Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-02-09

negotiated as herein provided Provide
that any officer or soldier of said militia
or any per on holding bOnafde assign
ment Of the amount Of pay due militii
men for services may take sucl
amount due him on assigned pay TO
services in bends upon application to th,
Governor for that purpose, at their fac,
value.
Section IL. This act shall take eff
feet and, be in force from and after it
passage
The absve BILL has passed the Legisla
aAd been signed by the Governor.-ED
The following Memorial and Join
Resolution for the Relief of the Nebras-
ka Militia has passed both branches of
The Legislature:
To the honorable the Senate and House d
Representatives. of the United States oJ
.Anserica, IN Congress assembled:
Your memoriallsts, the Council and
House of Representatives of the Terri
tory of Nebraska, respectfully represent
that in August last, portions of the Sioux,
Cheyennes, Kiowas, Camanches and Ar
apahees, confederated together for the
purpose Of attacking the frontier settle
ments of Nebraska and the emigrant
trains en- route to Colorado and the Gold
Mines. Suddenly, and without the
slightest warning, they attacked the set
dement's along the Little Blue River IN
Nebraska. killing men, women and chill
dren without mercy-save in few in
stances where they carried the women
away captives to undergo fate more
terrible than death itself-and at the
same time attacking the emigrant trains
along the aforesaid rsute, and from forty
miles eastward of Fort KeaTney ID the
extreme western border of the Territory,
killing settlers and emigrants, and driv-
ing off stock to the number of several
thousand. This attack extended along
a line of settlements comparatively re-
mote from each other, and more than
three hundred miles in extent, driving
emigration from. s.,tbe road and settlers
from their homes.
At the time of this attack, and indeed
ever since, the number Of Government
troops on duty in this district Of country
was found entirely insufficient and made
luate to hold the hostile savages in check,
protect the emigrant and save the set
dement's from massacre and devastation.
What Government troops were here, did
1obly and well, but the number WAS too
small to protect the extensive line of
ravel, and the settlements so remote
rom each other. In this emergency, the
Governor, with a promptness and patri-
,tism which has characterized all his Of
icial acts, called upon the Militia Of the
Territory of Nebraska to save from the
omahawk and scalping-kni the settlers
apon our border, and drive back the saw
lge foe, and aid in protecting the United
States mail in Its transportation across
he plains. and also the Pacific Telegraph
inc, running as II does, through hos
lie Indian country. Four companies
promptly responded to the call of the Gov
,rnor, and marched to the frontier, furn-
shing their own hSrses and serving as
mounted infantry one of the companies
Mainr General Curtis /
throughout the Indian campaign, while |
,thers rendered not less important ser
ice in guarding emigrant trains and the
rreat Overland Mail and Pacific Tele-
yraph, and protecting the frontier set
lements. All were under the immedi-
tie command 'Of the commandant Of the
United States troops in this department.
The militia served faithfully, and it Is
'elieVed rendered important aid In the
indian campaign, and in protecting the
rontier settlements.
These militia men, were in most cases
OOr men, who left their wives and chill
ren at home, depended, to a great ex-
snt, upon their daily labor for support,
ut with that patriotic devotion to ccOun-
ry which has characterized our people
D the past, they promptly sacrificed In
crest at home to the call of humanity to
ave from fate more terrible than death
self. the helpless women and children
pom our unprotected borders.
Your memOrlalists would further rep
esent that three of.thOse four companies
ave served for the period Of four months,
nd one for the period of sixty days
'wo of said companies have been mus
cred out of service by reason Of the ex-
iration of their term of enlistment, and
10 are still continued in the service,