Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-30
In1eres1lng from the Great Salt. Lake.

Interesting from tue OSeee I
We have received intelligence from
Salt Lake City, that the chief OF the Far,
81 AMI Utahs has delivered up several OF
his tribe who were connected with the.
murder Of Capt. Gunnison, Us. a. Mr. y
Kern of Philadelphia, and others, on the 1S
ESieyer river. in October, 1882 Shortly
.after the arrival of Colonel StePtoe IN
Utah. that officer made a demand on
Can. Osh for the surrender OF all those
conceruedsin the affair According to In
dian usage. that chief offered to give up
man for man, and Colonel Steptoe out OF
regard for the defenceless Mormon settle
ment in the Par-Vant country, agreed TO
receive seven Indians for the white men
killed. >
Matters being finally arranged, party
consisting of Major Reynolds. Surgean
Wirtz. and Lieut.. AIlston, of the United
States Army, and Major Hert. Indian
Agent, with twenty three artiIlerymen,
started from, Salt Lake City onsthe Gath
of February to receive the murderers, and
reached Fillmore City, the capital of U tab
the headquarters of the Par-Yant tribe
90 the 28th. Immediately on his arrival
Major Reynolds formally demanded the
surrender of seven. Can>Osh was very.
peaceably inclined, and said that he ms
tended to fulfill his PROMISE.
The soldiers were ;hen disposed so as
to be ready for any emergency and IN
few hours the whole Par~Vant tribe. con.
sisting of about sixty warriors, entered
he main square of FILLMORE, bringing
with them the individuals that were to be
given up. Can Osh then turned over to
Major Reynolds four men, a sQnaw who
had helped TO strip the dead. and. child,
about three years old Major Rey
nolds refused to. receive the child,
but took charge Of the men and tho
,quaw, stating TO Can-OS through the
Interpreter, Mr.. Bean. mat he still held
him responsible for the delivery in Salt
| Lake Guy of the remainder.
Major Reynolds, accompanied BY Can
OSh and his wife, returned TO SalVfLnke
City with the prisoners on the 81 OF
| March Three Ui these only were indicted
and the others were discharged. The
lrinl WAS held at the city ct Nephi. Hon.
J. +. Kinney presiding. Ii appears thai
he prisoners and others were near III"
Sewer Iivrr hunting duch, when the Anne,
rican party were about to camp tor the
night. On discovering them the Indians
said " There are The Americans, iel US
4 30 and Kill Them" -
They went TO their own camp, made
preparation for the attack, and started oil
IN the direction Of the unfortunate parry
near sun down. armed with guns, bows,
and arrows. ~ sQuHw, who testified with
cIc;. rncss, remained behind. and about
sunrise heard the firing OF guns. In about
a few hours afterwards, the prisoners and
others retur ned with much booty, saying
that they had killed the Americans. II was
also satisfactorily proven by the teStlmo'
ny OF Two citizens and the chief OF the
prisoners, that thcy had acknowledged thai
they assisted in A,Iing The Americans
The defence relied upon Was, that thu
prisoners were ignorant Savngcs, and n
they, at some previous time, had one o
their number killed by the whites, Go
which, however, there WAS not n particle
Of proof. therefore. according 10 th"I
customs they have rIGht to avemgc hl:
death by taking iitc. MIR. Rabbit ais,
conlcnded that the jury could only brin!
in q verdict Of mausiauyhicr.
The court explained to the jury tn
different grades .! homicide, and cOnclu
ded bv informing lhrm that under IT,
law, >hey could not bring i'll a verdict Q
man>Inughtcr that lhr testimony clear
y t. Labil>hed the fact that The crime WA
not committed in the sudden heat Of bloo
and the jury mast either bring IN yer
dict OF gully OF murder, oracqult the prl'
souers.
Notwithstanding the SOLEMN and i'm
pressive charge ot the court, the jury, al
ter few hours dehbera,ion to The aston
ishment Of the court and al others VII
E heard the tliaI, brought il d verdict q
- manslaughter."
WheTcupon the court sentenced Tn
-. prison rs To three years confinement IL
. the penitentary, the extent Of the law.
. Still later intelligence, up to the BIS
Of March, informs us that the India
prisoners sentenced to three years I'm
prisonment, made their escape from III
city. The murderers Of Gunnisou hay
thus entirely eluded the hands OF justice
Thus ends Col Sieptoes'5 expedition
The colonel was sent out to Utah express
, ly to obtain redress for GunnisOn's mul
der.-N y. Herald
Thc L. s. FriSAte COnsti utiOn.
1t was announced BY telegraph "A fe'