The weekly Butte record., 1858-10-09
Help for the Settlers---Indian 0utrages
in Northern California.

We wish to represent, says The TRINITY Jour
nal, to Governor Weller the deplorable condi-
tion of the unprotected settlers in Humboldt,
and TO demand immediate relief in the name of
that justice which pioneers advancing civiliza-
tion may claim. One after another of these
enterprising men is shot down, some in sight of
their own doors. some on the lonesome trail nv
which they are leading commerce to more dis
tant 0utposts They are every day menaced
by Inarauders whom Government protects and
breeds on Reservations bestials wornieaten
wretches, Incapable of anything but treachery.
theft and murder. while the white setter has
no reservation bnt what he can preserve in
range Of his rife. The coni:ry from the Trim
ity to the head of Ru-san rver-abopt one
hundred miles in length and Fifty broad is
swarrning with sayages. many OF hem supplied
with effeciive arms. aud nstigaied by more
than savage rociiy by vagabond white men.
who gender with their women, and Share in
the spois strip from the settlements, Six
or seven nf ih' Sc brave hear I'd pioneers have
been assasslnaied. al intei walls since the frs, of
June, their cattle lave b en- driven of. their
houses burned. their fields devastated. while
the individuals to whom they have appealed
have been lingering in the shady groves of
Sacramento. in state of patriarchul placidiiy
oidStS htiC Elhtll III u u IcTSOtl WAS sent 10
inquire into the condition of the settlers: the
answer 10 that inquisition is the sharp crack of
an Indian rifle, The deaili-cry of the adventur-
Gus settler, and the vail of lls children as they
fy in the night from their desoate home.
There is no need Of further inquiry; the SET
tiers surrounded by powerful hostile tribes, de-
mand HELP immediate and powerful They
are in the midst Of an appalling indian war.
which is strife Of determination. ,r abandon
ment oi a country. They have peiitioned the
Commander OF the United States forces. who
has sent few lazy troops to carp at dr.
tance from the scene of devastation. and less
protective than the boys and women of the
settlers-the trails are still unprotected. and
the settlements at the mercy IF the savaees,
who are banding and Strengthening every day
They have Reservations on three sides with
Indian Agents less influential than superanua-
ted squaws, and who, they say. have employed
their time in writing sentimental reports, de-
failing the reports of Indian innocents while
pr datory bands are numbering, stealing and
burning. They have now sent courier to the
Executive mansion 10 implore an order for vo-
lunteer protection. while they, in the mean-
time, by extra taxation and voluntary contri-
button, keep the Indians at bay.
Governor " eller is an officer of quick pur-
pose and instant execution, and not to be de-
tered from justice by technical difficulties. and
we hope that he will instantly order relief
There s no use in longer pa'leying with those
ferocious brutes who know nothing of the sa-
credne of promise or treaty. They or the
white settlers must be exterminated or aban-
don rich valleys where standing grain had be-
gun to promise the pioneer gratitude for his
labor. Let no over strained sentiment of hu-
manity protect the marauders who respect no
arbitration but the rifle and the knife. and let
every white vagabond found with them suffer
the penalty of treason TO his race