New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-11
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
Trail Of the California Emisrants'
Correspondence Of the 81 Louis Republican
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IOrreepOnofucf OF tbt ~ LOUIS ~ P<S"~
FoRr LAEAxIE, (Sebraska Ter) Aug i lo's.
Fort LARAMIE As trading post, has ceased %
beit has doaed ne peaceful garb and donneo cOe1
bat and regmensis. sod Is ready 70 oeai nAio
Or extend the hand Of friendship A. ne csse inaJ -
oulre IL was found that the site OF fort LARAMIE IS
the only suitable point for military post, sno u was
therefore purchased. rather the rCrt hse,l II ~
from the American Fur Company, for 49,. az Die
Fort IL now used for store houses, staoesl <c ai'
after the completion 0i the new one "ncn ~ :" ="
erected Ia the immediate vicinity VII eC@Die's De
ed for stables. Il 10 serious rSosf pexans y con.
struci buildings owing 70 tns se~ISiy ISy =, 60.
can only be found the Black hiils, Ten or niteen
miles distant
lao moi mean 10 censure the establishment Of line
of posts 0n route % the Pachc out DO most Ger
tsinly the pan What the object OF this line Of posts
To Keep oDeu the emgrsnt road 70 the Pachc, and 70
sHord resting points 70 the emigant where be can re-
cruit his animals repair his wagons and lay 10 sup
olies Let us vnat the Government has already
done on the line between the frontiers Of Missouri and
the base Of the Rocky Mountsins One post has been
commenced o. the head VI Grand leland, and another
on the Laramie River, one mile from its mouth Inc
former IL gsrrsOned BY two companies Of Infantry
and one Of Dragons the lattef BY TWO companies Of
Rifles and of Infantry Zach posiis supplied win
eight heavy twelve pound hO~itzers and ammunition
enough 70 send All the red men O tho western FRAMES
10 their hsuuy hunting ground form With These grand
plans and large Expenditures OF money necessary 10
country inhabited by scarcely three thousand indians
snd and those Of tie nos inendly character Already,
over rsisou of doqys have teen expended and many
hundred thousands more VIII have " be added, before
the cumbersorne plans which emanAted from Washing
ton will be completed The officers in charge 0i the
doing, and nave done al that men could %
but years must elspse before the "orks can b.
completed.
Here IL a plan; let two posts be- established j1s'
where FOrts ksaney and Laramie sre. but et me
garrison oi each consist a company ~ Infantry
only A. these posts have work shops and prOvis
for the enigfaDts thus, stopping places ior in'
erngrsnts 70 recruit their aninas repair heir wagon
and lay la provisions would be- provided; aud "hAl
would be the sxpensei The two posts togefhef wD1
not nave 80 OOO and the troops would have been
well quartcred and the wants Of the enigrsnts Pro'a
ed for To render the road safe. let squadron oi
mounted troops leave Fort Leayenworth IN the opring
al me commencement of emigration and return "hen
the last emgrsut wagon has crossed the "ofn IYiN ~
the Platte. timely equipped and eihcien s4.sofDh y
D,s0oops ar Rides with one or two Light Mountain
hoyitzers on the road between the hOnueis hho ron
Laramie would DO twice useful A. double the mum
ber Of troops stationed At hesrney and Laramie ano
would render the road sale as the most asssDe roao
In the United states Their horses would 1--we on grass
and would nothing aud their supply tran ~oaa De
light, AZ provisions could be drawn from he dnefeui
posts Such force constantly 90 the alert constantly
in the saddle here to-day aud there tomorrow would
prove most happy influence ON the different indian
tribes. Gen. Kesrneys visit some years since win
sucn a command, 10 still remembered b. the lnfiahf
and has had more Influence with them tnnn any eApeai
ton that has been sent into the country.
What il the OF large iOIts, with heavy armament =
and large gafisons, among few hundreds OF Tuggeo
cOwafdly and friadiy Indians whose greatest onehse
Tor years past with now snd then an exception has
been 10 steal horse pair OF breeches or a pocket
handkerchief The fcr0cty, the bravery and sfeneth
If our red brehfen have been vastly Oyerated Dy the
powers that be- The American Fur Company having
sold Laramie intend - erect trading post At SCOTS
Bluff, some 40 miles below
The Indians attribute the cholera % the whites ms
conviction was the cause. few days since, OF quite n
trsgicsl In the vicinity VI ScOtts Bluns young
Indian had just his father, mother brothef and
wife breathe their last which produced Ia him sort Of
onOfnaDs and. rushing from his lodge he determined
70 kali the fret white he should meet Tor when
act he ssid he should suffer death and would then JON
his friends In the happy huntnggrounds Of their tnoe
The first person he met young man from 81 10.
seph by the name Of Mcdowell, formerly Sergeant.
Major In the Oregon battalion, whom he fired AZ and
shot dead. The Indians Immediately took charge Of
him and executed him the spot Major sanderson
found the facts above stated
Col Roberts and Lieut. Elliott, with one company
Of rites reached here the 26th ult also Col Mac
ssy and Capt Van Welt Several hundred Mormon
wagons are short distance below this point bound
Tor the happy valley OF the salt Lake AN LMiGHANr