The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-09
STREWN WITH SOULS.
Later Butcheries by the Redskins
on the Road that Leads
to DeadWood.
SLAUGHTERED BY THE SIOUX.

SLAUGHTERED BY THE SIOUX.
THIRTY SIX MEN KILLED IN ONE PARTY
AND NINE IN ANOTHER-A GOVERNMENT
wAGoN-TRAIN RAIDED.
A Desdwood City, Dskots, correspon-
dent of the Chicago Times says: There
are plenty of Indians In this vicinity rot
withstsnding the numbers with s ting
Bull. their depredstions are numerous.
In the last few days war parties re re
ported to have been seen in different d.
rections, and another wholesale butchery
took place few days ago on the Fort
Pierre route, the details of which may
first reach you by this letter. Out of an
outgoing train of forty men, only four
escaped to tell the horrible tale. The re-
port seems to be well authenticated. The
train was under the leadership of Robert
Dunn, formerly OF Denver, and they were
making their way to the east by way of
the Fort Pierre route They bad g't more
than half way tt the Missouri river when
the attack was made. 1t is estimated tha'
there are about two hundred lodges OF
the Indians, or. rom 1, 900 to 1900 warriors
THE TRAIN WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED,
but they made as gallant defense as they
could under the circumstances. Exactly
how the four escaped Is not clear, but /
HItcuIDr, cAFI 6OCluk tndb iuhehti ACoio-
lance was vain, they mounted the fieeiest
horses they could get and succeeded in get
ing out OF reach, while the red fiends were
engaged in the work of searching end rob
bling the persons of the victims who had al
| ready fallen. Having driven fl sill the
stock and secured all the plumber they
wanted, the Indians then set fire to the
wagons and destroyed them. cannot get
the names of any of the victims except
that of Dunn. The Indians were coming
in from the north, and 1t Is reasonably be-
lieved they were engaged in the Custer
massacre. These statements seem fully
confirmed ny parties who have just come
in over the Pierre road on horseback, who
say they were at the scene and saw
THE CHASTITY CoRPsEs
and the remains of the wagons. An cd
mountain man, who has for years been an
observer of the tr- achery of the Sioux, ar d
the management of affairs at their agen-
cies, EXPIRE ssed TO me the opinion that
| "this Is the work of Clusters bu .cbers who
| are now going into the ageDc ies to have a
grand scalp dance, and expecting to draw
more rstiors." And when they reach the
Missouri, If they are Dot pursued and pur-
ished, they will get all the fixed smmuni-
ton they want, and either return to ST.
| ting Bulls headquarters, or scatter slorg
the various routes OF travel to the Black
| Hills to murder, ravish and plum
der. 1.-THE more we fight and kill,
the more they will give u.s." l.
the motto OF the Sioux warriors, and their
experience in the past with peace INNS
sioners amply justifies it, By celebrity of
movement, have no doubt the murderers
OF the Dunn party can be surprised and
| cap ured. The war department ought to
be Informed of the affair five DAYS from
this dste-tbat Is, If the express rider who
carries it should not be captured on his
way to Sidney. The raiders referred to
will then be at or in the vicinity 81 For
Pierre, playing the role of "good Indians"
| I hope to hear of a regiment of cavalry
being sent there forthwith, with orders to
come over that route. II the war depart
| ment wishes to
PUNIsH THE BUTCHERS
of its citzsns and soldiers, let it send
troop where they are. AS 1 predicted
would be the case, in my Fort Lincoln let.
litter. the hostiles have probably thought
| it advisable to disorgsniZs their forces for
| awhile, to be reconceOtrated at the pleas
ure or call of the war chiefs, and they are
| now coming down in detached parties to
massacre and plumber along the exposed
frontiers and on the various routes of
travel; and when Gen. S1eridsE-We have
| heard of his coming-reaches the scenes
enemy to oppose. Protect the routes OF
travel and capture the squsws and chii-
dren, that is the effectI,e policy. And
right now Comes to me the report OF an
other wholesale butchery. this time on the
Sidney route. over which this letter mus
| travel. il it gets through. L can not say
that it is well authenticated, but think
it is most likely true. 1t is to the effect
that the OK train OF Pratt Il Ferris was
ATTACKED BY INDIANS
yesterd morning at Buffalo gsp. 20 miles
south of Custer City, snd the entire par V
of nine men in charge were slaughtered. /
fear the story is too true, from the particu-
larity with which the details are given.
TIE folio wing are given as the names o
the victims, the two first being from Lam
caster county, Nebraska, and the resi-
3eDces of the others being uDkDown: JAS
Kerr, John Westherwsx, joseph Taylor:
VIM. Collins, Geo. Slides, Ed. Ed " ard 8
Dill Billism, and two colored men, one
named Grant and the Others name not
given. The victims were scalped, as the
report goes, and their bodies shockipgly
mutilsted; and then the stock was all run
of, ard
THE WAGONS DESTROYED.
Prospscters just arrived here report war
parties coming in toward the hills from all
directions. They are all coming from the
North. Here in Deadwood City there is
no danger whatever, as we have 1000 we'll
armed men In the camp, and are well up
in the mountsirs, our natural fortifica-
tions being impregnable. We could not
be dislodged by all the ssvsges in the con
tinent. But fear the agricultural farmers
in the Spearfish vail y, and unsrmed pros
pectiDg parties who are out are IN fmmi-
nent danger. The Indians have undoub.-
eddy concluded to try guerrilla warfare for
q wb ge, and pre- sun relieve, re 50 o q
py their recent successes, that they will
soon massacre and exterminate all the
whites In the Black Hills. / would suggest
that the war department at once authorize