The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-07-06
Dreadful Massacre.

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We ind the following particulars OF \ dreadful
massacre Of Americans, b. the Indians, on their
o,, IN S..,, r., in M. :, Loui. RcpubIic,r-
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tHce' dated jane u, lSJ";
Mr. Arljuggr, accompanied hv friend. is lust
in from Santa Fc IN advance # i company Of 20
persons, rlr: %! whom lroagI, ,hr mail. Gen Lee
a- BE Is termed Harley and Adams ,i BoonWIlc,
and others traders ami citizen, ot Mexico and this
state make up the number They state, that Mt
the Wagon N,ual, eighteen or twenty miles this
side Of the Moro. AMI the first American settle
mcut, they found the boJIy. Of ten Americans,
pierced with bullet. and aTrow,--frum pc per, in
,hclrpo,Er,s they a-c,yt.uel ,hut ID, party con.
=, lcIol A.s-.r- t. tlyuruoy Ben amin shaw, j.
Daty. Moses Gold zen Cay. Villains, IIenutick-
son. freeman and u'AJl> MOE relp-rizci From
iull-l ,uas it is supposed t..ry had pn.gmpcl for
the nigh. about . mile tht, ,i,a Of the place
where they were killed, and early IN the murmn.
were s.uoIuJcd aul cut eli Two Ut The bodies
were found in their lit,le wason-;he rest on the
ground around II, and the mules in the ham S.
Killed o. they stood Seyeu,, II tie above par,y
were citizen, Of our place and men who were very
much esteemed Nj llos " F!ouruoy, Won re
men Der | stated in one Of my letters left here
accompanied by persons, conveying the mail. TO
take charge If the wag, n. aud goods If Mr..
Browns train, that had in the winter months, been
stopped ON the Seuirunc, by the snow. He was n
young man Of much promise, and bid fair, 10y his
attention 10 business 10 that province, to be able
soon to attain the object Of hts desires. His loss
ia deeply deporel here. md being tlius unimely
GU o. '' ',!. "'Io" ana TWO 'n"''t'' O'ouh-
CoI..rin ,ylob,d 90. in NJ P-or,,, s,,ans
WIS going into Santa Fe, in advance If the wag.
on'. with tie party he, with hIs brothers Were
."' n'.l'oi u, 80 tnE'Se" W "'',.'''"' @'I'
nor Of Mr. John NcC,uIv Mr. Dnty a5J /,
or . Others, were coming into the states, but. in
drced 10 return to ANITA he, by hopes OF greater
- "o'e I,,uS s",,,''''! nl'''' NV
ted their REVENGE LETT nil thine. as ,bey found
them, for the mail bags were carried but n little
distance, and but few Of the letters Destroyed
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tho rnili,,, ,orrs a, Son,o T, ali ,i,, ill,
great highway are continually exposed TO the
depradationS oiany little band of Indians that
may '"oo'I 20 "'"'" mem A"plnE' "ithn Vhe
a loyaIy lad, and cbId b,,, boor mad ,I,o ,,;.s
tins ofthe cruelty Of wild and fierce set Of say
ages 1t becomes, now, She imperative duty Of
every lover o. MS KIND to make demand at The
nr, IN ord ., ~, S s a' III VUuu's, We
individuals demand i,--tl,ot NJ Nex;co and Cali.
f,rnia require it, also that of the whole Repub
lie
II Is high time that the government should be
doing something to check these ou'rages, Scarce
ly a mail arrives from the plains or from New
Mexico, which docs not bear the ,idings Of outra
ges committed by he Indians, upon onr emigant'
and traders. Petition after petition has gone up
to congress from the inhabitants on our frontier
praying that something might be done to protect
those hardy adventurers MS they measure thcir
tackless course across those broad plains. And
yet they have met with a listlcss ear. Scenes o.
the most revolving character have been painted
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thresho'a OF 'he capital onta toho aVal'' lh'
negro absorbs all the attention of the great met
of our n,tion while .hc miscrsb,c whites mr.,
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not the government Mt once send into New SlcN'
co force Of mounted men sufficient to chastis,
,bose r,d;o,s into obediorco 1-,Ioss ,,is !, don,
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ana tha' specify we may expect TO near fepe,'
ton oft these atrocities until the patience OF our cit
liens becomes entirely exhausted. Our treaty ob
ligo,ions in this nor,i,ular have been wholly dis
..i.l. .Lo l.o, os %, t,,rr,. rr,,,or.,,
made. to protect the persons and property of ou
newly. acquired citizens have been forgotten. nm,
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deemed. But the government ought to KNOW tina