Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-01-01
MlSCBLLAfEOVs.
pun ,,rAa ARMY.

p.;st.u yoy,g,, Dnsaefe,JM AdraRces to the
sho,hone. yud;aas-Seaerfngs Of the Expedition.
LATTER 70 the New Orleans Pica3uue. from the
r,,h E,oedi,iou camp on the Sweetwater, furnishes
so,,. ,n,sres,ipg details. The writer says
.p.,h.n, youns has been very anxious to secure
the aid and co operation Of the Indian tribes OF Uah
and IL. vicinity 10 bis present reasonable ana rebel
Iious opposition to the Government OK inc on' s
states have II from the best authority iha he
snsrsd no efforts to induce Wahsa kee the Chief OF
M, treat Snoshouee or Snake tribe, to become bis
confederate, promising any amount OF nour provi-
sious &c for himself and tribe, If he would only s,oe
with The MormoDe 10 the approaching contest. but
old Wah.sakee, who, for one OF his race, yay W.
t-lisent and wise was neither TO De sa1oed DOT
irveigled by the sanity Brigham, or brlbed oy bus
G ,ur aud bran Into entering into any such league
with him. ------ =.
His reply to Brigham Ihsve from one perfectly IA
millar with the Shoshonee language. and who was
present aud heard it. The skin OF the Moruons is
white that of the bluecoas 10 also white. NY Skin
is dark I will war with none OF the white race; II
a white man strikes me- L will not return the blow
II the Mormons will fight the blue coats, WahSakee
win stanc upon hill and look on but viii take no
part His skin is dark, and hs will not fight with the
white man. Ths skiR Of the Crow aud the Sioux are
dark like his cwn and they respass upon MS hunt,
ing grounds with them he will fight When the
armed bands " Mormon marauders made thsir ap
psaranos on Green River aud the Sandy, Weh'sa.kee
nnd his people withdrew from there andpltched ther
lodges on tue north of the Wind River mountains.
A. the Shoshonses are powerful and numerous
si,e and ~ the scepe Of the operations OF the army
would to great extent be In their country, II was
deemed advisable by Col. johnson to heve an inter-
view with Wahsakee to coudrm him In his good In
t.ntions and 20 him that his people would not
be moeeed or interfered with long as they pursued
the wise and prudent he had determined upon
A ruuper was oous. GENTLY dispatched after the
Chief and the next evening he made hs appearance,
with three or four OF his tribe, at our camp and Col
johnson, aud he had grand pow.wow, which, De
Wah-sa.kee ia splendid specimen OF his race, with
most Ell aggressive aud Intelligent face. -.... -
One thing was surprised to learn with regard to
this mountain tribe, whoee country is mostly on the
Pac6o SLOPE and that is that the Shoshonee Snake
language is Identical with that of the Camanches of
Texas. An Intelligent Frenchmsn, who has resided
long time on Green River, and had much inter
course with the Shosh0nees, informs me that there s
q tradition amoog them that many years, ago q por,
tion Of the Shoshouees separated from the tribe and
wandered OF to thesplaihs OF the South East apd
there became q nation more numerous than Those
who remained behind in the mountains. H..
The weather ia 90 extremely cold that it would be
b- utterly Of the question for any one to attempt
TO write without Gre. have fabricated stove out
10 wall tent, am occupying q common tent; ona
of the bell pattern now 10 use in ths army, with an
aperture on the top for ventilation, WHICH may be
opened or closed at will. By making this serve as a
chimney my camp kettle stove works admirably as
long 90 can manage to keep the FIRE in bright hsze.
but a. soon as Il goes down the thing smokes worse
than tar.kiu 80 that kept in delightful state
OF oscillation between death by freezing AID death
by suffocstion. This little explanation may account
for any inooherency Of style ilegbility OF manu-
scrpt which may be noticed in this letter, for 1t 10
written most emphatically under difficulties.