Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-06-27
-Indian war 81 enc -NofthWest.

Indian Wars in the Nofthwest.
correspondent of the New York
Tribune, writing from Council Bluffs,
( FIossa. June g, gives an account of are
kported massacre of an emigrant party of
man. supposed TO be Mormons, and the
capture of their wives and children, be-
SIDES two colored women. His account
is as follows:
{" A friendly Sioux chiefswith his band,
reached the Missouri river about forty
miles above Ihiss city on Monday He re-
ports that he left large party of hostile
Sioux about twenty ID journey toward
the mountains, having accidentally en-
caunteredsthemsin,hi his Journey aerossathe
Plains; that they had in their pos,
session number of wagons and a large
number of cattle that they were well
and even abundantty supplied with flour
and bacon, and had with them about
tapenty captiveS Woplen and tildIeas among
whom we're two colored women. @
a. No white men were seen among
them, and the inference is, and. so. the
friendly Sioux report, that the hostile
bands had attacked the emigrant trains
which left here aboutffive weeks ago, and
had killed the men and cap ured the wo-
men and children This concluSiohsis al
SO strengthened by the fact that there
were two colored women accompanying
Che trains when they passed throughIhere
on their way westward. The Sioux chief
who brings this report is known in this
vicinity, and is believed to be trustworthy.
The Indians seem to be fully aware ofthe
hostile expedition on its way into their
country, and have taken this opportunity
to set the power of the general govern
men: at defiance. II the latter is deter
mined to havea fight with them, the soon
er it gets its troops on the ground the
better. Several government Steamers are
now said to be on their w y up the Mis-
souri, river. destined for The sections Of
country along the northern limits of the
Union. II this be true, we may expect
TO hear something soon from the move.
ments of the military they have on board,
which will give us some clue to the pro-
gress of the war;
A correspondent Of the ST. Louis Re-
publican writing from the same. place,
also gives the report rs above. The Re-
pubhcan's correspondent seems to have
hopes OF an Indian war. He thinks it will
be n great speculation for his section Of
CUM AAs"t ~ ~ ~
~ course we Sn"ll 'eel no cYll eitec's
% 'n's war more ttan any otnet pers % mo
country III PecupIaFy Pot''' o| VIC" ~
wv sC1V'Gr rcS H,S pe"l ~ money Vu!ousn
"eStern iowa iowa Inc country mere IS a lulA
Oh corn c"t'ie anu norses' anu OncIe sam ,t1
WI '''"NG S!e ,'!t uI 7'' ." t'c"' NOM
'nS ieSS '""'' lo,0V0 '"e" Gun ln"Ne SUE sue,
GeSS'"i war on inc SIOUX an" sucn F" 90
~ '".'"o' oe suPPo''cu III ''e " ~, ,pS
esp ~ al! M, t" ,'heusecNp expense ho to-
r'ua war VIII DC u mere cUl'u pay. we
WI, no longer sec inc statement OIL SSO'
OUo'UOo surplus III the l treasury.
- NC war co n uIt' continue
~ mus w. '"T yEnEF' II ~ mas conn enced-
~ WIZ WI, muse "ester" IOWA F'ch' war Is
awful, hofrlOIr almost Cnler amy clrCum-
stances "uI mt comes VIC must hope,
"e'NS "e"r enough 'ne scene OF operation
10 supply TIE army WIN corn ana cattle.
nc ol"r s"yS mat yesterday morning
,et'ers !cacne - washington from Forts
h1an" me ann he"rney Vnat were brought
'n.o ''e Se''!cmehtS oy the express mail
'ue' ""o - 'GPor'eu 20 nave brought
news lhHI ToFt Laramie haa laIcn INTO
,no n"npS OF inc s"v"Ses. me Laramie
'It,eI' tne'e'ore' Se'S 'n" ia" hoorD"eR com
pIc'eIy ~ resi-. lhe letter IS dated the
o." OF May az me Port' ana after giving
'o''ic " y: Oh lhd'"h uePreuN'loNS lou
'"', ',s,' distant says
~ - * P'' IcN llhG lISIS are u ROOu
many Missouri Sioux on or near Platte,