, 1874-07-14
Eve Days, Fighting Oh tho Canadian
-Tventy-fivo' Indians Killed, nnd
uA ll1anY Marc Wounded.


MS n,ny More wounded,
From, the Dodp< City {Kan) Messenger, JufV0.
Tho following letter wis received, Sunday
morning !sst,, by Mr.. 4. a. G. Myoss from ,,a bis
IL tho Pan-1Iandlo Of Toxas. Tho h1lutora (and
they number 1osg than q hundred) laavo been
corrallcd 1y Indians, md fighting moro or loss
since the 9th Of Jnno. Tho man TINT brought
avoid being seen by tho Indians. He made
good timo, aud reached Dodge City Sunday
morning. Up to tho time he loft tho Indian
loas, in killed, was abont
and aa many more wounded. Tho hunters Lost
four n.cn; ihroe were shot by Indians, aud tho
other one, Air. William Ofds, A former resident
Of this city. shot hinself accidental w.. The lot
tor was 7rltton aftor dark, ani uuder great OK
citement which will account for tito raildom way
in which it waa wTltten:
ADOBE w411s, Tex:, 5n,y !, lS7A.
coTracd slncs juno a. Tue attack curly III
the morning. aud tho baltic laased about throo hours
ss h I'D ae s9sa % ms MI o
The hunters oil sick Of hunting, no they aay md
are apt to leave without a moment's warming; but
the place. The baatlons x the cosssl useless to
us wo had TO Do our nghting from ths store About
get = escort q my men, sepa Antholy. o.
s &C oa Eli In
ainns in signt all tho re. All tic hunters aro in e.
TIC corral j. fal Of horses we hayo thir.y.esht
w are well armed, aud can stand or 600 indians.
BEHAVED LIKE HEROES.
tho Indiana had come one hour Inter- 10 would ali
their men would have been started out OH hunt,
s s s ons m lnn Sny II s so sna j. on ss
10 It from e 70 ID Xasds for % shos. tooh ore
around to the corral. and got or their loraes aud
fought aH brnyey as any men ever saw. So bad 1s0
o tho u
thoy in. Al tho mon sro Of The opinion tint tho
anohsF rse we
FnED LEONARD.
On Yhussdny evening Lost about o'clock, a
horlor was driven in to the Clulmaron station,
25 miles woat Of Dodge, by tho Indians. Thoy
chased him nbout miles and within 500 yards
| Of tho Btatton,--two OF thoir shota hitting the
building. After firing thoir last Shots they
turned and tlod. A Hhort time after tho Indians
Of the station, md tho soldiors, thinking tl,oy
had canped, took q hand-car and rolled oil to-
wards the s,'ppoaod eanp. II was aoon dis
from railroad-bridgo That
HAD nEES SET ON FIRE,
and was burning brisl;ly. Tho Indians wero
seon, but nothing could 10 dono with them, as
tho soldiers wore nut mounted. The only thing
thoy could do was to carry water in their eaps
bridge WIS about 60 'feet long. A portion
Of the crohs-piocos wefo 10 much damaged as to
Of tho rails woro bont and twisted badly. The
bridge WINS repaired In tesrhours' time.
On Saturday, mar Grenada, while. q man mud
! q hoy wore hprd.ng cattlo.-they being Ho1no
1ittlo distance apart,-a gang Of Ihtlians auldou-
ly appeared and surrounded the boy. THO man
started to go to tho assistance OF tho boy wlln1.
10 saw another body Of Indiana going "for
9,o,n n11n5 lat Sx.t.L
! not 10 left alone; but tho man could ronaor 10
abBstauce against such odds, and, having Il rood
horse, mado h1H escape. Tho boy was found
hlsoT AND soALrED, "
Tho ncxt day, wllilo man waa out altar load
Of wood lie waH shot through. killed, and Haalpea.
: lllA body was found tue following dsy in The
wagon. about milos grom Gronads, with tho ax
, whtlo llltg, M bullet lind ponetrated botl
/ | sidos Of the wagon-box.
On the natno duy. not far from dronntla, two
SrSri d aaa 5a,a0t 70 apa dnn"Sett wse % eHsoa '
took aholtor. Tho aavagea came up to whore
tho horses were lott, took them, and wont away
i A Aloxloan train. which loft Dodge CITY son,,
I days since, WAS attacked west OF bnrgcnt and
/ TWO OF THEIR NUMBER KILLED,
On 6atnrlhy aB tho train was going wost, III
boys SAW q gang Of Indians somo dAtaauo oi
leading Romo extra ponies. A fuw sl,ols wer
fired from tho train, aud, although tho savage
woro not hit, lilo shots mado them acatser ,,rstt
lively.
i on Friday afternoon IA 1ndans maao raid o
, eome Hsook near syracuse, Attt ran OF nix lae
| belonging TO roloy, ak from prairio Dog Dave
. aud QUO from 1nwrotico. Daye throw aamo lie
lead at tho aayagcH, but could not got a scalp.
, Horrible Ontrn9cs by Intlinns Men
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J ayos o,l tho Wnr-IAtAs
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