The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-03-22
ONE AGAINST FORTY,
Brave DR.. TichenOur's Fight-An Encounter
Single Handed With Forty Indians.


Single Handed With Forty Indians.
A correspondent of the New York
World, writing from Leavenworth, gives
the particulars of desperate fight be-
tween doctor named Tichenour and q
band of Sioux Indians, numbering about
forty, at what is known as the ''Cone. y
at the mouth of Sand creek, Sixty-fve
miles west of Ness Postoffice, Ness
county, In the western portion of Kan
sas. The doctor and companion named
Dickinson were out poisoning wolves,
and had built a temporary 6 dug out" in
which to store their skins and provisions.
A few days previous to the appearance
OF the redskins Dickinson had taken the
wagon and gone to the settlement after
provisions The doctor was asleep in
the hut on the third morning after
Dlckenson's departure March Il whenhe
was awakened by a slight noise at the,
door. Thinking the intruder might be
some animal, he took his gun and went,
to the door. Upon opening it he was
confronted by a burly Sioux brave, but
it still being dark he could only dis
tinguish the outlines of the form. He.
demanded his business, when the brave,
turned and fled; and as the doctor
stepped outside to get shot at him he
was greeted with shower of bullets
that drove him bcak into the hut Bar
rica(ling the door with the best means at
his command he patiently awaited the
daylight. In the meantime the Indians.
about forty in number, as near as he
could tell, had moved further up the,
creek, but just at daylight one of them,
who seemed to be in authority, and the
leader of the band, from the manner in
which he was dressed, came to the door
of the dug out, carrying a white flag of
truce, and, in broken English, demanded
his surrender. TichenOur replied that
there were three men in the hut, all well
armed, who would defend themselves to
the last. The chief then began to,
threaten, declaring that he would take.
his seal p and all of those with him, and
the doctor, taking this to be declara-
ton of war, shot the red man dead in his
tracks as he stood. The entire band
then rushed toward the hut, but were.
driven back by few well-directed shots,
retiring in disorder. The next ma
newer of the Indians was an attempt
to smoke him out by burning buffalo
chips and the woodwork of the dug out,
and from his position the doctor could
see some Of the arrangements made for
his destruction. He could not see the
Indian in charge, but he knew that the
work was going on, and that in q short
time he must yield. Realizing this, he
made dash for the outside, kicking the
burning buffalo chips right and left, and
exchanging shots with the head Indian
in charge Of the fire, killing him instant
", and receiving bullet himself through.
the lower part Of his body. Then began
a long-range shooting match, during
which he saw three Of his assdlants fall.
This was kept up during the Gay. At
nightfan a terrible snow-storm arose
which drove the Indians southwark, and
which showed the doctor in. Had it not
been for this storm the Indi-
ans would have captured him, as he was
unable to move for three days. At the
end Of the sixteenth day the weather
moderated so that he was able to go out,
and, seeing that the coast was clear, he
travelled ON foot to the settlements. The
doctor received several bullets in his
clothing, but was wounded but once.