Hillsborough Recorder

September 4, 1861

Page 2

A BAND OF INDIAN WARRIORS—The Helena (Ark.) Shield, of the 10^th inst., says:

From the Hon. C. W. Adams, of this county, who arrived at home a few days since from the northern part of this State, we learn that on Monday last week thirteen hundred Indian Warriors—Southern allies—crossed the Arkansas river near Fort Smith, en route for McCulloch’s camp. These Indians were armed with rifle, butcher knife and tomahawk, and had their faces painted, and seemed eager for the fray.

[Transcribed by Sharon Strout]