The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-11-10
CHASING THE KIOWAS.

A LONG U FOR A BAND OF INDIAN WARRIORS
THEY SEEK REFUGE WITH a FRIENDLY
TRIBE-"KICKING Bird DELIVERS THEM
UP.
A correspondent writing from Fort Sill,
Indian Territory, to the New York Herald
under date of the 9th ult., gives the follow
ing account of a lively chase after the
Kiowas: The present condition of the In
dians on the warpath shows that if the es-
innate already made by your correspondent
that 800 savages were engaged in the revolt
be correct, there are from 500 to 600 warriors
missing. Where are they and what are they
going to do? No one knows, and the imprs-
oned braves are thusI far mysteriously silent
and profess ignorance on the subject.
Advices were received here on the Goth by
tourists from g Sheridan, at Washita.
dated Sunday, October %, to the effect that
Col. Carpenter and Capt. Little, with a de-
achment ofthe 10th United States cavalry.
composed of companies l. and NJ and sew
enteen Indian scouts, had found a large
trail of hostile Indians on the Mary's Butte
or rock, and had followed them east and
then south to Fort Cobb, thence to the
Washlta river, near the Washita agency
where he lost the trail, but that
his scouts had taken it up again at
the functions of the Forts Cobb
ana Sill ROADS, from which point he had in
structe1 Col. Carpenter to pursue it, and, if
he came upon the fugitive ~rascals, to engage
them. Later in the day Col. Carpenter ar
rived at this post with his having
made a forced march of lis miles. He
marched so of them consecutively night and
day, with but one hours rest, closely press
ing the retreating Indians, who were ascer-
tanned to be Kiowas, lately of the band mar
shalled by Lone Wolf, and supposed to
number about 30 braves, with women and
children, numbering in all about 150, with
300 or more ponies. They wore closely pur-
sued, though at no time in sight
until they reached Cache creek, where
they seemed to have scattered in
all directions near this agency,
their tracks being stamped out and mixed
up in confusion by their herds. In the
graphic language of Col. Carpenter, who
was very much disguised at the Indians
having thus successfully eluded him, 1.-THE
bottom seems to have fallen out of the In
dian war;" and the whole trouble, so far as
the kiowaS are now concerned, will be to
decide upon what punishment is to be melted
out to them. 1t is to be hoped, if the mil
itary branch of the government is to do its
duty, that it will be swift and sure. Later
in the day, during the investigations in the
Kiowa camp near by, directed by Col.
Carleton, who detailed an officer. and an in
terpreter with a platoon of cavalry to call
the roll and see if any hostile Indians
nad taken refuge within the camp,
1t was developed that five braves were there
IN hiding. Their immediate delivery, with
their arms and ponies, was insisted upon by
the acting agent, Captain Howard, and after
a few moments promptly complied with.
One, however, was missing, and while the
four were being taken to the ice-house a
chief was seen riding double in hot
haste to deliver the remaining prisoner be-
hind him to the sergeant of the guard. At
about 9 O'Clock Kicking Bird, chief of the
kiOwas, came with Captain Howard to re-
port his readiness to deliver up nineteen
more of the warlike bucks, who had come
In subsequently to surrender Themselves,
and they too were turned over to the guard
and placed under lock and key with their
brethren, who had been engaged in the same
exploits as themselves on the plains.