New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-06
THE INDIANS.

SEVERE ENGAGEMENT ON THE UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD-FIFTEEN INDIANS KILLED AND
SEVERAL WOUNDED.
CHICAGO, July 5.-lnfOrmatiOn has been re-
ceved military headquarters that Lieut. Young Of the
I'd Cavalry with IS men, attacked 200 hostile Indians on
the 26th OF June, 3S miles from Rawns on the Union
Pacific Railway. Fifteen Indians killed and mum
Der wounded. One soldier named Sergeant Michael
Herman, shot in the hip. The Indians fed to the
mountains.
AN INDIAN MURDERED BY WHITE MANTLE
MURDERER KILLED.
WASHINGTON, July 5-The Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs is in receipt of letter from the Indian
Agent at Santa F6 stating that recently Cook White an
overseer excavation, deliberately shot an Indian
dirt tar enough Three other Indians in the same pit
seeing that White was reloading M gun MIthched u
stantly. The Indians were arrested.
TROUBLES OF THE QUAKER INDIAN AGENTS.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-The Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs has received the following letter.
CAMP sUrPLY, INDIAN TERRITORY, June = 1870.
To BRINTOS DARLINGTON, Indian AgenL
DEAR SIR: It Is my duty 10 inform you OF the follow
Ing facts viz: the 18th of May received for you
a lot Of goods from Capts. Ripley, Lee, aud Reynolds
and shipped the by Tracy train On the 29th, at
Usage Springs, the Indians attacked them and took the
entire lot OF mules, including those belonging TO DICK
Curtis the same time killing one OF Tray drivers
Two men rode at night and informed Col Nelson,
no sent two companies Of cavalry and mules ana
brought the wagons back to tins pace received the
goods of the wagons and placed them In an empty store
house, and the packages the same as shipped, but
Of the goods were wet from the recent severe rams
Capt Reynolds ordered to turn over tine horses ana
stores by the 3Oth inst, and settle up all business per
tanning to sub,isng Indians. | have recOnsdcrcd my
determination To remain here you would employ me,
as responsibility for all this property at the present
OF affairs is too great as the Indians are WITHIN GOO
yards and around us almost every n5ht Anew hghtsasO
they eudeayored stampede train just below, where
we had and bacon piled. HubGll and myself
TO the rescue ana together we dlOge me thdans
stock that had Just arrived from the agency How they
ever managed TO get up Wlh9uI pelg hi'e Is
preparation for attack and with our arms beside us
in bed They killed and scaped Dave Lees man. also a
Mexican, right in the post Ihey also Killed two men
and fearfuy wounded the Sergeant at the rancho be-
tween this and Dodge. So you there Is no chds play
about this, at all events. About 20 Indians are lying
around the post, but it is impossible 10 kill or capture
Them The cavalry ala go ont one day ana ran te 10 OF
! eraI horses. Very truly yours, c. p. RANDALL.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received the
following letter through Friend EnOch Hoag, supern-
! tendent for the Central Superntendency:
OFFICE KIowA AGENCY, INDIAN TERRITORY
June -, 1870
! FRIEND HoAG SuUt Indian 4 fairs, de-:
From the reports of some Indians believe that all OF
the Kiowas Apaches, and about haf 0f the COmanches
have len the reservation without my consent one Of
lilo Chiefs, Tlhananca sent word 10 me that he wanted
the soldiers 10 come out and fight them. From
what | learn it is the intention OF some Of
an extensive raid into Texas II appears that when
Tahananica made his raid here ON the 25th UT they
killed and soaped, according to their own report one
man. His dead body has been diligently searched for
but found The only reasons have heard the lnd
ans assign for leaving here first because so many OF
sick and died here last summer ana Fall ;
second, they received small an amount of annuity
goods and third not being allowed to purchase annu
Sition The Indians report the MexcanS
where on the Plains, 400 miles southwest OF here
as near can learn, selling arms ANA ammunition 10
the Indians Gem GrersOn has many OF his troops along
Red River and other places watching for the movements
of Indians AaiIs look rather dark and discouragng
Respectfully, LAwRTE TATUM, u. 5. Indian Agent.