...ildren, and they were left on the prairie at the mercy of the Indians or to die of starvation. Mr. Hurd had been killed, and his wife and children escaped, but in what direction is not known. Mrs. Eastlick , while lying in the grass, wounded, was observed by a young Indian, who beat her severely with the butt of a gun over the head and back, and she was left by him as dead, though only insensible for th...