Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-26
From tho Council Bluff. Uows) Basle, Oct. s.

LATER rRoN PLANS informant LETT : at Like
city ON the ld.h OF August. The city crowded with
CiiorniA cmigrlnts Crops were all extremely heavy,
an wheat aud hsrves ed Flour was selling at
Is per hundred. number OF merchant trains had ar
rived, aud most kinds Of merchandise plenty aud
pidy being Exchanged for gold. Money seemed plenty.
An abundance OF rain had fillen, irrigation had
been unnecessary.
A great number Of men employed upon tho TEN.
pie, which i. be built Of beautiful kind OF red
stone, hewed aud polished The city wall side
being reconstructed having been carried away hy
from a cloud tha! broke over the mountains Improve
men's IN the city were RAPIDLY progressing aud
lendd houses are being erected. The Manufacture ct
iron j, goiug a considerable extent Pows are got
up Oh short no ce large of sugar bects hts,
been raised and the refinery being put operation,
aud is expected produce nearly the supply demanded
paper mill has been erected aud ia successful opr-
T'tou Comm isborcrs found ready
81 to IS per day.
A great number of teams have bevn sent on,
the coming eisraton with good experienced pilots.
conduct the several companies Secretary BIbbit
asnn about to prosecute the erection pris
company oi Chinese their way from Sat-
Francisco TO Utah, having be- n converted to Mormonsn.
Mr. Rabbit started with hem return 10 his family,
but taken sick and returned To the ciy-Inct his
family ana train loo miles from the city, and Hou John
Kinney aud Stiles AT Bridscr.
Farther along they met large trains of English Danish
and other foreign ,migrants their way Utah. COM
prsns, in the WHOLE over 200 Wagons besides many
smaller compsLies
All the stock the road looked WE'LL aud all the com
panes free from sickness and in fine spirits. Grass
and water were plenty upon the whole route. Met the
troops sent to Utah account Of The Indian difficulties
back on Green riyer-arrived al Fort Laramie lew
after the fatal massacre-iound about 800 lodges of the
henwecosa band Of Sioux who had pcrperated the
der about IL miles below the tort the American Fur
Company station and also large number Of Cbesenuea
awaiting the arrival of Major Whitfield successor to Mi
Fitzpatrick Indian agent decelsed) arrive with and
distribute their presents aud ammunition.
The Sioux had Immediately alter the preparation Of
the MURDERS seized upon the presents intended for the
which were lying at the station, but did further mis-.
chief
They alege that the murder was not committed on &C.
count OF the attempted arrest Of who shot the
but in revenge Of the death OF number Of Indians by
tae last season for murder Of whites by the
| Indians.
The Indian version Of the ltal occurrence is that the
two pieces Of ordinance brought within the encamp
Inc t. Lien:. Grattan commenced parey regarding the
killing Of the COW, when Big Bear the chiei, up
with so'. OF lance. and struck at and wounded him.
can ES him squaw and a coward and charged him with
being afraid TO fight Gratan drew his revolver fired
number of times, woundng the Chief aud then elevated
bis cannon and fred intending innidate the Indians
from further violence without taking their lives The
whole band Of Indians than made rush at. and killed
upon the spot all but one who finally escaped and lived
10 reach the FORT but could make explanation Of the
occurrence lie stated that he had been repused by
oil the French traders aud driven away: although he had
several holes shot through him. he lived crawl twelve
miles to the fort Lieut. Gflttnn was found urder the
cannon pierced with twenty and number OF balls.
lie had fallen the cannon where his ies blood
still adhered They then filed the cannon with manure
and pulled of and thrust in the Licutenants boots Major
whitfield arrived AFTER with the goods for the
Cheyennes by way OF Arkansas and commenced the dis
| trbution.
Two bands refused to receive their portion upon the
required condition that they should cease committing
tes and depredations upon emigrants 10 New Mexico
and their PORTIONS OF goods returned the States. The
other Chiefs informed the Major that year they
ted few Shirts thousand white sQuaws, and the
nander OF ther annuites in cash. and nothing else would
| be received.
The Major took from this trbe n vounp man captve