Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-25

Yesterday we gave the particulars Of the
latest Indian outrages upon the Plains. One
item Of the intelligence is that Fort Lara.
ME, garrisoned Government post, is in
the hands OF the sayages another that a
very extensive robbery Of cattle and horses
had been committed byb,hem at Ash Ho.
low another still, the probable massacre
Of train Of Mormon emil These
Outrage are but repetition Of a long series
Of similar ones which have been occurring
ever since trains have crossed the Plains to
Santa Fee, Oregon, Salt Lake, and Calfor-
MIA. Wherever there is IA chance of plum
DIR, there th Sc wilderness Ishmaels are
lying in wait, ready to pounce upon unwary
travellers, if not deferred by feur or chastise-
ment. Within the last three or four months
these marauders have been very trouble
some on the frontiers OF Texas, and hardly
week passes without accounts reaching
us of robberes aud murder committed by
them upon the peaceful settlers.
The public in this quarter are now more
interested, however, in what is occurring
upon The Plains lying bety cen the frontiers
Of Missouri and koBsas and the Territories
beyond II seems extraordinary, with a
fun knowledge on The part Of the Govern
lncnt of the peris from Indians to which
trains across the Plains are at all times sub
ice that so little should have been done
for their protection. Certainly il is passing
strange that Fort Laramie should have been
so poorly garrisoned that il could not be de-
Tended against the undisciplined assault of
savages. TO make the matter worse, it is
likely TO remain in their possession for some
lime to come. Judging from the accounts
which we have received oflate Of the march
ing Of troops in that direction, the force on
the way will be unable to cope with the In
duns when they arrive at Fort Laramie,
and there i. even ground for apprehension
that they may be mussacred by them.
For several monlhs the storm has been
brewing, and there seems TO be general
determination among several powerful tribes
10 do the whites al The injury in their power.
They are impel ed by two OF the most power
iul stimulants which can operate upon sa-
wage men--l The passion Of plumber and the
thirst of reyenge-and from past impun'y
for their misdeeds, and the altogether in
adequate force now sent again i them, they
laugh at the power of the Government. II
is very evident that the Government is
culpable either in not availing ITSELF OF in
formation accessible to the public at large
in relation to the danger to be apPrehended
from the Indians, or in not making adj
equate provision 10 keep them in check
when fully aware to their hostile Intentions
The Indians, it must be confessed, are
very difficult TO manage, but the difficulty
has been greatly Increased for many years
by the halfway measures which hart been
ad lpted 10 secure the obi CT. Congres Is
To be censueed even more than the TX
eCut,ye for the time ben. for this though
in the present case the President had i in
his power to have acted much more III
.iently than he hiss done. The Plains have
now become great highway To New Nix
CO, Utsh aud the Territories oi the Pacific,
and there ought TO be a line OF milittrg
posts at not very distant intervals nlong the
sio.e route Tor the protection of travellers,
aud incidentally TO form the nuclei of peace
tui settlements. There is no good reason
shy such posts were no, long ago establish
ed We have plenty of soldiers now ding
moth No who could be usrfuiiy employed in
this most necessary service, ard the army
costs the country enough TO justify the CO.
plp in demanding something more in return
than they are now receiving. We trust The
experience of the present season will lead
Congress ut its next session TO revise IT'S
whole system in this reg rd, AMI Ia adopt
such m asurrs as the einerg ncy requires.
- Ctscaeo Press.