Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-12
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RIGHT DISPATCHES.
SPECIAL TO THE EUREKA DAILY SENTINEL.
Revolt Of the Cheyennes.
AN ExTRAvAGANT ISSUE OF GLOWING
A Slaughter Of the Redskins.

The Times learns that the Cheyennes
who revolted are the Indians whose re-
moval into the Indian Territory has been
deferred for months, in consequence of the
failure Of the Interior Department to pro-
vide them with enough clothing to cover
their ~nakedness. Yesterday the Secretary
of War telegraphed General Sheridan that
Commissioner Hoyt had given orders for
an issue to these red skins of $500 worth of
| clothing. There are 14S prisoners in the
band, and as none Of them are encountered
with anything heavier than a breech clout,
the $500 disbursed by the Commissioner
| will just about buy a pair of socks for each
OF them. The Times Fort Robinson dis
patch gives the following graphic descrip-
ton of the scenes attending the hunting
of the escaped Indians ON Thursday night.
Having got up with the guards, who were
fifty rods behind the retreating sayages,
the entire command poured volley after
volley into the rencgades, with terribly
fatal results, killing over 20 and wound
ing as many more before the savages sue
ceeded in gaining the hills. At this point
Major Vroom, commanding companies A,
E, f and II, of the Third Cavalry, who
were camped at the old camp occupied
by the Fourth Cavalry a year ago,
on hearing the firing, suspected the
cause, and his troops were soon afterwards
in the saddle, joined in the chase, gallop-
ing at full speed in the direction where
the flash of carbines and the shots Of the
troops were seen and heard among the
hills. At a quarter-past IL A. NJ. the work
of carrying the dead and wounded from
the snow was commenced. All the bucks
found were dead, and about twenty squaws
and pappooses were picked III and carried
IN tho pn-t On ayan,ipa tiap IF tho NO
men and children, by Surgeons Mosely
and Pettis, several were found to nave
been dangerously wounded, and many had
limbs frozen. Five Of those shot died
soon after having their wounds dressed,
and as many more are expected to die be-
fore the sun rises. The troops succeeded in
capturing several savages during the day.
A detachment Of soldiers came up to a party
of six sayages in q washout, and they re-
fused to come out, whereupon, Private
Everett, Of Company Ii, Third Cavalry,
went to the mouth of the washout with the
intention Of assuring them that if they
would come forth they would not be
harmed. Is soon as Everett got near the
mouth of the washout he was shot in the
abdomen by one Of the savages, from the
effects of which he died in a few hours.
The savage who shot him was instantly
dispatched to the happy hunting grounds,
being shot through the head by a compan-
ion of Everett. The remaining savages
in the washout were captured and sent I'M
der quad to the post. The "Times'' cor
respondent visited the place where the
dead bodies were collected awaiting burial.
At noon, to-day, the file consisted of twenty
bucks, eight squaws and two pappooses.
Their grinning visages, as they lay there
on the snow in deaths cold embrace, and
nearly nake1, presented a sight that beg
CARS description. At this writing the
troops are still in pursuit, and important
news is expected soon. There were two
soldiers killed: Private Smith. of Company
A, and Private Everett, of Company II,
Third Cavalry. Three others are wounded,
but not seriously.
A Rise In the James River.
RICHMOND, Va, January IL.
The recent rains caused a rise in the
James river and the consequent breaking
up of the ice. The water is ~ feet above
the ordinary level, and is still rising. A
rise of five or six feet is reported at Lynch
burg.
The river is still rising all the wharves
are submerged the water is now encroach-
ing upon the streets in the lower part of
the city, and has run over into the dock
from Seventeenth street to the ship locks
at the river wharves. Families are NOV
ing out from their houses in Rocket street,
near the river, and merchants along the
TIN eatened points are busy removing their
goods. The food is attributed mainly to
an ice gorge below.
Coming West.
New YORK. January II.
E. f. Burton, formerly California's State
Controller, and now Deputy Surveyor Of
this port, leaves on Monday for San Fran
cisco. d. O. Mills and family, with Joseph
G. Mills and several friends, left last night
in a new palace car, 60 feet long, furnished
like a hotel.
COnklingss Reelection to h Sem
ate.
WASHINGTON, January II.
A mass meeting of co,ored men was held
to-day, and resolutions were passed that
on the day Of Conkling's re. election to the
Senate they would fire one gun on the
Washington Parade Ground for every vote
he received.
waived the Six Months Notice.
NEW YoRK, January II.
The Governing Committee of the Mining
Exchange have decided to waive the six
months notice which the Stock Exchange
claimed they should give before placing
mining stocks on the regular list.