, 1854-06-10
Fl. simpson Indian Difficulties,

one rumorS, mat nave TeucHeu Jlns plAce
Ince our last publication, concerning dep
relations and massacres Of the Ft Simp-
son Indians on the property and persons of
The white settlements along the Sound and
Straits, that we would be enabled to trace
some one to a reliable source, in order that
il the present issue of the paper we might
be enabled to give some satisfactory ac-
count of the reported Indian outrages.
In this expectation, however, We have
been measurably disappointed ; and as yet
have no definite information as to the names
d persons reported to have been murder
Cd, or the extent Of depredations commit
ted by those Indians.
All the rumors that have reached here,
however, seem to concur and confirm each
other, that there have been from three to
Eve persons killed in the neighborhood of
BeHingham Bay and Whidby's Island /;
that hostile demonstrations were made
against some Of the houses in the neighbor-
hood Of the Bay, and that some Of the set
tiers there had applied to, and received
from the citizens of the Island, arms and
lmunition for defence in case of further
assault.
A whale boat arrived here on Thursday
srening last-four days from Claim Bay,
formerly Port Discovery, situated between
Port Townsend and New Dungenness-
and we learn from the young man having
il in charge, that he seen nothing during
his passage up, to lead him to suppose that
there were any considerable number of
OOrthern canoes or Indians, anywhere on
the Sound. He touched at no other port
but Steilacoom on his way up, and reports
The existence of considerable alarm amongst
the inhabitants in the vicinity of Port
Townsend, New Dungenness, &c.
We know not what may be the ultimate
determination Of the Fort Simpson Indians
in the further prosecution of outrages upon
our settlements, and it therefore behooveS
the people Of the territory, especially along
the Sound, to be prepared to give them a
proper reception; but we do believe, that
most Of the raw head and bloody bones +"
reports that have been circulating so freely
here Of late, have had their origin in the
imaginatious Of the natives of the Sound
who, it is well known, would dread coils
sion with their northern neighbors. y
Secretary c. H. Mason, acting govern
Or and superintendent of Indian affairs
leit this place on Saturday last, immediate
lyon the reception Of intelligence Of Indi-
On dfhcuities on the Sound intending to
Proceed 10 ft. Steilacoom, and engage the
@tvieesof the military at that station-pro-
cure arms, ammunition, provisions, &c, and
repair at once to the places where massa-
cres were said to have been committed
We have no information from Secretary NJ.
dnce leaving Ft. Steilacoom.
Col. 1. N. EBEH, collector of customs
Tor the district Of Puget Sound, left this
place, on business connected with his Office,
On Monday last on board the sloop Sa7
nh Stone," having on board an excellent
brass six FOUNDER, and other. arms, with
which 1t was intended, if necessary, to Co
operate with the military and citizens in case
Of any further attack by the Indians
The whale boat, above referred to, met the
Sarah Stone abreast of Vashon's Island
On Wednesday.
The rumor which raised considerable ex-
element here a few days since, that Chief
Justice LANDER, and A. BENTON Moses,
surveyor Of the port of Nisqually, had fall
en- into the hands Of the northern red skins,
nihe vicinity Of Vancouver's Island, and
Aad'been murdered by them, happily proves
70 % unfoundnd. Both these gentlemen,
tne last accounts, were on Vancouver's
l'lAAd, as also, Capt. WEBER, United
States Inspector for San Juan Island-nOt
mere prisOAer Of Gov. DOUGLASS or the
hudson Bay Company, about which, last
"eeE, there was some uncertainty but
merely thereon a risit. y
volunteer company was raised on Sat
1uay evening last, under the supervision
uCol, EBEY, consisting Of citizens Of 0lym-
~' and vicinity, pledged TO hold them