The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-08-23

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gently ON the Sides and is covered with rich coat
| Of grass Il was found about two feet below the
surface. The young men are on their way home,
and expect to realize y fortune from eshibnngit
| In the States
Indian Affairs.
| The following extract from letter dated San
| Diego, June %, throws some light upon the ac-
counts which have been previously received, IN re-
lation to the difficulties between parties OF immi-
| grants by the ella route and the Indians:
| The Cuchan and Yumas Indians on the Colorado,
and establishment of a military post al the mouth
| of the ella, have been for some time the leading
topics. The depredations OF these Indians coni-
| menced about twelve months since, and have grown
| worse and worse up TO the present time. Captain
GLADDEN. and his party certainly had a fair settle
ment OF ali his accounts; received his dues and no
more. While in San Diego, purchasing supplies
for his party, he Was recognised by several al the
Identical GLADDEN. who publicly punished in
Mexico for his rascalty; and when here one OF his
companions party, IN crossing the plaza, quietly
drew his pistol and shot down young lad whom
he was passing, without even exchanging a word,
or ever having had any controversy with hiH-to
| keep his hand in, and nothing else. This was
Mr.. Brown, who was arrested and placed under the
camp guard for security, where he remained some
days, until finding a corporal whom he could ope-
rate upon, when about - o'clock at night with the
| corporal, Brown and another prisoner took their
| departure for other parts.
The immigrants generally have been as much in
FAULT the Indians, those with pack animals Pill
ering their pumpkins, mesqu beans, little patches
of melons, corn, &c, and frequently punishing
| them for some offence, when iorbcarance should
have been exercised for the sake OF those more help
| ess EJowing. The Indians of course revenge them
| selves upon such parties as may be passing, where
| they risk no danger themselves, looking upon all
| white men Of one family The hornd reports
that reached San Diego about the outrages that had
been committed ON females turned out TO be false.
| Major Fitzgerald who was in San Diego, (under
orders for Oregon, awaiting the steamer from be
l,.y Iah hon. his nnrfu yh
quite authentic started an express to San Luis Rey
for the dragons to move Immediately for the Colo
RADIO, intending to abandon his trip up, and take
| command of the expedition. Not being able TO
| muster more than thirty efficient men, both com
| panies being very small, he requested Captain Da
wilson, the temporary commander OF the infantry
at this place, to give him assistance. Captain "
was also waited upon by committee on the part
| OF the citizens. He partially complied, but re,
CURED three days to prepare his thirty men more"
Before any movement took place, the families that
had been maltrcated by these Indians came In, and
proved the reports to be false.
In the mean time General Riley had been notified
of these reports, and orders have come down for
| companies "a" and "E'' LIST dragons, now sta
toned at San Luis Rey and the three companies OF
| I'd infantry at the Mission OF San Diego to hold
themselves in readiness TO march TO the Colorado
as soon as the Captain Lincoln arrives with provi
sions-thc commissary being entirely out at pre-
sent. We may then confidently expect the loca
ton of n permanent garrison at or near the mouth
of the ella, within the next three months for the
robbed ofther all by these ruthless savages
| When Lieutenant Coutts at this place last
fall he fully represented to General Riley the great
necessity of a permanent garrison, and that
| hundred men would be the smallest number posi-
bic manage and control these insolent and over
bearing Indians, who, from their numbers feel that
they powerful, if not unconquerable. When
| Lieutenant Coutt5 was ordered, the third time, to
leave their land, he gave them distinctly to under
stand that, if this repeated to him again, he
should punish the whole of them severely. The
only reply to this was, You have our hearts, and
we have yours. To be friends with the Americans
| is our wish, but we cannot agree with the immi-
grants" But enough Of the red men.
From the following letter from Trinidad city,
dated July 2, it will appear that the Indians in that
vicinity not altogether peaceaby inclined as
was at first supposed:
party left here few days since for the dig
gings and when within five miles of the place were
attacked by some Indians A few days after a
ond party started for the same place, and on com.
ing up to where the first party had been attacked,
they found two of them severely wounded; halt
was made there, and Major Smyth Clark went into
town for assistance In the morning the Major
headed party of six men, and at shutdown arrived
at the camp, where light brcastwork had been
| thrown up under the superintendent of Major
Rowe, late of the U. S. army. The wounded uen
we're properly cared for by DR.. Anderson, who ac-
companied the expedition Mr.. Thomas Ghion was
pierced with seven arrows and received a severe
cat on the head with hatchet.
Mr.. Ezra Holt wounded with four arrows.
They were brought into town on mules, and are
now doing well. While the wounded men were
being cared for, party of fifty men started of at
ter the Indians; they killed two and took three
prisoners; they burnt eleven houses or wigwams,
after taking all the curio.ities out of them. Veal
returned to camp the same day. and an hour be.
fore shutdown the three lndians fairly tried by
a jury and condemned TO be shot that ight The
sentence was duly executed, and the bodies decent
ly buried.
We hear to day from "Humboldt'' that the In
dams at that place had scalped white man.
The Stockton Times says
Reports are here in circulation of fresh Indian
troubles on the Iuolumnc. IL appears that an
American seized the squaw Of chief, who, in con
sequence, became (and justly so) much irritated
The affair terminated in sanguinary ailray, in
which three Americans were shot.
The overland immigration.
The Sacramento Transcript, OF July IL, says:
Small parties Of immigrants continue 10 arrive
in this city daily. We have converted with quite
a number, and their accounts all agree that there
must be a great deal Of suffering, before the i'm.
mense trains all get through. Already have we
heard of several companies being reduced 10 the
necessity of killing their beasts and subsisng for
n long distance before reaching the mountains on
their flesh. Even mules and horses have been
eaten. 1t Is said that large portion who started
from ST. Joscph's, Missouri, with horses, only took
sixty or seventy days provisions which will in
most cases be exhausted ten or twenty days before
they reach the end Of their journey. Several
parties arc known to have left the principal road,
and taken the Lawson route, with less than ten
days supplies. The remainder OF their journey Is
the worst part, which will require twice that time
to accomplish. The waters are reported high, and
the grass extremely poor on this road.
| The Placer Times OF an earlier date says:
By Mr.. Ira J. Saunders, who arrived IN this city
last evening direct from Council Bluff in fifty five
days, we arc informed that there about seven
hundred gons within three weeks travel of this
city, and that numerous small parties Of mm-
grants may be expected TO arrive during the COM
ing week. The travel this is performed
mainly with horses and mules, which will reduce
tho time Of the trip TO about sixty or sixty five days
| grfgr tlf.aa lC af
count Of the scarcity Of provisions. Grass was ra
ther scarce, and snow pretty dcep-say from ono
| to two hundred feet deep.
The Pacific Neps Of July is has the following:
The overland immigration has commenced ar
, ! irving, and some hundreds already in our
midst, who left the Missouri river this spring. V
is expected that much suffering will be experienced
on the route among the parties, but no serious
disasters can be very reasonably apprchcndcd, It
assistance is sent this fall to the eastern side Of the
Sierra Nevada, done last year.
The earliest arrivals were pack companies, who
came through in about two months; and experience
| has demonstrated that PARTIES who not