Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-03-28
The Indian Massacre in Pitt Valley, Cal.
Destruction of the Settlement.

DeStTNCtt0H u tHe SeutcHttW.
The Shasta, CAL, Republica has an ac-
count of the massacre of the inhabitants at
Pitt River Valley, by the Hat Greek Saw
ages. The settlement was totally destroy
ed. 1t says;
Messrs. Whitman and Fowler left Shasta
on the 25th Jan, and arrived in Pitt Valley
on Sunday when the awful, horrible fact
presented itself to them, that not only the
whole property of the valley had been de-
stroyed by the Indians, but, still more hor-
rible aud awful that every soul in the val
ley had, almost beyond the possibility Of a
doubt, been murdered by the Indians. II.
A Lookhart, A. Boles, r. Rogers, Gather
of the young men who have been running
expresses in the northern portion of this
State for several years. q young man named
Daniel Bryant, aud a German who attended
to the Ferry boat--being five in number
are known to be among the missing, and
probably, were all that were in the valley at
the time. The largest number Of the inhab-
i,ants had left with the intention of return
ing in the Spring. Samuel Lockhart, MIR.
Holds, and others, had gone down to Red
Bluff at the last accounts, and others came
to this place and vicinity about Christmas.
Mr.. Whitman says that when Mr.. Fow-
Ter and he got to the nearest ferry in Pitt
River valley, on their way from this place,
they discovered that houses were burned
aud the ferry boat gone that thinking that
it might have been burned by accident, they
built a raft crossed the river and went on
towards the furthest ferry. That 4 short
time after they crossed the ferry, they dis
covered EIGHT Indians coming towards them.
Two Of the Indians turned back and destroy
ed the raft, as they afterwards discovered.
while six followed after them at a distance
Of five or six hundred yards, until they ar
rived at the ferry Here they saw that the
houses that bad been situated beyond the
river, had all been burnt, and a large num-
her Of cattle aud horses had been slaughter
cd Nv the Indians The sad and terrible
fact that the inhabitants had all been butch
cred By the Indians burst fully upon them
Being well armed, they kept the Indians at
bay, and called a Young Indian boy on the
opposite bank Of the river, and asked him
here paehes Can Oregon Indian who bad
Teen living nj Lockharts) was. lie could
teise them To satisfaction as to the fate Of
the whites
Seeing Indians running in different direc-
tons -as they supposed to procure rein
t'reements 10 attack thpm--they turned
back, and keeping the Indians al distance
BY presenting their guns at them, they ar
rived at the nearest ferry where they had
lcti the raft, but finding it was gone. they
turned down the river to try aud wade it at
a wide shoaly place icing weak already,
a,,l b.,.,l
shoes they did not think they could wade
the deep, swift stream, without drowning,
- they kept on down the river % the forks,
at the Great Fails. Here they found an
olt Indian, and asked him to bring them a.
eress the river in au old canoe He con-
scented, with an alaeritY that made tkcm sus-
poet that he would tara them overheard with
the canoe, as it is reported they did Ffeauer
and his party. 3aey got into the eanoe,
and as The old Indian got in, Whitman toek
thc paddle from him, II the same time pre-
reutlug lis revolver at his breast told him
= I'll sill. aad while IN tbs position, Fowl
q padded the canoe across the stream.
The fifteen Indians, sill lodging after
Tie place where Rogers and Bales' hoase
had been burned Oh the bank Of thc river
aud keeping the lndians at bay, built q
fire, as It was late il the evening, About
@u>h they discovered all the Indians going
IN the direction - - Iadian rancherie. sou.c
distance II. They s.irrad IL 10 se3 t'',e,
stiFFrl dqaa :he t0ab a Che river, aud
e..Ntsi aiaa., UP The MARGIN 81 ihe atreea,.
escaped tie sigila,lce OF he ihdians AMI
travelling all night neither saw or heard any.
'biug more Of the'u. During seven days,
including part ct tie time gong down they
lad nothing to cat hat a dog, which they
i,Ilo1 ana ieyoured
They lvhi Shasta Valley, in going down,
with ceough provisions, as they supposed.
10 do thcn tafoagh but it toak them two
eg three times as long MS they expected 10
get through, and their supply having been
exhausted several days before, they were
forced to Kill aud cat part Of the dog they
had with them. And this was all they had
to eat for seven days, until they reached
thapman's where they got some four-hav-
ing been three days at one time without
caing.
Tie Yreka Union urges im'aeljate elias
tl~cmeat, but Capt. .judah--who is Ell route
for isonicia, to lag the matter before Gen
Woods Of the opinion that nothing yet
eau be done, on account of the deep SNOW
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