Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-02-08
THE SENTINEL,
INCIDENTS OF THE CHEYENNE
SLA UGHTER.

eavageS seems now 10 nave DeeH
carefelly prepared by them with an
intelligence and spirit which would
have been heroic in the highest
degree if employed ir a better
cause.G During a visit to this
band made by your correspondent
during the past three weeks, it be
came evident that the young bucks
were strung no to the highest pitch
of resolve, and were plotting some
desperate undertaking. They free
]y gave out that they were ready
to die before consenting to 90
South, and said they would butcher
one another with their own knives,
Old Dull Knife, as he sat by my
side, seemed buried in deep reverie
his face as smooth and classic as
any ever put in marble. and much
resembling that of the late Secre;a-
ry Seward in his most thoughtful
moment. Near by. always watch
ing, was Wild Hog, the Achilles OF
the Cheyennes, with an immense
head, aud the devilishenss attribut-
ed to Richard III, by Shakespeare
apparent in every fealnre. He is
fortunately in irons. thanks to the
goo d Judgment of Capt. Vessels
and the nerve Of Private Thomas
Ferguson of Company E. Third
Cavalry, who was wounded by the
knife of the 6end as he plundged it
with downward thrust at his
breast bone, slightly cutting him.
Cept. Vessels Immediately seized,
him. and, bearing down On his wrist
broke the blade. The Aojutapt's
Office, where it occurred, was full OF
soldiers with arms in their hands.
Dull Knife is still at large, and
leads the hopeless band, though his
physical condition is such that he
may die at any time.
The bucks dashed forward, with
children under their arms, while
the squaws followed close upon
their heels, carrying saddles, bri
dies, and provender for their peril
GUS march. Cap. Vessels had
Company G. quickly out from theic
quarters, which ran in an oblique
direction to the prison house of the
Cheyennes, and volley after volley
was poured into the fleeing savages,
and their bleeding bodies, mangled
and torn, bucks. squaws, and pap"
pooses all together, literally ,strew-
ed the road they had selected for
their march hoping for deliverance.
This lasted for miles out into the
darkness until the neighboring
hills, rising like great icebergs,
were reached, and many one
stumbled and fell dead just as the
mountain Businesses we're reached,
where pursuit would be impractical
BILE and safety gained.
The soldiers were now aroused
to the highest pitch of evaporation,
and, were the first shot did not dis
pose of the victim, coup de grace
was readily given by h final pistol
charge. Almost every one is shot
through the head, and the attitudes
Of the dead are of almost every va
riety-some throwing their hands
in the air widely; some clutcbing
at their knives with a last effort,
and others holding their firearms
in a frozen. helpless clutch. One
Of the Indians fought so tenaciously
at close quarters that his garments
were set on fire by the pistol which
killed him. Although they have
fought with the desperation and
recklessness of demons. Yesterday,
January 10, they fed their famisk-
ed stomachs by killing beef and
left not a vestige of the carcass ex-
ccpt the hide.
Some very ludicrous as we'll as
tragic scenes occurred in the bright