The Shasta courier., 1860-02-11
A AIonstrous Faisif1er.

Pit River, last Fail. Our readers will remember
that shortly after Messrs. McIroy, D. Wells, CAL
laghan and John Rizer had been butchered by
company who surrounded and stormed their
camp about daylight on the morning of Sept. Sd.
This is the only mode that ever proves success
ful in capturing killing the fighting portion Of
the California Indians. Unless they are taken
unawares, many of the 'bucks" always escape
to the mountains and woods, leaving the squaws
and children behind. Therefore, in order to get
the warriors, they have to be attacked while in
their rancherias. This being true, squaws and
children must frequently be killed This was
cherla near Rolls Ranch but not TO the extent
asserted by Mr.. Lount. He represents thatsome
sixty squaws and children, and some ten Indian
warriors were found dead on the field. The
TACT is that upwards of thirty warriors were kill
ed One of the proprietors of this paper, who
happened to be in the vicinity at the time, and
who visited the scene of the battle five days af-
ter it occurred, saw more than that number of
-
than dozen squavs and children. He was in
formed, however, that portion of the squaws
and children had been removed and buried. The
number of squaws and children kil,ed-as stated
by Lount-is greatly and mendaciously exasge-
rated. The slaughter unavoidable, for this
reason: the company of whites, numbering 2 2
approached the rancheria before daylight and
formed in semi-circle, and with their rifles and
shot guns fred into the camp. Thus fighting in
the dark an enemy with children and women in
their midst, they could not avoid killing some of
the latter. 1t must be remembered that this
rancharie contained some 250 or 300 Indians.
How unreasonable, then, if they had exhibited
the temper described by Lount, that they did not
kill more thaneven be asserts.
1t is little singular thet all the papers below
now denounce the Rolf Ranch affair as horri-
Bile crime. We published the particulars at the
time, as written by Mr. Skillman Of this paper
in letter from the scene of battle. We then
stated that owing to the mode of attack, and
the darkness, some 80 or 40 squaws and chill
dren were killed The Sacramento Union. the
5. F. Herald and other papers who now denounce
the whites engaged therein as monsters, pub
lished oui account, if we do not misremember.
and saw nothing in it at that time to denounce
Why then is it that now, after the lapse of so
much time, and after the Numerous murders,
and robberies of white citizens, perpetrated by
those savages are forgotten by the public, these
papers lend themselves to the publication of the |
malicious falsehoods OF men who, perhaps, by |
reason Of these Indian dfic ulties have been
maddened by the loss Of their squaws2 This |
man Lount attempts to defeat the bill for the
payment of the Kibbe Volunteers by endeavor-
ing to make it appear that the " Pit River RAN |
gers" were part OF Gen Kbbes command. OF
course he knew this was fasehood Doubt |
less, in removing the Pit River Indians to Men, |
docino, Gen. Kibbe, deprived this fabricating
Lount of his squaw. Hence has tears
The public should not forget this fact: This |
company of whites, as soon as organized, re-
paired to the scene of the murder of McElroy
and the others, and spent a week or more in
diiigent investigation. By patient search they
trailed tho murderers directly into the Rolf
rancheria. Thus was the fact established that
while these Indians were being fed and protected
by the general Government they were stealthily
numbering white citizens Indeed. at the time
they were attacked, preparations were in pro-
gress for the celebration of their success in
numbering Callagban and boy and Wells and
McElroy, by big dance.
The public should, also, not forget this fact
that in every instance, the men who make these
complaints against the volunteer companies,
have been struck in the "apple of their eye'-
They have been deprived of their squaw-wives. |
Hence their auger-hence their tears Poor
Lount, his lovely Mary Ann Digger has doubt
lesss been sent to Mendocino by the inhumau
kibbe. She will never again grind acorns and
prepare muck-a-muck for her loving Lount.-
Never again, beneath the umbragious oak. of
a bright summer day, will she feast upon his
head vermine Inhuman Kibbe Cruel soldiers. |
Unhappy Lount. Lousy Lount. Miserable fate
Pity him--pity a suffering brother, most ylrtuous
Union, most dignifed Herald