New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-20

of the man who shot the row Int N -
vepge COR the death Of q nr c,bsr Of Inl aus BY
the sol isrs last season f,r some murder 81
whnas ,ne Ing hass, fhe ma1sled b dies lay
traders excasing ,her .a,-as ,br,s,b fs,r NJ ths
lndiant ouI Wosn# hundred dollars was offered f,'
PeIio' NM M sad service. th-re WAS no tr) inla
" ne eccOnplE 1msbt. Tee Indian veisioa OF tho
~ ,po,ob, q Is, that the two pieces o. or'1en
vas pIouEH' within their encampnen'. Lisuf At
Tan oou need parley regarding the killing OF me
COW, len Big Bear, the chief, came up with aslr
OF and struck at and wounded him, calling mon
az Iusw and q EDWARD, and charged him win oeils
afraid 10 FIGHT. Gratfsn drew h. rrv"ver, nred 4
, Lumber OF tines wOunding the chief and then ee-
VISITED bis cannon and fred Intending 70 lntin'1 are
the Indians from further violence their
lives. The whole band Of Indians then made rush
at and killed upon the spot al but one, who hlaly
escaped and y ed 10 get 10 the Fort but could make
explanation cf the occurrence tie stated hat ne MA
been epused BY Of the French traders and rtssr
away although he bad seven holes shot through
him be lived 10 crawl twelve miles 10 the Fort Leat
Graiisn was found under the canon pierced with
tsoniy arrows and a number Of balls lie had f4lien
ecross the whore his LIES blood still athsrei
They then filed the canon with manure and pnUel on
and thrust IN the Leutensnts boots NJ 9or Whitfield
arrived after with the goods for the Cheyenne,
via Of Arkansas and commenced the disfuouuon.
Two bands refused TO receive their portion upon tue
require conoitiOa that they should c. lss com hitting
theft. ard depredatiops upon emigranis TO New Mex.
leo and their portions Of goods reformed 20 the Stites
The other chiefs informed the Major thai next year
they wanted few shirts, ooO rAks sYHdrs ADD the
and the remainder OF the annuIes 10 cash AMI nth
ing else would be received. The Major took from
this tribe a young man. a captive, formerly non
lowe who was made prisoner last spring while "at
hurting aso two Mexican boys Of The age Of about
eight or ten years resSctively. Tne Indians we're
very 10Th 10 give them up and only did 50 y the pay
nent of presents and p1stve threats, and aftsrwri
tried TO r. scue them At South Fork Gea Winshp,
Military Inspector with small force, accompanied
Meier Whitfield to Laramie made the necessary ek-
amin siions and returned With the Major, With whom
our informants also came through.
They found an abundance Of buffalo alter crossing
the South Fork OF the Platte, which continued until
they reached the new settlements in kansas, about
one hundred miles from the Missouri River. In 50 M
places they forced to lie up all their cattle anI
loose stock to keep them from running OFT with the
buffalo that were passing around then. Inc com
pany had abundance 81 the finest meat IN tne
world and lived fat Our lnfornants returned on the
south tide Of the Platte on account OF the company
for safety. They went out on the north SD and
reuoft that /, he much the bet route. They took
out II ain of goods which they readily sold.
Thee gentlemen are highly pleased with the salt
Lake country and the people themselves, aud say,
distinctly that the current reports % their dts
credit are base lies that they were in more
civil industrious and peaceable CO immunity nor
where on every hand, they received more gentle
manly and humane treatment They think tue Pe0-
pie there a miracle Of industry aud perseverance,
They think that the -four there from the new crop OF
wheat viii not bring 50 or 81 per ban tred Ole
OF the companies on the road bad doe brass band,
and were enjoying themselves, the evening they met
in dancing. ~,
They found many pioneer settlers in Kansas on the
Blue ana other sireams, out one hundred mics nom
the Missouri am 70 informed that all the country
that was valuable even At that distance was cia'me1
The bows look hale and healthy, and a. though Their
tIip Lad done them no damage.