Show DESPERATE INDIAN FIGHT victory for the soldiers with several bucks and killed to th FT ROBINSON neb jan 23 courier arrived tins morning con arming tho news received late last night of the battle between captain command consisting bojt four companies of the third cavalry alid escaped yesterday morning triflis were discovered leading in the direction of the large range of hills some eighteen niiles northwest of bluff station ft distance of forty six miles from this post and were followed by captain Wc until he wa within three miles of the hills where he halted and formed skirmish lines all four companies deployed as skirmishers co F baxter moving from the south to alie northeast sid co II 11 capt dewella We wella directly opposite co R capt lawson closed in at he mouth of the ravine where alie indians had entrenched and co A moved to their rear thu hemming them in on all four sides and leaving no possible avenue of the indiana had placed themselves in a deep keeping under cover aa soon as the skirmishers were with in one hundred and fifty yards of lie savages alio stronghold of the latter opened a deadly fire killing sergeant taggart privates brown and nelson of co A and dangerously if not fatally wounding private co ir despite the dreadful volley poured into the troops they steadily advanced and when within seventy five yards of the savages position fire waa opened on all sides with terrible effect at capt weasels leading his company and loudly cheering them forward received a flight scalp wound from a in the hands of one of alie bloodthirsty rendering him completely chase commanding co A seeing alie commanding officer fall rushed forward and instantly seized capt Wc sells and carried him beyond the range of tho fire then dashing to the head of am own company gallantly led them to the very edge of the out where they fought lie enemy with unabated fury meanwhile the intrepid We sels having regained consciousness again came to the front and seeing tie ground strewn thede ad bodie of the savages im elored liis men to cease from firing a view to getting the remaining to surrender but the latter stubbornly refused rus liing at alie troops with their formidable hunting knives having expended all their ammunition and kurlender kur render to death only b ut ere they biad advanced many apices a volley from alio troops wa fired and all waa over coi F and E were in t bad position to accomplish much while capt evans with cos B and D remained on jhc thc opposite bluff from where start ed and bof knowing alio position of command arrived too late for action on the cessation of firing the dea bodies of twenty three indians were found in alio dihe pits occupied by them including bucks four squads squaws and two osca aitio remained of whom a buck and five squads squaws were more or less wounded and squads squaws unhurt of the troops but the three mentioned were killed and capt wes ells tells t and one private of his company wounded lie latter cannot live am butan cea left here at an early hour this morning to bring in the dead and wounded and are now moving bick slowly th ey aro hero with lie troops tomorrow to morrow p m FOHT jan 22 midnight later news from the field states that only nine all wounded were balance of alie party twenty three in number killed seventeen are still unaccounted fr it is supposed some died from their wounds and others escaped |