The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-23

ADDED to the list.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, moved to
the extracts Of banks for tanning purposes. |
Agreed 70.
Mr.. Mccormick moved to insert quinine. |
Agreed to.
Mr.. McNeely moved to strike ont char
coal and insert coal. Rejected.
The Committee, having reached the inter-
nal revenue section Of the bill, rose.
After . motion by Mr. Spur TO repeal the
whole internal revenue system, on which no
vote vas taken, he House ,journed.
another Terrible Massacre BY 1odiass
WASHINGTON, May IA report has
been received st the War Department giving
the details Of the massacre BY Indians,
Mexicans, and Negroes Of persons in charge
of train Of supplies. enroute TO Fort Stock
ton, at Howard's Mills, near old Fort Ian
caster. The facts as reported to Gen. Augur
BY Col. Merritt, Of the Ninth Cavalry, from
Fort Clark are a. folloWs: On the 10Th
inst, arrived with the cavalry under my
command at Howard's Mills q few hours too
late to prevent one Of the most horrible mas
sacres that has ever been perpetrated on the
frontier. A Mexican train loaded with U.
S. Commissary and ordinance stores, on its
way from San Antonio 10 Fort:hockton, Was
attacked BY Indians, p!undered and burned.
All the persons with the train, seventeen
souls in all, were killed or wounded except
one woman. Ny command buried eleven
bodie. and brought three wounded men and
one o,rn into this post. Before arriving
at the turning train, the 6r.t intination We
had OF the disaster was the charred and
nlackened corpses Of the poor victims. bat no
one was alive to tell the horrors Of the affair.
supposed, up to this time, that Capt. Sneri
dan, With the infantry Of my command, was
in camp At Howard's mills, about q mile
from the scene OF the massacre, and While
yes some distance from that point the smoke
Of the burning wagons WA mis- AIKEN for bis
camp fins which confirmed me in this be-
lief know, nj least, that Sergeant and
four men were at the mills in charge Of Tor
age. The command moved rapidly toward,
the mills, where the Sergeant, in charge o.
the detachment q. that point, was met and
Iointed out to us the course tie Indians had
taken with the stolen animals belonging L
the train. In short time the trail wa
found and rapid pur-uit was At once made By
I Co.'S A, and II, ofthe Ninth Cavalry, com
manded respectively by Captain Coonr!
and Lieutenant Vincent. After toll
loving upon the trail for some mile
. the cavalry came upon the Indians in fore,
on the summit of a steep and almost impa.s
ible bluff Here sharp fight occurred, II
, which Lieutenant Vincent fell mortall'
, wounded white b.avely leading and attempt
, ing to control his men. He died shortly al
ter returning to camp, about 10 o'clock tina
night. Capt. Cconey was painfully, bat NJ
seriously injured by falling from his hors
while moving at rapid gait. He, however
re-monnted ard retained his command. Tn
majority o. his command behaved very well
but q great part of them were raw recruits
, and without experience in Indian warfare
and wasted ammunition, the want of whic
made q protracted pursuit Of the Indian
, impracticable. A woman who escaped, n
ports that six Indians were killed in III
1 fight.
Words iail to convey an idea o: the s.cker
4 ing atrocities committed by the demons, VIII
/ overpowered the train men. Several of theI
r we're taken alive, tied to wagons and burned
= A woman was clrried some distance froI
4 the place of attack, ard then shot and scalpeC
4 Her grand child had its cara cut of, wa
> scalped, and had its brains dashed out; Will
!. her daughter, the mother OF the child, VIII
' witnessed all, as also the death Of her hui
o band, was carried of by the tends. More tina
e one poor wretch crawled from the barnin
1 wagons after the ropes which bound theI
n had burned of only to burn to blackenet
r unrecognixable macs with their charre
e hands and faces raised in positions Of eI
a treaty. The train had nine men with it, I'll
remainder Of the party being women an
!. children. 1t is feared one woman was take