The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-04-17
An INDIAN MASSACRE.
Fesr Men Killed, swe sf wAsa were Cisisess
Of Lawrenee.
HEADQUARTERS U. S. SURVEYING CORPs,
ARKANSAS CITY, March 70.

HEADQUARTERS U. s. SURVEYING CORPs,
ARKANSAS CITY, March 70.
EDITOR JOURNAL: On Wednesday morning, the
18TH inst, Eddi. NJ. Demming started out with
ms party ." complete his survey Of township "a
north of range Ii, west of the Indian meridian
aoout Ten or sixteen miles south of State Line
near the ninety NTH meridian, of west longitude
IN the Indian territory. He expected to get fin.
lshed by noon About IL a. m, he sent one of his
is. .t 70 camp He got in all right. When
ne ieit the party he had about three miles to me
ander down the left bank of the Cimarrvn river
Eddie and his party failed to get in thar night
but as We had no idea of danger We did NOT ana
pect for one minute that they had any trouble
with the Indians although they are very thick
through that section. As they did not get in by
noon ON the 10th, we get very anxious about them
and q party Of three men-Wilard F. Short, of
Lawrence, Charles A. Davis, Of Chillcothe, Mo-.
leach had q brother in the missing party) and
the man who sent in the day before, started
cut to look for them. They struck the trail on
the river bank, and followed il down until they
arrived at the town line, the place where Eddie
had closed and finished his work. They ther.
found great many Indian tracks. band of
some forty OF fifty warriors had crossed the river
right below the town line. From the crossing
point the tracks turned up stream. in the direc-
tion of the camp. We suppose the Indians acted
friendly and allowed them TO start toward camp;
then, as soon as they had their backs turned,
shot them IN the back aud buried them right
where they fell. When the boys found the
mounds of sand they tore away some of the sand
and recognized the body of Eddie n Deming
As there were hundreds of Indians within mile.
they did not wait any longer bnt started for
camp, getting in "a distance of about ten nsiles)
IN aoont one and half honrs. We stood guard
an hight, but were not attacked, and rolled ont
ior headquarters at Arkansas City the next morn
h'S, aoou' an hour before daylight.
!ne murdered men are Eddie n. Deming son
OF ar. A: \. peming, proprietor Of the City Hotel
OF TINS city; Daniel Short, of Lawrence, Kansas;
Charles A Davis, of Cream Ridge. near Chilli
cothe, NO.; and X. Poole, a youny EDpiisbman.
OF Lawrence, but has no relatives In America
There is still party Of thirteen men in danger.
and q provision train belonging to Cant. IS A.
Darling, u ). surveyor, the contractor ahon,
thirty of us start ont To day to bring in the othr
party and train, if possible, and recover the d.d
bodies of our murdered comrades. If the parties
who report that the Indians are disposed 10 be
quiet on the frontier would take "trip ont among
them for little while they would change their
mind. ! am certain they are anything but peace
ably inclined. 1t is high time we had change
IN the Indian policy.
one band of Indians have declared their determ-
inatlon to fight all summer, and will commence
ss soon AS grass is high enough for feed.
when return, if ever shall, will let you
know how succeeded.
am, cir, very respectfully,
HrGR F. RICHARDS.