Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-10-13

of the row Of saloons. The citizen:
lopened fire, and the fight became
general. The town was the victor
for the citizens outnumbered the
troops. and every man Of them could
handle a gun better than anything
else.
Six of the soldiers were killed and
their bodies thrown into we'll, which
by the next morning was sodded
lover, and, so far as outward appear
lance was concerned, might never
have existed. The missing men were
never inquired after. Opposite theil
names on the fort roster was writer
the word Deserted" It was the last
conflict between fort and town.
But the troops at the fort had
something else to do than quarrel
with the town. The Indians kept
western Kansas stirred up. and their
frequent raids down the Saline
Smoky Hill and Solomon rivers made
every settler tremble for his life.
In 1867 Gen. Hancock was COM
PEELED to take the field in person, and
the whole frontier was subjected to
attack from the redskins. The
troubles eliminated in June. when
a simultaneous attack was made by
the Cheyennes, Arapahoes and Kio-
was upon the frontier.
All overland routes were abandon
ed, and an engineering party on the
Kansas Pacific was attacked and
several OF its members were wounded
The troops were in the saddle con-
stantly until they were relieved by
new forces, brought in by order OF
the war department. Volunteers
were called for and kept down the
Indians.
| Another outbreak occurred in 1878
which was Of short duration, but
caused more fight, perhaps, than any
as the state was more thickly set
tied and many expected the redskins
to 90 as far east as Topeka. Much
of the fright was unnecessary, and II
amused the old settlers to scare the
newcomers.
| A young New Yorker, dressed In
latest style. was very much exer-
cised over the possibilities Of raid
and asked so many questions that the
cowboys of Hays City determined to
give him a scare. That afternoon
a whitehatted cowboy rode up to the
hotel. frantically exclaiming:
1.-The Cheyennes are coming.
They're only five miles away!"
In a few minutes came another
courier. announcing that they were
nearer, and then another.
The easterner could stand II no
longer. The tears came to his eyes,
and, dropping to his knees, he cried:
"Oh, hide me somewhere. 1t will
break my mothers heart II 1 am
killed"
It cost him considerable to treat
the crowd. and he was guyed so much
that he soon went back east.
Fort Hays supplied troops to check
the last raid of the Cheyennes. and
one of the bravest deeds Of the from
tier, the fight Of Col. George For
sythe against the Cheyennes, was an
incident Of this campaign.
Old Roman Nose, the famous
Cheyenne chief. was displeased by the
advance fof the Kansas Pacific, and
with a band Of followers got on the
warpath.G Col. Forsythe with force
of picked men from Fort Wallace and
Fort Hays started out to rid the
country OF the band. He had not
many soldiers, for there were few
troops then stationed at the two
forts. but he built up his force to
sixty fighters, including settlers and
cowboys, and they followed the Re-
publican river for two days without
seeing a redskin.
| When the men had camped sud
denly about noon the Indians, some
900 Of them. came pouring over the
bluffs and swooped down on the SOL
diers, Roman Nose leading the at
tack. The soldiers quickly dug a
line of pits and waited until the red
skins were but a guns length away.
Then they poured volley into the
close ranks and scores fell, among
them old Roman Nose, who lay al
most inside the line.
| For three hours the Indians rested
and then resumed the attack. The
situation of the soldiers was soon
most desperate. Every horse was
dead, the soldiers were seventy miles
from camp, and Forsythe was wound
ed severely. The surgeon and Lieut..
Beecher, nephew Of Henry Ward
Beecher, and sixteen scouts were
killed.
Two scouts escaped in the night
and hurried toward Fort Hays. The
next day the Indians tried to capture
the troops by trickery, but were
foiled. Then they fought again and
were repulsed.
Two more scouts were sent out to
the fort. Several days passed before
aid could come. In the meanwhile
the soldiers suffered severely. The
troops came from the fort just when
they were about to give up hope
Then the Cheyennes were driven
back.
The troops lost % men and the
Indians 175. 1t was the last raid IN
Kansas. Forsythe was incapacitated
for several years by his wounds.
| PoAG's AUCTION AT SHELBY. - The
| big auction sale of land in Shelby
n. c., last Thursday by Mr.. j. Edgar
Poag and Mr.. ]. A. Anthony was a
| distinct success, and 1t emphasized
the fact that Shelby and Cleveland
county real estate sells well or
the market. Messrs. Poag, Whiso'
nant and Fewell, Of Rock Hill, s. e.
besides the auctioneer and typewriter
were on hand to attend the sale and
everything went lively. The follow
ing is the result OF the sale:
| Mr. b. A. Baber one lot Mr.. q. j
Thomson one lot, and Mr.. j. Edgar
Poag one lot-all from Mr.. J. A
Anthony for $3.50.
| DR.. w. F. Mitchell the front va
cant lot of the Roberts property Mr.
II 4. Anthony the Roberts house and