Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-12-05
Co0LEY's BLUFF,
INDIAN TERRITORY,

D | from Vinlta Stating that the dead body &
th-.Once noted Captain John s. Journey
cake had been found on the banks of On
ion Creek, near Coffeeville, and intimr
ting that he had come to his death b
foul means. This noted Indian has led
life so remarkable IN every detail, duin
good and evil TO himself and. evcryUn
that came in contact with him, that i
company with Mayor Foley from Tn
New York Herald, fastened to his na
tive region TO learn, if possible, and Il,
cord, The most important Instances con
necied with his career.
| Captain Journeycake was a man q
about six feet four inches in heigIh, wa
well made, and possessed rather pleasins
features. He was born in Florida in 1916
but in 1882 with his paren Is moved to
the Territory. He was Cherokee, and
among his Nation had considerable in
fluence. At.the age of fourteen he was
sent 10 school at Tahlequah, the Capitol
of the Cherokee Nation, where he re-
mained nearly four years, impressing hi S
teachers with high regard for his nat
| ural ability for learning. In lS43 he en-
tered Yale College and in 1850 graduated
with the highest EOnorS of his class. He
then returned TO the Territory where he
entered tue field of politics with fatter-
ing prospects tor a brilliant future. In
1852 he WAS appointed the General Su-
p,-rintendenI OF the schools OF the Chero-
kee Nation, which offic he filed ably for
the term of four years. In 1856 he was
elected TO the Legislature He serV-
ed one term. II lter which he was elect
ed High Sheriff of his Nation, an Of
fee of the first rank. He continued 10
discharge the duties Of The last named Of
fee until the breaking out Of tie rebel
lion, when he raised company of half
breeds. WAS elected captain, and entered
the rebel army under Col BOudinot. He
made hi mself somewhat noted. among lis
own people by his conduct at the battle
OF Pea Ridge, when he fired the shot that
killed the gallant Col. john A. Hendricks
of the 23d Indiana. In the confusion of
the rebels following the battle he, with
his hundr cd braves covered the retreat
and saved the rebel army from total an
Inhalation. Col. Boudinot's regiment
was sadl y dtmOralized, and Captain
Journeyc ake,and his company were en-
ployed as scouts. They concealed them
selves in deep ravine on the branch of
the White River in Benton county. Ar
kansas, about two miles northeast of Rip
Van Wrinkles Mill, snd then captured II
men from the 18th New York regiment,
who were out ioraging under Ser
gent Watson. With their prisoners they
moved back to their camp on Dog Greek,
when they proceeded 10 wreak vengence
upon the doz u poor wretches of the 159
New York. They scalped them all, burn
ed the men u. the stake, and shot the Sar-
gent through and through with nearly a
thousand, pois oned arrows. The writer
of this and Col Baldwin of Labette Co.,
Kansas, have frequently seen The scalps
OF Sargent Watson and his twelve COM
RAIDS hanging from the ceiling of Captain
Journeycake's lodge, at this place The
Captain was afterwards sent east of the
Mississippi and took part in the battl e
of Inka. but the writer knows little of
b;o e,,boa0noDt ooraar ,,ntiI oftor tI,o ,,,,,
when he returned to his home and at
tempted to follow the avocation of
farmer. But he had been SO long used
TO the shedding of human blood thet lie
could not settle down and live life as
became one of his education. In 1867 he
raised a company OF one hundred and
thirty-tive men, principally members of
Col. BOudinors old regiment and started
to the plains, Sep. 9, under pretense of
hunting buffalo. They were in reality
band of fhighwaymen. About the middle
oil October they intersected a drove OF
cattle on Medicine Lodge Greek, in the
extreme southwest of Kansas, which |
were driven from Texas, and on their way !
to Iowa, by John. W. Lewis and ten men |
all of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Captain !
Journeycake killed the drovers, stamped
ed the cattle and drove them to Law |
renee, Kansas, where he disposed ofthem |
for $17.250, cash. tie then went into a
gambling house on East Massachusetts
street, owned at that time.by a spaniard |
named El Pazo. The gambler made a
pass At him with large bowie knife, but
al the same instant recei we'd bail in his |
he ad from derringer in the hands of the |
captain that blew his brains out Cap
tain jOurneycake then made his escape 10
the bank of the Kansas River above |
Lawrence, holly pursued by the police
and large possee of men. a conflict
ensued in which the latter were forced
back wi th loss of five men killed and
nine wO unded Knowing that the whole
country wo uld be raised against him he
mis- men on their mustangs and |
marched West between Topeka and En-
poria, crossing the Neosho fifteen miles
above Emporia--then going in the
south western direction till he came to
the Arkansas where Wichita now stands.
They stopped here to rest their horses
and feed them on the luxuriant grass
growing in the valley, when his company
was disbanded and all but seven returned
to the Nation. He, with the remaining
seven went into camp, and on the fourth
day with noted borderer named Dutch
Bill and five of his companions, formed
the present fourishIng town of Wichita
which has a population of four thousand.
Shortly after this a Methodist minister
from Philadelphia, by the name of J. l..
King, commenced to preach to the peo-
pie In a log cabin on the banks Of the Ar
kansas just inside the city limits. Cap
tain Journeycake returning TO camp one
night was attracted by the eloquence Oi
the preacher, and entered the building
Soon TO become deeply interested III nus
own soups salvation. He attended the
meetings regularly for twelve days and
,ioh,o IN ouccessiou, when he was happi-
10 converted, as reported to us by Rev.
n. King. who now lives in Usage town.
lin Labelte county, Arkansas. After
1ipr The bible for himself the captain