The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-23
The Latest from Salt Lake.
AFFAIRS IN THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHEAP-THE
HOUSEKEEPING OF WATCH FIREs-ALAaM OF

AFFAIRS IN The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHEAP-THE
HOUSEKEEPING OF WATCH FIREs-ALAaM OF
IRON the s. Louis News, May 1871
MI. Thtm.s S. Williams has arrived at Weston, from
Salt Iafe, having lett April days alter the
mail party LETT and reached Weston on he 9TH of THIS
month, masiDg the trip through in thirty days. Mr..
from the Valley, and also from the Indians on the
Plains, which has not yet been published.
prosperous condition Cattle were m fine order. and
selling at from seventy five to eighty dollars per
yoke. Flour three dollars per barrel and other things
In proportion Several trains start from there
to California in short time. Mr. Williams ana party
overlook the mail few days out, and travelled to-
geher until they reached Laramie; from thence Mr..
Williams IL ok charge of the letter mail and brought it
through The mail was a very valuable one, containing
crafts &c, the traders of the valley Of tue Great
Salt Lake.
Indeed the whole country is indebted to Mr.. Williams
for his iptretd daring and thus successful trip mr..
chiefs they tolt him that Big Bear had fallen 10 the
skrmsh with Gratan and party and the biood OF Graf
"Bg Bears sister having taken his death very much
to hesr had grieved herself to death, and they called
another "pow-wow" and concluded that another
slaughter OF the whites should be had at the earliest
pertunity Hence the attack CT the mail party. They
say that they satisfied with with their revenge
for Big Bssr and sister, and those who murdered the
mail party are reay TO give Themselves 10 the whites
to be hung sbot as shall be determined upon. They
inquired particularly where all the white faces were that
they beard so much talk Of but never saw-why don't
they fight and not talS muchy This is the
sevrst rsbbke the present has received
and shows 70 light thelr eapfency IN such tnat
cannot BE- misunderstood The simplicity of their in
quiry :s pre- gna1t with meaning
Mr.. Williams also reports fres kinded upon the high
est peshs of the mountains, which is signal for
grand comb Of all the tribes to adopt measures
for their safety. They have quantities OF urs, and
busily engaged in making clothing. moccasins, &c.
They have also been providing themselves with proyi
sionsory wing buffalo meat, &cfor general cauipagn
Mr.. Williams met the mails for Salt Lake Tor the
months OF March and April, near Fort Laramie Teams
all broken down, and could not possibly make
twenty miles day He reports the mat contractors in
bad Iepute s along the Liz ethey having tailed to pay
up and stock tie road with good teams. This is
great Outrage ana the people should call Tor immediate
redress IL Mctiraw Il Co. cannot comply with their
engagements give the contract to some who wi,l
Mr. willisms reports that many of the old traders,
who bave hvtd the mountains for twenty years ami
have Sioux wives nd children in great fear their
lives. As his party came aleng several OF these
traders had been robbed or all their stock.
Should the commence, they will flee to
the States Nj Williams thinks the Crows, Chey ennss
Rspahoes. sa6 probably the Canaan ches, banded
with the Sioux against the whites although they FAY
they not snxious 10 to with tho whites but
If the pale faces come they viii try their best.
Mr.. Wilis travelled most OF the distance from Fort
Laramie into the States in the right and laid BY in day
time in camp being very careful In selecting camping
grounds that the Indians could not surprise him. always
placing two on the highest points mite or
from ID eir camp, wen armed and wtb good rpy
glass 10 keep look out. His plan OF travelling
pletsly deceived the Indians several bands OF whom
they about sunset, in the neighborbood of their
camps. The Indians supposed they would only drive
few miks after night and then camp; of course they
would attack them before morning. But Mr. Williams
understood their game exactly, snd them the slip
in every He will start with large tr in for Snh
Lake City, frcn Ieavenworth, about the LIST OF July