The New York herald., 1874-07-17
SHERIDAN'S RED FIENDS.

correspondent OF the Chicago tribune writing
rom Omaha, July 10, supplies the following;-
The teegraphic dispatches OF the 9th or July Ravs
! brief account OF battle fought with indians ia
he WIND River country the Am OF July. Inc
elegram stated that the attack was made oy re-
luest OF the Agent OF the ShOsnOne Indians, Dr.
lanes Irwin: and General Sheridan In asubsequenu
lespatcn gave some reasons for the ordering Oh tne
attack. but did not at all enter into detalia IN
ow but II came at last, and the blood Of innocene
men, women and children, which has cried rom
the ground Tor years, mas heen avenged.
BLooDTHlRsTY SET OF VILLAINS
lid live upon the lace OF the earth. They were
Tue onscourngs OF the Sioux, cheyenne ana
Arapahoe nations, and have long lived on tire
head oil the Powder RIVER, their hand against
every man and every mans hand against them.
Almost every spring and lall Tor five years they
W ould come down to the Wind River Valley, muir
der, pillage and burn, until troops, citizens ana
gathered to drive them out How many white
people they have Killed IT would be i'm 1ossble to
tell, buL | remember The names OF some and will
give them mere.
Then follows the names OF forty persons mur-
dered by them.-ED HERALD.
Some OF these murders were most atrOclous.
MIR. Skinner, VINO lived on the North FORK of Big
Popoagle, saw some Indians driving on his horses,
and went out TO demonstrate with them, when they
shot him down in MS own doory ard. no less than
ten balls being nred into his body Mr.. skinner
had no arms when killed, and was wholly defence
less; Soon alter killing ok nner the Indians went
10 the place or Mr.. Wihams, aud took his horses.
They then attempted TO enter the nouse and Mr..
Williams objected; but on beng assured they
were friendly he let them In, when they took
lnuian 1le the Indian behind HIM fired
at Mr.. Williams and shot MIN II, through
the neck. Tney then returned TO Williams
mouse, ana murdered Mr.. Cogurn and
Samuel Kyler, who tnougnt they were rendly IN
Fork. where they met James Holt, United states
solder, and killed and scalped him. Ihis man was
oseph R & Hi aes aa Army On the
same day they surrounde cd the cabin OF Mr. Camp,
poor Old hunter, killed him, i,lit open his head
with an axe. took OUT the Drains and
sMEARED THEN OVER HIS FACE.
Then they stuck pick into MS he ID. drove stake
through his body and stuck al axe into his back,
leaving she ghasty remains on his doorstep. When
Mr. Cogurn was found his brains were completely
blown out and his face black and burned with
powder, indicating that the hends who killed him
had thrust their pistols nto his lace and fired.
Frank Irwin, bright boy OF seventeen, and the
one morning early go to Miners Delight, four
miles distant: and, when between the two places
he met iour Indians, VINO made friendly signs, and
he allowed them to come up TO him. They at once
knocked him down. stripped him Naked shot four
arrows into his body, and leit tue poor ooy ior
naked, he walked and crawed pack towards At
lantlc, until ne met a citizen. who carried hlm IN
his arms to the village. Did General sheridan
hear Mrs. Irwin, the poor, heartbrOken mother OF
the boy, TELL IN her wild, hall lrenzied way, about
the loss OF her son Perhaps he did, for he was
within mile OF ner house when at Camp Brown,
and, If he listened to any such tale as the writer
once heard from the lips OF that mother, 1t IS little
his troops and
who killed her boy.
Dr. Bard, Harvey Morgan and Mr.. Mason three
citizens OF Wind River and South Pass were on
their way from south Pass to the United states
camp on the Big PopOagle RIVER and when between
the Sig and Lttle Popoagte, aud distant only ten
miles from the camp, they were surrounded
by about seventy-lve Sioux and killed. They were
in a two-horse wagon at the time, and carrying the
United States mail. When found they were strip
ped naked and horribly mutiated. One OF the
iorewneels of the wagon rested the breast of
DR.. Bard, and, while held in that position, he had
been scaiped alive. In his writings aud struggles
lie ha0 torn deep holes in the ground with hlS
hands Morgan laid near the wagon, naked and
scaped. The hammer had been taken out of the
doubletree OF the wagon and the iron handle or It
driven into his temple and through the mead, PIN
ming it to the ground. 1t was ST. firmly mbedded IN
and was buried with him. Morgan's thighs had been
cut open and the sinewS taken out, probably ior
feet long forced up his person; his legs were
spit open and the sinews drawn out. Nearly all
these barbarities were undoubtedly perpetrated
WHILE THE MEN WERE ALIVE,
or continued until death relieved them rom their
suncrnys. Nor were these ALL but other indIgni-
ties were perpetrated upon the bodies too inde-
cent and horrible to relate.
Mrs. Richards ana her niece. Mrs. Hall, lived
iirtle garden and q lew COWS, and we're Kind and
inonensive women. The Indians bOtn hostile and
friendly knew them, and they gave to all out OF
their little store One day last summer some In
dians came down from the hills, shot these poor
women in cold blood and mutllated their bodies.
Il.
with load Of hay, when fifteen indians, hid by the
roadside. sprang upon him, killed MIN and ran on
his mules. He left wife and iour little children
could recite dozen more instances OF the
HORRIBLE CRUELTY. TREtcnERY AND BRUTALITY
OF these Indians; but let these sufice. do not
assert positively that the Indians who committed
these murders all belonged to the band General
sheridan ordered Captain Terry to destroy; but
many OF them did. When the indians came down
on the Wind River Valley they always came from
the head of the Powder River, and there was where
ha nan tuaAf hut a To-
s,royed. Alter raidng the valleys they fell back
to the Powder River, and many OF the horses stolen
re known to be III the camp tins band.
They are said to be the Indians VINO killed
rrenchy" and TO nave @ oGssted OF IL vn
at Cottonwood, midway between Miners Delight
and Little fopoagie His was the only house for
eleven miles, ana in lonely and dangerous place.
He had little garden and a cabin, and gave to In
dians and white men alike. He kept no arms, and,
when demonstrated with and advised Of his danger,
he said, "No one will hurt Frencny. He never did
any harm to Indian or white man." His cabin was
always open to all, and he fed the passing Indians
long as he had any potatoes corn or meat for
himself. One spring day, while he was planting
potatoes IN his garden four or i've Indians rushed
down from the hllls shot 'Frenchy" drove pick
into his head stripped his body naked and left him.
He sleeps in the garden devoted to the purpose
OF raising food for the very Indians who killed him.
A hunter who had often partaken OF "Frenchy's'
bounty was 80 indignant at this murder that he
went over into the Sioux country, killed war
nailed It over "Frenchy's' cabin door and wrote
underneath, on board, with q coal, in rude
letters,
"vENJENCE FUR rRENCHY."
"Frenchy's" real name was Devereaux. He
claimed his father was General under the First
Napoleon and said short time beisre his death,
he had n brother living In Canada.
Whether the Indians were guilty OF all charged
against them or not, they were guilty OF much
and an example was sadly needed IN the wind
River country, The great Lieutenant General
came, saw, comprehended In moment and
acted. Many settler III those far.on valleys Will
write over his door the word "Revenged" ana
many 10 woman and child will sleep soundly at
night who has not lain down for years without the
fear OF being walked up by the warhoop.
Citizens Of Colorado and New Mexico
Asking Protection.
WASHINGTON, July 16 1874.
petition has been received at the War Depart
mcnt signed by ia citizens OF Colorado and New
Mexico asking for protection from the Indians.
MIDNIGHT MARAUDGRS