, 1870-04-16
THE LATE MASSACRE BY IN
D1ANS.
Letter from n Clergyman in Wyom-
tnN4


sos1h .s stsy ety Ts'ng 81, }agf ~ = e., 6s'p'"d'
In nv last mentioned tie fact that citizen
Of Atl1ntic City had son Of his murdered
aInost at lila own door, by Indiana, on the alst
OF March. The people here are not unused to
tinuing ali summer. Every, month, at least
one raid takas plscc, and al tho stock
is stolen, II not ono or moro men killed
This ycar the bloody work has been
begun \ month earlier, with the known
result @ % ., " rsons ;lnrsS.bs in
tllat moro have bceu killed whose bodies have
not hecn found. On Thursday morning last.
March u, u ron OF Dr. Irwin, OF Atlantic, about
II years old, started on foot, little after !
O'clock in The morning; tnE tf,e e,; ceiesasea zs
four miles distant. He had proceeded but =
4hoft distance from his fathers house, and
WAS totally unsuspiciouB Of danger, whom he
encountered band Of about twenty Indians.
who eFokc 10 him with tho usual ealutation Of
stated, then knocked down with \
fs' ths shouide9 Sha, hstea, be..en .pd aa Striped
naked Three arruws wers then shot into his
naked body and ho WAS left for dead, the
fiends being prevented from scalning him, an
some persons approach. Recovering con-
pcicumess, he walked totally naked and bleed
Ing frura Ills wounds, to the outskirts OF town,
where he vas met by como men. who took him
into house, sent for the Young mans father,
who is enc 1sour best surgeons, and had sas
the young man died Of his wounds 1uane<3i.
ately on tho outrage being noised 1nroad
y arty Of thirty well-azEnea men, wero
orF.ni1et, not to follow and punish the In
tiin.s. for tlais our bcnedcient Governors 1t
Washington, and 21r, Vincent Co1yor, will not
Permit, but to follow i'll their trail and tscer-
tain how many had fallen victims to their fell
spirit At Smiths gulch they found two men
klhd ard rc.lred. At St- MaT's. on the
Sweetwatcr, some twelve or fifteen Ea,i"s ,,l t5nm
and scalped. and wiat shows the ler;l OF
Indian malice, tho sca1ps were thrown in tho
in the door yard, no doubt with view T. lrt-
vent the detection Of the party committing tin.
outrage, This Is no exaggerated atatcmcut
! but tho Il mple facts.
| Al the ouiv resident minister OF Christ, l
J TN asked to read our beautiful burial service,
: and preach the funeral se1Inou over the bosles
| OF the si1 victims Of Indian perhdx- You
ask, perhaps, why are not the tienis followed
! and punished7 I answer. Our people here
are not In possession Of a11ns and munitions
! Of wsr to cnab1e them to do so. and if they
did do eo no sooner would they touch Indian
territory, than they would be confronted
By come Of Uncle SANS boys IN blue, md
be ordered to return to the regions OF civil,
mouuta;n men, who world be willing to
follow tho red hends and when they did
overtake them, would know how to deal With
tLeu,-as Colonel Bakar Gd-did we dare to dc
it. Bat 70 do 20 Wonld reIuire that We 50 pre-;
psxcd to hit head whchevtr We meet it. and
tie Hrst heads We would meet would DO the
heads of ZONE persons who wore Uncle Sam
livery. It might te that these heads would
would not contain much l. aims. yet the Hailan'
tl1oric gentlemen at Warrington. who preside
t1,sa jnHtjr;cR Of nIty F1x1t]1r Krt11i make
an unesrthlv howl IL VIC touch one Of theil
.1inions IN the attempt 10 reach rct.-hsnle.
murderer, whose name is Le! the poor Indian
;! As evidence OF the truth Of what state, i
is fact that the Indians who cora:nitte,t sh'
outrtEes md rnurderr hs|e mentioned. re
nained in the vicinity Of Atlantic City tor ovc
m hour and half, aud were seen BY the roi
lierr stationed ut Miners Delight bat hav
: net yet heard Of Any s.temn. te the soldier
F.! to overtake and punish them. ..,.-.
Arnu S.-f have Just returned from per
. forming the funeral service over the Ahos
, victims Of Irdi1u rerfty At Atlantic City
> Et tpe dares go ono hundred yAEua fror
: town, unless armed to the teeth
= l have never known such excite
mont Us the people a1e iabcrine under. ou th
!, roads yon vii meet everywhere squads Of me
q travelling between the towns, ever! one With
0 ries or u,ueket in his hand and half-lozen =
1 volvers buclled around his walet. On my t1iF
i to Atlantic City wes accompanied oy eigt
r citizens III 4 tWC-HOIto NAGoAt ENs~A " Aod
|, had : rife IN his h1nds, loaded and capped Al
q ready for uso The stage coach which was dr
it from Eyan on Saturday atte1noo
:, 1t O'Clock, failed 10 arrive c
d time, On Saturday At O'Clock it sti
a Ind not reached here, and the excitement Is
Il fever heat II is known that hostile lndis1
d arc On the road between this place and Rsva
r and te1eg1aphic despatch tells us that I.
!. couch tire 1t Bryan hsd ARMED, and that II
d coach due hero had left the halfway static
m on Saturday morning at the usual hour. .
i. last il is determined to send out . we1l-a1m
e, force to see Whist is the matter with the stag
Ok About twenty men on horsebsck 20 .
d xpd about II o'clock return with inform,S
ae that the etage il sxfe. I wish SON, OF 20
ad Indian eymrathixe1e could witness the spe,t
ad clo witnessed II the funeral, anl soc t
ne mutilated bodies Of the victims. 1t would
ed licve them Of their philanthropy at oace, 4
q. teach them that An Indian is no better than
he Wild beast. Who msy, 1t is tsuc, hc t.-inel,
nv only when he is deprived OF the means Of {
II, To-aay (Aprl ~ Is finish this lestc,
NJ have the names OF the murdered pat,i
"a They are Frank Irwin, son Of D. Irwin, Of
IL lantsc, wounded near Atlantic and since dis
no Jxck MAguire. Eugene Foalett, and Que +
: 1oCr. killed At St. MAlys. and James Arth
,rs md one Remington, killed ut Smiths Gu]
n The body Of Mcguire bad scvenscan AT.
IN il That of Arthick Is now lying
nm. rr.fI 70 be bu1ied Tomorrow. he il seal
~ ~ tw;oe. hsa I ride bullet through his hosd, j
~ Tho rieI with which he wsa working in Su1i
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