, 1865-07-28
INDIAN ATROCITIES.
a Venerable Missionary RI co1nmruds
EeVefe Mehsnrr'- HORRIBLE 1a1e uf
MuKds ~ ard Mutltattoa.

The following communication II handed 10
hs " tae "old white ebtaEded gentleman" to
Enom the correspondent reftrB, R.v. James
l. L.Thompsop, now IN route for New York cItr.
ial,n1 Mr: ~ ' mIson Is congsegationalist, was
edited religions Journal III Nov York, Later.
Presided over seminary at RAyenswood'
opposite the metropolis, and went Wn5t
partly for health and partly to visit his son.
Bep)amtn Ftko Thompson, Of company G, 1st
Gbiolado cavalry. stationed at Rock Bluffs.
Mr. T1uEnpsGn Is coaycrsant With, the state
Of facts which Sir. Burk describes. and ff,Itv
t1dorses, the 1attes's statement. After con-
Siderable obseryAt!on of the Iudtan chnractnr
aud practices, Mr. Thompson Is DECIDED in
the conTlction that only measures Of struaI
severity can have the least effect In rep1rs-
sing their bru alities, and that there is m m
ayo:datle necessity or adopting toward them
some policy not unlike that for which Colonel
Ca1F5ngton has been visited with so much
ccnsure.
EDITORS Missouri Democrat:
their btethIen are subjected from the Indt,us.
H Nh,le o. she.r way to peaceful homes IN tns
AorthEest Territories. Speaker Coia1 ssw
Salt Lake. and ,elegrapbed to Wa.hInrton Tor
bdto OF 6Q0 Troops; but thsy arrive tov slowly
1 t9 R1ye efficient Protection 70 the taous.ads of
Iom the employment Of stsge diving below the
NoI Platt:. ard nsrrats Saat haYe Witnessed
~ 1he eJ,i.ndsy Atsgpaeoes, Of whom 400 or 5o3
be the sE9resAve party at present. Felxuiug to
oeei.e to 80 sonth IN queat OF buFalo, seventy Of
mere Warriors drew II days .stions. Thea con-
n!ehted the dtPfedat!onA aud uass9cres at tha
44t'ge 4 etatione and private ranches below North
Plafte, pneltthed In the Denver papers. Ia fhe
aa9s ason as s a1gs M s
ton, apu Oh 1he % inst, fifteen more. Pa,sine |
coXn they cleared eff tue siock At Medicine Dos
sho1. shnn .. ano o9sned @ F9oses ranch. blacksmith
cad Of Eiock belonging to Foote IN ] Ek]er. Tnsv
l9st esesied with their liyes. There vas t1a1n
taw one Ioor strssslet's eead body b5ouchi ID
Tho emieEant. d.se not tnrn their IL. IA. ont to
.n.- Ths eoa.to1Pati md c1,inx Of .hs wu.aen
aEd children were hesrceudirE. i. R,ck Cresk.,
peatcd, sc strong. Having broken u1 =, IcnId n
ulnirE opes1t'oas In that v!cinlfy, they nexi nt.
1sssG sS szan, sss p5qpssy n o. Ks'h:w md
hofsts. nules, oxen and cows,-the ttlsv.s Wsv.
! g. bstk sheis ow1ers, unless they wanted toloss
Az later day the, shaved .he. thirstfor blood,
Two soldiers Of The Ohio llth were Killed on
1oek tso C!ats ast1; accompanied an sc.ss ofesv.
:htte olcierr. The body Of ono ot thee, ~as mu.
Hated 10 The most tbocslng pancey-tret cut of,
yer dne m mou., he.rt taken s~sy and boe.lr hasg.
ua,nitG abuets must b. unGescr.b.dt
len e'!oittt Of the let Colorado cavalry, 4ta-
auQeu He1fs 10a4 tnflf H0fet3. 1 h1FnEe8ft the |
nnles OF the station ana stared the esletcts off
asth thsm- slso saved AT old whlts bearded |
:enut man, By his last chance Of e.c.pe, from
Rock Creek. in the atsce.
At Cooper't Creek Station, ~lcven miles fur.
her down the Tcst, they took both .tipe ami
stoek@kilinz sou1s fat esule ne!oug.
ng to Ro' ky Thonas, because they could not
1Fcs them tofwartt f1st enough.
At Virginia Dale BtAt1on they ran of nina !
1ead or stock ucEe Jim Ems, an old hunter |
Eas met By IN 1nGitn protesting to be '"Titnif. |
y 'Nspp.ho." " apd held In conversation til tt
1T er tavaGes appeared and ehot 4 poisoned ar. |
'oW through his liver l saw him die, Ia four |
.outs, trothing at the mouth, most exe1uc,al-
Wow, there has been no known proroe,tton for
here Atroeltlss. The Ind:ane eay-*.If the whits
pen y! uld ksep away. the buffalo wcr.d come |
'Rain." But tho whites won't keep aasy, AUD
4 IL thr duty and 1lt.re or the Government 10
give ptot. tttpp to those who psss through theaa
rertttcrte8, gong 10 develop The ynirsa. and |
hut d mp new Stases. The pacideat.on uljcy. a |
re have teen above, will not 1tewex. fhe com.
NON rules OF Har Will uot answer. would not 20
or exteKntEatou; but having been out In that |
;ounr{ four years, and seen the temper o{ ,he In.
1laLf, conclndo thet notht1K fh01t cf . yery
eteie punishment, by an irresistible army Of
: hlse troops, will tcath Them to behaTe thsul-
elves. II tquaWs, abandoning their children IN |
ue.r WiQwaDe. stand in Tho ftnc prs 10 fjeht "a
be Idea OF discrimination Is ab.ttt. One hun. |
Cd Of Col. Chtvlneton's troops had se.n thoir
'Wn W1Tes and children mas:acred and thar
bnshcs burnt. Theee make the soIdie1s to desi
sith the IeAtherou. reds sk1ns. ehpntf mt wn1.
er II he "Heso Of S1nd Lake" weEe to 10 toad.y
ailtd los to put m end 10 this 1Adlxn rebelllon;
Tor Burke,