are made the head
arters OF all the disaffccted and hostile G
bes, and, until their resort is broken up c
're, they Will always consider that they have a
afc retreat from pursuit. t
'nmofs arc ME that large party ia orgauiz. t
TO attack Fort Sill, but this will hakily bo Il
emptcd, as there arc too many troops here. y
er inay, however, steal and murder in tho /,
Inity- It il to be hoped that tho troops i
get a1 some OF these bands and give them