The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-13 00:00:00

" Fort Yale, Aug. 19.
"The river has risen about a foot since yester-,`
day. Theweatherhas-been extremely warm. About,
an hour ago (10 p.m.) it commenced raining. In
spite -of the high water, all up the river who are
mining are in good spirits. Why-don't sonic of the
capitalists down in. your place come --up here and -
purel7------'---.34-46.7W0 one here purchases it, even
at 15 dols.--jihe storekeepers, because they would
have- to go below to sell it, and the company, for
some reason best known to themselves. I have seen
any quantity of men - come in and try to sell their
at almost any price:
There are now five sluices in operation here, and
they pay on an average 23 dols. to the men. I think'
is
this under the mark however. I received a letter
from Capt. Snyder this morning, in which he states
that on reaching the ferry, or low the Rancheria,
they Were seen -by the Indians, who left and ran
down the river. He went after them, with the .•
captain of the French company and an interpreter,
and induced the Chief to have a talk with them.
lie took them some two miles down the river, when,
on giving a whoop, some 200 Indians made their •
appearance from amongst the rocks and out of the
ravines. Capt. Snyder explained to them that he
had come up to make peace with them—to punish
those who had shot and robbed the whites, and, -as
this tribe had not been engaged in the troubles, to
merely give them notice that the white men- were
in arms, and determined not to be further molested.;
that whilst they would punish those who (F.d
wrong, in return he would guarantee that on a
white man's molesting them he should be likew'ise
punished, on their informing him or any of the
miners. The Indians were well pleased at
This morning the whole of the force, numbeaing
some 180 men, left for the Upppr 'Canon, wherathe.
Indians belong who have been 'long engar pi in
waylaying and shooting the miners. Jiere it is his
intention to demand 'the guilty one. if 0.e./ ivered
Up, they will be tried and punished {f a v: Zusal to.
do so is made, there will be but short w
I I
k made.
with them., -There were some 500 men a'z the Ran-;
Ireria_L4,ll4 uel,:f whom hadeome dow'a from the
.upper diggingS. Tlonr is, Alin -tirfrom 14 -'•
dols. to 15 dots. ; hams at 55c-, NC*. hree or four
gambling-houses are in full blast Jai ght and day.
Frame houses are going up in all (14. '.-ections ; they
numbered some 30 to-day. lam aqf at daylight in.
the morning for the Rancheria, '411.'.1 from thence, if
possible, I shall go up the river, •as far as La Fon-
taine.
" T. W. G.
" P.S. Aug. 20.—Twenty-fi
.ere men started out
this morning to go to work c a the trail."
• ..ort Hope, Aug. 13.
"I arrived here yesterdm 4- from Fort Yale, wlth
the intention of :going to Victoria, but I found
things as cheap at Fort I lope as I could get them -
at Victoria. I was at th ,e Big Canon on the 11th, .
and the miners are-doin g well. I brought down 500 ; -
dollars of the prettiest dust that. I have ever seen.
Mr. Ballou's agent tot-1 me that it would be worth-
18 dollars in San FrfAncieeo. I saw Mr. Pike, on
Pike's Bar, and' ie- was making from 7 to 11 ozs.
per day to the rnek Mr. Redder, on Hiyou Bar,
Was making from `j dols. to 10 dots, per day. All
the way up the I:Ayer -the-, arc doing well. Please
excuse further.

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Fort Yale, Aug. 16.
The her has_beenintensely hot since Iwrote
you
last,l
era:otbd, as a consequence, the river has gone •
aboiA 20 inches-in the past-three-days, stopping
many from working.. The reports from all the bars
below here were highly encouraging ; at Hill's,
Texas, and one or two other bars, the amounts taken
out have varied from 10 dols. to 90 dols. to the man.
On Hill's Bar they took out on last Friday 723 ozs.,
as I am informed by Mr.' Ballou, of the Express,
and this he believes was short of the total amount.
This was the product of about 150 rockers. At -
Texas Bar the sluices are paying largely. Above
here all who were- at work were 'doing well. On
most of the bars'the- water is i-et too high to work
to advantage. Dry diggings have been discovered
about eight miles from here;_on the east side of the
river. Some parties st7:-_-:ed over there up the
ravines on Friday. last, and on their return re-
ported that they had found the colour, and
goad prospects at that, on every hill, and
at last struck good digging& They showed
me 3 dols. 62c., the product of .24 pans. The
gold was coarse, -with quartz intermixed, and 'was
a fair specimen of placer gold. - It..created quite a
sensation-when exhibited in Ballou's Express-office
here, and though it was not found out exactly where
it came from, the place 'is known. In fact, I know
that in a short time dry diggings will be found—
and rich ones,. too—within ten miles, all r.round
here. I bought the gold, and shall send it to San
Francisco, as the first gold that has been found off
the river. From Messrs. Cahnels and Moran, who
were of a party of 14 who went up the Harrison
river route, I learn that there. ere about 250 men
mining above the Forks. Th: water was high.
Some 40 head of cattle had come into Fort Dallas,
at the Forks, beef from which was selling at 50c.
per pound; and yesterday I learned that a party of
sonic 300, with cattle and horses, had arrived at the
Forks from Oregon. On all the bars below the
Canon the miners were doing well, many making
as high as three ounces per day, many not making
more than 7 dols. or 8 dols.

Fort Hope, Aug. 21.
I left Victoria on Wednesday morning at seven
o'clock. No provision being made on the Otter for
breakfast or dinner, passengers should provide
themselves accordingly. At two p.m. we trans-
ferred ourselves and our freight on board the Uma-
tilla. Having a great many goods for the trail
cutters, we did not cast off until near sunset. Could
not enter the river until morning. There . being
between 56 and 60 passengers, we spread ourselves
and slept comfortably, although the floor (our bed)
was rather crowded. Two meals per diem were
furnished at one dollar each, and they were really
good, fresh beef, salmon, potatoes, tomatoes, &e. I
should remark, en passant, that a little more atten-
tion to the wants of those on board would be pro-
perly appreciated. The Sea Bird is nearly r:ady
for launching. The reports which may reach you
of dead bodies found floating down the river are
true. On Murderer's Bar (suggestive name!) there
are about a dozen substantial log houses, and we
saw the miners at work with cradl. —report says
paying well. The river seems at a stand—neither
falling nor rising. Many, very many, arc leaving,
not so much discouraged as frightened. The Gc-
vernment must protect those from whom they exact
the pay for so doing. Give the miners less pro-
mises and more safety.