Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-19
LATER.


LATER.
Sunday the Indians attacked Loving's
rancho, in Lost Valley, Jackson county,
fifteen miles distant. After hard fight
the Indians were driven off, taking sew
eral 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 thirty cavalrymen
OF the tenth regiment, with three
days rations, were en- route at full
speed for the seat Ofwar. Onthe arrival
ofthe troops in the valley not an Indian
was to be seen, nor a trail found. The
troops then moved off, going south to-
at the garrison to-day at twelve o'clock.
To-day the Indisns in heavy force met
the rangers, and after five hours hard
lighting night closed on the fight, leav-
ing the Indians holding the field, and
having the rangers entirely surrounded.
This was the situation last night at eight
o'clock when Major Jones, of the rang
ers, sent in a courier to the post COM
mauder, stating that he had three men
killed, five wounded, and twelve head
Of horses killed and fifteen men missing.
Br. Loving also writes for long-range
guns, saying that the Indians, without
lOng-range guns, were able to keep them
of with their Winchester rifles. Within
one hour after the courier arrived, one
hundred mounted cavalry were again in
the saddle, going the top of their speed
for the field of action. They left here
fifteen minntes after ten o'clock last
night, which will put them in the valley
by ten o'clock this morning. No later
news from the Indian fight. The esti-
mate of their number is from one hun
dred to one hundred and fifty.
ANOTHER DIFFICULTY NEAR FORT SILL.
ST. LOUIS, July 1S.-The Republican
has a special from Kansas City giving an
extract from a telegram from Caddo,
Indian Territory, to the Kansas City
Times, to the effect that fight occurred
between a company OF the sixth cavalry
under Colonel Carpenter, and a large
body of Indians, thirty miles west of
Fort Sill. Colonel Carpenter was badly
wounded and six of his men killed. The
Indian loss is unknown. After the fight
the indians came upon a stage-keepeT
and his wife, killing, scalping, skinning
and most shOckingly mutilating the
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wife. The woman was carried into
captivity. The latest accounts OF the
Indians is that they attacked party of
wOodchOppers, and it was feared killed
them all. The date Of these fights are
not given.
A RAID ON GREENvILLE STATION,
WYOMING,
CHICAGO, July 1S.-A special from
Font Steele, Wyoming Territory, says
that a bridge gang and the section
hands at GTeenville station were at
tackled yesterday, and driven into Raw
lins. Before leaving they succeeded in
killing one Indian and wounding two
others. The one killed was stripped by
his companions, stake driven in the
ground and his blanket hung on it.
This was done to mark the place for fu-
ture revenge. All the depredations were
committed in this vicinity by three diff
ferent bands, but they are now united,
and have gone in the direction of the
Wind river valley, fully one hundred
and fifty strong. Forty-five citizens
mounted and fully equipped have left
Rawlins in pursuit. The Indians all
have breech-loading rifles and plenty
of fixed ammunition.