Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-09-03
Bad News from the Plains.

A telegraphic despatch to the Union
from Placerville, brings the intelligence of
the massacre of whole train, consisting of
six men and three children. One woman
was shot through and scalped, and left for
dead, but was found still alive by those who
came up fret. She is not expected to live
She is being brought into Carson Valley by
Roundtree's train.
The stock was also recovered from the In
dians, in doing which only one Indian was
killed. The stock is in charge of Round
trees train-l50 head.
The only names my informant recolects
and his brother .inlaw. The three children
were murdered by the Indians before the
faces of their parents, and horribly mutila-
ted
Three men had been murdered at Gravel
ly Ford since our last accounts. Their
names we're John Everheart, John Steen and
John Lawboy Everhart had been travel.
ling Mr.. BENEFITS train, but left to pack in
with another company. The second day af-
ter leaving, some Show shaw nee Indians
wanted to trade pony for q rifle. Ever
heart handed the gun TO one of the Indians,
who Immediately Shot Steen with it, he, also
being armed. They rode off short dis
tance and shot Everhart and Lawboy. The
other person present succeeded in making
his escape This murder took place ut the
head of the canon beyond Gravelly Ford.
Burgett and Dicker found what was sup
posed to be the body of Brown, one of the
three traders heretofore reported killed -
His scalp was torn from his head, and he
was shot througl the lef, arm, and the ball
probably touch ed his heart. Their names
we're Brown and two Jones One of the
Jones lived in arson Valley, where his fa-
ther now owns ranch. They found his
body two days after Busters men. One of
Busters men told one Of the above that they
drank 81 worth of Whisky at the post be-
fore they went in search Of the Indians -
Suspicion rests upon certain parties in ref
erencc to the accidental shooting of one of
Busters men, as before reported. After
they had shot the Indian, he remarked to
one cmigrant who is now near this city, that
he had u pre- sentiment that he was to be
foully dealt with before reaching Carson
Valley.
My infor mant says hardly any questions
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shot by wh ich the man was killed; but few
regrets we re expressed by the one who fired
the fatal shot. Time will have to remove
the myste ry as to the cause of the murder of
the trade rs.
KERN RIVER MINEs,-Although the Kern
river dig gings have heretofore enjoyed a no.
toriety unenviable as those of Gold Bluff
and Gold Lake. still the immigration Thu
ther, il, up to the present, very considera-
ble Some of the claims are paying more
than II tolerate wages, but the great scarcity
of water compels the great bulk of miners to
lay id until the advent Of the rainy season.
In lat Los Angeles news we CHI onicled the
depar ture OF pack tram OF seVthny mules'
laden with general merchandise, whose des-
tinati on is Kern river. and during the pre-
vious week, several other smaller trains had
left for that section. Further explorations
in that sparsely settled mining district will
doul tt ess lead to the discovery of rich auri-
fero US deposits. But some artificial means
mus t De devised for supplying these iiggins.
with water before they can be made perman-
emily productive