, 1879-06-24

about eighteen miles from, Dodge, and alau0h.
ior mao aey!ltry: X"otep @ . ,heop s ihifty:
two mllsi fin DodRe; Yas, somple!eiY slnuel's
tered out by. lIio rcd dcyI(f; .ain1 III Two dny-
atlot the Indians first ,nado THUR nppcarancs
ncal Dodge City, sscry farmer. within n raditlo
OF 1htrty miles WnsjIccnH toward dodge CITY.
The Indians killed several mcn in tho 1urta-
'dittlon Of Ford County, nhh Tho pufbut was
Martcd: At the bead Of. Sand Creek some 2o0
O. tue Chcychnes wcro found In nmb1ieh nut',
q ihsse ChcSonpca Within forty miles of Tue
Eed Cloud. Agctcy. tic pursuit. by The United
states troops was costinuqd
TILE otlErENNEs on THE wAnrATH.
On the 5tll Of September. 1878, the comHnnd-
lnE ol!lscr Of Fort Reno IpsfHn Territory, re-.
enncs, under the leadership Of Dull.knlfc, t!io
most sayaEc and able OF all his race. had left
tl!clr vslln9o on the North Fork of the Canadian
River. md Eonn on the war-pa.h. Upon the
reception o, ti,'s nsMs. the sonnandant Of t,e
auc ite redssins,-ti,c entire force consisting ct
.!Ehy.soven enlisted nlrn, Companies q ard II,
Foufth Cavalry. ana four commlsst42pd
qRlss5smsli RaSs,s1-ank under The s0mman,l a,m,o ot
arriving near their village It wis aeccrtafntq
that they bad not gone out rs fepottcd,-only
banll harlnE EDne to forward scout IN ADVANCE
o. those contemplating start, who lett on tl1n
-.i,h ~ VIZ os,' - ASu. e"nH ~
DHrlnE the time that interviewed from Capt,
c~1s'I,s ~ ~, 'o, H., ~. ises t,b " @ NV
,n. - - ,,n. s rs e.''a t, "'so ~. suIf
jfis ami strnnoIv fnrtf.tnw t1,nir nositjon IL,
the morning OF The 10Th Of September, at about
0 o'clock, tho troops started In pursuit. md,
after a thtrty.mi,e march, their trail, bearing
struck, then distant about 1:N miics. A mes
scnGer spas At oucc sept 10 Camp Supply, i, r,
to inform the commander the probable course
OF tic redskins. AZ dawn next day The troops
after marching torty.tour miles, cntampcd
for tho hight, On lie 11th III.
troops nude forts.two miles, nni had two
Arapahoc scouts. their scsvieos proving yalua-
,l,e Indians were seen in I'll tic fro5t; pt distance
Of three miles, moving np hillside.
THE srtn1rt,a prsupn ronw.nn'
NJ trot mi, t,,c Tn,,ans - scro mt =, alar. nm
yards, concentrating at q piece Of timber called
Turkey Springs. 1hey were evidently apprtsc,i
ment to leave. The cavalry column advanced
within 400 yards ot them. Tile Indians kept
moving north and south and kent running their
horses; bit Dull-kntfc. their Chief, stood
squarcly up before tho front OF the troops, not
moving With tile rest. 1t was o o'clock
In tic forenoon, Capt. 1scndebroole
sent ono OF tic Arny,ahoes 10 have
talk with Dull-Knifc, which was
very brict, t,-Unlt-Knlfo saying ho did not wnnt to
tkohatcd Southern Agency. During thc talk, tic
kno. and 70 9o2 .t9p rge tue FaS'e' aud
FIRE uros 4uEu,
EgntlnE beeaMe genera, ana a., shG sroops were
eoni"1eu 70 a!E Lis;p.s; lug ni1'aus aet tiie
pear'e , 1n nre ID all dteseons, Whfn III aao mat
ts.e ss'. ,.,,t u'f ,,iah. Hr, to o asu lug
essaaa,!s 9aslns, 1i;at eontsiae. so@s acsad ;ad
ous no pilo saem; ,e.n a. ua"n Iecon
no.ssanec was ordaIes' Ms,eh IL was assertained
n1et.iv sTeo,,nc iho traans' hftcr @ @ cansiir1
pbe s{pmi,hn ts troos mnt nut of t'ets ur
hao ot ~ ammnt,n 9s1 nFo.inn. " Gu n "u
cnin ,emd ret,trnr5 10 Crmn smnnIv'' H. nv IN.
iials had, Ia tic meantime, reached ttc DODGE
CITY road, anu had plunlercd .cyerybotiy thev
met ~
!. ANOTHER FIGHT
m I'm eot,, - sa.+a,-,tas ,t,a. ,
an ~ H. s'S Gn e ,e, anG oops ayeu
e% hat fo ~, roah & "ngm n, y n wa 1eer.a
and TO Company a fonrth ae Cavity Ss u a taent IL sht
hs ns,sn', Lot onu nat mau: HemplhiA's command was
TaOs tsn;,ah1, "so sss1 shysI" infs W sonl,.
.,.pf East T,si,1'. s,s ,sas Gnp ompp!s' I.oVinG
nes rccevci nrtIers % ~ m to",ra S,,a .ot
Tals be did, as shcre T lie E troons md md ctiSen. ,
hnrs dssor"re t "a1 1ndi,". III ,Ui H. p1u'o , no euH
i II 'uo 'iu!a'a ~ taa saho'l!ile,
,sho .Mv 'es a n,s. n1 J eJ pcG.1 m nsn'S on eae!,
" G."es, Lunpaay -, roas.n GaSair5, Was soon
EGtt ~ 5sf$ ~
l,ad ane positione. mud notl,j,r wan gsinc,1'
From hero courier uns. .seiit to Fort Dodge for
suppiicsl la.,d ap1tnut3ltion; md during the
might tile. -. command WIS reinforced
by some forty clttzons from. Dodge CIV, who
were Arod upon by mistake by, the infa,ltry when
the nllitary.camp.. AZ o'clock on
tho morning Of Sept: "a the soldiers moved to
tic rear OF 'the 1ndfanst stUnping only few
to- bury b 'rahtiifliuh who hid been
killed a day, o. twn ,prcyl9tisly, The Indians
showed thclnscjvea on tho sides Of tho hill; but
the tst,ops had reached their rear, and thc.in
:. =. ). :. : AT7AoKEp THE RED Dpsus. -
They wera driven about milo, mud ,icll back