New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-05-30
IghIy Interestfng from Kansas Gold Mines
---- CANNIBALIsM ON THE PLAINS

hghiy Interesting from Kansas Gold Mines.
cASsIBALIsM ON rHE PLAINS
The st. Louis Democrat publishes the following
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f-.-,-..5Iss DENVER CfrY, Nay Q, 1889
Saturday evening last, 7th inst the ffst and long
looked ior mai and pss:nser stags Of the Le.ven
u was out twenty days from Leavenworth, bat now
that the way stations are formed and bridges made
It is thought fourteen or fifteen days win suffice 70
publican Fork Of Kansas river. seems TO Be : rood
one, according to the report Of the stage company
though about tbe same length as the old Fort Kear
ney and Arkansas routes billy and sandy on this end
with the Others, some 100 to 160 miles, think II
quite probable this express line will do good thing
in opening up this region Of the far west, bot from
M the osnsg s
mate cay Of carrying mail matter and passengas
We have had sickening rumors for . week past of
horrible suffering from freezing starvation and rob
Several intelligent gentlemen who have arrived BY
that route, told me that they themselves long
on the way-over sand and hills, and without road
at all that they were reduced almost to starvation
lived ten to fourteen days npon prickly pears and
such few wild onions and other edibes as they could
pick up. and also that they helped bury several per-
| sons who died from starvation. The agent of the
stage company brought US in word that be picked up
starving man about fifty miles from here, (or an
Arapahoe Indian brought him in to the stage line
who had come across from the smoky Hill route,
(Which bis company had started on, and tried to fol-
| low); that when found, be was in most wretched
condition, and reduced to skeleton from starvation
| His name is Blue, and he Is from Whtesde county
Illinois. There were three brothers Of them frst
one died, and the two remaining ate from his body
alter they had been rendered senseless from emacia
tion The second brother died and was nearly eaten
| up by the survivor The stage agent went ont and
buried the remains Of the second youngest of the
brothers, but could not find the remains Of the frat
i " IN f1nc Inn1o of
the starved company. Gibbs got in, nearly starved.
and supposes the rest some nine in all persisted. The
survivor left at of the mail stations and the
report is confirmed by the stage passengers Others
report large numbers of graves the route and that
many oxen have perished and much property been
destroyed and abandoned on the way. / saw one
party which lost seven out of train OF sixteen oxen
By receipt Of papers from the States perceive
that the tide Of emigration htherward is very great
The number Of arrivals here today and for the past
few days shows an increase but the tide seems to me
equally strong in the homeward bound direction.
Most or very many Of those now returning, go by
skihs. dugonts, etc. upon the Platte, the water Of
this river being in good navigable state do,rn
stream, for such craft have fiat boat built, and
stage which carries this letter. as the current is about
six to eight miles an hour may be carried to the
bottom, however as it is somewhat dangerous About
fifty boats Of one kind and another have sailed in the
past week, with an average of four five persons in
each 1t estimated that $500 persons have left here
for home in the last twenty days. This is In addition
to those who turned back before reaching here in
duced by the intelligence received from others on
their return. Probably as many more reached here
in that time; hut think there are no more people
in the whole mining country to-day than there were
on my arrival here month ago.
The towns (or villages, which they all are and
small ones tOo,) seem quite deserted by whites and
as many Indians as pale faces are now in and about
this village. Yesterday dozen or more Indian
braves Of the Arrlpahoe tribe rode in. accompanied
by their head chief, Raven and two of his brothers
They collected at the Office OF Judge Smith to hold
talk with the whites relative to an arrangement Will
the Government for sale Of their territory, and som
aid to their nation to become agricultural ant
, q civilized one. They are already about as civil al
the whites here, and far more temperate; indeed
I've not seen intoxicated Indian in the mining re
gion., The Interpreter, one Antoine Du Bray, wa
sat down by the intelligent looking and dignifie,
Quakerlike chief, Raven, rendered any attempt Mt
pow-wow farce; and it was Immediately adjourned
for day, until the interpreter should become sober
| may yet be enabled to give you an account q
J the talk.
As for the gold news, or reports from the mines
nothing reliable is heard; but many rumors of payin
diggings are aioat which are not credited.
! The Rock Mountain News Extra, dated Cherr
! Creek, May 8, has the following:
q | MINING NEws-A large force of men resume vor
J., on the Cherry Greek ditch this morning. and in fe
days both it and the Platte ditch will be complete,
e giving facilities for washing to hundreds Of miner
e The Georgia company have completed small ditc
across bend OF the Platte river and we learn run
"tom' one day, getting about one ounce Of col
d From the mountains and northern digginps, the r
D. ports are very conflicting, being very encoura
N ing and others the contrary-we do not publish al
n unless well authenticated. There is still too muI
e snow and ice in the mountains to operate to any n
If vantage, but some reliable experienced prospectr
parties are out, and will report in few days
Messrs. Town and Patterson with whom we Al
d well acquainted, have been mining for fifteen dl,
past about three miles from this place near the Plat
rver and using only the common rocker for wasbin
/, Yesterday we saw their gold weighed, and the or
duet of the fifteen days $ll7 0s, or nearly ol
dollars per day to the man. All their dirt had to
il hauled some twenty rods to the river to wash 4
v soon as the ditches completed bringing water
these diggings, this will be dispensed with and lare
# results may be expected.
q FALSE RUMoRs.--We are informed that the retur,
# ing emigration are giving currency to many ahsrr
and false stories as they wend their way toward tn
States such for instance as that Denver and Aur;
ria were burned-that all the old citizens were hun
or had fled the country-that vigilance commjtte
guarded the road, and whenever an emigraut wago
approached, 1t was surrounded and plundered. Ii
cattle horses killed, and the owners compelled
flee for their ves'-all of which are SO monstrousl
and ontrageousy false that we only wonder that nee
, pie can be found who will believe them.
s SuPrLIEs.-On Saturday last Mr. Dunn's train al
rived, bringing large supply of provisions and good
Yesterday Mr. Fishers train arrived bringing aro
supply of provisions, goods and house furnishing M;
terals. Many other trains the road and ther
!. is every prospect of abundant supplies Of all kind
( henceforth.