, 1856-09-19
Indian War in Northern California = AnO-
ther squirt Of "Gall and WOrm-V God y
from Gen. Wool

suOa Nte-A -
rom Gen. WOOL.
We copy the following from the San Francisco
Herald of Sent. 18th:
..rho .o.a,. T. en-, o,,ro,,o No,.ho-0 mar. os tho
st,te are in 5aly aprebenson Of an attack from tue
the Indians. Many atrocities have already been
mltted. Ihe people are wlthGat @ arms. Women an1
~ Iaei Of wssnons ipUI;cstion Was made TO Gov
johnson the Governor directed QuaIterMaster Gen
eral kib9e to apply to the vigilance Committee ior
.Se ss oSS e iro,os5 nnon
reliable authority that body refused TO restore the sto
len property unless the Governor would consent to
wtadrsW the prTemsnoh @ aeSsns 1s ,S Gouny al
inrs in t6e piracy case, Tbe people IN the Northern
part Of the State must therefore remain at the mercy
OF the savages."
In explanation of portion Of the above, it may not
be generally known, that at the time the Vigilance
Committee was the authority in San Francisco, Gov.
JOHNSON dispatched the California State arms from
BeIicia to that city for the purpose Of distributing
them to the sO-called law and order" men, to be
used by them against the Vglans ut discretion. The
committee was advised Of this movement before the
arrival Of said arms at San Francisco and dispatched
vessel TO intercept the one containing them with
orders for their transfer to the Vigant authorities.
This order was executed in every particular for which
act, since that time, two men, Messrs, DURKEE and
RAND have been indicted by the grand jury in the U.
s. circuit court for piracy, and it seems that the COM
mittee are unwillingto deliver up the State
eept upon the above terms.
So II appears that there really is sort Of Indian
war In Northern California, whether there is
has been such an one in Washington or Oregon Terri
tory not and in evidence Of this fact, the weekly
San Francisco Herald of the 4th rst reaches with
the above complaint against the Vigilance Committee
and veriaes the truth Of the existence Of Indian
war in that State BY reci.ng the murder by them Of
some six or eight miners and packers-seyeal attacks
upon small parties of whites-an attack upon
one Of the California Stage COmpanys stages,
between Trinity and Yreka, the driver being shot
the driving Of by them Of two hundred head Of cattle
from near Willow Springs &C. But where Is General
Wood all this time and what do the people Of Cali
fOrnia want with arms to defend themselves against
the savagesi In this portion Of the Pacific Military
Department, Gen. Woos orders to the regular officers
10 command are understood to be--"nOt to TttiTn
JtFsOf ths IndiaHs II attacked ~ According to Gen.
wOos mode Of Indian warfare, all that will be ueees-
sary to procure quiet submission and peace on the
part Of the murderes will be for the people of Calor
MIA TO collect force together armed with eOrnstalks
condemned loekless firearms, and spiked cannon fol-
lowed by presents and rations for them and they will
presently become the most Peaceabe and trsctable Of
sa'as''' APOruOn oI tne San francisco press, Wncn
lor near year past mas Deen sastnhhg Seh' WOOL IN
ms whnson Of our InuiAn war ana
IN ms infamous Nahuefs ana hpeH upon our Von'I-
teers citizens and authorities are entitled to small
s.0est taste o. the General Pacihc' noHrsf'tGnes'
indian policy In order that may be somewhat aPpre'
clated BY them we presume that the Wretched old
shadow oil MS iormer se thinks that the vigilance
Committee are doing God service subserving the
cause OF humanity by p'AoidiHg the State arms from
tne iegai autnorues' ior tne armng OF the citizens
whereby 'hey can deiend themselves against the hos
ule lndians,
but should the authorues o. California succeed IN
obtaining the arms nom tne vigilance Committee,
and like the Committee, hnd it necessary to take
the responsibility and arm the people for the purpose
Of meteing out just chastsement to the murderers Of
the frontier settlers they must see to it that General
Wool does not mpeach them before the President the
war Department, and at the bar OF public opinion, Of
being the authors Of the war for selfish, political and
personal aggrandzement-tha the war was unpro-
voked on the part Of the Indians and that the citizen
defenders Of the State, It's authors and people are
barded together BY rules and regulations only known
to and governing pirates, outlaws, land-sharks and
mnruerers' such, al least mas oeen MS remuneration
oil the people ot washington and oregon Territories
The General has a most happy faculty Of supposiug
the commission Of the most inhuman barbarites by
the whites upon the dear natire savages and capac
iy and talent equally desirable for giving uttennce to
the most damnabe libels and unmitigated ISLANDERS
for suPPressg truth and avoiding to record the afro
oious butcheres and cruetcs peperated by the meek
and owy" savages upon the persons Of all ages sexes
and conditions of the whites. As an evidence of