Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-07-21
JEFFERSON TERRITORY.

We obtain the following intelligence Of
the Territory to tho west of US, from the
Rocky Mountain News of the 20th ult.:
INDIAN WAR-On Sunday, 9th inst,
4e0 warriors OF the Arapahoe and Apache
tribes. with few Sioux, Sc, ont from this
city on a foray against the Utes Before
starting they visited Capt Beckworth and
Kit Carson. who endeavored to dhssusde
them from them, bat wthou. avail On the
morning Of Sunday, l7th inst, they came
upon the village of the Utes on the South
fork Of the Sou,h Platte in the South Fast
edge OF the South Park, and made an AT.
! tack. By a st.atagem, the Ctes warriors
were led to fly to the defense in the wrong
direction, while the combined force fell
upon the village. killed large number of
women and children, and took four chill.
ir.n prisoners
4 rally Of the Utes drove their invaders
from the tieli, when the U,es n.de good
their retreat to An almost inaccessible ref
uge on the mountain 81 ie.
The allies continued to besiege them
| from little after sunrise until past noon,
when they withdrew and set out on their
return.
Alter travelling some distance they stop
ped at a stream, and while unsuspectiusly
smoking their pipes were fallen upon BY
the Ctes, and met disastrous defeat.
The number of Ctes killed cannot be
ascertained, but it mus. have been very
considerable.
OF the allies, FIVE warriors were killed
on the field. and thiriv-two wounded, ono
OF whom died on Monday night, after
reaching here.
OF the dead four were Arapahoes, ono
Apache and one Sioux.
Sixty-three horses were taken, and
brought in. and fourteen horses and seven
mules were lost.
These statements are from Little Raven
to Capt. Beckworth, and may be relied
upon.
The burial Of the dead will occur on
| Thursday. and Immediately after, one
thousand warriors will set out on an exps.
duion against the Utes.
CLEAR CREEK MINES These mines have
have not attracted much attention this
season, in consequence OF the mania for
richer diggings having led hundreds away,
Yet we have no doubt bat the old Jackson
diEgiugs on this creek will one day be
fortune to many gold hunter who is now
running after brighter prospects.
A gentleman down from tha, distric.
Yesterday, gave US some items which may
not be nnintereSting to our readers.
On Chicarn bar there are many claims
! opened. AMI the men are making from sey.
en- to nine dollars day each.
! On Spanish Bar the men who are fairly
at work. make from twelve to fourteen
dollars per dav.
| Although this NAV not he considered
any great strike. yet i, is making such wa
fcs As will jastily man in coming to
seek gold.
A correspondent of the Herald, writing
from California Gulch. says:
| In part of DAYS work, three men took
out OF bank claim one hunarei and
twenty eight dollars. Another claim paid
eighty dollars to two men. In the galch
where the best pay streak has been struck.
the dirt has averaged eighty cents to the
pan. and high as three dollars and twenty
cents has been taken ou. at pan. One
dollar and twenty FIVE cents to the pan is
very frequent Eighty dollars were taken
ont of two bushels Of dirt Throughout
the entire gulch where the best pay dirt
has been struck, the paw averages htty
| dollars to the man. As the claims are op
encd the pay becomes more satisfactory
throughout the gulch Some of tho gold
is very coarse, and nuggets weighing from
$3.50 to Sll.0O are very frequent