New York Times / July 17, 1860
ARRIVAL OF THE SANTA FE MAIL – ATTACK BY INDIANS.
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Monday, July 18
The mail from New-Mexico, with dates to the 2d inst., arrived this evening. The news from Santa Fe is of no importance.
On the 8th inst, Mr. Thompson, who resides at Ash Creek, in the neighborhood of Pawnee Fort, discovered, as he supposed, some buffalo or ponies, approaching the ranch, and John Cunningham, his head man, went out to see what they were. Mr. Thompson soon after heard a noise, and upon looking, discovered Cunningham running toward the house, pursued by three Indians, who shot their arrows into