The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-10-03
From the Council Bluffs (lo,va) Buge, Sept. 8.
STARTLING NEWS FR0M TEE PLAINS,


By the arrival, on Saturday last, Of d. B.
Cieghoru, Esq, from California, via Salt Lake,
which latter place be left on the Cd of August,
ult., we have news Of a terrible tragedy in the
murder and robbery of Col. A. w. Rabbits
train of Government property, by the Cheyen-
ne Indians.
Mr.. CleghoTn met Mr. Babhitt in camp, at
Wood river, some Is miles from New Fort
Kearrey, Of whom he learned the following
painful particulars of The murder Of his men and
breaking Up Of the train:
On Aiondav night. the 25th Of August, the
little train with Alexander Nicholas, lone Of
our ciizens,) as captain and conductor, and
hrs. Wilson and infant, from St. LouiS,l
voung man named Crren Parrish, man from
Pennsylvania, and another, name unknown,
accompanying, were encamped upon Prairie
creek, ten miles east from Wood river, neither
irariul or dreaming Of danger, when ihrv were
suddenly attacked BY tand Of Cheyenues,
(Which for some cause had been attacked and
driven by the soldiers at kearney.l CIR ard
Parrish oniv escaped uniUjurrd 10 TIE fort,
whilst the other young man received a danger
ous wound from buIirt in the leg. Some
DAYS afterwards detachment was sent from
the fort, twenty mileS,l who found The dead
b1bk Ol MI -NitJt-dS SOIl!t' lAr'btJ Adi Is llOH
the wagon, also the dead body of the gentleman
from Prnnsy lvauia close by, ard the dead body
Of the child with lis brains dashed out, and hor-
ribly mutilated The pillow where the child
and mother strpt, was bloody, ard portion Of
torn wardrobe Of Mis-. Wilson on the ground,
tpt her body was nowhere 10 BE- found.
The oxen (tsn yoke) and all the mules were
gone, and the wagons rihed Of much Of their
contents.
1t seems, how ever, that a band of Omaha hun
trrs happened near Just after the murder, and
in time to stop the plllage and recover the mo-
ney and some other ,aluabies stolen, which
were honestly turaed over to the Colonel in
command OF the corps
Mrs Wilson has doubtless been wounded,
and then carried away captive. The young
man who escaped with wound is in the hoSpi-
tai al the fort and the wagons and what pro-
perty remained were also taken to the fort
These are the particulars, as far as we can
gather them. In few DAYS we shall however,
no doubt, get full detailed account of the mat
ter, fron the pen Of Mr.. Ba55i,t himself which
We will lay before our readers.
The Cheyennes are warlike and cruel race,
numbering several thousand, who inhabit some
Of the wild and almost imppnetrable vales in
tIie IdSt eSscs VI knC INOIkH fIOutdlIS SOutiNtSt
from Fort Laramie, and seldom come out, ex-
cept TO rob, Plunder, OF 90 to war with other
tribes. Our emigration will never be safe IN
til these mercileSs pirates exterminated.
SNAKE sroRy-Tbp Dayton Gazette tells the
f'llowing:
ga young mar, deaf and dumb, named Elvin
Birch, amused the passengers on the railroad
train from Richmond east, last Friday, by ex-
Iibiting his travelling companion and pet-a
live rattlesnake, which was eighteen years old
and he SEEMED delighted 10 receive It's embrace
by permitting it to coil around bis neck. 1t
seemed TO be completely under his control, and
would permit bin, 10 open IFS mouth to show
IFS poisonous iangs; after which be placed il
carefully in his tin boX, without the least fear
Il had twelve ratilr<, aud was about three feet
in length. He appeared anxious to obtain an
other rattlrsnake, aud prolsssrd 10 De ablr TO
pick them up in the forest and tame them, with-
oct being the least afraid OF personal iniurv''
~ VIII not the Democracy OF Bedford county try
hard to take the $500 Banner advertised in another
column! We hope they viii. We know they viii.