The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-04
THE UTAH EXPEDITION.
CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION OF THIS NATIVE IN


Correspondence OF the New Orleans Picayunel
CAMP GREKS RIVER, u. Oct 81, 1867.
camp the sweet Water the 18th Of october, and
the morning Of the 2Gth resumed march, after
halt OF eight days You will be able to form some idea
OF the length the train which moved under the OF
the two companies Of the Tenth and the squadron OF dra
goops When inform you that the advance hal marched
ten and half miles, and gone camp Pacific creek,
before the guard LETT the Sweet Water.
Nisht bsfore lat camped the Big Sandy, about
four hundred from the spot where q the suppy
trains burned and the backened embers Of the
Of still there To ark where the deed had been
lied. About O'Clock at night group Of
sitting around camp Ere, the fuel for which
eked from the OF tue Mormon cousration,
when OF our sentnes, posted on the brow OF bun
overhangng the ravine where we were encampcd, was
heard challenge twice In rapid succession" Who
comes thereY' "who comes there 2" Bang A
detachment " the guard proceeded with all haste 10 the
SPOT and the sentinel reported that he had 1ccn
twenty approaching bs post and that when be chat
lenged them, instead Of replying they crouched down
among the cage bushes and still continued 10 advance to-
wards him. He then Gred upon them, wbereupon they
retfested rapidly ia various drecuoss. Az was bright
moonlight night, and the men hred upOu within
twenty yaces Of the sentinel there could not have been
any mistake as 10 what lac saw, aud there is no DOUBT
that the paf hred upon were hornons, attempting TO
reconnotrc camp.
Since then heard OF hem agsiu vicinity,
their last achcven ent having been 20 or day before
yesterday, drove Of cattle aud horses belonging 10
indian sder Of the Gentle persuasion, rho lives about
tour miles here Green river They have declared
their press The of the Lord
hs campaign all the live stock they can lay their hands
on whether belonging sinner Fortunately for
this horse stealing and stock stsmpeding business
have allies-the Utah 1ndisps-who give tsem
points In the game and beat them all hollo~. The
Utahs may challenge honor able comparison with any
the face Of the globe In the art and my sery OF
such copsummaie tact aud such exquisite skill that
may fairly claim 10 be classed DcQuincy Glasses
certain sty IL Of murders one Of the fine arts
Some years ago celebf ated Utah chief, defanct
started ~ It'll the intent 70 steal journey iuo Low
er California lie of your petty larceny scoun
dres but the pride and glory OF his people and prsc
in ats 10 akingl
on the occason In question he and his party composed
Of few choice spirits Of his nation actually succeeded
In stampedng and running OF drove Of some fifteen
hundred head Of horses They had been about days
their return journey when they perceived they
pursued They nj abandoned their booty and
fully secreted themselves at short distance from the
road. The pursuers up to the drove about dark,
and supposDg that the sampeders had been stsmpeded
in turn and made good their escape towards their
country, at vent into camp intending 10 start
their return with the recovered property in the morning
but genius manifold That night the
Utah chief not only stole again the original drove, but
likewise all the horses ridden BY their pursuers and LEFT
them The option Of continuing the chase foot OF
turning by that mode Of ocomoon 10 their point OF de
parture
The chief who accomplished this. eeg,nt feat, which
venture say cannot be surpssse@n the annals OF horse
stealing named Waker-on the lvcus non iucendo
principle, presume, A. he invariably rode
He is now dead; but some OF the very men who were
with him the occasion alluded TO now Ia camp
and 70 be of service TO As the M)rmons rely
altogether TIE number, swness ana bottom OF their
horses enable item ~ wage against stem Of que
rilla warfare and they themselves have begun this
s'ampedirg business will be fine thing IT, come bright
morning before Drg, they nnd dragons down
then full tit, aud their horses oil gone The Utah
indians, who In this matter cherish against
the Mormons hatred very earnest and honest They
speak n them except uttnroats, throat cut
ns appearing be the favorte and most orthodox mode
n destruction resorted b. by Bill Hickman and bis an
gels" Tho ahs bear testimony Of atrocities committed
by The MormoBs fully equal 10 ythng that has been
hitherto charged against them by their worst enen,es
They state positively that recently "a the month OF Sep
tember last party OF about eighty emgrants, on their
way toCaorna cut oiby the Bsycet Indians. acting
the nstgaton o and In open concert with the sormons
and after the egrsnts had been most
induced by The latter lay down their they we're
all except young children, buchered in cold blood
and their threats cut
AZ 10 the abornnation Of their system Of serua inter
course the worst you have heard Ia more than the
truth have my Information from gentlemen for vh0ss
veraci,y can vouoh, ~bo have been residents m Salt
lake Valley, ard eye witnesses OF what they relate
One bishop johnson by name) has for wives four
sisters his own nieccs Another saint has his half
sister and another mother and her daughter for wives
or the truth Of these statements there vhs
ever 10 doubt The facts In comparison with
cities o. the latter Day Saints odom and Gomorrsh
Chaste AZ icicles that bsng on dams temple.
H. after ALL truly fortunats that these wretches--s
disgrace the age and 70 their race and blot upon the
iace of the earh-hsve IN the phrensy ~ their folly and
fsnatcern PLACED themselves On attitude that viii los