Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-01-18
sLAUGarea - sAvAGEs
The Uaraly Cheyeoae and Ce0asehs
1aataa Psfssners - CsWp 8shsnsen
Make q Dash for liberty ever
Forty Slaughtered % the orOt They
Preferred Builets 10 Freezing aud
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Preferred Bullets 10 Freezing aud
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FORT ROBINSON. NEE. Jan. 10 .-Hos>
tile lnIiaus imprisoned here sinca last
October, having been informed BY the
I commanding officer. few GAYS ago that
they were To De taken back 10 their agency
IN the Indian Territory. determined 10 de
rather tlan consent to such movement
Since the Information was impaired to
them they bayc become vere sulien. and
have repeatedly expressed, determination
10 die rather than consent TO such moves
meui. Thss have become very stubborn
for ibe AT few days. and fearing m att
tempt 10 csc tpa. the post commander
placed strong guard over their prison
room. Last night about II o'clock. while
nearly every enc WIS in bed exeert tn
gnarsl. the sayages jumped through the
wiudows II the prisoD rJ"rl and made for
The prairie, wh:ci Is tbickly coated with
frozen snow, firing on the guard from re
volvers fliev had concealed since their
capture. dangerously wouudDg four OF
the guard, of whom one has died and an>
other Is not expected to survive the dav
The main guard rushed out OF the guards
house upon hearing the firing, aud upon
ascertai"ing the can>e and seeing the flee
ing hos lies running for toe bluffs. Imne>
d:atcly followed and opened fire. shot
and killed over forty saragcs. Over ore
bundled and sixty cavalry. mOun,ed and
dismOunted. are sill IN pursuit. a-d the
sharp bang of carb'nes in the hands Of our
men can be heard from the hills. three
miles distant. WHERE the savages have
evidently made for. II il thought that
not one of them will escape.
GEN. SHERIDAN's ADvICEs.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1O.-The only advicrs
received by General Sheridan from Fort
Robinson are dated previous to the out>
break oil last night. Ibey Indicate that
the military have been waiting TO execute
the orders Of the Indian Bureau that the
tugi;Iv. Indians there BE- taken back to
the Indian Territory, until 81 oper eliot hIrg
was provided tor the s9vages. thew beng
at present almost naked, and suffering in>
ten>e.y even IN their sheltered quarters.
Clothing had been promised. but was not
expected for two weeks. Advices from
Fort Sill state that the Ia,iians there have
been greatly Il 'contcn.ed for TWO months,
and that recently two Thousand OF them
started southv ard, ard were soon heard
from as depcedating anon the r1Lchmen.
her excuse has been their starved coL>
dltion nj the agency. ard to kill such
cattle they needed for susienauce.
Inc military were sent after them and
thew were ovariaken on the boundary be-
tween The IudIan Territory and Texas
Gen. Sheridan has ielegraphed PERMISSION
70 Issue beef 10 them until further instruc.
i,ons. These Indians are mainly the dan
gerOus COmanches, Apaches and kiowas.
a dispatch TO army headquarters here
io>nieaf, from Capt. Vessels. commands
ant a IT. Robinson. staseS that :s5U Of the
Chez cEnes lave b.el ie>captu ed. iiiciud-
lns the ir,ee head chiefs. Wild Hcg,
Cow. and Left Hand, AID three killed.
More are expected To he taken tonight,
as the ira ling is good. and five companies
are our.