The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-05-19

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seaAt Brown being badly, perhaps
fatally injured. The = re.iaforce-
ments never arrived, having lest
their way in the binding snow
storm Fagihg at the time,ua
Lieutenant Stambaugh was a
mere boy in years, noble and gener
GUS, brave. as lion, aud as an Of
ficer and gentleman the peer of the
highest. His death is sore loss
to us.
Another of the accounts is as
follows:
Yesterday morning just at day
break a young man was out hunt
ing his team preparatory for his
days work. lie had just succeed
ed in getting his mules, and
mounting one, when party of
sArapaho Indians rode up to him
pulled him from his mule, and for
sport was beating him and driving
him before them, thinking they
could kill him at any time, The
man made all possible haste for a
company ofcayalry camped about
one-fourth ola mile off in deep
i,ravine, Of which the. Indians knew
nothing. When he turned the hill
the devils hove in full sight of the
soldiers,who were just getting out
of bed. The man succeeded in
in gaining the camp, when the In
dians turned and fed. In less
time than it takes to write this &C,
count officers and soldiers were in
hot pursuit, the Indians scattering
in all directions. Some Of themen
we're bare headed, others bare foot
ed, others just in their drawers and
shirt5. A part Of the soldiers went
east and another west for Indians,
who were driving off stock and
making for the Indian country
Both parties succeeded in bringing
back the stock and killing two In
dians, and no white man hurt up to
this time, In abouton one hour after
news came from Beaver Creek that
Indians had driven of some teams
hauling hay for the cavalry. Ma
Ijor Gordon, Lieut.. Stambaugn, a
sergeant and nine privates, imme-
diately started for the scene of the
depreciation. On arriving at the
spot the Indians had been gone
about two hours. The party pur-
sued about ten miles, when they
were overtakcn by a terrific storm,
which obliterated all traces of their
trail, and caused them to retreat
for camp. When on their way
about five miles they ran into u
party of about fifty Indians, who
gave fight. Lieutenant Stambaugh
was instantly killed, the ball en-
tering his mouth and ranging
square through his head. The
soldiers retreated to a hill close
| by, and in this position contemded
in the face ola pitiless storm then
raging, with these blood thirsty
sayages for two long hours, when
the Indians beat a hasty retreat,
leaving their dead and wounded on
the field, which is conclusive proof
that they were badly whipped
Forty-two Indians were counted
when retreating. During the fight
the gallant Sergeant received d Sc
we're wound in the jaw, which, it is
feared, will prove fatal. These
brave men remained about an hour
undisputed masters Of the field,
when they hastily took the body of
the lamented Stambaugh, carried
it into the brush, and hid it as well
as they could among the rocks,
fearing, if they took 1t with them
they might again be attacked and
lose it.
In the death Of Lieutenant STAN
baugh, the army has lost one of its
bravest officers, and the pioneer one
of his best friends.
But Major Gordon is the right
man in tho right place, and if the
Government will but give him the
means, he will soon put q stop to
the Indian troubles. Too much in
the praise of the officers and men
ofthis little band of heroes cannot
be said.
While the "boys in blue were
securing the body Of their much
beloved Lieutenant, they found
five dead Indians near him, who
it is supposed were killed in trying
to scalp him, one having fallen
across his body. Others are sup
posed to be killed, as many bloody
trails were found, TO day the par
ty returns to the bloody scene re-
inforced by citizens and soldiers
to recover the body of Stambaugh
and rive IL DroDnr annulohpa