The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-22

IRON the South Ol lut ldNu bt'-, h"'i'"N
ting plainly that the Modocs were travel
ing towards Willow Spring gu the old
emirrant road or the country between
Clear and Goose lakes The fight results
in a total loss of ten wounded and five
killed IN both wings Of our force.
THE lNDrANs.-I remember one time
being with Gen. Custer, in Nebraska,
and encamped on the North Flatte river.
We had been travelling through the Ind
ian country, had seen signs of the reds,
but none in substance. One afternoon
several of them came into our camp, and
asked for coffee and sugar. 1t was given
them, and they told the general that
they loved their white brothers, and wan
ted peace. They left camp, and nothing
more was seen of them until, week af-
forwards, and then under far different
circumstances. We had moved camp to
the Republican river, as the grass was
found in larger quantities, and our horses
we're in poor condition to travel.
One morning about sunrise, as we were
busy grooming and feeding our stock, at
peace with all the world, suddenly came
bang, bang, bang and most unearthly
ycls. Looking in the direction from
which the sound came, saw hundreds
of Indians, all mounted on feet ponies,
and coming for us with a vengeance.
They shot the picket on the hill, and came
on until the guard opened on them such
a CALLING fire that they were obliged to
retire, and before they could rally the
whole camp was in arms and ready for
the fray. The reds rctreated to the river,
and Gen. Custer held parley with them.
Pawneekiller, their chief was the one
whom Gen. Custer had fod, and this was
the way they returned the favor. Paw
neekiller said it was mistake, and Gen
eral Custer let him off scot free. The
peace the old fellow wanted was piece
of our hair, | presume.
Another time | was with Gen. Han
cock at Fort Dodge, Kansas. The In
dams had been cutting right and left, and
the general sent out guides and runners
to find Santanti, Chief Of The Kiowas, and
tell him that he, the general, wanted to
talk" In due time Santanti arrived
and told the general that he wanted peace,
and loved his white brothers. This pleas
cd the general, and he presented Santanti
with new coat covered with brass but
tons, also an officers hat and sash were
given him. He departed, but not until
he promised perpetual peace. The very
next morning, this sly old rascal, at the
head of his tribe, ran off nearly one hun
bred horses and mules, shot the picket and,
as he rode by the fort, raised his hat, and
was away before shot could be fired.
This Indian is now in the Texas peniten-
tiary, and will probably remain there the
res. Vi MS ia'u ti,iI1 We found them in a
large camp, and treaty was almost eff
ectcd. The reds wanted one more night
to think of it, so it was postponed until
the next day; but when morning came
our bird had flown and the cage was emp
ty. We followed their trail, and it
brought US from Pawnce Fork to the
Smoky Hill road. Here we found they
had murdered the three hostlcrs at stage
station, and then fired it in order to con-
ceal their fearful work These very In
dams are now stringing their bows sharp
cning their knives and tomahawks, and,
my word for it, they will be more daring
and successful in their campaign the COM
ing summer than usual, because they
know of Gen. Crooks policy, and they
will begin to realize that the last ditch
yawns before them, and thoy will fight
to the bitter end in lieu of going on to a
reservation. -CorreSpondent Globe.
-.---. y ork Letter.
THE LATEST ABOUT THE ATLANTIC HORROR
THE POSTAL CAR IMBRoGLIo-IIow A
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE CAME TO GRIEF
A SENSATION sPoILED-THE SPRING FASH
IONS +. T. l.. C..
Fran Our special correspondent.
New York, April II, 1878.
THE ATLANTIC HORROR.
Which held all hearts spell bound I'M
til the last passenger was saved and
known, seems now to be fast turning into
an old story. The cause which led to the
disaster are being SO befogged and white.
washed, that We are fearful of verdict
of nobody to blame" For few days
after the calamity, nothing else was heard
Of talked, or printed about, certain
great (') organs Of public opinion, land
their own colums" exhausted the vocab-
ulary OF nvectivc and condemnation, first
upon Captain, then upon owGers, then up.
on both. Now they damn, but mildly
very mildly and instead of their former
denunciations of the guilty wretches, who
sacrificed half Il hundred lives, these
same papers seem to have organized a
corps Of marine savants, who pirate
learnedly about tides, and currents, and
solar and lunar influences, and human en-.
durance, and mortal efforts; winding up
with the somewhat wild allusion to Prov.
idcnce, being rather mysterious sort Of
thing. Some people here are inclined &c
believe that the great orgaos (?) of pub
lie opinion have been seen, lest the bust.
ness OF the line should suffer by this sort
Of expose, while men are very uncertain
THE POSTAL CAR MBEoGLIo,
bids fair to become more serious matter
than is generally supposed, and thing:
get more mixed every day. The Senate
special committee, which was in confer
ence with the representatives, of the dis
contented railway corporations, lounged
about the Fifth Avenue Hotel, unbiding
everything from whiskey, straight to GIN
ger ale, at the expenses OF the railway
men. They are queer lot, this specia
Senate Committee, and the queercst com.
bination is that Of their C's. Conck
ling of New York, Casserly of Cal
ifornia, and Conover of Florida. The
two first named, have been before the
public, and can be accurately gagged
The third, Conover, the man from the
land of princa de Iann n nd Etarnol Von.L