The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-10-16

s-k'd whrts,r M,rr,it INTENDED o go
t. the ag roy ~iIh ,hc troops lie re
p led lac dId.
TIE I.disI.s b4v.ng been ruted
fr' N their point, the % npAny was raj
lied ON a wagon train. M>jn Thorn
bur G then gave orde tu Cherry to
hold his position and cover Capt. Law
sons retreat, who was ordered TO fall
back slowly with the horses of his
company. Cherry Gail ID for twenty
volunteers and twenty men responded
and fought with desperation. Their
names will be gwen in later dispatches,
as nearly every msn was wounded be-
fore be reached the camp and So were
killed. Cherry brought every wounded
man in with him. Csp'. Lawson, a
brave veteran, displayed the greatest
caimuess and courage during the r, treat
sending up ammunition 10 Cherry's
men when ooce they were nearly with
out it. MaJAr Thornburgh started
back to the wagon train after giving
his final orders to Capt. Payne to
charge the hill and 10 Capt. Payne and
Cherry tO coSer the retreat. Thorn
burgh mu t have been shat dead when
barely half way there. His body had
been seen lying on it's face. Payne.
then IN command, Set about having the
wounded h, rses sent away, dismsni-
ling the wagons of the boxes, bundles,
ETC., which were piled up for forufica-
tions. Picks and shovels were used
vigor y for digging intreucbments.
10 the meant ME calling fire was col
centrsied upon the command from 8
the surrounding bluffs, which COM
msnded the scene. Not an Indian
could be seen, but the iueessant crack
OF their Sharp and Winchester fl
d4slt fearful destruction among tie
horses and men. TIE groans of tie
dying and the agnn zing cries OF the
wounded told what fearful havoc wss
being made among the determined and
desperate command. The / rdIans, ut
the beginning Of the Fl ,ht, had set fire
to the dry grass and sage brush and,
to the windward OF uur position, it
now came sweeping down towards us,
the flames leaping high into the air aud
immense columns OF sm ke were roll
ing on to engulf us. l was sight TO
make the stuutest hear, quak", and the
fends were waiting, ready to give us a
YOlley as soon az We were driven from
our shelter. Now it reaches the fl INK,
and blankets, blouses and empty sacks
we're freely used to extinguish the
flames. Some of the wagons were set
on fire, which r. qlired all the force
possible to smother it. No water can
ha 81, Aain hn IL g,
eating, but the fire passes and we still
hold our position. In the meantime a
consti Mt vol ey is pour, d upon US.
Capt. Payne was wounded for the Sec
ond time and First Sergt. d )lan of
Company F was killed instantly.
McKinsl, y and Mckee were also killed.
The men have now mostly covered
themselves, but the poor horses and
mules are constantly falling about us.
Just about sundown charge was at
tempted, hut repulsed, the IIdians
trying to drive off some Of our horses
which had broken loose. The attack
was ceased at dark and soon every
man was at work enlsrglng the trench
and hauling out dead horses, caring
for the wounded aud burying the dead.
At daylight the attack was resumed
md The firing OF sharp b 'oters has
been kept up every day since and &C.
casionally at night, seudIng US to our
pits in a scramble. This ia the fifth
day of our siege, but we are
determined to hold out If it takes
months for succor to resch us; but we
are confident that Gen. Merritt, whose
name is upon the lips of every one, is
on the road t. rescue US, and as / write
this bullets are whistling over the
top of our trenches. They often strike
grain sEcks few inches above US,
but we are deep enough to be compar-
atively safe. The following are the
killed: Major Thornburgh. first SER
geant John Dolan, priYat g Jhn Burns,
Michael Ferres'on, Samuel Mckee,
Thoa. Mooney, Michael Lynch, Charles
Wright, d ,miDIck Cuff and wagon
master Mckenzie and teamster by the
name of Mcclure. The wounded are
Payne, flesh wound in the arm and
side; Lieut.. Paddock, flesh wound in
hip; d.. Crimes, fish wound in
the shoulder; Sergt. John Morrill,,
trumpeter; Fred Sutl.ff, J,hn McDon-
aid, Privates James 4. Gitbs, ] ,hn
HoaXy, Emil X Iarsman, Rlgt ne, Pat
terson, Franco mmons, E Scbicked-
ousse, WSEsser. G.. StepmeD, Nicholas
Henry, Thomas Lynch, Fred Blankard,
E. Muller, Sergeant James Montgom-
cry, S Sergeant Allen Tupton, Corporal
s. e. F. Echfurz', Frank Hunter,
Privates A. CLARK, O:lando Ddrand,
Thomas Ferguson. Thomas Lewis, Ell.
ward Ltvelle, Willard Mitchell, John
Mahoney, Joseph Patterson, William
Schuber, Thos. McNamsra, bu2ler
John Donovan, teamsters Thos. Cain
and Nelson and guide L1wery. With
the exception of the wound of guide
Lowery, the wounds of the above
named men ara t seIious.
After brief consultation the chiefs
agreed to common answer, which is
if the United States soldiers invaded
their reservations they would fight
them until the las. U,e lay dead. After
this they left Merritl's camp and re-
turned to their own. Merritt then
pushed forward and joined Payne, with
remnant of Thornburg's command
the same day. The evening before
Merritt's arrival Payne had teen most
gallsntly succored by a colored COM
psDy Of forty-tive men, of the Ninth
Civalry, under Capt. ID ,dge. His
company came down Bear river past
Steamboat Springs last Friday night
and learning of Thornburg's fight and
Payne's situstiOn they determined to
go to P4yne's aid at every hsz4rd.
10 their attempt they were met by be-
sicging Utes, who turned on them with
fire 30 hot that they were compelled
dismount. Ia the course Of the sub
Aent engagement this brave colored
Nv lost every horse but two.
Nc on bis arrival, found that
Pay 4 held out spIendidIy, losing
only tW since the fwenty-Dinlh,
when R'S eA-
Every Saturday there is . gathering
at the office Of the, Boston Congrega-
lional Union of Clergy men II quest OF
an engagement for the ensuing sunday.
NJ .By Of them cnme from q cistsace,
particularly IN ihs summer and easly
fA.l when the CITY uulDits are ganerallV