, 1873-07-28

Camp colorade coEanpns Co.. atSas , fSM,y 1o,' Cor"
Wo aro 1t tho present time having ono Of tho
scverest fndlan raids wo have bud for Bo!ne time:
After Col. Mckenzie killed and captured o lot OF
them last fall on Raso Rlver, they kopt out Of
hore until about tho 9Th or 10th OF April. Each
month Binco thoy havo grown worgo and worso
T1ntil it seems that nloss VIC got como ho}p, 9th.
or thau tho proeent United btatos officers aud
soldiers now stationed at tho different posts-at
present on tho frontior-wo will havo to aba1l-
don ono Of tho finest grazing counties under
tho sun.
Twill now give you some Incidents Of tho throo
difreront rai1s In tllis country, and from vol
authenticated sources ali tho way from Red River
and from ono to thrco countios vide, First raid
-" Light Moon," in April. About II OF IL
o'clock at night q. party Of mounted Indians
attacked b1c1seynolda' rancho driving OIL his
horses (22) By surprising the hands, firing Into M
Hamo tin,c tlloy run On dhisms' Old Ranoho, and
captured thirty-ono hoad Of horses. On tho noxt
day they appeared close to our camp, We do
tailed ton mon to give then fight, chasing thom.
aan 1oa S 'spqEg p gna na sna by
ming tho Colorado River. few days after tloy
charged tho Bachelors rancho ut II o'clock noon,
mud captured fourteen horses, visiting several
other ranches and driving Of about Thirty head'
Second raid-" Light Moon May aud June.
tackled about 2 o'clock .. IN. BY opening severo
fire with noodle and Winchester guns, c1a1ging
ing and yelling, and running otr eeighty-aoven
head Of splendid horses, we'll Bhod, and roady
for q COW hunt, costing The 0wncr about 81, 500
in gold, SO disioartening this man that he had
to abandon the idea Of raising cattle, and finally
sold them at ,groat sacrifice. Three Or four
nights aftor, anothor party OF 1ndians attnckod
tho Same rancho, and captured oight Or nino
moro horses. Having had MI unusual quantity
Of rain, they were easily trailed next morning.
A party Of five or six cowboys followed, and
Indians, who woro In tho oct Of killing beef for
breakfast. The cowboys charged them, 1ntian-
fashion, killing ono and wountaing two from
the broastplato and ,trappings Of one Of tho
ing tho same Gorsos with i've OF tho Indiana.
lar deprodations thoy loft for tho next moon.
Third Raid-" Light Moon, July. First wero
was to bo ovorrun on ill sides by hostile Indians.
Tho first steal was from petus Chiam'B Buperiu-
tenaent, who aaya, Tho Indians attacked ua
whilo engaged in taylng cattle at q .placo called
Flat Top, capturing thiEty-one head Of horses.
Tho next victim was John Brown, who was a.
tached at u O'Clock at night BY party Of In
! dams shooting into camp and running OF forty
nine bend Of horses. Next night they attacked
Coggins raDch, taking of 1nulos and one horse.
passing along to Brown d Waldtlge's sanch, cap
turing from thence ton head Of horaos. MY son,
! William Miles, WHO had boon on big way up
morrill, has returned to replace sir hend Of horhas
which Ind been run. on by Indians about 10
entirely out Of tho circuit OF Misunderstanding;
tho Same night capturing twenty-five head
from other ranchcB on thoif way west. Next
night, before daybreak, two men came
eqr p5asS aong that party Ct lnans ;fa yie
Ing lis baby months old, and dashing it against
tho wall, mangling it completely, and took OF his