The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-23
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ExIeEATIoN During the past week
several parties of cTnigrants from the
east have arrived H. oHr city. One com
4 pany 81 which, we learn, arc citizens q
i Benicia, Cal they had q drove Of fine
horses and also q splendid fnll-blo0tlcd
I. English sind, bought IN Canada Cali
ltornia promises 10 BE equal, If not sd.
1 perior, to Texas Dis q grazing country;
and, Judging from tile amount Of fine
stock That has passed through this place
1 for the golden empire, we presume no
State III tile Union can boast Of better
/ bloods than The Haciendas 81 the Pacific
slope Y
4 AccIpEN On the evening Of tho ] 5th
Inst, III Bingham,s knnyof, while Mi.
George w Walker was engaged III strip
iping bark froma large tree which be had
lielled, the tree, being on the side Of the
mountain, slipped and jammed the right
leg Of the unfortunate young man against
another tree, breathing the limb q little
below the knee. Mr.. Walter Paul con,
lyeyed Walker to his home In this city, on
Saturday last, when the broken limb was
attended to BY DIR w. r. Anderson The
man IS doing MS well as can be expected
Especial mention is made Of Mr.. Grisman
and family, residing Mt the mouth Of the
kanyon, who manifested the greatest kind
ness to the wounded man.
a Man Los. Mr.. Charles Williams,
q worthy and respectable citizen Of Union,
q, S. L County, left bis home last Mon
day, the 18th inst. in q state Of mental
arrangement. Since that time he has
not been heard Of by his family or friends.
He u low. heavy set man, about S. years
lot age, MI Englishman by birth, He.
wore grey jeans pants, white muslin shirt,
black vest, md white hat. ANY person
who chn give any information of bis.
Whereabouts, will please communicate inn,
mediately.
IsDiAN SHor IN AN EMIcRA nj. Mr.
Hammond, from Ogden City, informs us
that an Indian was shot on Thursday night
last by an emjgrant, at the Hot Springs
north Of the city Afterhc Mas shot. ne |
travelled several miles to5the house III Mr..
Hatch, who lives ii Rountlfpi. splitting
posed posed 10 70 6s ni6ftai lie alleged jastid.
cation for shooting him IS said to be, that
he was crawling mp I'd the camp. as the
elnigraIlt supposed, % steal q horse. This
@damn9ble custom Of shooting Ilidians and
ravishing slnaws seems To have been com
.nicnced ii the very heart Of our settle
5tnents BY those eastern bnrbarians. who
have been so fortHHate MS TO reach this
Territory on their road 10 her, This cool.
bloody, aud tliaboIical system, has excited
and will continue TO excite q spirit Of in
discriminate retaliation and revenge on
the innocent as well as the guilty, SO long
as the cause exists that produced the pre-
sent war III Carson We do not wish 10
DO understood as eondemning the protcc4
ton Of property, even at the sacrifice Of
life; but We do c0udemn the indiscriminate
Slaughter of Indians by the murderous
handsiof the white man. And We shaIl
be the last TO raise our hand 10 punish the
tribe who retaliates on the brutal murder
erss WehaYe tfayellatIfor ten years among
the Indians Of Utah, and the iirst attempt
on our LIKES or on our property, has yet
TO be made by oil Indian, except when we
were at war in 1928. And that an In.
diam attempted TO steal horse on Thurs
day night last, we hardly believe We
have recently trarelled north, aud found
all Indians peaceablc. Our word for ID,
some ono Will suffer TO the full extent of
Iadian bsrbarlty for this deed,
HoRsE TnIEyEs In GAcnE CouErr. ~
This new and thriving county Is not with.
out its share Of losses BY the iigiit.iin,
gered gentry, TINT for the last two or
three years have infested the country ike
demons from tile internal regions. A /
few nights since, about the time Superin-
tendent Forncy's party left Cache yalieY,
Mr., Keiaaell, Of Providence, lost q black
horse aud a grey mare and colt. Mr.. r., 4
and Mr. Hill, Of WyllSyilie. followed the
trail, aud found that the horse thief came.
south with the horses, and from the de-
scription giYen, the thief is we'll known,
and we have but little doubt but what
Mr. Rcmnell viii recover his property.
We hope the thief may receive q just re.
ward.