Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-08

Battle between the UteS and Chey.
ennes-The Victorious UteS Mas
sacre White Miners for Refusing to
Participate
LARAMIE CRY, July THE Laramie
Sentinel of the 18th says: After dark last
night, a man came into Sherman Station
from North Park, and reported that there
had been q general massacre of white mi
ners there by the Utes The report, as it
comes to us, is that party of Cheyennes
came in there, and the Utes went to the
miners to get them to help to fight
the Cheyennes, which they refused to do.
A fight then occurred between the Utes
and the Cheyennes, which lasted some FIVE
hours, when the latter fed. The Utes then
went at the miners and killed all they co1ld
find of them.
Our informant states that he buried
three killed at Mr.. Gillman's cabin or near
it. One man was named Shipman, who
was sick and in care of Mr.. VanDyke, from
whom we published a letter a few days
ago. We did not learn the names of the
others. They were all very much mangled,
and their heads chopped to pieces.
Up to the present time VanDyke has
not been heard from, though his coat and
hat were found at his cabin.
In the present state of excitement it is
difficult to get at the facts. but we regard
it Is certain that the Utes have broken out
upon us, and several have been killed over
at the Park.
Later reports say that the North Park
massacre is undoubtedly true.
Another Account
CHEYENNE, July IA party of prospec-
tiers who left here for the Snake river
mines three weeks ago, returned to-day.
They witnessed fight between the Utes
and Cheyennes in North Park and proba-
bly, owe their lives to the fact of the In
dams fighting among themselves. On
July they found the body of VIM. Ship
man at Independence Mountain in front
of his cabin shot twice aud scalped Two
axes were driven in his head and his bod Y
mutilated in a manner too horrible and
disgusting to mention in print.
Eighty miles northwest of here, at North
Platte Ferry, was found the bodies of two
miners, mutilated in like manner. Their
names are unknown. The Indians perpe-
trating these murders are undoubtedly
Cheyennes.
About sixty miners at Haine's Peak gold
mine, fifty miles north of Park Planning,
turn out an average of five dollars per day
to man.
Battle between the Sioux and Paw
neess
OMAHA, July "A letter to the Omaha
Herald from Pawnee Reserve, states that
on the 22d ult, Capt. Egan with a small
detachment of troops encountered a wal
party of Sioux who had made a successful
raid on the Pawnees, running off eleven
horses; that he captured from them all the
stocks, robes, ETC., taken from the Paw
nees. On the return of the troops the
Pswnees gave chase to the Sioux, who
halted and gave them battle. The Paw.
nees were forced to retreat with loss Of
one killed and four wounded.
The Situation on the Kansas Pa,
Cific.
ST.. LOUIS, Jily Additional cavalry
has been stationed along the line of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad to protect the set,
Elements from the Indians.
Gen Schofeld and family leave Fort
Leavenworth to-day for San Francisco.
The general court martial which has beer
in session at Fort Leavenworth for the past
six months, has been dissolved and the
officers composing it ordered to join theil
command.
Track-laying on the Kansas Pacific Rail
road, eastward from Denver, was com
menced on Tuesday, and is progressing
rapidly.