Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-05
. General Indian War Almost
Certain.


The difficulty withthe Mormons, which
has now eliminated into wal with the Gov.
ernraent of the United States, is very muct
enhanced by what stems to be the Ger.
tainty that the Mornjors heve so far tam
pered with the Indians of the Territory o.
Utah, and regions adjoining, that they arc
ready TO join in hostilities against the U.
s. There is very little doubt that numer
Gus attacks made by the Indians within
the past year upon parties of emigrants,
merchandise trains, &c" The task of sub
DUNG both saints and heather is to be no
small one.
The following, from a Sacramento, Cal
~ifornia, paper of Oct. 10th, furnishes some
idea of what is before us:
Yesterday we had an interview with a
gentleman from Carson Valley, who, from
intimacy with Mormon families, has some
knowledge Of their future designs and plans
Of operation. If his conclusions be correct,
not only the settlers east of the mountains,
but even the people of this state will have
reason to deprecate the evaporation Of
those American Bedouins. He says that
the Mornons OF Carson Valley and San
Bernardino have sold their cattle and
property for nearly nothing, and at the
bidding of their chief, have repaired to
Salt Lake, with the, secret designs Of re-
organizing, arming, equipp!ng, returning,
numbering and plundering their Gentle
enemies. They declare that, for every
Saint slain by the United States troops,
ten Gentle women shall make atonement;
that they will first exterminate the troops
from the east, then come west, and in pre-
datory bands, allied with Indians, they
will ravage the border, rob, plumber and
murder until they have ~replenished the
Lords treasury, and reyenged insults put
on his chosen people.
Of their ability to execute this threat we
have but little doubt. At the order Of
their leader and prophet, they can muster
$4,000 men, armed with the most effective
instruments of destruction. They have
many thousands of the finest horses, train
ed to camp service; they have a foundry
where cannon and shells are cast; a pow
der mill and a factory where revolving ri
ies and pistols are manufactured, equal to
those made at Hartford. They have ev-
cry munition of war and necessary provis-
ions and means Of transportation within
themselves, and even the ONE and chill
dren are instructed in the use of arms
Add to this their geographical position
70 reach Salt Lake, from the~east, it is
necessary to pass through a annon Of
twenty-five miles, under hills so steep and
rocky that a dozen men could hurl down
an avalanche of stone on an approaching
caravan, and even in the event of several
thousand troops reaching the valley, the
beseiged with their herds would take to
the mountains and, reinforced by their
savage allies, would, in turn, beseige THEN
bescsgerr, and cnt off their supplies until
the invaders had started ont.
They have, it is said, 10000 Indian al
lies, whom they are ready to furnish with
arms and horses on an emergency. These
indians are partially instructed in the Nor
mon religion-enough to make them su
perstitious in regard to the God of a su.
perior race, yet modifying none Of theil
ferocity. aa s .fsaa ~