The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-07-10
CALIFORNIA INTELLIGENCE.

BUTcHERY OF INDIANS. A large body of In
dams at Clear Lake have been slaughtered by a de-
tachment of troops from the u s. Garrsons at Sono-
ma and Benicia. We take the following history of
the whole affair from the Alta California
Last Summer, stubborn family Indian offered an
lndlgnlty to the wife of one Kelsey, for which he
was sentenced to receive one hundred lashes. AZ
ter this punishment, Kelsey sought the wretched Of
fender and laid him dead at his feet. Kelsey was
afterwards murdered, as was also brother-in-law.
by the Indians in the neighborhood. Since then re-
peated acts of violence have been visited upon the
natives Complaints were made-doubtless the ac-
counts OF their conduct highly coored-to the garr-
sons at Benica and Sonoma and on the LIST of the
month an expedition was fitted out against them.
composed OF detachment of Infantry and COM
Pany OF Dragons, under command of Lieut. David
son. Us IN all,) with orders to proceed against the
Clear Lake Indians, and extermnate if possible the
tribe.
Ihe troops arrived inthe vicinity of the Lake, and
came unexpectedly upon body of Indians number
ing between two and three hundred. They imine-
dlately surrounded them and the Indians raised
shout OF defiance and attempted to escape. poured
IN destructive fire indiscrininately upon men, wo-
men and children. "Ihey FELL" says our inform
ant, las grass before the sweep of the scythe -
Little or no resistance was encountered. and the
OF the slaughtered victims died away, the roar of
musket ceased and stretched feless upon the sod of
their native valley were the bleeding bodies of these
lndlans-nor sex, nor age was spared it was the
order OF determination fearluy obeyed The troops
returned to the stations, and quiet for the present
restored.
HE INDIAN TROUBLES ON THE Co1oR-
ADJ. We have heard new version ofthe st, nv of
massacre at the Colorado, which places the matte.
In favorable light regards the Indians. 1t an
pears that Glanon, the leader of the American mar
ty, VINO with several Of his gang were murdered.
were long before outlawed both in Texas and Mexi-
co Tor their crimes At the Colorado they establish
ed ferry, where the Indians had also established
one, and forbid their ferrying over any person on
pam OF death. The Indians expostulated against
THIS, but Glanton and his party insisted, and broke
up the Indians boats. The savages placed them
selves several miles below the Glanton party, and
commenced swimming horses and mules over with
OUT the ana OF boats and to this operation the above
named American and his party commenced an op-
position. r
FINALLY, Glanton and his men insisted that the In
uanS should not SWIM the river even with their pri-
Eate packs upon their heads but should cross their
terry with them, and pay for such crossing. Tho
indans very naturally and very properly became ex
asperated with the Company, and united together TO
murder 'hem But while massacreing these frontier
cutaws, we learn from good authority that thew re-
irdlheu from nJuring any other party, either Mexi
can or American.
we are very well satisfied, from the private ac
counts from the Colorado, Humboldt Harbor Tr;ni-
" pay and the Upper Sacramento mines, that the
WHITES are the principal cause of the hostility Of tho
Indians They abuse and maltreat the aborigines
uhtii lhey resent 1t by revenge.-.aLa California.