New-York tribune., 1867-08-26

born we5G nd indians MIA Now that the Of the villain
has been found out adequate punishment sNo"u D'
awarded him.
ABANDONMENT OF OLD FORT UNIoN-INDIAN
AFFAIRS.
From Our Special Correspondent
FORT UNION, NJ. r., Aug. 8, 1867.
It is probable that few of yOur readers nave
avor heard of Fort Union" But, as IL viii soon pe no
more perbapsa few words concerning 1t may not oo u
interesting Fort Union s probably the Oldest lort OH
the Upper Missouri II is situated ON the boundary me-
between Dakota and Montana Territories near 'he
mouth of the yellow stone River and was but by Flele
sko,o for the American Fur Company in 1880. The bas-
,o and some of the foundations Of stone, and look
as though some medieval architect had constructed
them There is also a strong wooden stockade ana spa
cous buildings About 1865 skoto sold ont 10 he NORTH
Western Fur Company In the once Oh INC IolI .iy ,
ors of ali the trading transactions are Kept aud from
1890 to 1867 every article, skin, or piece OF IuI sOu
is marked down in the books, with the price ana 70 Wno
sold If the history OF this old trading post was Wleh
Il would be valuable contributor 10 t9 iUiCL i boar an
Chves of our western country foIt buiV , ~, is W 90
established within the last year TINS QId Inuh % 90 - t,o m
DO abandoned, and Messrs CanpDci pt ~ larcd and
Northwestern Fur Company are etItLt 80, " i Gtofrs
commOdious building near the ste Ol th OhCu otn.'s
fort which will be completed in few weeks. without
little excitement in this dull country one MVi l U r ~
ennu. So ON Friday afternoon tAug; DSg1 Siug 'n r.
THs Tbey Tere TTe0 well mounted and approached within
q mile Of the fort, attacking the HetItlss Hds
and killing several Of the cattle grazing at that point Dut
uiuTing no one Tie troops llhlieuat;S Sut ~ 80 me- me-
followed the Indians, aud opened on them WITH 2reIy
Of the finest of the fort were killed Fort lni3h nhs
two sxpOunders and the fire from both forts WIN lne
SHOT and she'll falling among the flying Indians and throw
INC mn the dirt ia every direction, carried us Dack 10 v
times on the Potomac The weather here ls WY n nOt
during the day tho thermometer ranging VSj Tue Hut
pouring down a sandy soil But at nght II Is cOoi anu
NE o mot apnrehend much trouble from the Indians
although there are doubtless hostile bands hovtrhg
around fov the United states forces at Fort Buotd are
TOO strong and too well disciplined for Selling Bul or
any one eise TO 70 so GO az! & n' throNrb his eoutIy few
had tQl "
friendly" Indians which seemed TO he satisfactory.
But there is doubt that the siouX chc7 nave aue VI.
their minds that they in the last ditch ana must
fight or die Of starvation They say that the Whe mh
las driven the red man west Of the missouri RIVER 1 ~
take from him all that is lett Of his hmtinGsouhds
Tn3Tincpled traders enigrants and dcserts from the
United states Army do all they can 10 harfass ana NcX
the poor Indian; Of them do il for the sake OF pro-
vokng an Indian war; Others aetuated merely by the
desire punder, steal ponies, bnhao rohct &C. or lo
violate the Indian women. notable usnnce OF % these
! dcpredations is the Expedition TO the Black Hills.
Which Tendezvoused at Aankt0n d. l., III juno lneit
for gold They asked for an escort OF United states
DeIpta acting under the orders Of Gen. Sherman not
| only refused them the escort and arms which
went il would be at their peril. don't think
that they have gone hut they have they viii do mis-
cent white men Will be killed The Black Hnls country
their hunting ground ana until the United States Gov
arHmeut declares Il open TO eulgrauts, the red man
should keep It. II may De rich mineral wealth II Is,
reserve il for the whole people aud don't ct a lot Of
and Colorado ought to satisfy them We have an
are put under the charge OF the War Department many
lives will be saved: The United States will stand before
the world as civilized Christian nation II hot-Weil
Yesterday Sunday the steamer Miner came up here
with the chiefs OF the Crows WHO had gone down to see
| Gen. suly and the u 3 commissioners they ou h0t
Overtake them, and so they came back TO have talk
with the Chief Of the Silver Leaf the Son Of the Great
Father Col Rankin. The principal chiefs were white
! TO-" "Big Soldier" ana "The Twobeied Woman"
5Tas6T SE d bye 20 sc M little White mans wor
White Tie" Old man, about GO years old, thought thnt
man ddnt want TO raise corn Ge loved 10 Gnnt tie buff
falo The OOlone told them that their Great Father
wanted TO Use al friendly Indians Wel that soon they
would be ont OF game, ana that they ought TO
/ learn to cultivate the soil, and that he would
Gle whites and not 70 fight among themselves. That the
Great Fathers soldiers would protect them from the
conns U uP the % liver 'i for Them &c &c sySeIr Ls
Big Chief Of the Great Father then gave them TO-
/ "Howw Thus ended the pow WOW. Why can't the
American people make lasting and true treaties with the
Indians our Canadian neighbOrs do sOl II IL scarcely
year ago that the Crows friendly Indians" up the
| OF paper which were given them.
| POPULAR FEELING IN THE wEsT-INsTANCEs OF
INDIAN CRUELTY.
| From Our Special Correspondent
ST. LOUIS Aug 10, 1867.
! The people of the Eastern States can form
b indifferent idea Of the state Of feeling which exists
! throughout the entire West in regard to the coming
indian war. OF course. the approach made to
become. In the large and weprOtected cities It Is
weaker and here in St. Louis, the headquarters Of rail
road and oh enterprises calculated to foster Western
immigration, and looking to II iOr their support, there is
an evident disposition 70 mitigate the horrors, and to
! qualify the reports sent East
The latest travellers coming in from the Plains declare
that Outrages constantly taking place Of which
hear nothing at all few weeks agGtfe Indians attacked
ai routed aIurOad construction party several Of the
men escaped, Others shot. One young fellow, an
engineer OF skill and education caught alive ana put
to the torture. When his body was subsequently found,
the scalp gone and the head crushed in the thighs
dug in the breast whence the tortufers cut out the heart
No one can ever know how much OF This torture was suf
Icled while the unfortunate man was Still aye for these
sayages have a lideous skill in nfctng their injuries 80
that vital parts are the last they attack Photogfdphs OF
the nutilaed body OF this unfortunate victin were
alten, and forwarded to 50 Lonis ana New-iOrh You
Wh n0l hhd them exposed 70 rdDhc view IN the tllSla
ton ecos nor In the places where tickets are seld over
the various branches OF the Pacific Railroad.
Another instance, OF less recent date has been
related IN print party OF Indians attacked small
stock and arranged themselves ID solid body FOR de
fensc. The s0yagcs, usual vastly superior IN num-
tler best 70 draw them out OF their position Of defense
Unfortunately lh the frat confusion white boy eight
years od happened % be wandcrnga little distance from
the emisfaht iah' and was captured by The savage
Him they took aud stripped and building rude mound.
on hsbaok Then they placed TN pan o burning wood
ON the laNs stomach, FEEDING II with fresh fuel trusting
the heseged would sly forth the rescue. 10 DO
80 would however, have been useless every mlu
would have beeu Oyeip0wciCd and probably put 10 like
tortutcs ad 50 tne emerants heart tie shrcls Of Ire
o 70 gov WeHhyl eng Neaber anu ,le away ID 9c"'h
retired. they ad. the burned. lboyred remains were
buried atuid tA6 Wild hOgers OF tic uIalI4s
INDIAN RAID-ATTACK on JACK5BORO, TEXAS.
APT Spangler, commanding the headquarters
etta..{, .33 .33 ieontd through private ctier, dated
AS o. h3t ie Indians made attack recently upon
me post ~ JactsbofO, Jack County, Texas about
o. mics I,om me line Of Indian Territory. II appears
tbas plig Oh hteQ states troops we're engaged, about
tFe1y inhes iipn te post Ia cutting wood when they
Ntft suddenly attaCbcd 10y band indians estimated
az Two hundred ana my ~ ngnber Three sOlde7 and
post without mIhcr loss. other an dyc Six mne teams