, 1864-05-14
EOrRTEEN MEN MAs.ACRED.

contains the details Of a bloody massacre of
fourteen men, comprising a road party, at
Butte Inlet, on the SOth ult., at daybreak.
We copy the following account from that
paper Of Thursday last -
The steamer Emily Harris arrived from
NanaiMo this morning. She brings three
men as passengers who are the sole survivors
Of Waddington's party of seventeen work
men, the remaining II having been massa-
cred by Chillicooten Indians who had been
hired to pack for them. ..
The savages commenced the attack by
numbering Smith the ferryhian, and robbihg
the house.
On the same night they started up to the
camp where the Ii men were sleeping. and
commenced an indiscriminate attack on them
with knites, pistols, muskets and axes
slaughtering II out Of the II.
The wretches, not content with depriying
the poor fellows of life, hacked and mdtilated
the bodies in the most shocking manner.
An Indian from Butte Inlet who was with
the party, and the three surviving whites,
managed to escape in the darkness. Two
Of the whites are wounded and are OH board
the Emily Harris.
The news Is Of most dreadful character,
and its PRONUNCIATION has raised d feeling Of
alarm among all the settlers in the outlying
districts:
The Indian who escaped says that he
concealed himself in the vicinity Of the
camp until the next morning, and saw all
Of the bodies The heads Of some had
been hacked oiE-others were r. ped open,
and the fends, in more than instance,
had quartered the bodies Of .Aeir victims.
The names Of the wounded men brought
down on the Emily Harris are Peterson
aud Buckley. The uninjured man is named
Mosely.
Peterson and Buckley have been sent t.
the Hospital.
We understand that gunboat will be
dispatched to New Westminster to carry the
news to Gov. Seymour.
Additional Partieulars.
Mr.. Waddington thinks that the trail
crossing portion Of the Chilicooten Ter.
ritory may have Influenced them in some
degree in making the attack, but plundel
was no doubt the main object they had in
view. The hour Of dttick was well chosen
just Before daylight-when the poor vic.
this were in their soundest sleep. The
plan of slaughter, to Judge from the discon'
nected accounts furnished US, seems to have
been formed with military precision, each
Indian selecting his man. The attacking
party numbered about Is, all Chillicootens
Who were in the employ of the Road Com
pany, and were accompanied by their wo
men aud children. The workmen were di.
vided into two camps; one gang, numbering
Eve men, we're ahead, with Mr.. Brewster
foreman Of the work, and the other gang
numbering twelve tiien, were working ai
what is known as the third bluff, nine miles
above the ferry. Of The latter party, only
three are known to have escaped; and Of
the former, oil afe believed to have been
destroyed. About fifteen miles from the
point where Brewster's party were work.
ing, Alex. Mcdonald. with seven or eight
men, was engaged in cutting the trail from
Benshee Lake, to meet Brewster's gang
ard il is feared that this party, too, have
fallen victims. The murdercrs are Chill.
cooten Indians. The Bhtc Inlet Indian:
arc friendly, and will no doubt render val
liable assistance in bringing the guilty par
ties to justice, to any force sent up for their
punishment.
From Mr.. Waddington. the proprietor Of
the road, we have received the following
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