New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-28

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ttories of the Church, but be i. also satisfied that
it is in such sutjecton that nothing les. than the
presence of a commanding Gentle force will on.
able it to develop it;elf.
A review of about 500 troops Of the Na1voo
Legion was held in his presence. The arms and
uniforms Of the officers were homogeneous, but the
rank ard file were as eccentric 10 equipment as
Down East militia at q ,hirt-tai muster A num-
Der of little boys marched in the companies carry.
ing wooden guns. Capt. Van Vliet states that
there is no powder mill, to bis knowledge, in the
territory, although there is mandatory of Ere
arms. With regard to provisions, Brigham Young
told him that the MoImons had three years sup.
ply on hand TO take v ith them to the mountains.
The Destra Ntios of Sept. l6 was intended to
contain narration Of all the circumstances attend
ing Capt Van Vliet's visit but it was not pub
lished at the time Of bis departure. inclose to
you copies Of the Issues of Sept. aud 9. From
The sermons Of Messrs. Young, Kmbail, Taylor
and Others, which they contain, and from this mar
ration of Capt. Van Nets visit, l Leave you to
draw your own inf-rences for thOse drawn here are
discOrdsnt 1t is significant that nearly every ser.
mon reported contains eIhOrtatiOns to the Mormon
people to continue their routine Of life, planting,
reapipg, laboriDg as usual.
An important element in any differences You pay
draw is furnished in the fact that the Captain was
selected for this service on account Of peculiar
qualifications which be possessed in having an eX.
tensve acquaintance amorg the Mormons, AID
being cool, keen aud experienced observer. For
myself, / cannot ard will not believe that man
who has displayed IL practical sagacty tf Brigham
Young, in guiding bis Church to their Promised
Land by journey attended by difficulties which
justify his fsvorte comparison of it TO the fight of
the Isselites from Egypt; who has elevated him
self to his authoritative position over the dra Tbscbs
of lowly birth and deficiency Of education, ard who
has ruled Commonwealth for ten years with the
absolutism of Gar. will oil at ouce stultify him
self by bu,tDg bis head against wall which, per.
haps, be might have climbed.
On his return, Capt. Van Vliet passed the 10th
infantry and PheIpss battery of artillery on Sept.
81, few miles east of the South Pass. On the
evening Of the same day he passed the 9TH infantry
and Renos battery. He reports that there is al
most no erass between the bridge across the North
Fork of the Platte, Is miles from this Fort aud
point 80 miles west Of Green River and that
there are portions of the road where the CARCASS of
al OK or mule s encountered at nearly every step.
He will start for Fort LeavenwOrth to morrow,
with DIR. BeInhisel in his company.
At tie time of his departure frem Salt Lake City
no copy of the book tf John Hyde, jr, had reached
the Territory
While was in LesvenwOrth City at the beginning
Of August, making preparations for the journey,
passed morning at blaclsmith's shop supeIin
tending repairs upon our ambulance. While was
there a German named Schwekendlk brought two
little mules to be shod. / recognized him as one of
the passengers on the boat 10 which had come up
the river, he told me that be was about to start
for this post alone. He had emigrated 10 America
six or seven years ago, and accumulated soma chou
sands Of dollars in California. He invested his
property in live stock, asd started for the States
with the drove, overland, in July, 1856. In the In
dian country, near this fort he was attacked By
band of CbeyenDes, and bis cattle were stoleo,
his wife and brother killed, and his son taken
prisoner. He himself Effected his escape, and ar
rived at last 10 Missouri. This Summer the
child had been recaptured by squadron COM
manded by Lieut.. Smith of the Second Dragons
and the object of the fathers journey was to re-
claim it. We passed AID repassed one another
several times between Fort Leavenworth and Fort
Kearney, bat owing to delay at the latter post
we saw no more of him until we reached here.
was so interested in bis story that one of my first
inquiries upon my arrival was, how Schwekendik
had found bis son; and l was told that the boy,
only seven years old, had fallen into the hands Of
chief named White Crow, who hsd abused his per-
son almost daily in a manner too monstrors to be
described, and that he was 50 emaciated and de-
foru ed at the time of bis recapture, that no will
rot probably survive the journey to the States.
have received the details of other instances of
internal cruelty. No male prisoner falls into the
hard. of such devils without reason to thank God
if bullet or tomahswk puts an immediate end
TO his life, and no woman escapes from their
clutches without suffering that to which death by
any torture is preferable. Mexican lady, deli
catey reared, died at Fort Kearney last year from
the effect Of the outrages che endured during an
imprisonment Of three months in Cheyenne lodge.
And yet our national Government arms the very
hands which nhict these injuries on the residents
and travellers upon the plains, and with ex!raordi-
nary Inconsistency, presents to the savages the
rifle, and ammunition, one month, which are
turned against its own troops the next. have
been assured, on what believe to be reliable all
ttority, that at the very moment that Col Summers
expedition was marching against the Cheyennes, a
! pre,ent which embraced guns, powder and ball,
H.. III 20 haf
tribe, but fortunately was arrested.