Show difficulties on the plains I 1 we are indebted to toj J bromley esq superintendent iti irl of the eastern mall mail division n for ar the following let iet letterly letter ietter by pony JI i MILLERS VULE U T my june 21 ISM JAMES E bro beo mey DEAR sir sin sikon siron on last tuesday your mall mafi and express animals were stolen by the cheyenne indiana from strawberry creek also a laree larze number of the snakes ponies from the upper crossing of sweet water tle tie be snakes followed the Cheyenne a andrad and had a fi fight ht from rock creek towards the ht head head ad of beaver in which the snakes had four men killed and two very badly wounded they however succeeded in in getting eight cheyenne Che Cho yenne yenna deal deai scalps ps and about half of their own ponica ponies als ais also aiso 0 th the e ap principal rinel pal pai portion of your mules mutes and express horses which they will feliverto dell deil verto reid I 1 I 1 you may depend upon the above as aa I 1 was an eye witness reid got shot through tha the shirt in following the tho mules but fortunately not hurt hurr yours very obedient W S GIL beri BEni |