The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-17

Correspondence Of the Denver Tribune
SANTA ~, sept. ss.-E..B. Learned. who
were attacked hy the Indians near Iilil~boro,
has given a history ~ the affair.
on Thursday, the llth inst, Victoria with
fully 100 ~ his Indians PASSED up the Aniinas,
fs,ided through the plnccrS and captured
eight head of stock. A. this place Dr Gar.
rolls arm wns shot 20 pieces ono child shot
through both legs, ana one killed. tircling
around iiilsboro. they then took the nuin
road 40 -iiNcrtitN. After they lett the pinccrS
miners came into iiill-horo with the news ana
i'm very few minutes party Of IL were or.
gnnxei ana In pursuit. ~ TroheAd'~ ranch.
four miles fInm Iacon. three horses had been
killed and ,hr remainder taken. md MeNi.
can shot ia the l.g. ~ Ga. next ranch eight
McNican~ Were found dead. the women horri.
lilly untrsa ycd aud mutillatesi, little lAbe~ cut 10
pieces with lancc-. and ranch stock gone. AZ
thiS place the Indians we're only 10 minutes
ahead ~ fh" pursuing party, Who rode ~ full
speed 90 save McENef'~ family. three miles
distant. swift ride q y miles had iaded
the horses 20 thar four ~ The party were some
quarter of mile behind the advance when
McEyer'- cirnrga was reached. Hardly had
they entered before
MURpERut~ FIRE
wa- poured on them from the hills on m
sides Tile country here j. very rocky aud
mountainous Here the citizens stood, brnNely
standing 80 their enemies, who outi,nnbereh
them nearly eight a. one. II was life or death
NJ matter which way they turned. dark forms
Sprlng up from rock 10 rock cutting on THEN
advance, and The. steady whirr ~ needle gun
balls told them their chances were indeed Dies
pefatc. Retreat WAS impossible. About this
time the party of II men became divided, and
four 81 thcm succeeded IN reaching McEN.r's
ranch. The party divided. however when they
found that the ranch stock hal been stolen
aud ne ncr,lcr shot through the chest while
rounding ~ HI herd.
l will now return "a the four who had fallen
behind when the cicncgl was reached. They
We're Tom Hughes. alias Mctrc IA frontier
SCOUT, Doe Williams, stephen iinnion and y.
n
pas those IN advance had been led ocI VI
sight IN the rayinc- - The left seeing quite
large party riding around ~ the valley down
on the right. anu y group above them ON the
nsssn and concluding from n sight of hats,
shirts. etc. that they we're the advance party.
the four started 90 Jim them. riding NJ ON the
side NJ the hill "a prNtelf ambush from the
dense >nnfiower and other weeds that covered
the valley. They rodc up ~ the point WHERE
they had seen the men ahead. when Hughes
exclaimed. by 49,. they are Indians We
ARE corraled. and hardly had b. spoken be-
fore a Calling FIRE was opened upon them from
three sides ION your horses. and give them
--," Wa Tom command. and -, irons over
saddles an unequal defense wa commenced.
Fully twenty five Indians we're Ia sight ~ the
three sides, armed with needle guns, fesolNrrs
and ancc~.
THREE INDIANS WERE KILLED
and several wounded without los on our Side,
but the fre became - hot that Tom SAID,
We are gone II We don't get ont oi here N. -
mounting NJ made "A rush for the weeds be
low Just AZ the edge i.cnrncdS horse was
shot from under him. and then AL lett Their
horses and ran for IL. with the whole pack 81
-aNage- III pursuit Hardly had thu weeds
been entered before Tom Hughes wa shot
dead. Doe Williams turned down 20 the right.
Crawling through the weeds he was shortly
tfniled M aud after desperate resistance
T wns shot III halt "A dozen places and killed
Hanlon turned 90 the. left and got nearly
three .fOnfths ~ a mile before he waS cornered,
and here he died like 4 man. Learned doubled
around through the weeds aud lay down. In
a few minutes an Indian who had been tran
ing him jumped mp with y yell right ~ his
face. Learned expecting this, had lain renhy,
and quicker than thought eInpfied hi~ rine
point blank into his pur~iier, killing him, ana
then ran for lite. lie again ln4 down IN the
weeds. and. although nearly run over many
times rs those in search. was rof discovered.
ne LAY until dark and then escaped 90 Me-
Esci'~ house, The only one 81 hi~ party nilNc.
4 SECOND PARTY
az three men left iiilisboro a Few hours after
the first and came NJ IA time q divert part
al the ~nyagr- from their attack on Inc H. !
first mentioned tile four who got 90 MrENcrs,
and now the balance. This last party We're
lnnrr fortunate. ~ only three ~ thril wtI'
Killed and two were wounded ~ ~, lntter
one Ma wounded severely The Indians
killed all the horses and mules they could nnt
take along Eighteen ~ their horses, Win
The Emitted states brand. were killed ~ them
between the placrt~ and McEsers, and they
carried Of about % head, some ~ which fc'
turned. The casualties are A. follows
kiis.ti-~terhsn fIHnipn. Tom Hughes ~
Mss,nr. \. 4. ,.rr.n. Dr williams. q. ". Thorn
TON. NJ. Preisscr German three men On ~
Anima- unknown y. VI. .Affnito. wife AMI three
children. ~enorn Abnu Arroyo, 'w"unkn"Mn
Mexicmfl- two Ghusex brothers ~ ialonia~,
NOTWITHSTANDING BccIncf. ~ Tie side
Prank sohey. ia breast NJ. ~tnplrton, ~ lrg
NrAicnn child, badly lnnrcd. pr carroll am
broken iva children ~ Nj. llndefr ,-nn'
through both legs the Other VA TIC hand
~iN Indians All. known ~ have been Killed
Their ir~~ waS probably from -lN totem killed
aud A. many wounded
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