Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-25
vso invaded johnson County TO NIL
Rusilers Arrive al Fort
Russell.
vury rat ABOUT rHeIR OPERA
TONS.
The Capil,es are 10 Good SpIri'''--
They Had Determined TO
Die In the Fort.
by Telegraph to the >EwI
fur WYOMING rnouBLr.


CtvYrgSE, WyO, Alih -t-'."ie'
yv,,ii,ntt and III. iouy.iivc men, COM
r,,slng Inc band that invaded johnson
a,wrLv 10 Kill AVID burn OUT ca..lo
,atsvss. arc ai Fort Russell ihrce hiIles
..'.o ,nvn. They iah here nineteen
geVs 400 bysfecial Tain, fuli oil ngnt
,o,, ddsutp, some OF the nght
i've: nut the confidence ~ bauIy
i've only figured On Gghting rus.
Iers. said 4 leader, 1--WE were willlhg
10 take all the chances OF "a war WIN
them, Their ability to enlist nil
amazed and stunned us. by actual
count their force nt the surrender was
NOD able.bodled aud woll.armcd mon,
who could be intclligeutly handled by
Arapahce Brown, who developed INTO
n rrtal general. We did not count
up1n the fact that the citizens, with
OH the least sympathy with The known
tbiey,s, resent the interference Of
nm outside force In their afiaira.
The whole county turned out 10
whip Us, ami almoet did II. We
could hive managed very well without
nc tescuipg cavalry Tor n week, and
we only wanted u dark night To maze
n break, We were In an nimost inn
remarkable position. The niBtiofs hal
iodg on wheels, and II was great
scheme, but they could not get men
10 move II on us. a charge ny them
would have been great mistake We
mad "A trench from the tort house, aud
tho last stand on cur matt would have
been determined. We savei our
Ammunition for Il ami, | believe,
would have killed Two hundred men.
They were unable 10 devise any
means 10 reach u with lire brands or
piant powder. Robert Foote, the mcr-
chant who hnclls the tustler-, O1ers
s5ODO for cannon at Fort Mckinney
and they tried 10 bride the aoldicrs TO
steal IA fiotchkirs gun from the fOit.
II thew had succeedod In either case,
but lew OF us would have cscaped."
"On the iirit day of the Siege they
fired two thousand rhOts ut us, but We
'lept out of range. We held our fire,
only shooting occasionally with the
heaviest rifles. There were fifteen
men IN our fort, which guarded che
only approach. rheio woru n Keen
rivily 10 be In the fort iquad, for VIC
had only brave men Ia tho party.
WolcOtt, Tisdale, Canton, FOfL, Ir-
vine, Hose, Elliott, the two Clatks,
WhlicOmb, Captain Tom Smith, and
several Texans were wonderful men
lnder FRI.
DESCRIPTION or THE CApTIvEs.
DESvER, April GA Republican
special from Cheyenne sayr: Major
Egbert, In command OF the Suventcenth
Infantry troop, which relieved the three
companies oil the Sixth Cavalry from
For. Mckinney ~ guards OF the cap
turcd ftockmen, started from Fort
Fettefman this morning. The train
was preceded by pilot engine aud
cAboosc, tho latter tillod with con.
struc,ion crow anu tools 10 repair pos.
slblc damage to the tracks.
At O'clock this afternoon the train
pulled into Fort Russell depot Several
hundred people awaited ~ arrival.
Two long lines Of soldiers were drawn
up at the dept Ono was stationed
along the length u the tgain, aud the
other short distance toward tho fort.
Major EgboTt here received orders to
hold the men In charge until further
orders.
The baggage was first unloadtd;
then the twenty Texans came forth
upon the platform and stood In u group,
guarded by The soldiers and waiting
Ordere. They are all young looking,
but looked very tough, their recent
experience giving them the appearance
Of n hard gang OF citizens.
The last to appear weru the twenty
two catilemen, who looked tired and
worn. The Texans were first marched
away guarded on every side by sQ,-
dier. Several hundred yards behind
We're the csttlomen, closely guarded.
The men are not disposed TO talk much,
except about the journey. Consider.
Ing everything, they were In exceed
ingly good spirits, the presence aud
words u friends having "a good deal 10
do with their feelings.
Would you have surrendered TO the
ahcrlfl's poser" was asked one OF the
btoCkmen.
"No, wewould mott was the reply.
every man had made up his mind 10
die where he was rather Than surren.
der, aud We would have sold our lives
deadly"