Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-06-12
INDIAN OUTBREAKS ON THE PLAINS.

From the Vedette of. June 4th and 9th, we-
extract the following dispatches, 1t will be
scent that the war threatened by the Indians
has been initiated! The military are compare
tlvefy supine. Instead of fighting and severely
warning upon the Indians, the War Depart
ment seems determinedto continue the wretch
ed, actually criminal policy of treating with
them. Dead Indians are the only peaceablet
Indians, and, sooner or later the Government
must come to it and. make them. peaceful by
death, or. stand a party,in crime with the mur--
ders and wholesale massacres of white settlers.
emigrants and travellers. To make treaties of
peace oramity with. Indians is like giving in
cendiaries lucifer matches to keep them from.
using the old birthstone sort. XIII off the saw
ages first; it will. be very. easy to deal with,
them afterwards.
SALT LAKE CITY, June ell 80 A. M-The Junction.
City operator has just returned from Fairview the
scene of the stage capture and gives additional items
in regard to that affair. The Indians twenty strong
were hid jim the burned walls of theold station and
rushed out when the stage within twenty off
them; and killed the driver at the first fire. W. A..
Fuller was the only passenger that escaped The In
dians scalped and killed the two that killed.,
and demolished the coach, cut the mail sacks andt
scattered their contents and took eight head stock
The Riverside operator is hemmed in by Indians,
who are in full possession of the road in the vicinity
Yesterday the Indians killed one of his men, whoA
was assisting him i'll repairing, and captured their
horse and repairing tools. He has a company of in--
fantry with him. Two freight trains are reported.
captured and destroyed Riverside, but the re-
port has not yet:been confirmed.
Yesterday the Indians made raid on Elk MOun--
tain station and took head of stock from within
four hundred yards of the station the station men.
gave chase five miles, when they came upon large
Indian camp and returned without attacking them.
The Indians attacked Three Crossings telegraph
station, on the FortLaramie line, yesterday morning..
The operator and four other fought them. ALI
day. One Indian is known to have been killed. The
whites Ietthe station last night and are their way
to- South Pass station The line is broken and it is
supposed the station was burned. We-haye mil-
tary protection in that section.
SALT LAKE, June sap nMt--On Sunday evening"
lastthe coach bound east from Denver attacked.
by Indians between Junction and Living Springs sta
tions. Superintendent Benham of the stage line
on board. No one in the coach was killed Next
morning two fast-freght drivers found in the
road near where the coach was attacked. Both were
badly wounded; has sin. died. On the morning
of the 4th Indians made raid on Pine statons "a
miles west of the crossing OF the North Platte be-
tween Denver and Salt Lake burned the station and
drove off eight head of stage stock At. about the
same time, and near the same place, Division Agent
Ingram of the stage line, witha small party, at
tackled by Indians Ingram. wounded in the
right arm, and James Nichols driver, and
named Thompson, ranchman living near, were
killed. few hours afterwards the INDIANS attacked
anotherpartyi in the same locality, but were driven
off without loss to the whites. On the 3d. two whites
of party of tive were killed by Indians Is miles
east of Cottonwood, stage station between Jules
burg and Fort Kearney.
The Indians have destroyed the telegraph line and
burned the station at Three Crossings OF the Sweet
water the Fort Laramie route and still hold pos
session of the line. The telegraph has also been.
torn down and the wire carried off between Denver
and Julesburg. They will repair the telegraph
they 60. H s
Latest advces from Denver state that large train
was attacked early this mornings "a miles west Of
Junction. The Indians were repulsed with one killed..
They, however succeeded in running of one team