Show anOH ici shall L V rill massacre we are arc again seated to chronicle an cent of blood of othena baena like indian rapine near the scene of the event by b us is weel eel before last viz viz to the north of here some birg hit over one hundred miles near kinne kinnes Is cutoff cut off nine more victims have fallen by the unrelenting cruelty of the hopelessly barbar laed savages sa ages ot of the rocky mountains the exact time lime of the occurrence our informant was unable to give us ua but it was probably As within rhin a week after the first difficulty the particulars as we have received them are very meagre but such as they are we give them to our readers vouching for their aught as far as they go tile the ill iii rated fated train was nas composed of seventeen persons from buchanan co iowa iov a we can only give their surnames sir names A mr miltimore and family wife and 8 children a mr hill wife and cline and marsh passengers mr herrington wife and employee in ili the evening of the attack the main body of the train had advanced ahead of mr miltimore and family and settled doi down n on a camping place for the night the savages took advantage of this separation or of the company and first attacked mr Milti mores detachment killing him his wife six children and mr cline mr mil temores ti mores two oldest sons were absent from the family at the onset hunting ducks had it not been for this circumstance there pro probably b a bly would not be a single member of the family left to tell the mournful story of the remainders fate upon hearld hearing the firing and mho whooping in the direction of their fathers teams the sons hurried to render succor arriving near the scene and seeing seem from the number of indians that an att attempt empt of resistance resi on their part would result in the loss of their own lives without rescuing those of their friends they beat a hasty and covert retreat for the parties ahead Aft after erthe the indians bad completed their work of murder and plunder with the miltimore party they pressed ahead and attacked the remainder of 0 the train here they met a warm reception and were kept at bay by the incensed and determined erni emigrants grants until welcomed darkness closed upon the scene scenes when the assailed finding firl dirig further resists resistance nce futile made their escape escape leaving tile the indiana possessors of their stock and goods they traveled on foot two tino da days swit hout anything to yat eat and finally reached a milita post sir mr I 1 le rr ington discovered an indian pursuing the lliam a I 1 during luri g their reheat eat and shot atyim at him he thinks be killed the hie red skin the survivors are now at camp floyd in it a destitute condition |