Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-10-08
General B,aw.ii D.s.na.a.

0eher4l BlaWell Defended.
Some anonymous copperhead scribbler lately
preferred series Of false aud unfound charges
against Gen. Bidwell through the columns OF
the lying organ Of his party-the Marysville En-
Pre". One OF the charges made was that Bid
well charged the Government S75 900 for scanti-
ly feeding four hundred Indians for six weeks
In reply to this charge, G. M. Hansen. late fn-
dian Superintendent replies, through the col
umns Of II late Marysvile Appeal:
. During the lnIi IN excitement in Butte coun-
~ in July and August, 1868, ubout one-third of
tnose inaisns lthe Hat Creeks) took fright and
faft IN the nglt, anl during tle same time about
as many others were captured ani brought iuto
Chico by the citizens OF Butte, preparatory to
their removal to the Reservation, In king the
aggregate numbe perhaps from three To four
hundred; but many of them were removed in
August TO their spirit hunting grounds, by an
epldemic that prevailed feartully among them.
About the lst Of September, 1893, sent orders
to my special agent to obtain wagons and teams,
escorted 10y some of the military, and immedi-
ately remove the Indians. was informed that
teams could not be obtaiued without cash in adj
vance, and as had no money on hand Gen. Bid
well very kindly hired thirteen wagons and teams
count against the Government ut the same prices
he paid for them. To copy the articles and give
the dates and charges in the bill would hill one
or two columns of your paper; but if PhGnix,
or any one else, is desirous to see the items and
prices, they call at my room in this place,
and will be pleased to crafty their curiosity
Suffice it to say the beef furnished the Indians
was good the flour was mostly course or shorts,
part was fne and part super6ne-and the price
aaf.b lou I ntirr hnS
any other person in the country. No other man
except General Bidwell would advance supplies
for my suffering and starving Indians in that
vicinity, without cash in advance and | holi
that the Government and every Union man Nc
Clellanites excepted, of course, should feel
grateful to the General for his kindness, LIBERAL
ty and indulgence, in this very case, wherein
Phoenix would fAin m IKE him knave. :" y,
sh ime, where is thy blush =
But in >tead OF General Bidwell feeding 400
Indians scANr six weeks, he fed them flush one
whole year !; AMI instead of charging $4,000,
his b II, all told WIS only S3,455 ~. This in
cludes about or nearly 81 900 tn 1t he advance J
for teams and other supplies he purch ,sel for
their services This too was done from one to
two years since when grecnb tcks wer, worth
ne.ry double their present value. Hence t
will he seen that the deprec ,tion of the present
currency and the uublu>hinS ISLANDERS of such
sycophants as Phoenix, is all the interest he
will receive By waiting for his pay. Other insn-
uations in the county OF this kind wish to no.
tice, which know TO he untrue-unkin lneSs to
his Indians Th. first tim. met General Bid
well after was appointed sup pcrintendinI AZ mt,
was at his own house. H. ask ID if | inten Ted
removing his Indians TO the Reservation, saying
if did, he would assist me in gathering them
up, etc. replied that as Soon as WAS satisfied
that could do II better part by them than he
was doing would remove them. | went with
him to the Indian ranch. where found half a
beef hanging. On inquiry, he informed me that
many of the Indians were old and many too
young to provide for them selves, and as all who
were able worked on his farm he felt it his duty
to feed their aged parents and little ones. The
neighbors told me the same, and on no condition
would one of those Indians be pursuaded TO
leave Gen. Bidwcll.
In regard to another of the lying charges the
Oroville Union Record furnishes the following
The ninth question or charge of scribbler
as he calls him, was by authority of Gen. Bid
well numerically beaten by club that % had
it been a white man, he would have died under
the blows" This is the substance of the ninth
charge. This charge happened to meet the eye
of strong McClellanite who Immediately called
upon US aud pointed out the charge denouncing
it as base falsehooi, and that he would make
affidavit to that effect whenever PhGlix =
would give his n1me, or if Gen. Dilweil wished
him to do So This Mcclellan Democrat further
states that he one of party of three who
captured the Indian referred to above knows the
facts and feels Indignant at the publicity of such
base Misrepresentation, AMI II required VIII
come forward apd so certify.