Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-17
5,aiIu acknowledgements.
@-o.,ing from the Plains---Progiess OF
In.e overland Telegraph---Friendly
I,,:snosition IaS of the indians, etc.

overland Telegraph---Friendiy
I.s,,o.ition of the Indians, etc.
nj. ALLOWING is from the Alta California:
~ york on the Telegraph line east of
ihg oSe with which the California Compa-
sa'. to connect, is progressing steadily
ny aar date of July 80, we have letter from
UpuGe Al Stebbins, who has the building and
MI r.renent " of that portion of the eastern
manGfS a rom St. Louis to Julesbprg, in which he
saw expect to open s5 miles west of Fort
y.,rnev (7oO miles from st. Louis,) in a
~" days. and after that we shall put up at
is" S raie of five miles per day, until we get
tlo ,O niles west of Kearny, where our pro-
NV ,. will be slower for the next fifty miles
Iolesburs. We shall not reach Julesburg
,,t,re the 18th of October, when we shall
ps.Ut pnnsct with Creighton, and work to within
osO miles of Salt Lake by the lst OF Decem-
pe, whilst the work is progressing thus favor
.,Ir on tn e other side, the State Telegraph
Sy1 r"mnany is pushing rapidly forward towards
SAT- Salt Lake, where they will connect with
Crsiphton's Eastern division. Under Nc.
Hrb5ard strong party are building towards
Ruby Valley. which is half way from Fort
Valley, which is half way from Fort Church
i'll to Salt Lake. They have one hundred
and thirty miles already up, and in day or
two will be at Simpsons Park some eighteen
miles east of Reese's River, leaving about 100
miles to inish up to Ruby Valley.
From Salt Lake Mr.. Street is pushing this
way, having all his contracts for poles made,
and being filed. lie has had considerable
trouble in getting men aud teams at Salt Lake,
owing to this being the harvest season there,
and every one engaged in the labors of the
field. However, ~hrough the timely assist
ance of Brigham Young. all the necessary
men and teams have been furnished Mr.
street, and he has hauled out and set up
some sixty miles or more Of poles. Owing
TO the Secession troubles in Missouri the wire
for two hundred miles of the line this side Cf
Salt Lake was delayed in shipment. The
Company have ordered this amount to be
sent forW ard from the California end, so as to
be sure of having the wire on the ground in
time.
In order TO have the work go forward with
all dispatch the President of the California
Company, Gen. III. w. Carpenter, has gone
over the line of construction to Salt Lake.
From present preparations IL work we feel as
eured that the California section of the great
Overland Telegraph will be completed quite
as soon as the Eastern section.
In this connection it may be well to state
that the Indians on the line of the Overland
mail along which the telegraph is building,
feeling towards the men with whom they
have been brought in contact While on the
road to Salt Lake, Gen. Carpenter had a
short talk with the Chief of the Shoshones,
whose territory extends from the Ruby Val
ley country in towards the Mormon settle
ment,I near Salt Lake. Sho -kup, who has
command of 5000 Indians, expresses his
friendship towards both the Overland Tele-
graph and Mail, both of which companies
have treated him and his tribe with kindness,
at the same time paying the Indians for what
timber, ETC., they take.
We are satisfied that there need be no
trouble from Indians along the line Of travel
from Carson to Salt Lake, as long as the
Telegraph and Overland Mail Companies are
allowed to manage the Indians. Thus far,
they have their friendship. and know now to
retain it. AS has been already published in
the Alta, the Chief of the Shoshones, Sho
kup, some time since rode into Carson City
from Ruby Valley, and returned by the
stage In about six weeks, he is coming to
San Francisco, to see the wonders Of the white
man, and the "big water" as he terms the
ocean. III oruer 10 SNOW JUe IeelU5 Oh lnlS
important Indian Chief we give below dis
patch which he sent yesterday from Reese's
River to the Vice President of the Company.
He had ridden into that station to see the
telegraph men, with whom he is on the best
of terms.
We give the dispatch as it came, remark
ing at the same time that the operator, Mr..
John Yontz, sent an explanatory message,
stating that it was the result of his meagre
knowledge of the Indian language and Sho-
kup's bad English But here is the dispatch:
70 lIee President Telegraph:
saw big Telegraph Chief, Carpenter, on
stage. Had shake hands with him. like
him and like telegraph My Indians all shake
hands with white man. My Indians shall not
hurt telegraph line. White man good, then
Indian good count my Indians now. Have
about 5000 About six weeks go San
Francisco to see stcamboat-ship and big
water. All telegraph men treat me well
Street good man liltle Johnny (Yontz) tele-
graph good man; Hubbard and Mcdonald
good man; Overland Mail good Buckley
good man; Wash Jacobs good man, Jim Ja-
cobs good man. To-day me go Ruby Valley.
[Signed, Sno -Kur,
Chief of the Shoshones