The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-06
Indian War on the Plains Threatened,
Correspondence Of the n r Tribune. ~
f"s- SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. Is. 1864.

love in peace, but the conviction isclea.ly grow
iog upon US that An Indian war on thel Plains
and in this Territory, is almost inevitable. The
few, who have everythingto gain and nothing to
lose by the presence Of soldiers, aree vidsntly
very much satisfied with their approach towards
the capital Of Mormonism, and are in no ways
grieved at the probabilities of their presence be.
ing justified BY the necessity Of chastising the
Indians The communicable people who live
settlement to extraordinarily dislike the
''ugliness'' of the Indians, and are not over
pleasant toward those who ever rejoice in the
strife that desolates the lsnd endangsrs the lives
Of the husbandmen, and fllsIthe pockets Of YAM
pires with gold.
The responsibility of the outbreak that now
threatens W on every sde may not be directly
traceable to any person or party, and the old TO-
gyism of the Indian Department is at . heavy
discount. The policy Of that Department has
been for years back pernicious aud destructive.
The Superintendents of the poor Indians have
been men Of broken fortunes sent here to reoa.
perate, and if they::have not honored their sp.
pointments in that particular, they have been
sadly abused men. The present incumbent of
that Office, Q fvery respectable gentleman-of
course, for that reason-must be kept without .
dollar that can be employed in behalf Of the In
dams, and the Commissioner, in his annual re-
port, will be furnished another occasion for
charging homo upon the Indiana the stsrsotyped
abuse of his olRoe, and outraging the citizens
who are despoiled Of their property, with being
the abettors Of the Indiana Who rob and plumber
them. 49, 81
The Indians have not for ten years been 80
troublesome - ct present. and - far - I can
learn the Superintendent here has nothing to
&. L. Ao~A La -
men to assume debts for the Government and
20 far removed from the facility Of representa-
ton, few parsons would be willing to give the
get it understood at Washington that W are .
athoussnd miles ftora everywhere" and can
onlyxet imports from the East during three
months Of tie year. To the neglect Of the In.
dams are ohargeabls the mail depredations,
and the impunity with which they were per-
mitted to carry On their work has emboldened
them everywhere. g. as'3e d .'' -
= The immigration 10 Salmon River has been 8
temptation 70 them and the reports Of murders
are not unfrequenf. "A disappointed miner in.
forms me that himself and four others in st-
tempting to get on to the Humboldt road for
California last week came up TO the remnants
of . burned wagon, by the side ofwhich lay
three bodies Perforated with bullet holes. He
picked up two New Testsments and . few pa
pers belonging to one Of them 1900 Carl Bart
lett, formerly Of Rock County Wisconsin.
Three Indians were arraigned befors Judge
Drake in this city, two days ago, for stealing
about forty sides Of leather, from which they
made lariats and sold them 70 immigranta-
They were remanded into the hands Of che Sher.
IL who placed them in the county jail-secure
enough, ~ he thousht-and before morning they
escaped, making their way. through gates and
bars, 10 his astonishment. When the three
were taken, they had on and about thsm6 fty
pounds Of powder and ammunition. The shsr-
III would have attempted their reospture, but
the Judge, Governor aud Superintendent Of In.
dian Affairs concluded on defensive warfare till
the California volunteers arrived, and then war
70 the knife, If need be. sYasd 81.
The through emigration TO California 10 very
large-seemS 70 DO no end 70 it It 10 reported
that large number Of the immigrants will win.
ter here. The season Is not 20 very late; but
/ 10 reports concerning Salmon Mines are very
contradictory. Il d generally regarded hzz!e
Should prospects b favorable, the minefs who
winter here will doubtless take that direction,
and. if to the contrary, they viii continue on to
the Pacific.
Every person in the Territory 10 busy-plsnty
Of work for man and beast, in husbandry, and
In hauling for tho Overland Nail Line, east and
vest, and also in providing for the coming
troops Zn.
A. NJ -