The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-10-21

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When the skirmishers returned
they announced that fifteen Of the
! enemy were killed, while a great
many more were wounded and borne
off by their friends. They had all
| distinguished themselves - even
1"Bull," the British bulldog, had seiz-
lea one Of the Waturu by the leg and
had given him a taste of the power
of the English CANNES of his breed be-
fore the poor savage was mercitully
dispatched by q snider bullet.
~ We rested that day from further
trouble, and the next morning we
waited events until 8 o'clock, when
the enemy appeared in greater force
than ever, having summoned their
neighbors all about them to assist
them Il felt assured now) in our ruin.
| FIGHTING RENEWED.
B4t, though We We were slow to war
6p 9Poani 81 jp*eopl1e, whom u I thought might
be made friends th1e; previous pre- day, we
were not slow IS continue fighting if
The, natives; were determined to fight.
tAecordinYy / selected four expert
! ehaeeefdan eahaefan men men h lead four several de-
tachments, and gave orders that they
should march -; in in >. different di-
Enections through the valley and
meet pee at some high rocks distant 5
miles off, that they should seize upon
Ealb beattle and burn every village as
tsoonas,taken. Obedient to the COM
mand they sailed out Of the camp and
began the second days fight. :Ha.;~<.'
They we're soon vigorously engaged
with the enemy, who fed fast and fu-
rious before them to- an open plain on
theabanks nf' the 'Leewumbu., The
lIdetaehment under Faljalla Christie
became too excited; and! because the
icenemy'ran imagined they had but to
show themselves to. cause the natives
to fly: but once on the plain--having
Edrawn them away isolated miles
from any odf-they turned upon
them and slaughtered the detachment
to aman, except the messenger, who
had been detailed to: accompany the
detachment to report success or fail
ure. I had taken the precaution to
fsend one swift-footed man to accom-
7 fp'any each detachment for this pur-
lpose.o This messenger came from
| Farjafla to procure assistance, which
WAS at once dispatched, though too
late to aid the unfortunate men, but
not too late to save the second detach-
ment from q like fate, as the victor
ious enemy, after slaughtering the
first detachment, had turned upon
the second with; the evident intention
to cut the entire force opposed to
them in detail. When the support
arrived they found the second detach-
| ment al but lost. Two soldiers were
killed. The Captain; .Ferahan, had
t deep spear-wound in his side. The
Others were hemmed IN: on all sides.
A volley was poured into the rear of
the astonished enemy, and the detach-
ment was saved. With their COM
bined forces our people poured a Sec
ond volley, and continued their march
almost unopposed to the northern and
eastern extremity of the valley.
Meanwhile, smoke was seen issuing
from the south and southeast, inform
ing US that the third and fourth de-
tachments were pursuing their way
VIGOROUSLY, and soon a score or more
villages were enwrapped in dense vol
nmes Of smoke. Even at a distance
! Of 8 miles we beheld burning villages,
and shortly after fired settlements to
the north and east announced our vic
tory on all sides. =. .- :.
e Toward evening, the soldiers re-
turned, bringing cattle and an abun-
dance Of grain to the camp; but
when the muster-roll was called I
found I had lost twenty-one men, who
had been killed, while thirty-6ve
deaths Of the enemy were reported.
;, >, THE THIRD DAYS BATTLE.
III The third day we began the, battle
With sixty good men, who. received
instructions to proceed to the extreme
Length Of the valley and burn what
bhad been lefttheprevious day. These
<came to a strong and large village to
the northeast, which, after a slightre-
distance, they entered. loaded them
f>telxeas with, grain,: and set on fire.
Long before noon, it was clearly seen
that the saysges had had quite enough
Of war and were demoralized, and
our people returned through the now.
Glenced and blackened valley with
out molestation.:. -.
Just before daybreak on the fourth
day we left our camp and continued
our: journey northwest, with provis-
ions sufficient to last us six days,
leaving the people of .Ituru to ponder
on the harsh fate they had drawn on
themselves by their greed, treachery,
and Wanton murder, and attack on
peaceful strangers, ,9la3
[ij Wewere still a formidable force,