Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-06
VANDALIA:
Wednesday,, June 6, 1882.


ESQ., candidate for Congress in the first congressional
district
We are requested to announce Col HENRY L.
WEBB, candidate for Congress in the southern con-
gressional district.
u We requested to announce ENOCH SANFORD,l
candidate for county commissioner of Fayote county
II THE WAR-Disastrous accounts of Indian massacres
and savage butcheries continue to reach from the
northern frontier; and from the present aspect of at
fairs fear that these of barbarity are to con-
tinue for yet long time The militia who have here
tofore been in the eld disbanded at the mouth OF
Fox river the 9th and 28th ut For several days
previous they had pursued the Indians with all practi
cable speed, but unable to come up with them.
With better knowledge of the country, and being more
patient of fatigue and hardship the retreatng Indians
euded pursuit, keeping about days march ahead, Til
they finally succeeded was thought, in gaming the
Businesses and swamps of the "Big Woods" ne ois-
banded troops have all returned home, with the excep
ton of about three hundred who volunteered tor the
defence of the inhabitants about the town Of Ottawa
at the mouth of Fox river, till fresh troops should ar
rive. These with Gen. Atknson's regulars, closely
stookadcd at Dxon's Ferry, all the force now on
bv eMsantims snail parties Of the lnans
most unmolested about the country, cutting off every
f ,vanderer and massacreing every unprotected family
+ that comes in their way.
Our latest information except so far as relates to the
Outstanding of the militia is by way of ST. LOUIS The
9 Republican of the 29th May, says
awe learn from letter dated on board the steamboat
/, Caroline Hennepin Illinois river May 2st, that par
ty had just come into that place from neian creek
drumming into Fox river) where they buried fifteen men,
" women and children, whom the Indians mad Killed on
the av previous, and cut, mangled and mutiiaed IN
their usual savage manner. Two young women aoou
II wears DID, taken away by the Indians as prison.
ers the father and mother had been previously muir
dered The party, it is said, about thirty strong
and little doubt is entertained that they belonged 70
d tribe. The took place about
les or 80 miles from Hennepn. 1t is also stated, that
1.-THE Indians spreading devastation in every drec-
III tcn, and for that purpose had separated into small
"lparties.
y The citizens Of Pekin, it is said, much alarmed,
lin consequence of band of 200 kckapoos being seen
ofet the head of the Mackinaw, many OF whom were
"A strangers.
ii,e these dangers are staring the frontier citizens
lin tn, face another, equally alarming, has come upon
The distress already felt for the want of pIovis-
lions represented being very great and must hour
e y increase letter before Says 81 forgot to men,
ton he distressing situation of the inhabitants in this
regien owing to the scarcity might almost say tota
~ absence-of provisions of any kind. The most intei
gent of the citizens assert that there is not in the
TRY large sufficient provisions owing to the failure o.
crops and the destruction by the Indians, to subss
the population sparse it is, for ten days. and at
nv points there is not days provisions, when
there something like fifty seventy people to feed
They cannot fish, for the want of arms and men to pro-
tect them otherwise, they might do something to pre-
vent themselves from actual starvation, which, If they
in the country, must ensue, unless relief was
the Acting Commissaries of the Regular and State
O. troops have with praseworthy humanity, resolved to
al afford relief as far as in their power.'' lsH7
~ From the same paper extract the following para
at graph containing information not received from any
t. o ther source:
in, The steamboat Souvenir arrived Yesterday from, the
~ Illinois river. She brings news that Gen. Whtesides
" was still in pursuit of the Indians, who bending
e. their towards the "Big Woods" The whole
h frontier complete state of alarm and confusion
at The o. w. Kellogg, at Bufaloe Grove, completely
- destroyed. The hat of Mr. Winters, mail contractor
' at Gaena found near Dxons; he is supposed to
have been murdered The body of man was found
% near the place, horribly manged not to be
ST known E
By the steamboat Winnebago, arrived yesterday, we
received the Galean of the Gath inst The town of
Galena had been placed under martial law; strict
orders given for the employ ment of the citizens up
e the ,tockade which is erecting Eleven companies
h of Rangers Artillersts, &C. had been organized in the
Mining country. Lieut. Gardines, of the U. S. Army,
Stationed at Dubuque mines had been invited to accept
the command of the Artillery at Gaena; with which
e he had complied"
In addition these particulars, the St. Louis Beacon
$ of a still later date, May 81, says:
ave learn from recent arrivals, that party of
seven eight, with the Indian agent ST. Vrain, whilst
attempting to affect passage from Gaena to the Head
Quarters of the forces under General Atkinson at Dix
IONS Ferty, attacked by superior force of Indians
and nearly all, with the Indian agent himself, killed.
The whole country infested with small parties of In
dams who suddenly fell the unsuspecting whites and
tmassacred them. We understand that the steamboat
Dove, on her way down. just above Rock Island, was
fired INTO but the distance was SO great, and the In
dans few in Der, that no damage was DONE"
Facts like these make the strongest appeal it is pos
sble to make to the citizens of Illinois rise and arm
at once. Their appeal too, confidently believe, will
mot be in vain Our patriotic feow-citizens of the
southern section of the state have set praseworhy
'exampe. About 1900 volunteers from the Brigade of