The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-09-01

There arrived here on Friday evenings
Kansas Pacific train party of three per-
sons direct from Deadwood City, the new
mining town in the Black Hills. Learning
that one of the party had been shot and
scalped by Indians, a reporter sought them
out, and from Mr.. A. p. Woodward, form
erly of Boston, but lately of Custer, obtain
cd the following interesting facts relating
to a recent massacre about seventy miles
north of Fort Laramie. Mr.. Woodward
was accompanied by T. S. Gates, of st.
Louis, and Herman Ganzic, of Milwaukee,
the latter wounded and suffering from a
wound in the scalp. The scalp is, in fact,
half gone. The poor fellows head is cut
from the centre of the forehead back to the
crown. The hair has been cut away by
the surgeons in charge at Fort Laramie
but the pear-shaped patch made by the
scalping knife is thus made all the more
distinct. In conversation with the report
er, Ganzio said, describing his mishap:
"You see we were coming down into the
Valley of Hut Greek on our way to Fort
Laramie, when we thought we saw Indians
coming down the creek to the right. In
stead of camping there we thought it safer
to water our stock and go into the hills
and make dry camp in the bushes if we
could net make Running Water Creek,
where large camp of freighters were re-
ported"
81 had been sent on ahead up the hill,
just where the big stone hut stands, by
the road, with II boy named Kountze, from
Omaha, and sat down to wait for the
wagons, which were slowly coming up out
- Ill ,ol
us started on alone through the rocks and
pine bushes to seek good camp. A few
hundred yards further on looked down q
ravine to the right and saw five mounted
Indians ride across the valley. l started
to go back to the train, when at least a
dozen Indians ran at me out of the brush,
and you bet ran and hollered for help
In minute more two or three of them shot
at me, felt a sharp, singing pain in my
left leg and another in my left shoulder,
and fell. Then they were upon me in q
minute, and one of them put his knee on
my back, while another hit me clip with
a club or butt of gun. / don't know
which, as had no time to think. All l
knew was that was being scalped; my
hair was being held tight. l felt hot,
red-hot, singing sort Of pain all around
the top of my head, my hair being torn out
| by the roots, it was too much. couldn't
stand it. | died-at least thought did.
But my scalp was saved, just as it was being
torn off. The boys at the wagons had seen
me running; saw the Indians come on,
| thirteen of them, and got up just in time
to prevent the red devils finishing their
work. The Indians, as well as my friends,
| thought was dead. But came to again
and my scalp was laid back again. 1t was
only half torn off, as you will see, and is
growing again nicely
The poor fellow was taken to Fort
Laramie and received every attention, and,
as soon as he was able, started for his par
ents' home in Milwaukee. He is the first
white man who has felt the Injuns''
hand in his hair this year who has lived
to come home and tell how it feels Kansas
city Times.
Is it Nothing to Pay Off the National
Debt9
That Gov. Tilden is an able, practical
| financier, there can be no question. In
his letter of acceptance he shows the peo'
pie how the whole national debt can be
paid off in the comparatively short period
of thirty eight years, simply by the adop.
tion of financial policy which should
secure to the country the highest credit
By wisely availing ourselves of this, he
estimates that reduction of one per cent
on the interest of the loans could be effect
ed and this saving, invested at the low
rate of four-and half per cent. interest
would cancel,our entire national debt il
the course of Thirty eight years.
This is no chimera. 1t is no wild, Wis
ionary scheme, 1t is the careful calcula
ton of practical business man, wh'
knows how to put it in operation, and witt
will carry it into effect il an opportunit.
is afforded him.
We put it to the voters of the country
the sensible men, whether this payment &
the national debt is not consummatio
devoutly to be wished The heavy bul
don of ia cation which rests upon us woul
at least be removed from the shoulders {
our children.
Tilden, Economy, and the Reduction I
The National pebt-let this be the WI
e,yl-N \. Sun.
r Love labor; ii you do not want it IL
food, you may for physic.