Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1857-11-25


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pie SEela thai Territory aad alao sesakai
mountains Taan fFvm arseu RiHeas SD
ali informed me that wpalsa nss III n =
lowed % antns Utah, and IL / iiai, / s1asM
run great rick III luaFng mv life treat
/ ed ali thin, hoe avas, o. Idle tall; bot 81
induced re u leave nay wngens and 80
sort a Hasass FORK, IkS miIss this side 81
tbs eatys and pro seed Alaae.
reaehsa ssnaAl SAILS LAKE City With
ont MapIaas "a -. sod isamediaaely npon
my syTiSAE iAforaaafl saavegnor Bgigkasn
Young shAs 4 Raahaa a. imserview, which
be agpolntea sax lha asxs Gay. ia ahe
evaaing pf she day pS any arrival, Gov
Yoang, wsth zzamy u she aeadimg men of
the ats eAllsd upon ma at my quarters.
The GssseFnpF Feeaived me naost cordial
| ly, sud treated nae during ny stay, which
continued seane sax days, with the great
set hospitality and kindness. Ia this in
terview the Governor mada known his
vaews with regard To TIE approach of the
y. >. asoops In plain and anmistakable
language.
he stated that the Aormous had bean
prosecuted, murdered and robbed in Mis-
aoaEi and lllinoia, both By the mob and
State aHthorities, and that now the Uni
ted States wsra about ia usarsuo ssas sane
course, and that he and the people Of
Utah had determined 10 resist all perse-
cufion nt the commencement, and that
the troops soag oa ghs ssareA for Utab
as0a4Ld rsof sssteF The Great Salt Lake
Haiiey. As hs uttered thoss words, all
those present eoacarred msat hagtily In
| What b. said. The naxt aay, - agreed
apons Kcalled upon tbs Governor and de-
liYeTed IN person tia letters with which
bad been entrusted.
In that inseFview, and Ia several sub
sequenE ones, the same determination to
resist TO the death the entrance OF the
troops into the Valley was expressed by
Governor Young and those about him.-
The Governor informsd ms that there
waa abundance Of every thing required
Tor toe troops, such - fuaksT, forage,
&C., bus thai noRe would be soid TO Us.
/ Ia the coarse Of my conversation With
the Governor and the influential men IN
the Territory, told them plainly and
frankly what conceived wenld be she re-
salt Of thsir present course. told them
taas they might present the small mill
taEy force now approaching Utah from
gsattRg Through che marrow de6Iss and
ragged passes Of she mountains this year,
bat that nsxt se&son United States Gov
ernment would ssnd troops sufscient to
overcome ell opposition. The answer to
&hia was iHvariabls thu same, eve are
aware that such will be the case, bat whom
those troops arrive they will end Usah
desert, every house win be burned 20 the
grand every tree cut down, AID every
held laid waste. We have three years
provisions On hand, which we will cache,
and then take 10 the mountains and bid
defiance 70 powers Of the government
| attended their service on Sunday,
and N course Of q sermon delivered bv
EldeF Taylor, hereferred to the approach
OF The troops and dec AIRED that they gho'd
not enter the Territory. He then refer
red 70 the probability Of an empowering
fore being sent against them, and de-
sired all persons who would apply the
torch 70 their own buildings, cut down
their trees, and lay waste their fields. to
Lold up their hands; every hand in the
audience numbering over 1000 persons
vas raised st the same moment. During
my stay in the city I visited several fam
lilies, and all with whom was thrown
looked upon the present momant of the
troops toward thar Terri ory, as the
cemHlr nceEAeni Of another religious pnr-|
Sceuuen, aRd expressed Gxei deteFml
nation to sustain Governor Young in anv
measure be might adopt.
From ali those facts am forced
the conclusion that Governor YourE and
the people of Utah viii prevent, il pos
sible, the array for Utah from entering |
their Territory this season. This, in nv |
opinion, will not be difficult task, ow-
ing TO the lateness Of the season, and the
smaiEness Of our force, and the defences
that nature has thrown around the val /
ley OF the Great Salt Lake. There is bur /
one road running into the valley on the
side which ouy troops are app.aschjuxsl
shd Tor over ATTY mics Il passes through .
narrow eanons end over rHEgta noun
tains, which q snail force oould haldl
against great odds, am inclined how
ever, to believe that che M0rmoaa will
not resort 70 actual hostiiities until the /
LAST moneas. Their pan Of operations
VIII De 70 burn the grass, cat up the ruadsI
and ssAmpsdo che animals, 10 ID to do
lay the troops until snow commences to
fall; which will render che road im,pass.
able snew falls early il this region,
IN taetp last Night il commenced falling /
1t Fort Bridger, and this morning the
tops Vt the mountains are clio he'd in white
W ere u cue moash sarlier in the season
naiieys the troops could force thar way
II, and they mar be able 10 do so even
now; but chs attempt will be fraazht With
s0nsiusrshls danger arising from the
liiiag Of eaanena and passes with snox.
do not wish ig 10 be considered that II
IN advocating either one course or che
'Eher. l simply wish to lag the facts be.
ere the General, leaving Il to his better
Judgment % decide upon the proper move
Hspts. Notwithstanding nav inability &c
make the paRGhasa was Oh dered to. and :
Ill that Gov. Young said Ia regard 70 ap-
1oslng the entrance Of the troops into tie
ALLEY, | examined toe country IA the Vi
IN ty Of the city, With view Of seIees-
ng military sits II
visited the military geserye--RnshI.
Fall y--bus found it. n NV aniuiou. ar
ogethfr unsuitable for military station
oontaius but littla grass, and Ii VERY
zach exposed 70 the cold wltas Of win
er, its only advantage hbing the close !
proximity % hre wood; IL tJo far from
DC city, being between forty and iftyI
tee, and vii require teagas four daya
? go there and return, / examined an.
I bee point on tie road ID Rash FallgY,
nd only about thirty miles from the cir,
thea CONSIDER ! much mere eligible
ositton. Il i in Tuella VALLEY, thraeE
lilies north Oh Tuella City, aud possess
wood, water aad grass, but 4 eecn. :
led BY Mornsna, who hare soHaa aixty y