| Show LATEST from frodi THE THE WEST by the pony express from the west which arrived early on monday morning last we received advices advises from as far as butte stat station 1011 loii up to the instant that our readers may be kept posted in the affairs and occurrences in that quarter we lin liu publish blish a brief synopsis of the most roost interesting items contained in the dispatch about the first of august the express riders from ruby valley to deep creek were shot at in antelope kan kanyon yol yoi but fortunately without injury A company of oje emigrants were attacked in the same ka kanyon one of the emigrants had his horse shot dead under hirm biro by the indians upon the emigrants arri arriving vinz at ruby lt perkins being apprised of the attack on the mornin loraing 0 of the lith dinst twenty six soldiers under command of lt weed lt perkins being very ill with mountain fever were dispatched to chastise the indians in antelope kanyon when within eight miles of egan kanyon the detachment czbere were overtaken by by the express rider from the west who passing in en in advance of the troops upon coming within sight 0 of the thee station discovered that it was surrounded with indians and ara the door closed seeing this he hastened back and informed lt weed who dimmed abely took the mounted men with him eighteen in number leavin leaving 0 the balance with the wagons and hastened onto on to the relief of the station after an unsuccessful attempt to surround them the indians opening 0 fire poured a volley of balls among 0 the regulars 0 giving riving them bold and convincing proof that they were in in earnest nor was it certain that they w would ald aid not be abis able to hold possession of the station until the detachment charged on them when they fled to the th rocks during the skirmish corporal mitchell wa was s shot in the thigh private conley was mortally wounded and private hertzog was wounded in the neck mck probably mortally two horses were also shot it was thou thought 0 ht that there must have been upwards of one hundred and fifty indians seventy five of them armed with good mood rifles the number of indians killed is re reported P 0 arted to be about fourteen with the same number wounded Peteet neet is at ruby ile lie and think that there were ban acks in the melee our informant says that the soldiers found it anything a bumbra to fight lightwell L well weil armed indians when ensconced behind rocks and trees the indians would aou d get behind rocks or on top of them w when hen thy considered themselves out of danger 0 and whoop and yell like fiends daring the troops to follow them one ot of them while thus thug amusing himself was laid I 1 low ow by abali abail from a sharps rifle in the hands bands of one of the station men at an almost ibe ible distance lt weeds arrival was very timely as there were only two men at the station together with four emigrants going to california the latter beld bein being very inefficiently armed the InJian indiana 3 had already got all the provisions of he the station house and undoubtedly but for the arrival of lt IV and those with him would have destroyed both the men and the station the express from this city had not yet arrived oa ow the tho due a lay day or two I 1 it is said that there are thirty six East pot me between the a 4 ofa 1 0 0 years |
