, 1874-08-12
THE INDIANS.

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Dodge cfty. Kan. tAua .. corrf,penaenes q tho To-
An expedition ia, now being fitted :out 1T Fort
Dodgo to assumo oEensivo operations against
the Indians who haEo been wnging war On tho
about the 18th Of tho prosent month. The OF ]
petlltion will be composed Of eight companies Of
tho Sixth Cavalry and five Of tho Fifth Infantry,
numbering in all about QUO effective lighting
here, snd three arc On tho way from Fort Lyon
CT. The other company that is bo' complete
the complement OF cavalry is At Camp Supply,
aud will Join the command nt that place. fonr
compauec Of the infantry arc hero, and Tho other
COMPANIES will arrive in day or two. About 100
Wagons accompany the expedition from here Ten
white scouts and about tho earnc uumhat OF
1n,lians rill go along Ihean Hah be under ,f the
bo encumborel with any useless luggage, as they
70 undor light marching orders. Col. Compton
will command the cavalry. Capt: Bristol the In
tantry. and Gon. Miles will command the expo
ditson: All Of these oaioe1a haye seen service;
Gen. Miles belonged to tho celebrated Second
Army Corps, which made iaaolf notorious at tho !
battla Of the Wilderness, BY gobblng up john;
aotl'a digision OF robH. Col. Compton served
with honor during tie Whs:i an lows segiuent'
Capt Bristol also stands high ~ IN! officer, iis-
tingnishoa alike for bravery and good Judgment.
There will scarcely bo 2 commissioned officer
connected With tho expedition who LAS not seen
active servicc, while good proportion Of tho
Callahan, IN old frontiersman aud who has been.
In ~ oloao'quartera - anybody, accompanies tho
outfit as WI gon-master. Thore will be about 160
citizen employees. -...
Altogether, tho composition Of the entire OK
peditton IN n,ich as to leAve no room to Doubt
thai it tho opportunity offers, thoy Will give
good account Of themselves. aud It is folly to
supposo the 1udians will surrender without .
mo,ptea on ponies that will keep fat on grass,
unincumborca with supply trains, or anything
olso that would retard thoir quick motion in .
thoir mild brothers hare turned up mitalng since
they commenced the war, and they wil DO anx-
iot,s to aYcnga their doaths. Their vindiotive-
moss and antnosity towards the Whites know no
bouudH The man who falls into their hands
suffers two-foid death, and ia literally chopped
to pieces.
Supply, ID tho Indian Territory, and from
nhsso tsss Ts'' t viii 10 BE- sA' onad by the %ens
Cavalry (colored), from Te1as. and from there
| to wherever tho enemy Ia: Tho Fourth and
Eighth Cavalry, which hayo been operating On
| formed. will move in conjunction With the foreo
! ieayipE here, And will close in Oh tho Indians
from ail sidcs. It is estimatoa that tho force
! which will soon DO on the move will number be-
tween 900 and ), 1000 men, independent Of olti-
many 1ndinnB are participating In tho preaens
! war, but 1t il judged that tho number will not
fall short Of 5000. They arc now eaia to DO
uniting in tho region Of tho Stalled Plains, tho
moro eifoctually TO resist the troops going. out
| against them. They will fight on ground OF
| their own selection aud may indlct serious !osa
on our forces, but tho ultimate result cannot ho
doubtel-thoy must yiold. They arc not SUP
poHol to bo overloaded With ammunition, and
when this Ia gone there ID nothing left tor thon
| to do but to surrender.
A train loaded with buffalo hilcs arrived hcre
| yesterday evening from the Canadian re scons
I ~. 1nfn fafnnha handful
! OF men against 400 redskiua. IA the tacts bo-
| como bettor known, the heroiam at these men
| Ia without parallel. There wore thirty men In
| aide tho atocaalcs, end only. tHalyo guns. With
| tinally driving OF, over 200 Indians. 90 bold
wero the savages, and 30 confident Of their prey,
that thoy came right up to the entraDcea to the
| etockades and eadeaYorod to hroak down tho
! dooru. Que fellow was entertaining tho boys In
! Bido with a war-danoe On buffalo htdo. That
/ was his last war-dance A piece OF lead from 8
| ueedle-gun struck him and brought his perform
anco 70 an abrupt Termination. He gave yoll
and bound, and then went to tho earth. Othors,
to tho number OF forty, paid the same penalty
| Tor thcr reckless daring. Twelve Indian hoads.
minus hair. feathers, and othor thumtnim, now
adnru the gate-posss Of the corral. THO coltec~
VAS killed among tie Indians with Can Of yeast
powders Ia l,lH hand. uo didn't "raise" worth
. cent after that.
Tho Indaua carried Off their wounded and
most at their dead, whom they buried on tue
adjacent hills, About thirty freshly mnao
graves woro counted. In this remarkable en-.
counter with tho savage hosts, only three whites Z
wore killed, QUO inside and two outaido the
etocltades, namely: William Tyler and Isaae
: acheidler aud his brother. There wese othara
J killed, but not at this place aud time. Tho
huntara st,ll hold their ground and no lndiane
have boon seon slnco In tho vicinity. II was
. evidently not healthy place for them to jerl
buffalo moat or to dry plluaa.
!, Some OF tho trophies captured from tho In
them the scalp Of woman with long black half
A number Of others nero noticed In tho bolts OF
. tho warriors. Some Of theae ought to bo for
: warded 10 tho Ponce Commissioners; the sigh
Of them would no doubt ooniirm thoir belief ir
/ the ntter innocence and harmleasueBs Of tho In
. dians.