New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-10

ported the facts to the Governor. who directed
him "a summon military posse for the arrest. and
made requisiton on Gen johnson for that pur-
posc.
After holding third council with ~ different
result, the Doctor weat 10 Camp Floyi on Sept.
-, AID returned 70 the farm on the morning of
the "a INST, with two companies OF the 1th in
iantry commanded By Byt. Mai. Paul. and
squadron Of dragons, under Lieut.. Anderson.
They found that the whole tribe had Quilted the
"A I'm and lis neighborhood except fifteen or twenty
Ind ans among whom we're two chiefs Tlntick
and i'intut.s-the latter m adopted son of old
Pet.tete.qctS. These they surrounded, following
the Goyerler's direction, intending to take and
hold them ~ hostages for the survnder OF the two
criminals rho Were not present. The Indians
broke and ran in avery dlrectlon-some toward the
Lake others toward the Spanish Fork settlement
pursued by the dragon Pintutts who ovason foot,
took the lstter direction, snd had slmost reached
the settlement whsn III 0ccon, BY ehom NJ was
pursued, shot him ssad. after first ordering hiIn 10
surrender and then airing hS plstol INTO the AR ~
signal hat he wouiS shoot rlm z be dii not halt
Another Indian. who he'd snap red sn old brass ps-
,ol st hs pursuers ard thor run INTO the lahe.
would have been Killed sad not iieut Livingston
of the % Dragons knocked up the muzzle Ot the
revolver of The soldier by whom the Indian na'
followed. among those raptured was lintsk.
The next day two of them were set free an
of all the prisoners condition of the surrendt
Of the two criminals. desire for the liberation
of Tindrk. who i, one of the raost p0pGHaT chiefs
of the Ctah natiOl probably contributeG t. the
decision which was made. The crlmins.s were
surrendered aud Tn,ick and ans iellOwpr >pners
Sere thersupon liberated.
The Indians who We're given up sre very vs0ng
men, neither of them, 20 judge trors their appear
arce being more than eighteen years old. Thy
hrop oh 4 "a. hls e1fE Xa.t nv
guayd, and complaint against them was entered
before Judge Sinclair Upon the hearing affidavit
was made that time was necessary 10 produce
witnesses for the Government, aud further proceed
ings were postponed to next Friday the Indians
being consigned in the mean time to the Pententary
The Sovernor has made requistion upon Gen
johnson for more troops for the protection OF the
inhabitants of Springyille and It's neighborhood aud
100 men from the 9Th Infantry under Byt. Lieut.
Col. Ruggles, and 100 from the 10th under Capt.
Tracy, msrched yesterday from Camp Floyd with
three weeks ratons to take pest in that neighbor
hood. making altogethers military force OF more
than 800 on the eastern shore of Lake Utah.
cannot help regarding this transaction, from
beginning to end, willfully unjust toward the In-
dams, and nstigsted by Mormon influence, in
pursuance of the plan of the church leaders to en-
broil the army with the Indian tribes. The Gov
ernor, guided as usual entirely by MOrmOns, has
exercised usurped authority throughout the whole
affair. Dr. Hurt whom am sorry to censure, for
/ 80 cordially commend his whole course in this
Territory hitherto followed budly in the Cover
,Ors trail. Proper means were not taken 10 arrest
the criminals without calling in the troops. This
is evident upon the simple statement that the Indian
farm, where they were at work almost all the
while. lies not two miles distant trom Spanish Fork
settlement town with nearly 5000 inhabitants
and only three m1ss from Payson, the p0pulstion
OF which is 800. What need, then, to send forty
miles for a military force, when civil posse ade-
guate 10 the arrest could So readily have been OBJ
ia ned The taking of hostages in the manner |
have described, was entirely unwarrantabe, not
being ordered by competent authority; aud the
killing of Pintutts, an inofensye INDIAN VAS mur-
de- He had committed no o,Iense, was charged
with the commission of none; but by the Illegal
order of Gov. Cumming, was hunted down and
shot ike dog.
The truth is, and reprosch myself cor not
stating it before, for have long been aware ct the
fact, that the management of the Indian attars OF
this Territory is n incompetent hands. DIR.
Foraey the Superintendent knows nothing Of
Indian history or character. To use ais own ex-
preston, he % never saw but one Indian before
ceiving the appointment and he was tame" He
was appointed on account of his relationship 10
John W. FOrney, when that gentleman was in
favor at court and his sole purpose in coming tO
this Territory was to make money, in. which he has
succeeded at the expense of the Indians, on one
hand, and the Government tire other. In
respect to money-msking, he has will of his OWN,
but in every other respect he iss pappet Of Gov.
Cumming. 1t is shameful that this super
intsndsncy, now She most important OF any
in the United States, should BE- filled BY a
man so silly, undignifed, ignorant ard avaricicus'
If Mr.. Buchanan does not desire another Indian
war az threatening that which mpends IN the
Northsren Territosss, he ought to turn bis iuDedi-
ato attention to tie management OF Indian affairs
in Utah. Surely this Territory has furnished
sp,ls enough alrsady to army contractors and
Spectators without fattenng another swarm OF
hsrpss on the expenses of genezal Indian war.
The Indian Farm is totally deserted. Pet-tete-
nste, with his whole band. remains among the
mountains, and is probably arranging some plan ot
actiea in coordination With Arapina another
powerful Psh- Utah chief.