New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-14
wagons fl the same AZ and they only bad that many
aaimals 10 spare.

| aaimals 10 spare.
When we got back to Dser Creek Station, We found
they had started out With 100 soldiers and ten days
rsfions 20 try 10 recaptlrs the stock. We learned
when came 10 Beer Creek that on the l3t the In
cGns, eboGt thirty ia rIDcT Esd surrounded tram
Of three or four wagons sig pen and tier families
protesting to BIZ friendly Indians. and Kept on with
them for few mies and then demanded their supper.
The eEigrants are la their power, and therefore
Stopped to comply with their demand. aud, as they
were making fire b cook IL, the Indians commenced
The stack and killed or wounded ali but one white man
ana q negro: they both commenced to run Oh the nr
aarni and made their escape 10 zone Willows On We
bank OF the stream ard t being night they got 20 the
found Two Of the hcre badly wounded vita arrows,
end three doad and two women aud three Children
missing and the wagons burned ana stock gone. They
buried she dead and removed the wouneei 10 the sts-
tor but sent one N pursuit -Four days after, as We
were moving IT. ws took another road which passed
about two mules to TIE right IF the scene
! Se.r tie road We were on Wds found one or the
Children little girl six years ID with several arrows
in her D3iy, end soaped. WN buried her well as We
could s1d passed on That happened aboat fifteen
miles from tde Deer Creek Sutton. and when within
ABOUT SIX miles If the Station wo found man besie
"a, road saot With ARROWS .nd stripped % "a nut rs
pants lie bad Deen dead I should think. about four
days, but we could not ina out an thiAS about ha.
/ lie was barred where lie lay.
AZ Deer Creek We 'olna tho two wounded men. and
Of tire came in tte night before We got there
bringing hes ttie boy VITA hsr She had nade her 90
cape IN tbe night and had trb Telrd two III htS ana
paTt NJ .he last dny, ani IN safe. Her ha5b1if
was Of the wOlndci lad e likely W recover Ias
iothcr wounded man - single MtA, anu is PiODlD.
dead before this.
| We awhile before We moved on, and for a week
after they commencSd they were stealing he FLOCK and
nftcking tire trains all up anu down tho Piafte River
ier fifty niles ana no 20 stop shom, ard the enl
grant bad 10 rely on hs own arm Tor protection
didn't hear u their killing moro, but there were
Great many wourdod In different trains and as near a.
can End out .hoy have captured ABOVE 2,VO head o.
horses and mules from the eriigrefts.
4 We rot tie mules from the Salt IhEs rain anu
/ Granger and myself started our wagons We offered
y, Nusa "a 4
tho three families ont they preferred ~ stay Gni awa
the return u the expedition thinking to recover tnel
stact or "a part u T. Bat had seen enough To set
ify me there WA bope, end came "a the concusyn
tust 40 could expect no he ron any man or the IL
dim, receive aBy damage from Que who was keeping
from ono To three squavs 10 seep with and iasc fam
lea by and therefore thought 4 bsst 20 take TIE hrs
lellaoe T. ~ on. We moved on o. tns place eicat'
miles from Dser Creek and rcachel here saturday
night. hy higJack was taken scA SATURDAY aferboon
and had 10 stop with hin, aud Lh3 tran went on ant
lea ne and here an The Jack IL some better and
hone will he able ~ trave, bs the Arst II August
nave succeeded I'm buying OF: YOKE OF DroEen loW'
cattle and a yoke ~ by paying neafy Tor theul
aid hope BE- able 10 ri-e aactser YOKE OK ca'tle n
though L Is doubtful, ~ they are jyhg w tnonsail
alone the road II e take al The money aaye ap'
ny watch to get US 70 salt Lake II The cotts nav
I've " reacn ILert bg. evil. sorA through some WAY
sure.
We are now camped at a military and telegraph pos
az Iude 9,ndence Rock. four hundred r1es irom oei
Lake With 10 God could got 70 the authorities an'
let then know how they work ont here wiH VIII
you " hem islrike tie NAL route et Font Brdser d
L urcertain ahou. letter reaching you from here
There i, no hop FOR the enigrllt rom those here Du
tho opposite. Yours, ever, A. L. hocA"oop.