Daily Republican., 1885-07-09
the Isdian Upsasang.

| lOPElAAs tABuy, July b.-IhiB city
was aroused last night by the reported
reception of kilograms announcing the
! arrival Of Cheyenne Indians in the
/; counties OF Pratt and Comanohe, and
| that the marauders were doing great
damage to life and property. During
the evening Governor Martin received
the following from Col. Quiff. Of the
6snte Fe road.
The operator at Wichita says that an
outbreak was reported In the southern
part of Pratt county to-day. Several
were killed and the balance of the
people driven off. Stock Is all driven
out. One man who came into Pratt TO-
day says he Ia the only one left in his
family. The balance were killed but
the operator does not know how many
there were.
All possible exertious are being made
by the Governor to protect the citizens
of The State from outrage by the In
dians.
WICHITA, July 8.-A dispatch dated
Kingman City, Kansas, 8 p. M, yester
day, arrived this afternoon, and says a
man was killed nine miles west of
Lawndale, Monday night, by Indians
A son of the murdered man escaped and
brought the news. The boy further
states that he passed four wagon loads
OF women and children fleeing In the dl.
rection Of Kingman, at which point the
excitement was very great.
Men are arriving and getting ready to
proceed to Lawndale.
Three families from the settlement
between Lawndale report that riders
are passing rapidly through the country
warning the settlers that the Indians
are moving swiftly north, and burning
every thing before them.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July ga de-
spatch from Leavenworth states that no
news OF an outbreak among the Chey-
ennes has been received at Fort Leaven.
worth. In order to relieve the an xiety
of the settlers on the frontier, four
troops OF cavalry were ordered to
Kiowa, near the southern border OF
Kansas, to do scouting duty and afford
protection against any Threatened inva
sion, These, with other troops, are
already established along the border,
and reserves are held in read mess,
which can be quickly conveyed by rail
from posts in Kansas, If occasion should
arise.
TOPEKA, Kansas, July e-The fol.
lowing despatch was received this morn
lnR ny Jno dOVttuOr ITOn II II. NICK
erson, Division Superintendent OF this
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. II was
sent to Mr.. Nickersou by the station
agent at Kipgman
| The Indian scare assumed gigantic
proper tions here yesterday, and last
night hundreds of families II ocked into
town from points as far west as forty
N lies, for protection.
| "Several scouting parties have been
out as far as thirty miles, aud the
farther out they go the farther off the
Ind ians are. There is not trace of ar
Indian or evidence OF their having beer
nearer Kingman County than the Teri
Itory line, and no damage done there. >
Nickerson adds There is a genera
scare, but its origin cannot be located
i A party named Jones was down to tn,
Territory line, and heard the Indianl
were on the move, and or his way bacl
to Pratt County he met neighbol
named Smith, who told him that tn
Indians were coming. Smith saw
Brown and Brown saw his friend, ant
thus the story grew and the excitemen
Increased. The settlers have al. starte,
back for their homes"