Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-09

reacneSI the tUo nauhi auu Ulauk6iB,
blouses and empty sacks were freely
used to extinguish the Hames. Some
of the wagons were set on IRE, which
required all force possible to smother
lt:no water can be obtained, and the
smoke is sufIocatiDg but the fire
paeses and we still hold our pc aition.
In the meantime q constant voiley is
poured upon us. Capt. Payne is
wounded for the second time, AMI
First Sergeant DolaD, OF Company T,
killed instantly; McKinstry and
MANY others are wounded. The men
have now mostly covered themselves
but the poor horses and mules are cons
stantiy falling about us. Just about
sundown charge was attempted but
repuIsed, the Indians were trying
t We off some OF our horses which
broken loose.
ne attack ceased at dark, and sooD
every man was at work eniarglDg the
trench and hauling out the dead
horses, caring for the wounded and
buFyirg the dead. AT daylight the
attack was renewed, and the firing of
sharp shooters has been kept up every
day since, and occasionally at nights
eendi1g US to our pits in scramble,
This is the fifth day of our siege, but
we are determined to hold out, If 1t
takes month for succ0r to reach US,
but we are confident that Gen. Merritt,
whose name is upon the lips OF every
one, is on the road to rescue US. "A 8 L
write this bullets are whisiliDg over
the top of our trench; they often strike
grain sacks a few inches above cur
heads, tut we are deep enough to DO
com paratively safe.
The killed are Major Thornburgh,
First Sergeant John Dalan, Privates
John Burns, Michael Ferroten, Sam
uel Mckee, Thos. Mooney, Michael
Lynch, Charles Wright, Dominicuk
Cuff, Wagon Master McKinZie aud
teamster Mcclure. Wounded apt.
Peyne, flesh wound in the arm aud
side; Lieut.. Paddock, flesh wound in
the hip; DR.. Grimes, flesh wound in
the shoulder; Sergeant John Morrill,.
Trumpeters Fred. Suleliff and John
| Mcdonald, Privates James Il. Gibbs
John Haufey, Emil Karrsman, EG-
gene Patterson, Frank. Simmon, Eu
gene Schick adousse, VIM EssiTe, Got
lich Stelyer, Nicholas Henry,
Thomas Lynch. Fred. Brankatd,
E MeulIer, Sergeant James Mont
gOmery, Sergeant Allen Tupton, Cor
orals, G. F. EchfuIzel aud Frank
Hunter. Private, James Con way ,JuO.
Crowley. w. Il. Clark, Orlando Du-
rant, TbOs. Ferguson, Thos. Lew is,
Edward Livell, willard Mitchell, Jno.
Mahoney, Joseph Patterson, VIM.
Schuber, Thos. McNamars. Budka
John Donovan. Teamsters, Thos
Cain, Nelson, AMI guide Lowry. With
the exception Of the wound Of the
guide, Lowry, the wounts of the
above named men are not serious.
RAwLINs, Oct. 8.-A courier
from Payne's camp brirgs the fol-
lowing ac % It Of the arrival of re.
lief: He reports that Gen. Merritt
on his approach to Payne's camp.
and when only few miles distant
from it, discerned the stile Ute;
filing out from the neighboring
canons. The Indians discovered
Gen. Merritt at the same moment
and the General perceiving this
from their actions, ordered his mer
to fall back in rapid retreat. The
Indians were encouraged by thi:
manmuyre to rush from their hidine 9
places, and Gen. Merritt, push. g
his troops to a run, drew them out
on an open plain. He then
gave an order to wheel, which his
men did with admirable precision
showing in minutes space brist'
ling front, where before had been &
.ningly struggling route. The
3 neral did not wait for the foe tC
attack. In less than two minutes
his men poured into the Utes a fire
which checked their advance and
forced them to seek every available
cover. The battle lasted but few
hours, during which time the In.
dians suffered a loss of 81 killed
while Merritt did not lose a man
The Utes got such a drubbing that
they threw up white flags in toker
of their wish for a parley. This
was granted by Gen. Merritt, ant
several Chiefs entered his camp forth
with. Several of the Chiefs were
willing to surrender, others were not
Merritt told them that if they
would give up their arms anc
ponies he would do nothing more
with them for the present. One OF
two of the chiefs asked whether
Merritt intended to 60 to thu
Agency with his troops. He replied
that he did. After a brief consul
tation all the chiefs agreed to ont
common answer, which was, that i
United States soldiers invaded theil
reservation they would fight then
until the last of the Utes lay dead
After this they lett Merritt
camp and returned to the
canon. Gen. Merritt then pushed
forward with all haste and Joined
Payne with the remnant of Thorn
burgh's command. The same Mon.
day evening, before Merritt arri.
val, Payne bad been most gallantly
succored by eolored company Of
fcrty>fVe men Of the Ninth Cavalry
under Capt. Dodge. His company
came down near the river, past
Steamboat Springs, last Friday
night, and learning of Thornburgh'