The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-07-10
ON THE WAR PATH.
Two Thousand Indians on Raiding
Expedition.

Two Thousand Indians on Raiding
Expedition.
WASHINGTON, July THE Com
missioners of Indian Affairs received
the following important telegram
to-day, bringing news of serious
outbreak among the Indians in the
Indian Territory.
Usage CITY KANSAS, JUNE Z.
Hon. E. P. Smith, Commissioner,
Washington:
Just arrived from the Cheyenne
and Arrapahoe Agencyo on the mouth
of the Canadian river. Hostile Che
yennes, Commanches and Kiowas
made their appearance in the viein-
ity of the agency on the I'd inst. and
on the same day killed and scalped
VIM. Watkins, thirty miles north Of
the agency. Five war parties seem
ed moving in the direction of the
trail from the agency to Caldwell,
Kansas. l at once dispatched a cou-
rier to Fort Still for troops to pro-
tect the agency, which were tempo
rarily granted. On the morning of
the 9th we mustered a small party
of employees to escort me through to
Caldwell. Hostile Indians had been
seen at King Fishers rancho pro-
ceeding north. We took all the
men and stock to Lee and Reynolds
rancho, on Turkey creek, and on
the I'd inst. the Indians attacked
this rancho but were repulsed, get
ting only some horses. Four miles
north of Bakers rancho we found
four men, Pat Hennessey, George
Faud, Thos. Galloway and one un-
known lying in the road murdered.
They had three wagons loaded with
sugar and coffee for Agent Hay
worth, all of which was destroyed or
taken away. All the men were seal
ped. Hednessey had been tied to
his wagon and burned. The fire
was still burning. We gave them
hasty burial and proceeded to the
next rancho. Here we found team
sters, stages, ETC., concentrated. They
reported war party of about one
hundred having passed north and
east that morning. The rancho men
had kept them off. We took a wo-
man and child from this place and
gave the men all the ammunition we
could spare. The next rancho we
reached after dark. The Indians
had gone into camp four miles east
on Skeleton creek. I advised all
ranchmen and freightmen to aban-
don their places, which they did and
by making good use of the night we
reached Caldwell yesterday. We
found Laflin's OK train at Pond creek
twenty-five miles south of Caldwell,
and / fear this train, loaded with
subsistence for the three agencies,
will be captured as we saw hostile
Indians in that vicinity, and the par
ty had only three guns. My chief
clerk is in command of the party.
There are now but two ranches oc-
cupied on this road and we fear for
their fate before help can reach them.
I have no doubt the Indians will
clean everything until repulsed. l
have offered my own life in passing
through their lines to save others
and now ask and shall expect to
receive at once two or three COM
panies of cavalry, one to be station
ed at Bakers rancho to protect Gov
ernment interests on this road, and
one at the agency. These troops
should be transported as quickly as
possible to Wichita by rail. No
hostile Indians shall be quartered
at the agency and must have
troops to back it up. Let the
hostile element be struck, and
with such power as shall make
the work quick and efectual. /
now go to Leavenworth, awaiting in
structions and ready to go with Gen
eral Pope. Signed,
JOHN D. MILES, Indian Agent.
Mr.. Miles is a Quaker and con-
sidered by the Interior Department
to be cool and thoroughly reliable
agent. His request for troops has
been endorsed and recommended
for Immediate attention by the mil
itary authorities of the War Depart
ment. The hostile Indians referred
to are estimated to number two thou
sand, comprising about fourth
of the Cheyenne, Kiowa and Arapa-
hoe tribes. Commissioner Smith
last year recommended that these
tribes who had then raided exten-
sively in Texas should be brought
into thorough subsection and com
PEELED to give up their raiding lead
ers. This was not done and the
trouble now proceeds from some
turbulent portion of the tribes, three
fourths Of whom are peaceably loca-
ted at Fort Sill reservation, where
Satana, Big Tree and tEeir other
prominent chiefs still remain in COM
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