St. Louis, Sept. 11.--The Republican has a special from Fort Wallace, Kansas which says that about 100 Cheyennes appeared within two miles of Sheridan, Kansas, about daybreak this morning, a small portion of whom made a dash into the south side of town within 800 yards of the railroad depot and stole one horse. They then joined the main body and all moved off together in the direction of the Buttes, a mile and a half west of Sheridan, where they captured several Mexican teams and killed three men. They then moved north of the track and left in a north east direction carrying off fifty head of cattle and six horses. Two scouts sent here by the Governor of Colorado arrived yesterday. They report the Indians at about nearly all the settlements south east of Denver as far as Reed's Springs. The settlers were suffering very much. Over 500 head of stock had been carried off in the week past and twenty or more settlers killed and scalped. The Denver coach which arrived this afternoon having been detained by the Indians, was driven back to Big Timbers yesterday afternoon. The Indians are reported from 200 to 800 strong at Sand Creek, three miles east of Big Timbers. Advices from Fort Lyon of the 9th inst. state that Gen. Pearce and a company of cavalry fought two miles out on the 8th, killing forty Indians and losing two soldiers killed and two wounded. About 1 o'clock this afternoon the pickets reported two small bands of Indians about six miles north east of this post moving westward.
    The Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, this morning received a report from Agent E. W. Wynkoop giving an account of the difficulty which occurred on Sunday, August 9th, between soldiers at Fort Larned, Kansas, and a party of Kiowa Indians. The difficulty originated by two young Kiowas who were intoxicated, riding through a white man's camp in a disorderly manner, when they were fired on, and one of them seriously wounded. The Indians reported to their bands having been fired upon, when the Kiowas went to the fort in battle array, but the difficulty was then prevented by the interference of a friendly chief. In the afternoon of the same day a wagon master reported that his train had been robbed by Kiowas. A detachment of troops was sent out to the Kiowa camp and upon their arrival the Indian women and children jumped into the river and swam to the opposite shore. The Indians formed into line of battle, when the wagon master becoming frightened confessed he had given the merchandise to the Indians. This terminated the appearance of hostilities and after some talk peace was arranged.

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Unknown, "The Indian War", The Daily Kansas State Journal, Lawrence, Kansas, Saturday Morning, 12 September 1868, Vol. IV, No. 49, p. 1, col. 3.

    The original title of this article is The Indian War, a title that was used on a weekly basis by The Daily Kansas State Journal, Harper's Weekly and even the New York Times during the 1860s and 1870s. To avoid some confusion with these other numerous articles, I've made up a new title based on the incidents that Ned Wynkoop described in this particular article and used it as a new title.

    Chris