Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-05-17
germ River Correspondenee.

Kern River Correspondence.
Mesyrs. EprToRs;-It seems that the In
dian difficulties have extended along the en-
tire eastern boundary of our State. L left
Greenhorn Gulch, on Kern River, on the Sd
of May. Great excitement prevailed there
in regard to the Indians in that neighbor-
hood, and throughout the county of Tulare.
LARGE numbers of the miners had left TO join
the sttlers of the Valley in an expedition
against a body of Indians supposed TO be six
hundred strong, encamped in well chosen
chaparel thcket, on the North Fork of Tule
River. The women and children were on the
way from the mines to Visalia, and the forty
or fifty miners left in and about the diggings
had concentrated their provisions and aticles
of value, and were at work building a stone
wall around their supplies, as they expected
an attack from the Indians on the night Of
the 5th. | understood that Capt Maltby Of
Keysyille. which is some eight miles further
the river, with twenty whites and some forty
to sixty friendly Indians, was to start on the
5th for the South Fork of Kern River to at
tack some two hundred Pah Utahs who had
in possession q considerable herd of stock,
which they had stolen from Los Angeles coun-
ty. On the 29th Of April, company OF
thirty-six settlers of Tulare Valley followed
up the Indians to their strong hold, on the
head waters of Tule River, and although the
settlers were well armed, the attack was in
eflectual and they were obliged to leave the
Indians masters of the field Messengers
were Immediately despatched to fort Miller
for assistance and ammunition; and on the 9th
Lieut.. Livingston, with twenty-eight regulars
and one hundred volunteers started from
Woodville for the Indian camp on Tule Riv-
er. We may soon expect to hear the result
of this expedition.
1t seems the Indians are very much dlssat-
isfed with their treatment at the TETON Res
ervation as the promises of the Government
have not been fulfilled by her agents. The
whole system of managing the Indians is
notorious humbug Fair promises and plenty
of them, contcnted at one time a large body
OIL Indians on this reservation. Mismanage-
ment, incapacity or some other radical defect
in the system, soon taught the Indians the
real value of the promises Of the Govern
ment. Compelled through necessity to look
elsewhere for their subsistence, they natural
ly enough began to help themselves from the
herds of stock in Tulare Valley, and hence
the beginning of the depredations in that
county. Heretofore the thieves, when pur-
sured, have taken refuge upon the reserva-
ton, and when the offenders have been de
the reply has been that this is their
home, and they have right to be here, and
must not be molested The principal offend
ers have hitherto been the Tejon Indians, and
their depredatons have SO exasperated the
people Of Tnlare county that you must not
be surprised to hear of complete cleaning
out of the Reservation, Fort and all. Up to
the 9th, there had been Ii Indians killed in
different skrmishes, and no whites The In
dians from their strong holds in the noun
tains, were making forays nightly into the
vallies carrying off large quantities Of plunder.
w. ii. j.