The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-22
sTARTLlNG NEwslFitoM in.
DIAN TERRITORY.
Massacre Of Government Agents by
CherokCGs.

l.
Fort Smith Nep Fra Of the 18th contain!
the following startling news from the In
dian county; r,c
The feeling Of Jealousy hafborOd b,
our lpdian neighbOrs at the authority u
the Government exercised over their ter
9, rlt9ry, ,cIimiltatcd last Monday, the 10th
\ inst, IN fearful deed of Ablo0dshed, flll
ing little short of a wholesale massacre o.
the agents o! the United States Govern
ment. The following startling letter was
received Tuesday morning at the United
States Marshals office, by Captain lame!
W. nonnely, Chief Clerk: %'2''.i"
WuITENoHE's DARnES FOrK,
CHEROKEE NATION. Z
!. Y. D9NELLX-Dtqr Slr;; W.. haye had q
ter1ible light; lost s6Vcn on our side killed dead
three o. theirs killed and u lot wounded We nrC
in devil Of strait Send US mon aud means
instlnter. We arc with thGtlcGd anil wounded
aud expect TO stay with them until the last one
Of rs goes up sor Gods Aakc send help and
send quick y. Como TO Dutchtown and tlen
down Barren Fork tOWhttmofc's. Ward is Killed
Vanney and arc alone with owens. None oI
the rest ar here with us. We look for help to-
morrow night, and We ate looking % he attacked
every moment: The parties arc close together.
S0'Tt ToS4s s9s Ia G'SsSSs'S SsStS arc Win ~ Paw
, In order that the circumstances causing
e,terrible fight above alluded to may bc
Understood, We state the following: On
tho 1lth inst, o white man named ]. ].
kcstcrson, ltvingiin the Cherokee Nation,
near tho Arkansas line, abOut fifty miles
from tLis city, came to this place and
died Information before the U. S. Commits.
sioner against one Proctor, Il white man,
and married to II Cherokee woman, for
assaultinS him with intent to kill. He
states that while he was in his ssaw mill,
on the 18Th Of February last, the atore-
said Proctor came IN and walked up to
his wife, and without provocation, shot
her dead. ue then pointed the revolver
at him and fired. Before he could fire
again, Kesterson escaped. A writ was
Issued, and the Deputy AIarshals instruct
cd TO go TO the court house and remain
until the trial was over, and If he was not
convicted 10 arrest him on that charge
Proctor was known to be desperate,
and it being in tho neighborhood where
Deputy Marshal lentz was killed a, little
over month ago, and where deputy
marshal is shot ut almost on sight, it was
necessary that o strong posse be sent.
The party had writs Tor the murderers
OF Deputy BentZ, who were sunnnsel to
be in that vicinity, and il was proven that
they intended to resist the arrest On
last Saturday thirteen deputy marshals
left here for the scene OF action. At
Evansville they were Joined by Riley,
Woods and VIM. J. Morris and man
named Beck, who is part Cherokee. The
Indian Court House is twelve miles west
OF TINT place. When within fifty yards Of
the Court House they dismoHnled and
walked towards the house Beck stepped
around to the front door and looked in.
Seeing IL large number ol people inside
armed TO the teeth, he turned to come
away, but not before lie wns fired on and
wounded in the act OF turning, the ball
passing in near the left shoulder blade
and lodging against the collar bone At
the same instant vOllcy was fired from
the Court House upon the8Iarshal's force
without, who then commenced to return
the fire. 1t appears that Beck, who
| Is u Cherokee, had some friends in.
side of the COURT House, who, when
they saw him, fall, opened fire on Beck's
enemies inside, and presently the fighting
was general with tho force inside and out
side OF the Court h1usG. II was briei and
terrible. OF the Alarshal's force, seven
ont OF eleven was killed, and Of the assail.
ants only three; sixteen or seventeen are
reported wounded. The messenger who
brought tho word. is quiet young man,
and was one Of the MurshalS force. lie
showed US three bullet holes through his
coat and boot. Proctor was guarded by
eleven OF his personal friends, who
would not see him convicted. The Sheriff
was killed, and the Judge received three
buCkshots In tho knee. The official had
instructions to make demand for Proctor
only in case Ol acquittal.
Upon receipt ofa letter from the United
States Marshall he stated that he had
raised and mounted force of thirty men,
and fitted them out with all the necessary
equipments. A demand has been made
upon the authoritiGsot the Nation, so.
called, to assist in tho taking of the mur.
derers, dead or alive, whose names we
have not been able to learn. eAll OF them
are bravo young men, who will sec the
authority oil the United States govern.
ment enforced TO It's fullest extent. This
is one OF the most terrible affairs ever
known In this country, originating in the
distrust and jealousy with which the
more unintelligent portion Of the inhabi-
tants Of the Indian Territory are mislcd
by bad white men, who only TOO often
find hiding place in the spavsely settled
territory from the officers Of justice, and
regard the United States officials, and bear
deadly resentment against their interier-
ence. How long this inpcrium in impc.
rio farce Is to last VIC don't know, but
Congress ought to make an end of it at
once. What protection can be had in the
territory, may be surmised from the fact
that q man like Proctor, who is said TO
have already committed eighteen mur.
ders, when he killed in her own house
woman, and nearly killed her husband,
both almost total strangers to him, can
yetigo uupuniShed. We arc safe in stating
that It'll Is the stern determination Of the
u. S, Marshal OF this district to bring Jus.
tice to the murderous anu rebellious crew
in the Nation nj any sacrifice and expense
| ST. LOUIS, April 20.-The Democrat has
special from Muskogee, Indian Terrific.
ry, which says thata man on triAl there
for murder yesterday, was acquitted,
upon which n relative OF tho murdered
man shot the murdered man dead, and
wounded tho Judge on the bench. An
indlscriminRte fight commenced, in which
eleven persons were killed and as many
more wounded Among tho killed were
three U. S. Marshals. % r.....
Secretary Dclano and party reached
Muskogee to-day, and will proceed to tho
terminus OF the Kansas & Texas Railroad,
TROOPS ORDERED TO CLEAR OUT THE or.
TENDING INDIANS.
CHICAGO, April 2l.-Licut, Gen, Sheri.
dan has ordered Gen. Grierson, with two