The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-10
Massacre in the Cherokee Country.
Seven MarsbaIs Killed.

Seven MArSllalS Killed.
The Fort Smith Netc Era of the 18th
contains the following startling news from
the Indian country:
The feeling of jealousy harbored by oul
Indian neighbOrs against the authority o
our government exercised over their ter
ritOry. eliminated on Monday. the 18th
in fearful deed of blOOdsled, falling bu
little short of the wholesale massacre o
the agents of the United States govern
ment. The following startling letter wal
received Oh Tuesday morning at the Uni
ted States Marshars Office by Captain
James w. DOnnelly. chief clerk of thu
White Mores and Barren Fork Cheroke,
nations.
| j. w. DONNELLY-Dear Sir: We have
had a terrible fight; Ostseven on our side
killed. Three of theirs killed and lot
! wounded. We are i'm devil of strait
Send us men and means instanter. W.
are with the dead and wounded, and ex-
| pect to stay with them until the last one
Of us goes up. Owens is wounded. FOi
Gods sake send help and send quickly
Come to Dutch Town and then down Ban.
ner Fork to Whittamore's. Ward is killed
Vanney and / are alone with Owens
None of the rest are here with us. We
look for help tomorrow night by dark.
and lots of it. We are looking to be at
tackled every moment. The parties are
close together. Some of the CherOkees
are with us. Yours in haste,
J. S. PEAvY.
In order that the circumstances causing
the terrible fight above alluded to may be
more fully understood. we will state the
following: On the 1lth, white man by
ChoroLac n.t;on ,,a.r IN, A,l,.nS.s linz
.hout an ., miles frn,,, Tic a;t,, ca,nn ~
tI;s n,acc .nJ ti,c,i o., ;,,5nr,,at;an ho,;r.,
the limited states Comm;ss;oner Col las
n Churchill ou,;nst ono E,oI ;oJ proctor
also a white MOI, but married to a Chero'
Zoo woman fnr nrassau,t;ng hin, with ;ntent
Tn L;II He st.ted tI,.t while no x,s in his
saw.n,;I, ON tho 18th of Eohruory i.st
Proct"r came In walked mn to h;s wife !,
CrhoroLee women anJ witbont or"ro,.a.
,;on shot her dead He then no;pted his
rovolvor af him and f;rad the hall str;t;no
inst above tbe lef, eve ReGore he cnuj,i
lin. a1a;n he fKestersonl esc.ned He
fnrtbar stated that Proctor was nnilergo-
;n,, his trial now for the mnr1cr of hi
wife at the court house in Going snake
distant about f;fty-seven miles northwest
Of this nIace writ was iss,,ed and the
nenutr WarsbaI wos instructed tn 90 In
he coi,rt house and remain ujlfii tbc trial
w,s over and If he was NOT conv;cteJ In
arrest him on ty,at charge Proctor was
Inovp to be desner,dc and II be;ng in
,hc nc;e,bborhood where Den,ty Marshal
Rentz was killed = LITTLE oyera month aoo
and where i'm fact a Deputy Marshal is
shot at almost on s;gbt n was necessary
that a strong ros.. sbould be cent The
nartv ba5 aisn ,,r;ts for Tho n,urJer.rs of
r SsDenntv Marshal Rent who wer..
s,r,osoj 80 Va !. ,,,ot IN, ,n,o.i;., ,o y;c;,,;t,s
ond II ,ya. nrovoJ tL., tha,, ;,,,end to 70
s;st arrest
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,he % 0e o"rnor " R.cE .,"nrsd 'u nro,'n3 to tha m
trn,, ~ dnnr aud Ionlod n = Sn";mm :. Ia ,.rme ~.
nnmber u % Of ,a meonSa MIN inside armed 10 tSe
,oo,i, no tnrne,I ;mrnsJ;.taln 70 c,ms
ow,v hn, na, h.fnrn be w,s fro, ,,nnr
anJ jamc.roms,v wounded in tho ,ct Tot Of
tmr,,;n% % Tbe hall n,ssed in M near | the no jeft
Shoulder bI,,,e and Jod";nc a@ainst the
W1c Ipllrpd from tlp court h0llSp lln0u fNp