The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-17
The ssasriss ~ Rsy.tssa massacre .

The As6eriag And Rep6ttsa Massacfe en
Th. folo~ps s s: ,sass i d. 81, JOSEPH
Mo-, Icsersspcndsss Of. - St Louis Repsbltcan,
referred 10 BY telegraph on Tuesday, In relation
20 the intense suffering from cola and reported
mas'acres on the plAias:
We haye informsiion Of the return of huntInk
patty from the Little Blue. In the most deplorable
conoiuon They were Mr. James Stripefellow,
NJ. van Dorser and Mr.. MorreI-the frst from
AA.c0,son, K. T., and the two latter from South
Carolina. Gen, Matthews saw them after their
nair.breadth escapes and gives me the following
thrilling narratives A11~
When they reached the Big Blue they fixed
be,r ,ha enc %enc:npment but finding only few buffalo
longing TO Mr.. Van Dorser. and nrocsed.d over =
tne Little Blue. On the first evening out they were
overtaken by Storm CT wind and snow and lost
an way. they wandered for eight days without
guns In their efforts to kirdle re. and than threw
their guns away. = -" -
Thsfeer Of Van Dorser ana MorrelI became so
frosted, and they were 30 exhausted from fatirue
alton, tnat Mr. Stringfellow, who had some
mountain experience, was scarcely able to get
them to move along. He encouraged them by eye.
~ means, until they finally reached habitstion
ana were saved Mr.. Morrell and Mr. Van Dorsen
noweve,, wli lose their feet, and Mr. Ssrngfellow
some OF his toes. Their sufferiogs were beyond de-
scription. and they will be Ill for some weeks to
come. The negro, who remained in camp IA nm
injured, although he suffered good deal from the
severity of the cold and xiety for his master ana
friends. They are. all now safely lodged in At-
Gibson.
The General also informs me that 4 rumor reach.
ed him that two surveying parties-one of whom
was Sam Parsons, who is well known in your city
had been murdered by the Camanche Indians
The country in which they were operating is near
the Sac Reservation in the southwestern part of
the territory, and near the Arkansas line These
Indians and the Camanches have frequent con.
fiicts. A short time ago the Sacs made an incur.
sion into Camanebe village, and killed several of
their people and stole many of Il cir horses A
little while AFTER when the Camanche warriors
returned from their hunt they made a descent up
on the Sacs, and on their way they massacred the
two parties of United States surveyors, who were
unarmed, and taken wholly by surprise.
General Matthews was running some lines him
self in that part Of the country during the sum
mer, and thinks the report probably true. He also
states that only portion Of Caldwelfs party had
got in from Western Kansas. aud the belief is that
the remainder are frozen to death.
Ia my last letter, of the Both ult, told you of
the sufferugs of the General and his party. They
were not far from Cadwslls party. They, how-
ever after great exertion under which they almost
sunk reached this city, and have been 50 admira-
bly, ed as to be nearly well again.
This winter is said to be the most severe that has
aver been known in the mountains and on the
| plains. The same, and indeed greater degree Of
cold has been experienced, but not SO suddenly, Of
50 early in the season The thermometer here
this morning. January ,3d) stood l2 degree below
zero, and the ice on our river Is twenty inches
thick, and as clear as crystal. h