The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-18
FAMOUS FIGHT.
q inmate Descriptions AZ Tie Rattle OF Lrdr-
~ssrer,h. fosghs sJ0 Years ego.

paeh IMAM 1871. Whea thc 'hu-ssANeiS
troubles first began, the truth is that she
can date hack as far as ,,us- when th,
r,.r,., ,x,lo,,.5 ,b., Ny,ss.,,,, r;,,.,, ms, ~
far as The. mouth q, the Kansas river.
where the f,ourishiny lt,l, CITY Of WAN
,io.te now stands. ThcS., were the first
Europeans or white men who ever laid
ewes upon what was Ia be-. one hundred
and seventy wears later. the garden spot
of the world.
Later, In l.i9. n voung French officer.
named Dutisne. was sent out by Bicnvillc.
Governor of Louisiana, who assembled the
Mississippi As far a. the Sabine rver. and
| then set out westward crossing Kansas ots
his travels. He made treaties with the
different tribes If Indians he met on the
way. the o>ises. Panoucas. the raonis ~
Pawnees. and Miss"uries. This. howeN-
er, is but preliminary Ia cur story. which
Is meant !" De u''scripu"h "i ihc iaihouH
ana eiodS battle which t"Sh piacc uFNA
the very spot where the beautiful city III
LeaVehworth now stands, IN which u iaiSc
party oi Spstniards was eNtcrinira,cd. Win
the exception o' one, priest, VINO sns-
cecded IN returning ssiciS Ia santa re u
tell The story. IN which Guy thr rccordS "f
the hight are sun Kept, bein: The oniy ac-
count III the s'anSuiiarv strtisSic IN eAi--
tence. representative or tn f'S,ss has
seen transcript ~ them. ana Tor inc hrst
! time the story o' the battle "t Lrascn-
worth Is put In print.
THE RATTLE OF Lr<yFNwoIrH.
| The Spaniaris. who contested with the
, ,ch for the possession Of this pprti,a
lo,c North American continent. and hay-
! i.- driven their enemies cut uf Texas,
We're determined Ia have Command II this
| section before the French had located per-
manently. They knew III Dutisnes cApe-
dition. and also knew that no tim" was {"
| be- lost In eGccting the conquest they
Thought 10y possessing themselves "f the
Missouri riNer IL command Its c"mn'"r'"
/ by putting RESTRICTIONS upon Tn" tench
upon the Illinois side vi IN" Miss"ufi 4"
accomplish this oo)ect they laid plans i"t
/ the subsection uf the Miss"efies. who il'"d
/ upon the banks "i the missouri. anu "h"
We're
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santa re was w, Slhn7" H'uus 'a','
Al
numbering nearly n,c hun'hci, "',''' W..
e"ih',i'ai'" ~ S'iio' ,"niNS, T
nv hit"t q, w" '''nHs y" VIM" ,iI
Maititi'% uc 'a'np'r, u'o t
'aptaui -e'n.iH " Su"' au"N
oilic"'' p"' h',i' sA'" w i,,''''', ~,
IN" '"'i''i'' ~ ~
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CROSSING THE ARKANSAS
| At or near fuci'lu, AMI crn--'d IN" Stat"
I of Kansas in n"rthcast"Tiy direction UNI
Ill they reached III" place whcr, l.en'cn-
! worth now stands. Here they found IN"
| chief camp IL Oh" Mis-"uries. whom they
mistook for Pawnees. and Ia whom they
unfolded their plans The dat" 81 th" ar
rival of tn" Spanish command her" II put
down as about III" ith of July, a. II was
on the night II the 18th that I'll" battle. az
massacre. "a, IL might th" n,nr" appruPtt'
ately be called, took place. Tn" Mis~"u-
hes, with
THE Willy CUNNING AND NATURAL DirLo-
MACY
,,,,cb 4. O., c,,,,c,c,,s,ic az IN. Indian
us,.n.J ui,bo,,, ,.,,,o,I,n IN the plans for
their J..,y,,,.,i,, -, ,.lal.o,a,.Iy detailed
hy Tho S,,a,iarl,. and seeing nj ones. ti.,
.,,nr int xh;rL their .nemies hail fallen
81, a.I,,,a,,,, - a., sI,,,a,i,,, anil mat,
o,...r,' ,,rana, ,,ion ~, a.. nassarr, Tn
10, ,,a ,,,r.,,,,,s., I'm, ,hev u,,sbc,, IN make
,,,,.,,a,.iIa,s f,, IN. coming caunaluu
H., I,IIoJ H., ..,,.,,,..,, ~ thc snaniar,i.
"a, H.. h,, ,,t, mich T. ,os prol,aI,l.
.,,.i .,,,L.,i,,, ,,.,,c,hcy ia. mat, ,-,r,lon
a1,b..i, y,ar,inr. nu.nI..,inv s.,,o.tbing In
M, yicinjty nf > ooo ,bcy made NIGH, Al.
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yurru r.srsrrcrISa yors.
VIII, x,,,. .I..ni,,, 1, f,n.i.,i SECURITY nnd
n..,.., ,lr,.,,,,r,, ~ ,hcI, seayf,l Ieom -,
near a. hauJ The eamn a. IN. Spanl.r,ls
To-, ,hc I...,,io, NJ. 49,, doxu 1, ,l. ,,,,s'
s,.,i,,, -, a.. ,,,,,,,,,,i ,,co,i "a a.. nyb,
,,,,,, ba,, he..n 4, Inc very ccn,., az On.
city u,.,n ,b.. ,,anl- az T,,,.e Mi. crrel
TN. m, In all pp,haldll,y Icing tpel,rl.i
,.,,,,in ,h.,, ,r,,t,.,-y .rn,.,.ce,I ,x Waln,,,
Choc,.w Tbi,d and Fif,h streets IN.
MIss,,uries having every arrange,p.r,,
perfected made the assault ups,o IN.
night 81
rur YorKrugSru or M,
and although Totally s,,rprt...d and entire
10 ,purot,aya.I IN. snaniar,,s Tough. braxe4
Iy their Ca.,illl.n LlooJ ,ortld,iiny IN.
,h,ugbt az shnpefui r.,rca, R.lns os,,.
,,,,,i ,,,..J f,.,, q, ,,,.. ,,,d sy,,I,, ,,,I.,
every imaginable dI,sivani..re. N. iny..
d.,. w.,,. ,-,,f TIRED q, .,.c,.,,,,l LAT 4.
.,,,,,,,',,,,, o., ~, ,l a., ,,,,,1,t,.
a. d,.a,hs Uarpr Wa the ~arYf,,r xh.
.t,..i uur,u tho MA n, On. torture. ,~.
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10 ,,c,.ir,u an BE A.. hundred s,,.r-
I.,d. ,,,.J,.l5,, ns,y x,.,,. ,sle, ,,,t..,,,,-,.
a.. ,..,,,.I,t.., I.e,,,,,,, go, ,,,,,. 80
-, 60 h.in,, sili.d i, o.. ,,.,,i, b.,
enc ,,..,,,t.., a 49,. eon,.a,J . ,,tes,
r..h,., I,,,a,,z,, es.,,n,ns, ., s.,.,. ~. n,
til a.. 80, "a M. c.,,',,,.,,s,<.- A., On.
,,-c,y.,,, fr,,,,, ~, sJ.-'s .,d s.,,,,,4.s a
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