New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-21
me. Of The St. Louis Intslllsspcsr.

Council BLUFFS, Friday, June 8. 1855.
On Saturday, Mr. Gallneau, aFrenchman, arrived
here from Seargeants Bluffs, and states that -Four
Bears" the chief of the Kitto Band OF Sioux, had
lust come in bringing with him thirty lodges; TINT
they left the main body of the Sioux at Bear Creek,
SEQ miles west of Fort Laramie twenty-five days since,
coming, and that at that time the Sioux had 100
wagons, plenty Of -four and meat, twenty women and
children, and among them two negro women. From
this we think they must have taken Mormon tram,
bound from Salt Lake 10 Bear Creek, where we know
they intended making q settlement this Spring.
Nobing said of seeing white men among mem,
ard we have no doubt they were all killed. -Four
Gears Is in favor of peace, has been to Washington,
and knows the power of the whites, and finding bus
nation determined on war, has come In with his small
band.
C,sinesu bns for wife daughter of Four Bears,
And SAWS he does not think his fathern-law would de-
ceive him. Besides Mr.. Navieteat and ell the French
here believe the report and they have the best means
of information.
The emigrants who passed here three or four
weeks since have hardly had time to get beyond Fort
Laramie and we do not know OF any trains leaving
Independence or ~. Joseph. -.
OF course we shall feel no evil effects OF thiS war
more than any other part of the country. In pecu,
mary point of view it will scatter great deal OF
money through Western Iowa. The country here Is
full of corn, cattle and horses and Uncle sam VIII
soon make a great draft them Nothing less than
10 coo men can make successful war on the Sioux,
and such body cannot be supported i in t the TSe
will he mere child play We will longer see the
settlement Of s20, OO0 Geo surplus in the Treasury
II the war eoninues-and continue Thrust for years,
if il has commonwealth will make Western Iowa
rich War is awful horrible, almost under any CIR
cumsinncss but it comes We must hope, beng near
enough the scene of operation TO supply the army with
corn and cattle.
The Omshas received their annuity at Black Bird
Hills week since, and Immediately came here pur-
chasing goods and horses They bought over seventy
FIVE homes paying fine prices-many OF them as nlSh
as slGO. II was amusing scene to see the morse
Jockey and the Indian trade. IL IS hard however
10 cleat them as they pretty good judges OF horse
feeh, Tie Omahss have become very poor dnd had
Lost nearly all their horses so that ths annuity was
indeed blessing to them. They are now toeraoiy
well mounted, and with the Pawnees start inmeulaeiy
off on their annual buffalo hunt. oCCiDENlh'
r. SIT is now rumored that there were two negro
women in the tain of emigrents that crossed inc fVer
here in May II So it probable that il was this COM
PAW that was massacred on this side OF Fort Laramie
Correspondence of the St. Louis Republican
WHITEHEAD, X. T., Saturday June ., 1855.
Mr. Henry Smith has Just informed us that man
stopped at his house this morning, who told him that
he slept at the Great Nemcha mission last night, with
an express rder who brought startling news from the
Plans 1t Yves to the effect that Fort Laramie was in
the hands of the Indians, and the Messrs Nave aud
McCord, of Andrew County, NO., had been robbed at
Ash Hollow of 40 head of cattle 10 horses, several
wagons % mules and all their stores and provisions,
and were left entirely destitute The particulars OF
| the capture of Laramie were not given
Tie .xpress merely stated that the Indians had gath
erred there in great force and had taken the Fort and
TINT as he came by Ash Hollow on his way into the
| State he saw MessIs. Nave and MeCord and their
! teamsters and drovers, who were without horses or
food and stated c him the fact of the robbery, and
that no lives were lost. Ihis news has occasloned
! ereat excitement here and in st. Josheph.
| II il be true, the small force OF Infantry that has
inst started out III only afford TO the Indians so many
/ scans They can offer more resistance to two
thousand warriors upon the plains than could an III
FAINT TO giant. :, 1o.,
uron the chances OF each day for their daily bread,
and can fight as long they roam with the buffalo,
| ard no inisntry can cut them of.
There is noti ing stirring in territory OF general
interest We are anxiously looking forward to the
meeting of our legislature. II is difficult 10 tell where
| il will meet, as Pawnee is on an Indian reservation,
and Governor Reedor Is not here TO designate another
place. The Secretary if il Is left 10 him. VIII call 1t
| AZ tic Mission below LeaveuwOrth. The hans ~
Nebraska bill established Fort Leavenworth the tenn
uorHrv seat of Government, and L know OF noanng
| that gives Reeler authority to alter H.