The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-04-03
INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
Marauding ON the Southwest
Frontier.
Three Men Killed and Sealpsd !!
'pecial CorFespoadence d TIE IIHss
ARKAHpAs CIrY, March g, 1873.

| ARKAHeAs CIrY, March g, 1873.
d. Il. AstAay:
DEAR SIN, l send you the following new
juA - received It from n. F. Short, be.
longing to one Of Caps. Darlis&'s q. 8. Sur.
veyine parties, which you are At liberty "a
publish over my signature. u I will vooch
for it. Mr.. Short sayr: ''On the l9th Of
March E. N. Demins. compasnan With
c. II. Davis, (of Cream Ridge, near Chill
looothe, Mo.,) Robert Pool, ian English
mani and my brother. Daniel Short, started
out of camp to meander the C'mmeron. or
Red Fork. Not returning At night. ve felt
anxious about them, 20 Ne started next
morning to find them. After going some ten
miles Ne found their Trail and followed it for
about three miles, when ve discovered
An INDIAN TRAIL
of some g or 30 ponies, and the Indians
seemed to have followed the surveyors until
they closed their work On . corner, Range
IS. About two rods from the corner Ne
found the graves. or rather
THE BODIts COVERED UP WITH SAND
about six inches deep, which We scratched
of enough to be sure they were our frieoda,
and recognized E. N. Deming, compaRman,
(of Arkansas City,; and - We were poorly
armed. and only three in number,
We could do nothing but hack to camp
- soon % possible, ~ there "a. some
EIGHT HUNDRED cHEYNHEs
only one and half miles from there, and
We did not know bat what they might be all
around "a. We returned to camp a. coon -
possible and kept guard all night, and started
for Arksnsas City next morniug. $50 miles
distant-did not zee any Indians on our
return.
wHrRLwIND'S BAND
of Cheyenne, was the one We supposed COM
mitted the murders, "a they had been to
Capt. Norton's ranch. on Mule creek,
trading, and we're returning southwest about
that time. Davis and Fielder were With me
when we found the graves There are
Two MORE PARTIES OUT
At this time, and several messengers and
teams. One party was compelled to quit
work and come in few days ago, and one
team with four men left here on the 10Th for
E. NJ. Deming's party to take supplies 10
them, but went different road from the one
the train came in ON, and are supposed to
be about
WHERE THE MURDER WAS Committed
a. this time. Henry Medley, the driver.
Jack Crane, Dr. Colby and VIM. Cough. Of
Washington City. are along. A party Of
men composed Of surveyors and citizens are
Organizing to start and warn them Of their
danger and escort them in safe. Mr.. Dem
ing is relative Of Captain DArlings; Mr..
Stop.ery was aagman Of the party, and pre-
vented BY trids from going out with them
that morning, 20 be il safe here BY my side
telling me Of his narrow escape.
THE SETTLERS ARE ORGANIZING
A party of thirty men on foot and mount. |
ed, with two teams, and feed for hoses and
rations for the men for twenty days, started
this afternoon at two O'Clock to 90 to the
rescue Of the parties still in the field. Dick
Ketner, of Leavenvorsh, and Richards, Of
Lawrence, are of this party; they expect TO be
gone two weeks or more, all arewell armed,
and quite number of the men are old scouts
and plainsmen, and know how to take care
of themselves.
THE EXcIrEMENT Is At FEVER HEAT
on this frontier, and cnrses both loud and
deep are heard on all sides, against the pol |
icy Of sending men to survey Indian lands !
and not furnishing them protection; and
against the Indian policy generally.
A common remark ia, ooh! the Govern
ment will give them fresh ammunition and
more riaea, feed them all winter and Is.
them murder white men at will" NJ
Deming was the son of one Of our best citi-
zens, and very 6oe young man, respected
BY all. ISAAC II. BousALL.