The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-17
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Desperate Fighting IN Meth sidss..,
Fall Particulars vi ihe AAAlf

A desperate siriN hN.h piassa ~ isie
llslr isass. IL Weess,n Mssisana. IN tht
sHh II Anrnvi. lss~vrn tirn. tlii,i~n,'s
FREE N eEuiatv anil milslie anil t'hist
.'uasel's hnfI IL NJ I'.rrs lniiana, IN
~lpt'h Tie iufsaef. after ,lf~l~t~le anil
ilssHls sttier ~ siiatrea. ens,ltivrn l,H,k.
irasinr lalf hi~ f,fr, IN tl,r flrlI. them
,.il,iw.S command nnnlwr.l i.sl nrn.
lars, sl,ists,sn vulnn.refe. md ~sen,..u
ufliesrv, 1l,rs lasr l~en f.s rosn. time
pressing il,a Ma rtrrs, and following
shrm III the hnlM II an engagement,
hns ramn nlrn thrm unexpectedly, nnd "A
time wllen the srurs were mt prrtarr,l
fsr general hattie. Al ,lay liaht ,le light
opened, an,l III ~l,nft tilnc MI ihc rohlicrp
anil all ihr ln,lian~ were hnlly engaged
n desperate hattie. The irp,m tnass.vl
nn'l msvrd In tine of,icr npon tle rn.
eainrment, where thes were nrt hy tho
msnges. who poured a msrilr1s iifr III.
to their ranks. Wherever the soldiers
directed their attack The Indians werr
really fnr them, alI they were .irivcn
lark will. terrible slaughter, leaving The
ground slrswn with ,cah soldiers. The
Indians lt~t mnny IL their ponies. nnd
II is claimed TINT Wvernl vi their
ehieis were killed. In one III
ilr mnai desperate charges III
The ,lay tnpl. Logan wns killed. Lirus.
Bradley fell early In slm hight. ucn.
tlihbou. Capt, Williams, anil Licutn.
Coolidge. English. nnd Woodruff were
wounded. Throughout the engage.
mrnt the Indiana were vinlictive anil de-.
trrminei upon the nnnihilAtion n tie
troopn. They ontnnmhcrcd Tie troops
four 10 one. nni, though decisive n.lvan.
iagea were gained by uibbon Ia tile
early stages of tho tight, II was plain nj
lnrt tl,at frfrrnt vii. necessary tu naye
the troops from complete ,icnoliiion.
A scout who Inns arrived NJ Helena.
Montana, with dispatches from Glen.
libbon, sayn The volunteers opened the
hall hy dting lpon M lndinn who wnn
going for water. Tho regulars moved
,ip, ntnl, forming In open line, dashed
,lpon si,n tn.lian camp. supported by
the volunteers acting ~ reserves.
They reached tin village, when
they staggered hnek t,n,lrr II
pisiieW fire from tlc redskins,
md retfonied short distance. They
were not followed. mud this. with mn nl,.
parent confusion among the Indians,
encouraged them ~ renew tl.e charge,
which they dil, rushing into tl,r rii.
epinp,neDt AMI driving the savages before
them.
II waH here that numbers l~gnn 10 tell,
al,,l q lsntily ilf' from three sldss forced
ilie trpops through tlr village and bnck
nanrly tnlf mile, where they found
shelter lehind tie rocks, and reformed
for another Effort.
Az they pressed forward ngain. they
found lIlnt they lind MOI only II f# ii
Int foemen III racl, s..ie, hill.
lion among tie rocks ali taking cool ann
III tile men IN they passe.l. Pushing for.
wnr.i they reached TIN omtskirtH III tl,r
village, Int encountered such n terrible
shower n bullets TINT they waycred HnI
then broke anil mMlu their wny back ~
heat they could. I,nrnA.ed all tho way NV
u iiank fire ntluiiH tie rocks.
II VIVA III tliH last charge TINT Icn.
Hib'ml Wap wounded. Finding TINT
another nitaek would wreck even the
remnant u hiH force, I,c inlrc,iclln.l him
s.lf, paying attention 10 the wants u Ills
wounded.
The et,nrier estimates the number NJ
killed nj twenty tive, aIid tl,e wounded
~ from tl,irty-ii,n b forty. The loss
among tin indians way much heavier,
nnl TINT they suffered severely In proven
by their refusal - follow the rs,treating
troops.
Hid thu howiizer rumr ip, there ia
bnt little ,lo,iii that tile result wot,ln
have been different. II VIVA heard 10
fire twice, aii.i Hitfa then u ltas mt been
llenr'l from, anil II II supposed 10 hnyr
been captured Wy ihc Indians.
uen. Gibbons lorses nrc Killed
Capt. Logan. IAents bradley md isost-
Wick, seventeen ineil, anil citizens !:
wounded irn. uiblrtii, Capt. Williams.
Lient~, Coolidge, Woodruff ntd Engli.l,.
tl,n latter seriously, besides thirty-aix
mrn aud ionr citizens. Tho Indians
suffered severely, ~ forty ,leM4i Indians
were counted Oh about oie.lialf tho Int.
ile-tialI.