Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-02-18

regard! There is, however, II class OF men iiI
that country who shoot down these Indians
when and wherever they meet them This Is
rs bu,tru to ourselves as it is cruel to the poor
savage. for revc. &c is their well known char
cctoristir. and their vengeance as often falls
upou the innocent as the guilty, their best
friends often paying the penalty of the rash
and reckless acts of others. blood for
blood" appears to be religious sentiment
with them.
The Indians Of the Valley of the Sacramento
are not walike people They possess ncith-
er warcu5s, nor scalping- knives, nor t"ma-
hawks, so universally used by the Indians east
Of the Sierr. Nevada. They are very fond of
dress and display and are indolent, docile, and
tractahe, and many of them thievish, OF course;
bat readily learu the more simple arts of aSr'-
culture.
The construction of their huts and villages
is uniform The earth is excavated about five
feet deep, and the apartment or lodge is GOV.
cred with a dome.like top several feet above
the surface of thh earth. In the center OF this
roof an aperture serves the double purpose of
admitting the light and letting the smoke es-
cape This is the ouly opening in the lodge,
except an entrance at the side barely large
enough to admit Il human body. Through
this they enter feet foremost, Oh their hands
and knees. These dwellings are not uncom.
Portable, as the thickness of the earth over
thcm prevents the sun from penetrating them
in the hot season, while in the colder weather
thew protect them from the winds.
The tribes visited by the writer in the great
Valley of the Sacramento and the adjacent
mouutains -
The UDcks.-They reside upon the celebra-
ted Hook Farm, near the residence of Captain
Sutter. They number from eighty TO one hun
hundred.
The Yabas.-rhese are located Mt the mouth
OF, or rather the junction of the luba aud Fea-
thcr, ard number about one hundred and eighty.
The O.'ip.p 's.-I'hcse arc located on fea-
ther river, about thty.two miles above its
mouth The number ninety or hundred
The Bogns These are located short dis
tance above the dip pas, on the opposite Of
tlc sid, and anmber about seventy
The lilo W.H.pahs.- These reside at the base
of e mountains, near Feather river, and num-
Der about on, hundred and fifty.
The Erxkins-Ihcse reside on Butte Creek,
near Meals rancho, and number about eighty.
The Hn-rhnck-naS.- ilcse reside in the val
lev near Pot,r's rancho, and number ninety.
I'he Cnch-nrs. This tribe is located in the
me- untail,: on the W trs o., the South fuba.
They number a',u;it six hundred.
The IT,. u.s. These are also in the noun
tains above the hcadwacr Of Butte Creek.
Their uu,ibcr is not given.
The n m.sus.-Ihcsc arc also in tie noun.
I'm 4 Pam. a. '[!,,.ir
Der is not given.
Witiin tie sho;t period since the occnpan-
cy of this country by the whites, the red man
has been fast fading away. Many have died
OF disease; others have fled to the moultains
to enjoy for brief period their primcval pur.
suits of hunting and fishing. Almost the Ell.
tire trib>s of the Coston"s, or Coast Indians,
have passed away OF the numerous tribes
which but few years ago inhabited the'coun-
try bordering on the Bay OF San Francisco,
scarcely IN individual is left The pale faces
have taken po session o. their country, and
tranp lie upon hc graves of Their fathers. The
writ states that hc had all interview with a very
aged Indian near the mission Of Dolores, who
said, 81 am very old-my people were once
around me like The sand upon the shore-ma-
ny-many. They have all passed away; they
have died like the grass; they have gone to the
mountains. | don't comVlain-the antelope
fall by the arrow. | had son.--I loved him.
When tie pale faces came he went away-l
know not where is. am Christian indian.
Am all that is left { fl my people--l am alone"
His age, his carnestnes, and dccrepit condi-
ton gave force to his language and the writer
adds that he left him impressed with deep
feeling Of sympathy.
The youth who has the proper desire for men.
tai exercise has always time for Improvement
Every hour Of the day, in proper application.
and attention to businessmen merely for the
purpose of finishing his days work, but to learn
the principles upon which trade is conducted
he should learn something, while at night there
is spare time for a--howcver close may be the
application during thc day, to stud y--aud to
learn. This force will afford, it is true, but lit.
tie leisure for visiting the theatres or tavcrns,
and may encroach upon some hours Of sleep,
but the spirits will be all the brisker, for the
denial, and the health and the pocket less i'm
paired. The men who have risen to distinction
are not those who waited for opportunities to
learn, they seized them at all times, and grew
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