, 1870-07-30
SHOCKING DEvOL0PEMENTs.

smpst-Pox Di>tributc4i tsIl Over tic
american Con1intns.
Under the above head tho Omaha Herald
eayE: .
During the past year, it has Recently been
aeyale,teJ. ciscuu-tance. have ttauepired III
lie Yctlcw.tone country which will create i'll
tljepatiou and alarm throughout the whole
c:cct. il dia' cli-m anything which th,
Lis: esy IT the world has ever produced, and
wlcl. place. elscll fields Us rrotAt aud his
ccmrec1- in CRIME in the light Of mol
| crate offenders. 4 few men. for the
| PURPOSE Of aectimuls'ing fortunes. hare al.
! tcmrted 10 scatter throughout tho United
States robes which are known to be infected
( with e1uaIl-pox. This hiss been rreruettlsa-
ttdly and knowingly. ard With the full l.:,owl-
| edge that in ding 20 they lsye baeu tie,
neans Of .rreading 'oatlso:ns disease from
-i:einc human lives in nakuowl. n1inbcEs.
We t,vc the particulars Of this, tho most ter
lille crime OF the nineteenth century. as fully
AZ we have been enabied to obtain thom:
During lart SIMMER, the steamboat Utah
n1ied. re believe, between s'onx City and
For, Benton. Dn1ing ono Of her trips the
smallpox broke ous among her passengers
and crew. and one death occurred On the tsir.
Tho boat landed ehort distance below &llk
| River and there the corrse Was buried The
lurial Has witnessed by number Of Indians,
Of thc G1os yeneres tribe, and. As sooa - tho
Icst resumed its cot11re. the bolr VA. d'An-
tered, and the clothing stripped from the re-
mans and distributed among the rastE WHO
Lad perpet.ated the set OF dcsectatioa. The
| consequence m1x be tmsgined. In proper
course OF time. the dresaful con.aGou broke
ut,t in jta most vir1lent form among the say-
AGES, The desastation wsa 80 terrible that.
out Of l 500 members Of the tribe. 80 died.
The Utah arrived at Fort benton. bringing
with il refhAps the znoss feafful cargo shst
ever toated on the waters of the Missouri
| The pepple Of that place, when they nsces-
: t tained tie danger that menaced them. were
t ! Indignant to au extent never before known in
1 ! tlat country. 4 public meeting WAS held,
= and the most intense excitement prevailed.
e there were many who proposed to take thu
: Captain Of the boa, and hang him
to the nearest tree. ~ punish
: men. 70. having been the Cause o.
/ counsels prevailed, and the master WAS or
= ltred, 1t the peril of his tife, to convey tbs
q boat md cargo to the othar side OF the river,
: But, ~ Was afterwards Aecettained. another
d and i greater danger threatened them Tht
d velocity Of the wind. Having no remedies, nt
; phy.iciaus, and no care, the children Of thI
y forest died OF Ike dock Of infected =heep
J. emil the t1ibe wla diminished to about hai
'r iss former numbers.
= Tie Indian burial ceremony is not such &
&c prevaila among the civilized world. 1t IL
cr4to,n. without deviation, to lay the dea.
= upon the ground in the robe which encase'
tie bedy while living. and cover up the r
mains with brush. Ihets are specuiators
r the Indian country, whose sole object il LII
e seems to b to make money. without th
e. slightest regard for the 1uAuner IN Hhich the
r. do it. The robes which enclosed the tiea
IT, cties we're vA}nabae- The specUlato1s, awaE
be Of this, determined to profit by it, ant
he With no compunctions Of conscience !
|
81 the le.st for the terrible suffering which Il
- - act would entail uron ther knew not ho
many innocent victims, these men did n
en hesifa,e to roam the country in quest OF Il
.cc age to warehouse IN Fort Benton He
ess jan1in de Roche. q workman in tha wasehous
a. VAS the first victim, and it was but aho
rs siuse before neassE every house IN 70
Nc, Eenton was smallpox hospital. ~,
lei p,erailed. In the house Of do lsoch
os- 1t one l1ue. there we're ten peraons IN be
,nn; III afflicted with the contaGoa which preyale
asa The business houses were closed. snd the q
esf f seemed 10 t= doomed to desolatiop .nd dea'
a. In the face Of this horrible visitation, the
the | who had engaged in the unlo1y trasac did I
70 desist. Yhey asserted ttat tha plAcs VAS al
ne With email pox, and thst, IS it could b.
a eca worse. the arrival snd storage Of robes COZ
stns make ae difezense. Aud thus, n the y, =
ing human yu1sures CONTINUED their pekt1lcn
lave breeding. deatl-aealinS occupation:
6IEe oEe incident connected with tbs st
ling horror which places white victim IN
attitude, though he may not have Il oTn
full extent Of the consequence Of bis sets
rhc certainly most 3endiah one, and WHICH j.
ln3s ~ ~ saase oa see.s' @ s.a as -,onfinned. ]
aco man. while be Was suffering WITH the tssf: Z
With sssbs. A. soon IS ho was able 10 ID
: the he took IN old shirt, rubbed il thoFoa:
!n:ed wish the ceu:eats OF tbs ho1es, Aoo
w. El4ec.. the :at:ctcl garzncas o. TIL TIA