Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-06-02

l>pIAN COrNTRY, UTAH TERRITORY,
May 18th, le6''.
MtsSRS. EpiruRs. Your readers are doubtless pain.
fully anNlln- gather iidings from the Of
ou the Ei-:ein slnpc-but your correspondent Is III
M condition TO alleviate the general uneasiDeSs ~,
this score. Although in The outset 0fihe campaign.
Oh hostile Tho Ights ut nj
4" own my NATURAL weakness. have not
Yet lcarnd To think Of IndIsrr Eliminate murder
Without some sense Of shuddcriEg aud the >ight
OF blood NhIch spout, through Ioart seal l. uet
To me thing of triumph, nor the death
OF mcn surprised, though lWuns glory. ~
But / never imagined that the change from nv
Marl!kc frame Of mind which existed few dlvs
since cn,,ld be 80 speedy and complete Now IN.
stead OF painting TOR the scalp Of Wnnemur, and
eager "a flesh maiden sword in the grass pJrr.
hbrcd carcas"s of the Pah- L tab braves am gentle
q, any cOoing dove. And why: You shall know
the reason why On the instant. Mcssrs Editors
the stout heart If Your hcrir corresponding which
never suCcunbcd 10 all tie Haunting crinuliur If
San Francisco and hundred other cities has wilted
~ the irresistible charms of i forest maidrn-a child
Of the wlidcrHcss-a Young ami blooming member
"f the first family Of 10, 1.-THE poor Indian" etc
Lately read with bard breath the thrilling love
passages the " Prairie Bird later still was en-.
shaved BY M poetic be .uti"s It MinnchahA
Earning with passion FIR the hcrIlnrS IT til ~ books
! felt that ! could on!v truly love a Ted skinned
maiden and was iur"d inn ms lnlGu country npI
ny patriotism alun". but also by tho vague hope tina;
Wright chance upon the aboriginal 1T nv Romantic
dreams. have iouHd her and am content. happy
hs<rs. ! know there ar"amnn- the whites, many
prciudccS against the blw.anI.arrow t>i>h. insect
and rnot-eating breeds. aud that | Wili IruhablV
trtclt the e~te"in Of my former fellows Bat McS>r>
Editors, when teller heart Is wholly. totally tee
totally wrapped nr, SOTO speak, woman. ii don't
IA Ike much dlilerrc Ia him whether she l. white
red. black. tan color -,Ors it, Mc>>rS Editors ,
oin-ur-l, i the patrpnvmic of thus difk-eycd
beauty nt n" Pah. tlah>-daughtcr uf Old Rugalnn,
one oi the his chiefs of the t.bc and lincal dcs.
rrTIut nj Strirtn Gr,rrufrfv,
who houri,h"d at Pyramid Lake. aud in Washr,
Steamboat, and the at Iccnt yaiiicS tong bci"rr The
p"tIng ni the Pony Express horn was heard III the
Processes of the h> aud the solitude, Of the desert
She l. charming beyond comparison. q, for the
skill u AN artist t. paint her size appeared when
she irsi met my cnrarturcd gaze. bad wandered
several miles away from the busy hum ot the camp,
and CHANGED upon the rugged banks Of u mountain
stream. Ii III the Of the fishing Spastn and
the duSky maiden was engaged in piscatorial pur-
suits. She had Just made haul Of large salmon
"A thirty roundcr, and a suilr Of intense delight
pcrvadcd her IMPRESSIVE features She evidently
contemplate It'll pardondb!e Satisfaction lie H.
furc qualification ii her ruling appetite for t,hy
h"Sh Exquisite creature, In few weeks her hover
will BE- all" to detect her coming, when she is two
miles away, if she approaches him down the wind,
by the delicious "dor If the salmon, which if il don't
HHAel-likr ia" perfume Of Araby the best" is
stronger than the altar IT roses
But ] have ;lroad' inirudcd enough of my private
history, sine" gong to the wars, upon the attention
of YOUR readers. Shonld weary Of the primrose
path Of dIincc in which am now much in.
clnc' to tread, and minglc III the strife now near At
hand with the bold Pah tabs, you shall have Il
liable narrative Of the incidents Of the struggle
tragic and otherwise. Under the gentle dominion
of Cupid, the belIgrraut thIal ot Mars rc-
gard me. Yours truly, l.. u.
-~S$$
Correspondence Of the Mountain Democrat
GENOA, Carson Valley, May 20, 1910.
EDIroRS DENocR,r: For some time illness pre-.
vented me from writing to YOU, aS promised; and
had no sooner recovered my health than the grca,
Paint tab war broke out, throwing everything lntu
confusion. ! did, on one occasion, seize my pen,
with III" view 6fgiving you history Of events here
but being fired with martial ardor, mstuuk that
pcaCciIl instrument for bay0nct. aud charycdupon
pine board bv my table. thinking 1t was an Hjna
Nj IN b1'tir brIng capslZrd in The effort, doubted
not thai b"hcd the blood Of the savage, as | bud
heard that the Pah. Cahs all black hearted rus.
Gals; SO, without more ado, started down town Ia
Eight my battle Ger again, at the gin cocktail
mLnuiactury, but tainted gu the way, aud was
rlcd home, in state Of inscnsbilily, by friendly
Washurilr
All this occurred in the night-when morning
dawDed, and | made search for the corpse Of my
enemy, found my pen utterly destroyed, NV ink
wasted, and my brains sadly out Of order-so, for
whole wcck have employed myself in negotiating
with the Si"rckcepcr for writing materials, and gath
erng facts concerning the Puh. Utah war.
| would 20 AT length into history Of the war but
for the that everybody has read two three
already, and il is my part to furnish news; but
will give you veritable speech Of the greut Win.
ncmO ker. head chief Of the Pah Ctahs made 10 his
assembled warriors ON the eve Of battle. The pale
faces being sight, aud forming for battle. the red
skinned Caesar stoUd upon the back Of his pony, and
spoke a> follows:
"MY BRAVES. 1t is not for country that We have
begun this for that is already taken from us, and
the Paint tabs have no longer mountain Of their
10 shelter them, valley to furnish the M with sub
sis"ncc The pale, have DESTROYED the deer, and
their cattle along the streams where wont
Ia h-h in the days that gone. Nor Ii II for
sqawS and papoo-cs that invoke the Great Spirit
assist for they, unable 10 suhsis without food and
unlike not able To obtain By depredation have de
parted for the hunting grounds Of the other world
hut our inv adrrs not with robnR MS Of thrs,
mountains and Valleys the homes Of our fathcrs-and
unmu,cd 10y the lnscrlCs Of our women and children
have come now To take aw ay our ponies nd We
to destroy lives One effort mOrc them for liberty
which we will lind either IN death or victory and what
matters whether, in this world or better, for in the
next lf in this, the brave superior to the virtu
Our, and Naor is rewarded above piet!."
&c. having spoken, the Chief retired to n neighbour
ing emincncr, and directed the conduct OF the battle
lie engaged only Onchalt Of his men-one hundred
horse he placed contrary to the rules of war in civ
ilizcd nations, in the center, and the number
Of infantry composed each wing. BY the whites
the order was given 10 charge the enemy; thirty
soldiers ub, yrd tie ORDER and scventy-iivc pony
hunters, out Of compassion for the Indians, mis-
taking the ortlcr-or,aS some shrewdly surpect from
other CAUSES charged i'll the opposite direction.
Tn" thirty fought bravclv but aS you know, were
rcpulscd or slain, nor md II solitary pony-huntcr
turn to cover their retreat.
So much for the unfortunate battle of Pyramid
Lake. II was unnecessary and its results will be
most disastrous to this country 4 prutructrd war
is now inevitable, for the most peaceful man in the
world would admit the present necessity of admin
stcring 10 the PahCtahs sound drnhbing- hut
had good strong force OF well disciplined men
gone t. WMncmockcr, aud impcIativcy demanded
the surrender at tle r>ca> engaged in the previous
dcprcdaiiuns, the old Chief is not such fool, nor
50 fond of war, as to have denied the application.
These rnscas once hung, safety would have been