Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-20
UGHI NE BIG INJUN.
SeYenty-hY Indian CaptiVes Pass
Through Nashville.

Desperate Struggle Between Cbey-
enne sChtef and One Of the Guard
Beth Badly Stabbed and Left at Ash
HarraeEs-.Where the Hair-IiTters
Came from and whittier They are
Going.
Quite a sensation was caused in the
vicinity Of the Louisville depot, yesterday
morning, by the arrival of seventy-fiye full
blCOded Indian captiyes on the $50 train
from Louisville. They were in charge Of
twenty United States soldiers, under COM
mand Of Lieut.. r. II. Pratt, Of the Tenth
Cavalry.
The patty was made up of about thirty
CheyeHnes, twenty-five KiOwss, a few
Cadd0S, and the rest COmanches. Among
tie number were several distinguished
chiefs, a sguaw and a pappOOse. Many Of
them were dressed in the regular Indian
fashion, and some wore suits Of old soldier
clothes, bat all had on their shoulders tine
traditional blanket.
The entire gang was as villainOus-look-
ing a set as one often sees, and were SEEM
ingly Indifferent as TO what their fate might
be. They were transported in two cars
and their ankles were heavily shackled.
All were captured within the last eight
months, and some Of them were concern ed
in the murder Of the Germaine family
last summer. Among this number is the
squaw, MoChi, who chopped OF the heads
oftWO Of the girls with an axe. Many
noted chiefs are in the party including
Lone Wolf, a famous KiOWa chief WOman's
Heart, The Man that Walks the Ground,
Medicine Water, White Horse, Gray Beard,
Running Snake, and Long Back. They
left Fort l.eavenwOrth last Monday and are
en- route for st. Augustine, Florida, where
they viii be confined in Fort Marion as a
punishment for the mischief they have
done. They were taken to the Chattanooga
depot, and, after raising another excite
melt in that locality, left about 0 o'clock
for their prison home.
The Interpreters Of the party Sre g. w.
Fox, and Romeo, full blOOded Mexican.
Since leaving Fort LeavenWOrth the
braves have been quietly disposed and had
given no trouble until yesterday morning,
when a Cheyenne chief named OUaChita
created stir among the redskins and the
passevg gers aboard the train. At Madison
Station, seven miles from the city, while
Corporal Allen, Of the fitch infantry, was
bending over a box getting out meat for
distribution among the prisoners, the chief
jumped TO bis feet, jerked out a butcher
knife and stabbed the corporal twice in the
back, infliCtin9 dangerous wounds on the
left side of the spine in the lower part Of
the ribs. A private named Hennessey
now took hand in the
fray, and running up TO Ouachita
stabbed him three times IN the neck with a
knife. The Indian also cut HenneSsey in
the left breast, but the wound was Ouly
slight. Other soldiers came TO HeHnessey's
ASSISTANCE, and tie chief seeing be would
be oysIpOEered, stabbed himself in the
left breast before the knife could be gotten
out OF his hands. The soldiers soon got
the upper hand, and the infatuated savage
was Quieted down.
While the struggle was going on the pas
sengeTs in the other car got wind Of 1t, and
for a short time the excitement was in
tense.
Oua"hita and the corporal both lost con
siderable blood by their wounds.
When the train arrived in this city the
wounded brave and soldier were taken Of
the train, to be left behind for hospital
treatment. On getting out Of the
cars OuaChi,a became very stubborn,
and went to charging around at such
a rate that it required four or five men to
throw him TO the ground. He and Corporal
Allen were taken to Ash Barracks and
placed under the care Of d. Spencer
While Corporal Aliens wounds gave him
great pain and iHiegfered with mis- breath
ing, Il is hoped they Will uCC prove fatal.
The most serious wound the Indian re-
Ceived was the one inflicted 10y his own
hand. Though the cuts in his neck are
very near the carotid artery, they do not
seem serious. The wound in the breast
may become inilamel and produce death,
but the chances a e that he will recover,
Ouachiia is a well built fellow, apparently
about forty years Of age. There is nothing
particularly striking in his appearance,
save bis very long black hair, houy hands
and the dcgged expression Of his face. The
only English words the reporter heard him
use were CHEAP" good" "whisky' Some
of the soldieEs at the Barracks had seen
service on the plains and were able to COM
uunicate with him by the signs common
among the Indian tribes. In this Ouachita
iutimated that be had scalped a great many
pale faces, had two s4uaws, and
four pappOOSeS, and desired TO
exchange his mocCaSins for ire-Water. He
seemed determined to put an end TO his
life, and made signs 10 the soldiers 10 shoot
linn OF cut his throat. He saw a Ratchet
in one II the soldiers hands and manifest
ed the utmost anxiety to get it in his pos
session.
Private Hsnmessey, who took part in the
struggle on the cars, and who stabbed the
chief and was in turn stabbed by him,
came to the foot of the cot, and the warrior
was asked if he knew him. "NO good
replied Ouchita; but when Private Hen
Messy opened his coat and pointed to the
wound in his breast, Ouachita nodded his
head, and a savage smile played over his