, 1874-09-06
THE INDIANS.

A1VfCcS from Col. Ntllca7 Expe0tt1Ous
Special Corrtstondenee Of The chira9" 1Tiou'H'
NTH Miles EXPEDITION,
IN CAMP THE WAcuITA, Tex, Aug. IT, ls74-l
We reached the Wacliita this evening, after
an uneyentfut but wcarso.ne march Of LOO miles
from Camp Supply. Should the rest OF our
itinerary provo equal to this first experience, it
il safe to predict that we shall have good deal
Of hard work, and nothing to show for It,
Wo left Camp Supply on the goth, and have
marched si1 days through succession Of sand
hills, which make teamlng very difficult. The
weather has been intensely hot, go that both
men aud horses have suffered sadly, aud water
las been most difficult to obtain. We found tho
Canadian where We camped,-20 N les west OF
the Antelope Hi.ls,-25 miles vest OF Clusters
trail
SANDY SERPENT
stretching across baang, sandy plain. Even
the pools of alkaline water that, occurring hero
and thele in the beds Of tLese Southwestern
Tlvele. serve to distinguish them FROM the sur
rounding desert, wcro dried up, and we lad to
dig doep TO secure even small supply OF q teplo
and bracksh tud. The ouly vegetation ia q
Bcanty white sage that emphasizes the desoia-
ton. By tile water-courses there ls grass. but
only little, and that littlo so tlndery With tho
sun aud druugh: That it il almost useless for
fodder; aud NO have 10 De very caretul Ut tires.
Drop n match among this heritage, End the re-
sult is almost as insta"taneous aud fiery al II
vou had fired = tram Of gunpowder or boat
load of cotton We have just had narrow es-
caro- o campfire having nct the prairie by tho
rlyers bnnk in a blaze, e,-fortnnasely to lce"ard.
We have met TO Indians i'll force, though no
llave seen email parties OF them. Marching
over these boundess, dead plains, we OCCASION
nllv see on the far horizon cloud. OF dust, OF
what look like
1;ALF-A-pozEN MICE
bcstrldden by manil.lns appear from out or the
bosom Of distant dune and vanish IN that os
another Tho ,e aro Indians. On tEo 13d, MS
no drew hear the CANADIAN, saw i've or slx
ward. Next day party OF dozen or fifteen
reconnoitcred US from tho summit OF tho
Antelope HilL, but they were half-a,
dozen miles away, md pursuit. would
hare Leen m Lieut. Lie ;a. n1,aT.1 IA ,aft c,aa was
Supply, with is cavalry,nen, 10 White scouts.
a1,1 70 Delawares, for tie Adobe Walls, up in tho
Texan panhandle, where it VAS reported TINT
the indians had bt s!cged party OF buffalo
hunters. Tbe rcpo.t proved tr;ie: and tile hunt
ers, no: caring to main after the troops left
| them. evacuated tt cir position on tho 2lst.,
burning their stores and provisioas, and packing
their hides. On the 22d, ~ they were marching
down the Canadian, they came upon 1oo Conan
cbes, with whom running fight took plnco at
long range,-the Indians getting away without
loss on either side. Next day, Nhllo two Of the
white scouts we're prospecting far ahead
of tho column, they came upon
two Comanchcs cooking their dinners in
low. sandy guch. Creeping up unobseryed
within range. the scouts red on them, as they
would nave done on couple Of antelope.
ONE INDIAN NEVER MOVED:
the other, more fortunate, dashed to his pony
and rode oit tho wursc-sc1rcd and eurprieed
Cumarcho in the southwest. This potting
human game as it it we're deer CT wild turkey
seems little odd at first; but our Instructions
arc very clear, and NO mako no mistake.
ANY Indian out on the plains is there for no
good purpose, and is to be killed sight.
After ALL when one comes across the body Of
ono Of their victims, and finds white man
hunter, farmer, or sets'er--naked, stuck full of
a1Tows with fire built on his breast, his entrails
torn out and wrapped rouud his mutilated
stumps, and his ears, eyes, nose, hands, and
fcc;, cut OF and stuffed into the abdominal
cavity, be il less inclined to favor tho pence
policy.
We set out again tomorrow morning, and
mo:e south and west towards tue North Fork Of
the He'd River Of Tcxao. II ws find no Indians
tho WachitA to tic Cheyenne Agency. II there
are any kostiIes in that vicinity, Gen. Davidson
will lie driving them up tho river, and We shall
catc:, them between two fires.
Thus far
QUE PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
stands about AZ follows:
Dr.-To II dsJs' expenses Of $50
e..ectiyes and 6U suptlnu-
lncreries, pay, translorta-
t;on, forage, r7tions, etc,
s1y 81, 100 i day-...-...... SA, ,030.O0
Cr.-By dead Corlalche. .......$ .$0.0G4
By scared Comanche. .o3 COX
o.. r} foeo 3f,Tn