The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-06-02
INDIAN WAR.
Young Warriors All Leaving Red
Cloud -DiScOuraging Account
of q Black HiIler-An At
tacK on Custer City.

OMAHA, MAY 29.-CaptaIn Nicker-
son, aide-decamp for General Crook.
'elegra ths today from Fort F-tterman
All the Young warriors have left Red
Cloud. going north 10 join Sitting Bull.
leaving their families TO be protected
by the agencies. Captain Egan enconn-
tered over six hundred of them going
north. The indications are that Crook
and the others will have TO contend
Sionx. Crooks command left Fetter-
man this morning.
A citizen of this place, just arrived
from Custer City, says that, on the night
of the 18th, that place was attack by
Indians, who burned the ammunition
honse, in the center of the city, which.
in blowing up, destroyed several His
party, numbering ninety six, left at day
light next morning, and can not give
particulars. Buried John Schenck, of
Yankton, who had been shot. eight miles
from Buffalo Gap, on the north side OF
the Platte, between Red Cloud and Sid
ney. Found the body Of 7, p Hermann,
of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. who had ST.
500 in a check, and S21 in green backs
with him. The Indians lef t:.lSe. bu;
stripped him of everything else, and
run OF his stock. Took the body to
Sidney, and from there forward i it
home. The money was placed in the
hands of Mr.. Moore. n citizen of Sidney
On the 18th, the Indians attacked I.
miners cabin at midnight, at Rosebud,
between Custer and Desdwood, and sur
prised and killed all the occupants
literally hacked them to pieces. There
are about 1000 people in Custer. and l..
200 houses. Nothing can be done on
account Of Indians. If man goes a
mile from camp alone, he loses his scalp.
MISSEAPoLIs, MINI, May 29.-The
Tribune, this afternoon. publishes the
following facts from the Israel Hawes,
just arrived this noon from the Black
Hills: He corroborates the statements
of the rumors in regard to the Indian
Scalping stories, and adds that they are
not half as startling as the facts He
helped to bury persons killed by the In
dians every day. The bodies of those
murdered are always found with six
bullet holes and six knife slabs in them.
besides the loss of the scalp, which they
take of by cutting the head open in the
shape of the letter V from the back of the
head down to the eyes, which presents a
heart-sickening sight. He has had
soms narrow escapes. One party of
them went out and was attacked by the
red skins, but they were such poor shots
that no harm was done. The Indians
are as thick as flies around a molasses
keg. Every party that attempts to leave
or enter the hills were attacked, and
more or less fall victims to the devils in
human form. One party of twenty i've
attempted to escape, and only one lived
to tell the story Of how they were butch
cred and scalped.
More parties are leaving every day
than arrive in a week. There are some
five Thousand men in the Hills. Among
them are probably fifty that are making
twenty dollars per day, to one thousand
who make a dollar. One party of eight
men got their sluice going at noun and
worked till sundown, and their total
earnings were fifteen cents. There were
sixty-three men in his party that wen.
into the Hills; seven men will never re.
turn, and four men were lost coming OH {
None Of his party returned with enough
to pay their expen es. The cities that
were the glory of the Hills on the star
are as dead "a though they never existed
The best claims are along Rapid Creek
and Deadwood. The best claims were
taken previous to January. There are
only two paying claims on Rapid Cree
One of these turns out about two dollars
and half each day per man, the othel
about three dollars per man. The claim.
were sold in Deadwood previous to Jan
uary for S4, 500.
CHEYENNE. May 29.-Captain Egar
returned to Fort Laramie to day, aftel
scouting the country from Fort Larami,
to Custer over the travelled road, and re
turning via the agency road. On Sag,
Creek he overhauled band of six hun
dred Indians in the midst of an attack
on Hecht's OK train, en- ronte for til,
Hills. He succeeded in driving them of
they taking a northerly direction, tn
| Captain says, with the intention of join
ing Sitting Bull. Eagan says fallv on
thousand young warriors have left tn
two agencies A number of miners re
turned with Eagan. among whom wa
Mr.. Boughton. ex-Mayor of ,his city
who reports the northern mines to b.
paying we'll. There are about thre
| thouzand uinars in that section