Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-02-27
THE nANnAN.BRADY MURDERS.
Farther information Regarding the In.
dian Tragedy In the Lonely Gulch
Of the Cheyenne.

Farther Information Regarding the HI
dian Tragedy In HE Lonely Gulch
Of the Cheyenne.
The Rapid City Journal Of the ed inst.
gives further particulars Of the bloody
affair of the 18th at the Cheyenne crossing,
brought into Rapid by George Congleton
and Charles Kelly, mail riders on the Pierre
route. These men left the Cheyenne river,
fifty miles out from Rapid City, just after
dark on the night of the 18th, getting there
about 9 o'clock the next morning. They
had to ride under cover Of night for safety,
As the Indians had been prowling around
on both sides of the Cheyenne during the
day they left. When they left the river
several trains had rendezvoused at that
point to await developments, numbering a
protective force Of about thirty-6ve men-a
sufficient number, Messrs. Congleton and
Kelly think, to take care Of themselves,
though in one train Of thirteen men there
was but one gun. They are Of opinion
that the Indians will not venture to make
a general attack, but think they will be
very likely to run off stock and take in any
~stragglers they may catch away from the
main body.
On Thursday, the 18th, " teamsters,
Frank Hannah and James Brady, were
killed about a mile from Madden's ranch,
on this side of the Cheyenne, in the can
yon. They we're travelling with their teams
-one driving 9 four.mule aud the other q
two horse team. Hannan was shot in the
abdomen and Brady received one shot in
the right temple and another below the
right shoulder either of which would have
proved fatal. Hanna a managed 10 crawl
back to Madden's ranch, where there were
four men, and hinge ed several hours, when
death relieved his terrible sufferipgs
Brady's death must have been instantsneru
after receiving the shot in the temple
though he ran 80 yards after receiving the
shot in the shoulder. The tends inca,nate,
after having killedIBrady hurriedly threw
together some dry woUd over the body anC
fred it, and when the remains we're foun(
they were horribly disngured and charret
BY the flames. The Indians uudoubtedl!
feared q rescuing party from the ranch, q
they did not stop to scalp their victims
The mules and horses ofcouree we're taken
and packed with everything. 10 the wagon
they thought wonld be Of any use to then
-provisions. blankets, etc. As the wagon
were both loaded with corn, which the,
had no use for, they got but little booty asid
iron, the stock but the corn was emptte'
on the ground and the sacks were taken.
Hannah came to the Hills from Dubuque
Iowa, where, we are informed, bis famil,
reside. Brady had been operating on TIL
frontier for many years, and we have no
been able to obtain information Of his fam
lily relations.
How many Indians have been engaged
directly and iorirec'ly, in these atrocities
can only be conjectured. A party Of i
were seep On Monday. the 18th. betweel
the mouth Of Elk creek and the Belle Fourch
going forth and on tue night of the sam,
day . pipe was found stuck up in the lrai
near the Cheyenne. about eight miles belo,
Madden's ranch, with the bowl pointing {,
the %northward, which has been interpreter
10 be q token to those coming en- to continue
right through to the northward. 1t is sup
posed the Indians came from the Red Clout
agency, and it is believed they have nov
done their worst ; but it will not do to as
sume that the latter is the fact, as Indian
often prove the most dangerous just wher
white men believe the greatest danger
past. A letter embracing the foregoing wa,
sent to the commander Of Fort Meade, and
it is thought q detachment of troops, BY
prompt action and rapid movement, may
intercept the red devils.
The following letter, from q reliable and
well-known citizen OF Rapid City, has jus.
cone 10 hand:
CHEYENNE CROSSING, Feb. Is.