The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-01-23

Tensas and Calahoula Parishes; that Morris
Marks represent the majority and b. F. Jonas
the minority. The testimony so taken will be
to Teller and treated as II taken
bv the committee. The members left the city
this evening.
Cheyenne Prisoners Make . Break
for Liberty and arc Shot Down.
FoRr RoB1Ssos. NEE. Jan. IA.
On Sunday night the Indians in the
bed of Indian Greek, on the Hot Greek
road, about twenty miles from this post,
seeing no avenue of escape, determined
to retain their present vantage ground.
Consequently, in anticipation of more
vigorous attack on the part of the troops
they further strengthened their position
by improvising rifle pits during the
night. At twelve o'clock the next day
q twelve pound Napoleon gun was
brought upOn the scene of action, but
owing to the nature of the position
assumed by the savages the gun
could not be sufficiently depressed
to play upon the position. A number
of shells and solid shot were thrown as
near as possible to the position occu-
pied, but with apparently no effect.
Affairs stood thus at dark on the night
of Monday the 18th. On Tuesday morn
ing, on making a reconnaissance of the
ground held by the Indians On the pre-
vious day, the officers were informed,
to their dismay, that they had escaped
during the night. Owing to the troops
having no provisions on hand Vessels
found it impracticable to follow their
trail, consequently the troops have just
arrived in camp with q view to equip
ping q pack train and start on q pro-
longed scout after the savages.
FoRr ROBINSON. Jan. Is.
There has been a temporary calm in
military movements for the past ten or
twelve hours. The fleeing hostiles en-
themselves on q mound on
White Clay, foiled the troops, and at
night, there being no adequate force to
either force them to submission or keep
them from running away, they escaped.
When the troops next came up with
the desperate band, the latter had
taken possession of the natural mounds
for protection OH the North Fork of
Indian Creek. Here the troops aban-
doned the pursuit yesterday, returning
to Fort Robinson to-day. General Crook
sent positive orders that the pursuit of
the Cheyennes be continued, and Com
pany E, Captain Lawson commanding,
left for the front. Tomorrow, Com
pany H, Captain Vessels commanding,
will go forward, join forces, and under
command of the last named officer the
pursuit will be resumed. The troops
will be supplied with six days rations.
There are fifty-two Indians, of which
there are but two squaws and children
in the fort prison. OF these there are
wounded, one old squaw, dying
tonight from the effect of six gun-shot
The captives state that while
they had no hand in planning the escape
they are yet opposed to returning to
the southern reservation. They claim
they were told when surrendering they
could remain here, where their parents
are buried and their children born.
Thus far no order has been received for
their removal, aside from the efforts of
the military made on the night of the
escapade to restrain the Indians.
Ed. Cooke and Dick Deer were the
most prominent doing their share of
the killing of Indians. But one scalp
is reported, and the credit of that is
given to the citizens. Five soldiers
have been killed or died from wounds
and eight wounded. Thirty-two In
dians, Of which twenty-five were males
and the remainder women and children,
have been killed, and twenty-six buried
in one common grave. 1t is believed
that about fifty Indians, including Dull
Knife, have escaped. Wild Hog, Old
Crow and one other savage lie in irons
in the camp, one mile from Fort Rob-
inson.
The Sioux at the Pine Ridge Agency
have as yet made no demonstration
other than in the indulgence in exhi-
billions of grief over their slain rela-
tions. 1t is not believed among army
officers here that an outbreak will be
made, but if no better management
prevails in restraining the Sioux from
indulging in a war dance than was
exhibited in the capture of the
Cheyennes there can be no safe
prediction as to the result. The Sioux
say they can feed the Cheyennes if the
Government cannot, and would scrimp
rather than see their rela-
tives starve.
1t will require evidence to prove that
the hostiles were not permitted to es-
cape. Companies B and d, Third Cav
airy, left Fort Laramie this morning,
by Captain johnson. ac-
by q pack train, to endeavor
to intercept the Cheyennes.
FoRT ROBINSON, Neb.. Jan. l6.
Yesterday at noon Captain Lawson,
commanding Company E, Third Cav
airy, started in pursuit of the fleeing
savages, who are said to be making
detour in the direction of Pine Ridge or
Rose Bud Indian camp, and the pros
poets of reaching the wigwams of their
sympathizing red brethren are greatly
in their favor despite the sanguine hopes
of the military to capture them ere
they can reach them. The savages
have good thirty hours start of the
troops, and should they succeed in
stealing enough horses to mount them
selves, which is not improbable, their
escape is certain, and will be the
means of getting the young warriors of
the powerful Sioux Nation to dig up the
hatchet and avenge their wrongs. The
prevalent impression here is that we
are near the eve of a bloody Indian war.
The mail carrier just in from Pine
Ridge Agency, Red Clouds new loca-
ton, states that since the news of the
Cheyenne outbreak and its results be-
came known to Red Clouds people
there is much weeping and wailing
among them, and they say their hearts
are bad. Captain Vessels started with