The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-07-24

after a hard fight the Indians were
driven of, taking several horses and
killing one of Loving's men, John
Heath, who was shot through the
head. A courier was Immediately
dispatched to Fort Richardson for
armed assistance and within one
hour and twenty minutes fifty caval-
rymen of the Tenth Regiment with
three days rstions were en.route at
full speed for the seat of war. On
the arrival of the troops in the val
ley not an Indian could be seen nor
any trail found. The troops then
moved off going south toward
Keechie Valley and arrived here at
the garrison to-day at twelve o'clock.
LATER.-To-day the Indians in
large force again attacked the COM
bined force of rangers and after five
hours hard fighting night closed the
fight, leaving the Indians holding the
field and having the rangers entirely
surrounded.
This was the situation last night
at six O'Clock when Major Jones, of
the rangers, sent in a courier to the
post commander for immediate as
sistance, stating that he had three
men killed, five wounded, twelve
head of horses killed and fifteen men
missing. Mr., Loving also writes
for long-range guns, saying that
the Indians without long range guns
were able to keep them off with
their Winchester rifles. Within an
hour after the courier arrived one
hundred mounted cavalry were again
in the saddle going at the top of
their speed for the field of action.
They left here fifteen minutes after
ten last night, which would put
them in the valley by one o'clock
this morning. No later news from
the Indian fight. The estimate of
their number is from one hundred
to one hundred and fifty.
ST. LOUIS July 1S-Tbe RepubH
can has q special from Kansas City
giving an extract from a telegram
from Catldo, Indian Territory, to the
Kansas City Times to the effect that
fight occurred between company
of the Sixth Cavalry under Col.
Carpenter, and large body of Com
anches, thirty miles west of Fort
Still. Col. Carpenter was badly
wounded and six of his men killed,
Indian loss unknown. After the
fight the Indians came upon a stage
keeper and his wife, killing and
scalping, skinning 9nd most shock
ingly mutilating the body Of the
keeper in the presence of his wife.
The woman was carried into captivi-
ty. Later accounts of the Indians
is that they attacked a party of
wood choppers and it was feared
killed them all. The date of these
fights is not given.
OMAHA, July 1S.-A dispatch
from Rawlins Wy, states that cou-
rier had just arrived from the mi
ming camps forty miles north of
there with information that on Wed.
nesday, the 18th, two hundred Sioux
attacked the mining camps at Sem
mole, and fought camp of thirty
five miners two days. Ed. Daniel
was killed. A small party Of citi
zens all well armed start ed for
Seminole to assist the miners yes
teriay. Fears are entertained that
Indians have attacked other camps
in the vicinity that are too small to
resist. Gov. Campbell, Of Wyom-
ing, has telegraphed General Ord
for assistance to be sent from Fort
Steele, which is the nearest point.
General Ord has ordered compa-
ny of cavalry to go at once by rail
from Fort Russell, Wyoming, to
Fort Steele for Immediate service
at Seminole. Several war parties
are reported camped on Deer Creek,
Wy, which is near Fort Fetterman.