Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1846-06-23

tcRi q tf0lli3le, visited the camp Of the
4re4on and CAlstoF1ia emierants above
sad bend them pushing forward with
possible expaisisa They have Been
ny rlxsr. as nlarx
q lleseat points As exc er:es BetsEe
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e. .pss plumber Of Wagons. 1hey have ali
PASSED ne agency of the Iowa aud Sioux
villages except st6rty two wagons, which.
R9ossed At plymouth of the Nishnebotna.
&c roads from all she ferries leading by.
An4to this point, except the above. Many
y npt ell the wagons which were to cross
q the Bluffs, came down to the Nishne-
botna, partly to avoid the numerous small
streams which empty into the Nibraska on
the north bank, and partly to avoid the
Sioux, Pawnee and other Indians who are
about to make war on each other. There
mas been nothing like that organization
which heretofore has been deemed neces.
sary; as they have crossed they continue
upon their long Journey without stopping.
There was no election of ofiiscrs, no sys-
tematic combination, no mseting even to
adopt anything in common, and the road
from the Iowa village to the Pawnee is
strung with them like soma great through.
fare in the States; their numbers and sup.
plies of all kinds having inspired them
with confidence Of security. The road
which theygo is said 10 be veryTgood, be-
ing, as well supplied with timber and wa.
ter as any route on the prairie, without any
stream to impede them until they reach
the Nebraska. The weather ha been as
favorable as could, be expeced at this sea.
son Of the year, and the grass on the prai-
ries has been good for two weeks past.
1hey commenced leaving about the first
OF the month, and continued passing the
Iowa Agency daily until about the 10Th,
when the last ofthe main body left that
places All have left, and are at least seren
oreight days Journey from the frontier,
except forty wagons which were to have
been at St.Joseph,s last night; saw three
ofthem, who told me they were one day in
advance ofthirty Others, with whom they
started from Iowa and the country cast Of
i, and had been delayed by bad roads.
There were seven others in the neighbor-
hood waiting for enough to form com
pany. This, think, will form the rear.
asLconld hear Of no others,
One hundred and seventy -four wagons
have passed the Agency, forty,two cross
edaheye at the Nishnebotna, and there
are forty, still to cross al ST. Joseph So
This wai give two hundred and fifiy.six.
wagons, exclusive of any which may have
crossed at the Bluffs; all that have passed.
the Agency were OK teams, wirh gener
ally four yoke of oxen to each team, and
the emigration from, the upper country
consists principally offamilies, and many
of them large; allowing five to a wagon.
and all with whom | conyersed thought
this fail. estimate -about l 800. souls
have left these points, exclusive of the
number from independence and the Butts
from which latter place, have no doubt
from all that | can learn, at least from
ten to twenty wagons have gone. They
are all as well provided as the nature of
Journey will admit of. The quantity OF
loose stock is very great, probably the
number is double that which is in the
teams: including work oxen, at least 5,
600 head have gone out.
LEARN from good authority that nine
hundredlodges of the Sioux Indians are
on their way to make war on the Pawnees
who are preparing for them; 1if so, they
wiHmeet the emigrants, and fear the
ext-news we hear from them will be that
the Indians have murdered and robbed
some OF them, STRUNG out as they are on
! the road for two hundred miles,, se,
Ofene si;ssd1ed and seventy. four wag
ens which passed the agency, twelve
were supposed TO be Mormons, with a
large lot loose stock, which it was bcs;ev-
ed they intended to herd on the prairie
and fatten, untilthe main body came up;
this however, is only conjecture. A good
deal Of excitement has prevailed on this
frontier and amongst the emigrants, by
reports that large bodies of Mormons,
well armed, were on their way, but | can
hear of none exceptthe above, and it is
believed they will cross at the bluffs, il
they 90 at all. sslassssss,s g
The Sac and Iowa Indians stole foul
head Of work oxen and horse from par.
tywhilst they were near their villages
They found the next day where three haG
been slaughtered, aud the agent, Maioi
McClintock, being absent, four head from
the government farm were given in thef
place, and their value charged to accoun
ofthe Indians. The horse was recover
ed; an Indian took him from some boy,
who were left behind to drive up loose
stock. When such things happcn be
fore our-eyes, what may not happen whef
they reach the Sioux, Pawnees, Chen
mes, Rappahoes, and other tribes, il the,
continue TO advance without keeping il
large bodies.