The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1870-06-30
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
South Pass, Wyoming Ter.

WESTERN CORRESPONDING
South Pass, Wyoming Ter.
May 81, 1870.
EDS. HERALD Since the Indian
raid in the early part of this month
everything has been very quiet, no
a single Indian has been seen o
heard of since. Men move out will
more confidence than ever BEFORE
There are more men now employed
in mining, than at any former perieC
in the history of this camp although
there are not one fourth as many PEG
pie here as there have been at form
er periods. Nearly all the loaters
having left ana are still leaving
which gives our camp healthy tone
Building has ceased, men are now
coming down to first principles, til ose
immense castles in air look lonesome
and vacant but the worst looking
set of men | ever saw, are the whls
ky mill men, who sit in their mill
doors "sad and lonely DEAR" with
faces as long as the Moral law, and
SO sour that sour KrOut WOulL blush
at the sight. There are houses OF
business enough in South Pass, At
lantic and Hamilton cities for pop
ulation of 900
Our mining and business popula-
ton does not amount to more than
1900, leaving ont whisky miilers,
loafers, hangers on, and SO OF.
noticed in the Chicago Times, a
hue and cry in behalf OF the poor
prosecuted Lo. Family, and especial
ly for that particular branch the
Arrapahoes. The editor says they
have been driven from their reserva-
ton on Wind River valley, and been
forced to seek protection at Fit. Fet-
terman on the Platte river Now,
Tor the information Of the editor, |
will say they have no reservation in
that valley, their reservation being
on the Arkansas river, near Ft. Lar
ned. These same Arrapahoes came
up to that valley last winter for the
ostensible purpose of treating with
the friendly Shoshonies but in fact
for no other purpose than to plumber
and murder our citizens, as the sequel
will show. On the 3lSt of last March
these very demons in human shape,
crept into our midst in the darkness
of night and early in the morning.
succeeded in killing Z OF our best cit
liens, and that too when we least sus
pected danger. The citizens follow
ed them and killed (they say) 20 of
their mum Der; they have since made
another raid in connection with the
Sioux. The attack was simultaneous
all along our frontier, distance OLA
miles; but they were signalIy defeat
ed at every point with the loss of 25
of their number, and but one white
man killed, Lieut. Stambaugh) and
one Sergeant wounded in the jaw,
who has recovered Lieut.. Siam
baugh was worth more to the coun-
try and civilization than all the worth
less vagabond Indians on the Cont
nent of America. For the further
inform alton of this Indian lowing ed
itor, / will say ] have been acquaint-
ed with the Arrapahoes for l6 years,
and have never known any good of
them. have known them in that
time to murder over 100 unoffending
citizens just for sport, and their un-
comfortable thirst for white mems
blood and hair. These fends know
no law, but fear and acknowledge no
right bnt might so long as they
fear you, they respect you, and no
longer,
/ will now relate one circumstance
which happened under my own OBJ.
servation in 1859, at which time ]
was in the employ Of the Overland
Mail Company: Friday and Black
Bear, in company with 80 other muir
derers Of the tribe went to Blacks
fork of Green river concluded {
treaty of peace with the Shoshonay
Indians, then went into Utah-killed
four Mormons, stole 80 head OF hors
es, knowing the Ute Indians would
be blamed for it. On their return
they attacked the Shoshonay camp
killsd one Indian and stole 90 heat
of horses. AT the Devils gate wher
] was then stationed, this same Fri
day who is now lamenting the sat
fate of his people at FIT. Fetterman
boasted how he got off with the spoil
and laughed how the red heade,
Mormons held up their hands AM
begged for mercy, while he was butch
ering them. Many instances of tn
same kind could be mentioned, wher
| he has done the same to unoffendln,
Pilgrims.
/ will now give history of til
Shoshonay reservation, and how
was laid, to the detriment OF the whit
population but before doing 80,
will be necessary to show where tn
Shoshonays belong and how the
came into Wind river valley. Tn
Shoshonay Indians belong in Sal
, Like, Bear river and Snake rive
valleys, and have no legal or mora
right, on the eastern slope of til
Rocky Mountains. When the Mo-
mons settled in Salt Lake valley the