The Daily Phoenix

Vinita, Indian Territory, January 1. -- We are momentarily expecting an attack from Ross and his party. All the women and children are aboard the passenger train, ready to pull out at a moment's notice. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train has been detained, and, it is feared, that it has been overhauled by the mob. They number 200 well armed men, mostly full blood. Scouts report them within twenty miles of this place, troops are badly needed, intense excitement prevails and trouble is anticipated; as there are men arriving hourly from the lower part of the nation, reporting brutal murders all along the line of their march.

Vinita, Indian Territory, January 2. -- The Pins did not attack us last night, as was anticipated, but are reported to be twelve miles from here, making good time. Almost every white person has left the place, and the probabilities are that there will not be a woman or child here at 12 o'clock to-day. They number about 75 men, well armed. Further and more reliable reports say that the Pins are 100 strong. Every person has left Choutao, a station South of here. Cherokees, residing on Grand River, are coming into town by droves. An advance guard starts in half an hour to meet the enemy. We must have troops.