The Trinity journal., 1856-10-11
~ -. racifc Territories

The Indian Warir 70 l "0in0 AeAAA'oAies'
~ r. An s'n'..'"S letter from lady cores
Int - "a to the New York Tribune is rich t
specimen of orthography syntax and pune
tuation. If the writer doesn't belong to the
" strong-minded" wing of femininity, we are
no Judge:
WASHINGTON TERRITORY. June G. 1856
have been in Oregon since fortv-seven.
This is third Indian war since come to this
country. And say it is False the whites
Gre not Altogether to Blame (as they are
accused of beiug in some of the New-York .
Papers, Tue TRIBtSE for Instance 1t (
singular that Some People in the States
Should know so mach more about our affairs
than we do. Perhaps they will say, they
have corrispondence here that is all very
likely, for we have Some Men here Of we
may call them so) Who-pu themselves on
level with the Indians, take tlGeir part in,
every thing Right or Wrong, live with an
Indian Woman, &c Perhaps f. Greel%sss
correspondence is one Of the above named
class, as he is ashamed to give his name.
| viii endeavor as near as my Memory
Serves, to give correct account OF the
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First the 'Cyuse War 1t is well known.
here at least, that Doct Whitman and fam
lily had lived among the Cyuse Indians for
several Years He was their Minester taeir
Pbysition and Friend. Without eny cause
or excuse, the Indians came to bis house
with their Guns under their Blankets. the
Doct was a short distance from the House
their they Shot him, but not Dead they then
dragged him to the House. aud with his Wife
standing over him split his head open with
Toma-hawk. next Mrs. Whitman tril~a
Victim to their unproyked and Black Heart
eli Treac.cgV. next eleven cmigrauts (Who
had stopet their to winter fell -Four
Young Ladyes they took Prisoners, Whose
Persons they Violated, and treated in SO
Brutal manner, that after they ware res
cued and brought to Oregon City they ware
unable to stand on their feet. Po0r Iadi4a.
As might be expected, eyry man that
could possibly leave their families Shoudered
their Rifles, and went to Punish the Poor
Iadian Their was not in all probability
more than fifty men left in the Valley
about that time Il party Of Rogue River
Indians came into the Valley, and if they
could fnd House left alone, they would
Rob it, and if they found house ocupycd
by women alone, they would order them
about, and if they d.d not cook them the
best the House afforded, they would whip
them, and then take what ever they pleased
and leave to hunt more mischief Our houec
was one among the RJbcd, they stript us Of
nearly everything we had, and that was no
more than we needed, for we brought all We
possessed across the Plains.
Next came the Rogue River va. the
Rogue River Indians have always bin hos
tile in reality although ;heir has bin scyral
Treatys mqG2 WIN thtttm, and as often Bro
-4lsten 6y the IdjoRS, who have often made
their Brags that they could treat with the
Bostons as they call rs, and get Lots Of
Blankets and almost eny thing they would
ask. and when they ware gone, all they had
to do was to kill few Whites, Burn few
Houses, &c, and then the Whites would sue
for peace, Make new treaty, and pay
them right Handsomely for their depreda
tionsNthey had committed, and 50 on Bcauti-
fully through. The immediate cause OF the
Rogue River var, as near as | could find
out, was the liobnG Of party Of Whites,
on thcir way from the California Mines 10
Oregon, the Indians attacked their camp by
Night, Robcd them Of their Money Cloth
ING and Horses, and then followed them all
next day, but fortunately did not succeed in
killing cny Of the party the Whites how
ever Killed scyraI Of the Poor /Ad3aHS.-
thus began tlc Rogue River war Now
comes the ting Of war, the present Bone of
contention, the present war, is what seems
to Pam cur S4MytH-iRo BroiherS in the
States, most OF alh ,Nhy is 50 | can not
tel, lrbaps they caIRsIt seems to have bin
premcdilatcd thing WITH the Indians all
over the Tcuitorys. they say themselves,
that they have bin laying up ammunition
and nakeing preparations, for this war, for
the last five Years past, and having all
things ready, they Only waited for an excuse
following form. Three men who had gone
to the Colyiile Mines, it seems got ont Of
Provisions, they tryed to buy ot the Indians,
bu; they would not sell, although they had
plenty They being at last driven 10 cN-
tremiIys, killed some Of the Indians cattle.
the Indians were mad the " hlte men oftord
to pay eny pllce they would ask, no, 1t
wonld not do. Tie Indians killed TWO OF
the men, the third saved himself by l4ht
as soon as the News reached The AuthUrltys,
instead Of ltetahatlng, they sent one MIR
Bolon, an Agent and Friend OF the Indians,
to compromise the matter. they Murdered
him in cool Blood, Mep The WHITES began to
think it was Time TO wake up, ESpecIoHy as
the IndtaRS had ALREADY declared War, II
War OF determination, to aH the WHITES ON
the Pacific Slope.
Perhaps they viii ester@5aale us, but if
they do, they VIII have a sweet time doing
it.
When | think back, on the Early seltlcing
Of this country, and think, what | with IL
great many others, have suffered, from this
low, inferior race OF Beings, called Indians,
not more than half Ink above the Baboon
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