An Indian Battle

, [fort Wallaco (Kas.) Cor. Ciuclimati Coinmcruial.[ AVo have liad some excitcment down j hero the last few days. Ou Friday, the i 16th inst., ii telegram was reoeived from Grenada, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, from Allen Clark, a man who belongs to this post, and who was out hmiting up his cattle, announcing that ho had been attaoked and corraled by Iiulians, abotit forty miles south of hero, but that ho had escaped into Grenada. A detachment of forty cavalry from Fort Lyon was immediately orderea hcre. They arrivcd Suudny night, in charge of Second Lieutenant Henley, of the Sixth Cavalry, and Monday moming they stnrted for the trail, taking ftfteen days' forage and rations with them. On tke morning of the second day out they struck the trail attheTwin Buttes, about forty miles north of here. The trail was leading directly north. Abandoning one wagon, and everything that could be dispensed with, and taking only neven days' forage and rations, they followed the trail in light marching order. They could seo by the trail that there ware from 300 to 400 ponies, but could not determine the number of Indians. The lirst night they campedseven miles south of the railroad, on the Smoky Hill river; the second, north of Monument Station, and the third night they traveled until almost midnight. Wlien they went into camp Bome of the scouts to'ok up the trail and followed it about ten miles, when they discovered the indians strongly posted in a ravine, and with a regular series of rifle-pits throwii up. Returning to the camp about 2 o'cioek in the morning they reported, and immediately the j Lieutenant broke camp and starte'd on the trail once more. They arrived on I the spot about 4 o'clock a.m. The Indiana bad disoovered tliem, and were faet making preparations for a wurm reoeption. Au old chief mine out and wanted to parley. The Lieutenant rode out to meet hiin, and the old fellowsaid: "Better yon go back, John. Heaj) Injun. Big shoot. Much ponies." The Lioutenant told him be had better surrender at once, wlien the old fellow rade oft'. As Lieutenant Henley was ridiug back to his command, several j Bhots were iird at him. The order was given to commence the attack. As yet we could not teil how many reds there were, as they wero hidden in their pits. When the order was given to eommenee action the iirst movement was to secure what ponies they coidd. They got 140, and then commenced their attack on the j pits. Hcre. they had us at a great j advantüfje, for they could fire at us I out expoaing iny part. of their persons, I iui iiüally pur boysgoi close oatlie edge of the pite; and óiua tay flat and loa 1, imd ram the muzzles of t'lieir guns over tke edge and blazo away, and in this way j they flnally dlwve. ihem out, but not til two of our boys liad gone under. One follow waa shot dead in trying to got to the pits, and the otlier, the acting First Sergeant of tho detftchment and Quortermaster Sergeant of the company, after getting up to the pit, got a ball tlirough his left shoulder. It made him so mad tlint ho sworo lio wonld have the life of tho fellow wlio did it, if ho killed the wholo Cheyonno tribe. Ho immediatelj roised hinwelf to hia kueea ou the cdgo of the pit and commenoed to flvo from that position; he ñred from thore twice, making both shots count, when a ball from below Rtruck him in the month and passed out through tho baok of his head, killing him instently. The red tiied hard to get tho scalps of the two dead men, but faüod. Thero ivore about sixty well-armed warriors in the fight, and about thirtj of our men; tho rent of the boys wen guarding the ponies and nupply wagon. We killed abont thirty Indiiuis; Bomo say they countod thirty-fiye.