Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-28
TRIP TO INDIAN TERRITORY
And an Eye Witness OF the ihoidf'
Outbreak.

Outbreak.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Business being somewhat slack I'D
Wichita, we concluded TO take trip
TO the Nation AMI Witness 4 few In
dian fights. Accordingly about the
18th inst, we boarded the traia for
Caldwell. Having reached this most
beautiful little city, aad not to be rash
in rushing into the heat of the battle,
we concluded to stop 81 short time
and get the surroundings. Oar first
meeting was with our genial old
fried. J. \. Holling,N ticket agent OF
the A.. I. & 5. F. railroad, by whom
we were introduced TO the other Of
ficers holding in charge this station,
and, by the way, as kind hearted set
of men as ever walked in boots, who
endorsed our precaution and advised
us TO stay with them few days, aniii
# could be ascertained where the hot
test fighting was going on, to which
place we could 60 direct and witness
the worst Of it. Caldwell is one OF
the happiest located towns in the
southwest, say what you please sur
rounded with a most beautiful farm
iug country. While here wc fell IL
with Mr Barnard, whose arlusiat-
ancc We formed some eight years ago
in III. city of Wichita, where he
first landed in search of u
Kansas home. This gentleman inyit-
ed Us TO spend an afternoon with him,
that we might see what lie had accom-
plished. Accordingly We found him
located on Bluff creek three miles
southwest of Cald He has 6in
acres of fine land. Some 80 under
cultivation, hundreds of peach trees
loaded with fruit. bearing apple trees
with plenty of small fruit, corn fields,
large stock pastures, with plenty oi
sheep, hogs and cattle, a stone quarry.
Nee two story dwelling house. with
large barn aud other ont houses.
Verify one would think they were on
a farm in he old settled state OF Hill
nois. The farm could not hc bought
for less than the small sum Of $4,000.
How's that for eight years with an III
vestment of 50 900. Finding that In
nearer we got TO the seat of war the
farther il was away. ana CIVILIZATION
beirg so attractive we concluded TO
send for our wife and child to accom-
pany Us, that they might become ac-
customed 10 Indian warfare sights.
While waiting for thcn we were
taken around the country some fifteen
or twenty miles BY an Old acquaint-
anc. from lll,oiS, Mr. George More.
who has gained possession Of a NUN
Der of farms near Caldwell Ate
riding over the country the best part
of a day, we almost forgot our desire
to see an .'ingin fight, and had 10 eS-
claim hurrah tor Caldwell and iiS Ger
tain fuinre greatness when they open
the Territory.
Our wife aud little girl having ar
rived we concluded to take i'll the
fighters. No one can know only y
experience what horror comes over
them a. soon as you cross the line into
the Territory. The very element pos
seses the hideous wells of wild. naked
Indians. The worry mind is carried
away with frightaul visions of "irjun
war dances, of awful sights of the
skulls of white men, long since scalped
and laid out 10 dry. The pitilul cries
Of fleeing inhabitants and helpless
children, bat what Imagination aside
of reality. A we pressed on we
became scattered on entering the Ter
ritor;, and by pursuing the wrong
course, missed seeing Il severe engage
ment which took place on the pa inst
between force from Caldwell AMI a
squad of Chcy euues and Arapahocs.
The Indians rctreated 10 the Tcrrit ors
and were holly pursued. bat the taid-
well force was finally ovcrpowercd
by large numbers of sava9cS and were
forced to retreat 10 the city. The ac-
count of this terrible battle viii bc
seen in some Chicago paper. Il seems
that this fierce fight was caused by Il
stolen horse being found with au In
dian who sworc he paid for him and
would not give him up There were
no lives lost in this battle 81 the firing
was all done too high. if any WAS done
at all, but troops viii be- ordered
from all parts of the United States
so Is 10 get up good scare and Here
by keep every body ont OF Kansas iR-
other six months. The farther those
reports 90 he worse The thing lons>.
DoUn in MaiIe they think it's unsafe
in k-' sas City.
During our soinurn IN the Territory
we came On 10 a camp ui those dcs-
perate looking Chry,aHos numbering
tw,nty--iN wagons. We expected TO
wit,ess severe engagement or be
murdered. Coming close % them we
found they werc armed 10 the teeth
with fioar from Caldwell. We wanted
to know of them when fight was TO
come IF a We would like 10 seec one.
They seemed TO think we were talking
nonsense and indeed To them it was.
To learn any thing about Indians raid
ing Kansas one must leave the Terri
tory aid read nickel newspaper.
Having become Disguised in conse-
Quence OF having missed the only fight
that has or is ever Likely TO occur in
the Indian Territory or in Kansas
among white settlers and indians.
We concluded TO visit the Oklahoma
camp. This we found in the state OF
Kansas close TO the cline. \ small vii
lage of tents located near beautiful
spring. In the center of this camp i
one large tent containing their stores,
from whence are issued their ra-
tions. We may err in Judgment.
but after looking over this little
camp, and with the appearance