Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-04-24
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FEAEFUL SLAUGHTER n CHmoKE
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our lnjian neighhors ~ ihe authority d
the government Of the Uuiicl S'aic- ovc
their territory culmiua'cl last Monday
the 18th inst. la fearful deed " bluol
she'd. falling little snort Of wholesal
massacre Of the agcats Ofihe government
The following startling letter was re
eeived on Tuesday morning At the Unite,
States marshal's oiies BY Capt. James NJ
DOnnelly. chief clerk -
WmTENoRE's. BAEREN FoRK.
CnEEoKEE NATION.
j. NJ. Donnclly: Dear Sir-We hav,
had a terrible fight. Lost seven on oul
side. killed. Three Of theirs are killed
There are lots Of WOUNDED. We are in a
devil Of a strait. Send Us men and
means insianter We are with the dead
aud wounded aud expect TO stay with
them Until the last &c If 4, goes. Owens
is wounded. For Cod, sake seni help
and send quickly. Come 10 Duichiown
and down Barren ForL to Wa,iemoreS.
Ward is killed lamcy aul are alone
With 0wcns. We look for help to nor
row night by dark, aud are looking to be
attacked every moment. The parties are
close together Some of the Cherokces
arc with us.
Yours, in haste, J. S. PEAvY.
In order that the circumstances caus.
ing the terrible fight above alluded to
may be more fully understood, We will
state that on the llth inst white man
named j. j. Kestorson. living in the
Cherokee nation, near the Arkansas line,
about fifty miles from this city. came
here and fled information bcforr United
States Commissioner Churchill against one
Proctor, also white man married to a
Cherokee woman, for assaulting him
with intent to kill. He stated that while
in his sawmil on the 18th of February
last Proctor came in, walked up without
provocaton and shot his wife dead. He
hen fired his revolver at him, the ball
striking him just above the left eye. BE.
ore he could fire again Kesterson escaped.
L is further stated that Proctor Is under.
,oing trial now for the murder of his wife
It the court house in the Snake district,
bout fiIty-seyen miles northwest of here.
writ was issued, and the deputy mar
halls were instructed to go to the court
ouse and romain until the trial was over.
nd 1t he was not convicted to arrest him
n the other charges. Proctor is known
0 be a desperate, and it being in the
eighborhood where Deputy Marshal
'entz was killed little over a month
CO. where in fact a deputy marshal is
not at almost on sight, it was necessary
nat strong posse be sent. The party
Iso had wriis for the murdcrers of
'nited States Deputy Marshal Bentz,
no are supposed to be In the immediate
cinity, and they intend to resist arrest.
asst Saturday morning, the 18th inst,
equity Marshals Jacob G.. Owens and
oseph j. Peavy. with William Wood,
oseph q. Vanney, James Haskins, Paul
ones and Eugene Brockel as posse,
tt here for the scene of action. At ,
Evansville they were joined by Riley
'oods and William j. Morris, and at
ntchtown by a man named Beck, who is
lrt Cherokee. The Indian court house
about twelve miles west of that place.
he party proceeded, when about D. m.
Monday they were within fifty yards of ,
e court house, they dismounted, hitchcd
cir horses, and quietly walked toward
e east side of the house, in file by twos !.
icy stopped at the corner, and Beck :
spped around to the front door and
oked in. Seeing large number of peo-
Q inside, armed 10 the teeth, he turned
come away, but not before he was fred
ION and dangerously wounded. At the
me time volley was poured from the
urt house upon the marshal's force with.
t, who then commenced to return the
c. They were at great disadvantage
the attacking party was under shelter
side the court house. 80,
1t appears Beck had some friends in n
e the courthouse, who, when they saw p
n tall, opened fire on his enemies inside i
d presently the fighting was general. fl
was brief, but terrible in its results. c.
the marshal's force seven out of the a
ven lay dead, and of the assailauts q
zee. Some sixteen or seventeen are re- 81
fted wounded--some mortally, inclu- y
g Marshal Owens. The messenger
aw the names Of only two Of the mar al
rs force who were killed-James b
ard and Riley Woods; three were mis- la
g--James Haskins, Paul Jones and al
gene Brocket. Morris helped to lay ii
mine bodies on porch about half NJ
e from the scene Of the deadly ARRAY, W
thither the federal wounded we're OIL
} carried. Proctor, the woman. killer ne
desperate, was guarded BY eleven of pi
personal friends, who would not see j.