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full inquiry, have concluded that both were en-
gagged in it.
The Indians were led on by the Mormons, for one
woman, who was afterwards found in a diving con-
dition, by man who had escaped from the train
said that she had been taken out and grossly abused
by five white men disguised as Indians who af-
forwards shot her through the thigh with pistol
ball, and in that condition left her to die. On re-
ceiving information of the massacre, Gen. Johnston
sent Lieut. Gay with one company of Dragons to
chastise the Indians. When he arrived in the
neighborhood, he hired Mormon guide who led
him into an ambush where the Indians were posted
IN very strong position. There was no other al
tentative than to commence the ipht at once: the
attack commenced at daybreaS on the 18th inst,
Lieut.. Gay having forty men in the action; there
were about two hundred Indians, Bannocks and
Shoshones, all well armed. The fight lasted one
hour and half, and resulted in the rout of the In
dams, leaving about twenty dead on the field; six
Americans were wounded but none killed. The
Indians were reinforced the next day by two or
three hundred Bannocks but no other fight had oc-
Cured when the express started for camp. The
General has ordered three additional companies
to the neighborhoOd Of the action, to scour the
country.
A few days since the bodies of two welLdressed
men, one of them with the head entirely severed
from the body, were found at the foot of the "Big
Mountain" They have not been recognized, and
no clue to the murderers has been discovered. |
have also been informed of several other murders
committed since my last letter to you, but these
ceased to be worth relating matters of news. The
entire number of murders that have been committed
within this judicial district alone, and of which l
have official and reliable information, is over one
hundred and sinty, and various reports induce me to
believe that the real number is even larger.
Chief Justice Eckes Court commences its session
at Nephi in this district, on the 22d inst Judge
Eckels has received statement signed by twenty
seven persons, who have been summoned as Jurors
and witnesses in which they declare that they will
not attend unless they be protected by the
army, alleging as the cause for such action that
they have just cause to entertain fears for their
lives, and they know that the Court in itself is
powerless to protect them And, since the recent
developments at Salt Lake City, it cannot be denied
that their fears are well founded. | will not
reflect upon President Buchanan's administra-
ton of Utah affairs, further than to remark
that here is United States Coudt about to be
held within fifty miles of where the army
is stationed, which the witnesses and Jurors dare
not attend for fear of losing their lives; and that
the commanding general is we'll aware Of the facts
as they exist, and that he is powerless to furnish
the strong arm of the Government to maintain the
supremacy of the law without directly violating his
consequence, in all human probability, the Court
after attempting to administer the law, will be
compelled to adjourn sine die, without having &C
complished anything further than to demonstrate
to his EXcellency, the President, that in conse-
quence OF the course he has seen fit to pursue civil
government cannot be administered in Utah; and
that every attempt to administer it has ended in a
tragical farce. RICHARD.