New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-28
The war In Oregon.

Letters have been received aS the Indian Bureau ii
Washington, containing matters in regard ID the fn
dian difficulties in Oregon which VIII be- found new
and interesting eextract Tie following:
Intense excitement peryades the Write population
Of the entire country and districts most remote
the people have congregatsd houses and forts
which they have erected for their protection Mes
gengers are seen hrFying from settlement to settle
ment, alarming reports are Ehere current, and
in the popular pilrenay the peaceful as well W the
hostile bands of Indians are nIenaeed with exfernI
nation. The demonstrations already made hi Jaekson
county and in the Umpqua arouse the fears Of
tie Indians ii this part of the Territory that these
threats may be carried into execution III
However the collection Of the Indians at snitahe
points and the appointment of discreet persons to
watch oyer them has tended very much To- quiet their
appretensions; but should The present campaign u
Washington Territory and in Middle Oregon prove
unsuceessfnI it will be welInigh impossible to save
the Indians Of this valley from the fury OF the iniiabl-
tants. Their guilt innocence will not be the SUD
ec Of inquiry; the fact that they are Indians VIII be
deemed deserving of death. They viii be slain not
for what they have done but for what they might do
if 20 disposed. al n III s#5.s 4,
*s II il useless now to speculate upon the
causes which have produced this state Of affairs. The
war is upon us, and whatever its origin, when de-
fenceless women and children are murdered, and the
property Of onT citizens destroyed BY the ruthless
savage one can hesitate to the course to be pur
sued toward those who have assumed the attitude
of enemies. Sss s#3R7 ID ii
tTle bands now enca1nped at Fort lane number
ing 334 persons who, edateIY on the commence
ment of hostities placed themselves under the pro-
lection of the garrison are In Imminent danger of
meeting the fateso boldly and raekessl threatened
that of annilation and unless they are HnInedatey
removed the scheme viii undoubtedly be carried into
effect. These bands comprise the original Rogue
River Indians and part Of those treated with the
18th of November 1854, and FROM their general good
4 conduct merit better fate.
81 The Unapqua Indians are but little more secure;
one village having already been attacked by body of
laWless hndtti, who put to death men, women, and
U fchildren. 3Es 5s33 as
From the abayes it viii be seen that the
white population by ths.r Iawless deeds, have CON
tibnted not little to ineite the Indians to commit
outrages upon the defenceIeas white population Of
these Territories IT IS needless TO add that Indian
agents and government officers stationed among these
tribes have done all in their power to prevent the com
mission of these deeds Of violence and to save the
friendly Indians from the fury Of the settlers
superintendents letter closes with the following
graph:
g The agents in the Indian department are almost
poReriess to do good. With military command oi
two hundred men to protect the eneanpm the
the fight but otherwise it IS greatly To be feared that
they will all unite in hostilities against Almost
every day brings lligenee Of The eseron Of bands
heretofore friendly, and the commission of some hOr
ribe outrage on our citizens. We need u strong and
disciplined military force in the eonntr TO
chastise and bring the Indians into and af
forwards to aid in riddng the country Of IaWs Haga
bonds, who have provoked this state Of
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