, 1876-05-27


CHICAGO, May al lave this tlay returned
home to Chicago frnm the Black Hills, aiul my
attention llas been directed for the first time to
mn article In TnH TRIBUNE Il! Mny Q, headed
Especial Correspondence" md 1utcd from Fort
Laramie, W. T., iu which your correspondent
profcsses to give MI account Of the wuundiug
by Indians IT Mr. II. Z. Brown, late Supcr!n-
tendent Of the Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage
iiow';nnn's Ralch IN iIat Crcck 1oi
lonra thereafter. IT, !hts acco,int oec.irs the
stages ;55wunls Fort Laramie, Tut died, attc}2 itc}
entfcring great paln, before reaching the post.
His boly Is now Fl The post hospital, and Is be-
Ing deeenty care'f lor " the post surgeon mud
right and ,!ay to reael, lin hsioro! death, but
Brown had written four letters, two to
l'ls vile aud two to hf4 friend Sails
hurry, and l., hqi intTlste! them to
refused to give the letters up until he had re-
cc!ved his fec, sl50, and rodc oN tnwnrd hta
purity Purties have been sent for the letters
I.hicl, aro to bc tuken BY forcc i necessary"
going, and in so far as tho article refers 10 mc
pronounce IL fdsclool,-a llo nude out Of
whole rloth; and rs you have pullshst! the
libel trust you will publish the following
statement md true account Of the affair, which
can verify III every, particular by dozen good
reliable witnesses who were present during thu
on tho night Of April q, while en- route from
Cheyenne to Custvr City, and cnca1npcd with
Springs, was ros.scd at intlnglit, and request
Cd ~ rtdo to Hat Greek, y miles distant, to sec
q man who had been shot BY Indians. obcycd
the calf, rode the - miles, with guide only,
llnzartied my liie nna property niAl reached the
bedside Of Sir. Brown at s O'clock on the lnor1s-
Ing of tic |al On examination found him
nlortaily wounded, aud I 90 informed him,
meanwhile relieving Ills suTerjuga nnl doing alf
for lin that .was possible under tho circunl-
stanrcs. AZ Ills request {hc t1lct1ting)I wrote
his Will: also = letter t4 his wife, ono to Mr.,
Salisbury, and one to Voorhees,. Thcsc llc
signed and intrustcd to Mc--a strnnger-in
preference 10 several friends aud acquai,itnnrcs
who were also near him, and he requested mt to
Keep them till he either recovered or died.
remained by his slde, constantly attending 10
him for twenty-fuur hours, w!clI hc died. Five
minutes befure he brcathc1 his last DR.. Pettys,
A, A. Surgeon from Fort Laramie, arrived oily
to see him die. Now tho question occurred to
mo, II he desirM uny of the other gentlemen
papers, why did hen select one Of them rs Gus
tollntl instead OF incl liz died tho morning of
thu 9th, and his body was forwarded to Fort Lar
aul1c the snlnecrcning. On tErfollowng gn,ornDg
first opportunity to send, except that Of the cn-
cort to Fort Lsramic With Browns budy-lcft
there for Cheyenne. Voluntarily I placed all
the letters, the will and papers, III tho hands Ut
tho driver Of eaid atagc, Mt the same tiiny inform
ing him what thy were, aild instructed him tolc,
liver them to MIR. Voorhees,. This he promised
to do, md Mr.. Voorhees, last Saturday, in his
oillce at Cheyenne. acknowledged to mo to huye
received them. Nor did leave the ranch till
the next lay, the oJth, whcn resumed my
Journey. A demand Wis never mntie upon INC
Tor the papers, letters, or will. l forwarded
them Voluntarily BY what considered the llrst
leAth. never nude any such threat AZ that
must have my tcc before would deliver them
up, and tho 1nu,l whu says dill ID liar,
don't care who he Is. As To the
force that your correspondent speaks ef to com,
Iii Ills own sensational head, a. force waa .n-
necessary. As Y tho amount Of my hlll, that Is
my business, and nut that u the public. III
closing, would remark TINT l cl.cGrfuily reu-
torca services to severcl unfortunate men who
laI bcuu shut BY Indians, and never charged,
expected, or received cent therefor, besides
contributing fron my own pocket money to mid
In getting d destitute wounded rllan Into tho
army hospital Il. Fort Lar!nrle. Very respect
fully, 4. ". GRA1, ". D.,
No. T13 West Lake struct