The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-21

he suatchcd club that fell from one Of
them, and successfully defended himself,
at which the fellows made of. They
then killed some stock, and took to the
mountains. On receiving the news Of
this Outrage. Gen. q. w. West, Of Ogden
City, ordered out a party to follow and
chastise those iusoIent fred SKINS the
party, however, had to return without
having accomplished their Object. The
above are the facts In the case, as we
have learned them. Wig-er.ote-sy Is said
to be the chief Of those marauding Sho.
shenees, who have Of late proved them
selves 50. troublesome to the emigrants
travelling the northern route TO Califor-
mia, along which route his war-path lies
INDIAN MURDERED By WHITE
MEN.
FRoM our Fillmore correspondent Beta.
writing under date Of April 10th, we
CLEAN the following particulars Of . most
atrocious murder committed upon young
Indian on the Sewer River. The names
Of the accused parties are not strange TO
our readers. Johnston, more familiarity
known as Joaquin Johnston, has figured
considerably in and around Camp Floyd,
having been attracted thither, from Cali
fornia, by the glitter of the army gold.
Kirk Is Of that delicious class 81 u. s..
Deputy Marshals who have favored as
with their delicious company since the
opening Of the late magnificent aud VIRTUE
ons federal courts Of Utah.
Beta says:40 On Tuesday last, Sd inst,
two men one, the notorious Johnston Of
Camp Floyd, the other, a person named
Kirk, a Deputy Marshal, arrived at
Cedar Springs, and cnquired for on In
dian, about lS years old, whom Mr.. David
Savage brought with him from the south,
when returning from his late exploring
expedition. Both Mr.. Savage and the
youth having gone for q load of wood,
they loitered about until they saw them
returning, when going up to them, John.
stol, pointing q pistol ut the Indian, said,
{ You are my prisoner. MIR. Savage,
not being willing he should be arrested
without cause, desired 10 know wherefore
they demanded him, whereupon an alter
cation took place between him and john
ston, the latter using violent threats to the
Indian, at the same time pointing a pistol
ut him, as If his yiidictiye feelings were
such that they could not be satiated but
by, there and then, shedding his blood:
Mr.. Savage, however, stepped between
them, and no violence was done at that
time, They then produced writ (sup.
posed since, by some, to be fictitiousJ au.
thorizing them to arrest said Indian, on
tpretence that he had sometime ago muir.
dered q herdsman Of the name OF vii
burn, about forty miles from San Der.
nardmo, while taking cattle to California.
Suspicion seems to have singled out this
Indian rs the perpetrator OF the deed.
from some letters or rhmors from the
south, though there does not appear to be
any positive evidence that he had any
hand IN it at ALL . Indeed, when Mr.
Savage met with him some two months
ngo, at the Vegas, he told him lie had
been sick for five months, and his slender
form fully cOrreborated his words. The
Indian positively denied that lie was
guilty, but consented to 20 with them ID
Camp Floyd to await his trial, Deputy
Marshal Kirk, at the same time, prolnis-
ing him protection; and that no harm
should befaH him on the way; how much
bis promise was worth, the sequel win best
disclose. ..s 5,$:g ...s.-
On Saturday last, news reached Fill.
more that Kirk and Johnston had been
seen at Nephi and that they had report
ed that the Indian. on coming 10 the
Serier bridge, jumped into the river.
whereupon they fired on him and killed
him. Not being satisfied with this report.
g party Of fOlr, including myself, started
for the SeFier to try,i il possible, to dis
cover the body of the Indian. and ascer
tain how he came by his death. We ar
rived at the Sewer on Sunday morning,
and commenced our search, and soon dis.
covered about d quarter Of d mile below
the bridge 1.-THE spot where the poor red
skin had fallen by the deadly weapons of
his .palefaced mnrderers. Ii appears,
from the prints discerniblc, that after
they had killed him, they took the body.
and, standing face to face, pitched it into
the river. We continued our search, and
very soon-abont half a mile farther
down the river succeeded ia finding the
body. On examining it we found Il Ind
been scalped, ard had received four balls.
1.-TWO, apparently before he fell and two
OF the two former. one had
entered from the right side, q little below
the arniplt, iracturing the right arm as it