The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-08


whore he vss; and oa learning that he YES about
5000 miles away he remarked very sensbly that
fore the great father could hear Of and relieve their
dstrssss. Ill the Indians might die The Colonel as
NAMED pescesble with the whites refrainsd from
committing dspredations upon them. To this the
old chief again answered that Il made very little diff
ference whether the indian hostile or peaceaple
they abused by the whites equally as bad in the
The whites and Indians separated, and the latter
betoek themselves to the mountains. Several muir
The feeling OF hostility which exists among the Ia
dians Is 20 streng that they even made savsgss In
dian wives leave him An armed body OF Americans
q leader OF one division OF the whites
P.B.-since writing the above. we have learned
further particulars in regard to the Indian rou
bles, confirming the reported murders by them, aud
Also their declarat ian of hostility to the whites.
under Savage. on the Little MaripOsa, and on the
Frezno all left the above camps ON the night OF the
18th inst and csntersa In tns ,x - sSs
hour of their leaving in the evening" was engaged 81
the camp Of one Of bis friends As soon as II was as
others, he mustered q party Of sixteen men, aud
started their trail and during the night came upon
ct that hour he concluded to encamp with his party
at little distance from them, and, In the morning,
from the TACT Of the indians starting out from their
nights camp at such early hour in the morning,
and leaving behind them an aged squaw who had
probably died from fatigue. and two living chill
drea, that they had ascertalned, by some means,
that q party was, on their trail. Savage and his
them them, but ali his Efforts to persuade them to
return fruitless They would not lot him
that distance they told him that they had murdered
his men the Frezno and burnt up his camp, and
that they were going to carry their sou VS. and chill
Gown to fight the white people so long their faces
white for cutting down their acorn trees and oc
cupying their lands. They wished him to go home and
tell the white people what they had said and not TO
tell any lies about them They also told him that he
A..lr n tba .Hs hirhf hAu
had lett, and bury the bodies of the whom they
had murdered the FezDo stating that they did not
The men murdered on the Frezno were Greedy, OF
Maine; stifn. OF Ohio; and james Kennedy OF Empire
City. man by the name OF Brown butcher in the
Mariposs, escaped badly wounded.
These are the facts, as related to us by gentlemen
from the Mariposa who have seen Savage and othere
who went out with him the first expedition, and In
At the last accounts Savage at the head Of party
dams 1t is estimated that the Indian force numbers
six thousand strong and If So they have 1t in theiE
power to do . vast deal of mischief.
Since writing the above, we notice that Or. o.
M. Wozencraft, formerly of this city, and Reddie,
Mckee, late a prominent merchant OF Wheeling,
Virginia, Indian Agents, have arrived in San Fran
cisco Mr.. Mckee is very intelligent and sner-
gec gentleman, and will make efficient officer,
unless he has greatly degenerated since we knew
him. We hope that these gentlemen will at once,
attempt to reconcile the difficulties with these In
dians.
Outrageous Case OF kidnapping Females.
From the Alta California, Jan IL
Some time in the month of July or August LAST
the American schooner Jupiter, Capt. Snow, ar"
rived AT the island Of Dominique, Gone OF the group
of the Marquesas lslands) and remained there for
several weeks. While at the island OF Dominique
the captain and mate induced hive female, one Oh
whom was the queen Of the bay, and only fourteen
years of age, and the others the daughters OF
chiefs, TO go on board the schooner, by some false
pretence, and soon after they were on board, got
under way, and forcibiy, aud against the will OF
the females, brought them 10 this port During
The voyage the females were treated with
gre cruelty, and after their arrival here they were
treated still worse, much so that all OF them
jumped overheard, and endeavored to escape to
the shore. Having been saved from drowning,
they were again taken on board, and soon after the
schooner sailed for Stockton, still retaining the
females on boa
Col Collier, the collector of this port, m de re-
presentation OF the above facts TO the Justices OF
the Supreme Count yesterday morning, and a writ
Of hdbeds corpus Immediately issued, directing
the sheriff Of San Francisco to cause the said
females TO be brought before the supreme Court,
and suMmcnlng Captain Snow and Mr.. Colem
the mate OF the Jupiter, to appear and show the
cause of their detention Alexander Rose,
seamen on board the Jupiter, was shipped az
Dominique, where he had resided for two years,
subscribed the petition upon which the writ
was granted. Col Collier stated that two vessels
are now in port ready to sail for the Marquesas,
and will convey the fem les TO their homes. The
captains Of the vessels represent that Il would be-
extre me ly hazardous TO proceed on their voyage.
without these females, 9s they are fearful tina
the ma lives will take revenge upon every Amer
can vessel which may visit the islands Colone
Collier states that while in this port Capt. Snow
forced the females TO receive the visits of dissolu
men. and in this vile business he collected a co.'s
siderable sum OF money.