, 1873-09-13

In fHb most ditoot manner. The man who lirod
val IN 1noracbsolt, mud second tlmo trlod his
luck til firing, but with no lottor 8ucoatH.-tho
cat NIL tlio ttn.o advancing upon him, with quick.
nnEry loapa, md hooking ns vicious NJ 1t IN pos
Bbo for an n1limRl to loOk. Things began to
growuoalon1 y %o otor ~ "" nan ra M wo ra "o
ture, nud tloliyoiou two Blsots hofura It re-
t.ontol towartla II lilo OF ruch", wiuro 1t wns
Aoou lost to Wow. Ths WIS m',clt lasgor t1an
tho Wildcats oa seem &c Ga M @ Mas o a. sonra vIa
actual an1ngo 1t could llayo done to n1n1l, but,
unlosa ho wnH well armca, l,u Ind much boLter
not intcrforo with + at nil. They nro most furi.
Gus II their apoHtion, nnl oG]iovo s It ia I'M.
aagc-chiclonB, rabbits. aud loll-rate, mud always
appear wolkto-do 30 far as losA is concerned. 1t
Ia by no means common to moot WIFI tI!on1,
they being very ahy, bItl when once erensoa,
arc NOT oRsily put to flight.
It appears to mo that
IT Is ALWAYS HOT
on Groom Nivor, which la tho old Rio Verde OF
tho spannrilB. It omptica into tho Colorado
do down about Fort Yuma certainly knowa wl,at
hot woathor Is. It was 30 hot there, it melted
all tho solder OF tho coirooputs and uauco-pnnB,
and the hena used to lay eggs alroady cookeill,-
tho thermometer shows 40 degroes Of heat at
midnight, one can almost boleVo anything. 1t
bocamo necessary to fix the tolegrapll-wiro
at tho crossing Of Greon River; nnd be-
tWGCn LILO nGhL nllu LNG luoHti1ltUCb LlAt
absolutely awarmod among tho willow
bushes oil the banks Of tho ssroam. never OK
poriencod moro dlsagreoa'>fo time. Tho wntor
waH too high to attempt to croaa 1t with wagon,
though solno mon who were on horsobaok fordad
| It without much difficulty; but tho heat, tho
oyerpoworing heat. WAS dreadful. Why thero
should be such oxccss OF heat on tho Rio
Colorado, and Rio Verde, Or Green River aa 1t u
now called, 10 something I cannot undorstand.
| In Greou River thero aro somo
YENIT1uLE MONSTERS
in tho A!npo OF tlBh, which arc frightfu1 enough
In their appearance; aud down on the Gila,
waoh is Ct ahe t11G wc Is ia
looked upon with foar auu dread by both rod and
Tic rio Indians SOON to hive peculiar spite to-
wards tho whites in this section Of the country,
nnd
| AGAIN MADE THEIR APPEARANCE
on the evoning Of the 18th inst, on the shosho-
1 moo Indian Reservation, where thoy etole num-
h9rsSe % ad m En4 mo h'fH tSor sns llama
Powder Riyor. They stolo several horses from
tho sottIors In md near the Rod cauon,, and
fred upon thom. Tho settlorg ralliod and ! re-
tho o md MI John Mmrphy Is d to
zens frora tho valley, with ] somo friend.
| ly BhoHhonee Indiana, atartod on the trail. Tie
| cavalry soldiers oncAmpod on the hond-wators Of
Wind River startod out aa aoon as the dopreda-
tionR were reported to them, under tho loader-
ship Of Frst.Lieut. Whoolan.
| t. Tho next morning, portion Of tho inf1.ntry
Regiment, waa sont out to scout in tho neigh
borhood Of Beaver Canon. Tho whole country ia
rouHet1, and 1t seemH almost as ii tho aavages
would Aoon
TAKE POSSESSION OF EVERYTHING
| hereabout. They seem to swarm in all direc-
| tiona.
| At ono time it was reported that South Pass
City was Threatened, and that Indians hnd ioen
seen looking down upon the town, Col: prack-
whore lo WAS Joined by q party Of citizens, mud
all Of them mndo q scout in tho direction the
aavagos " we're reported to hayo boon seen They
but no signH could 10 found
Cnpt. Macarthur mado thorough scout
with his mon to tue Big Bond Of Beaver Crock,
but could discover nu recent Signs Of tho saw
ages. Indians wero reported III oil directions,
| aud the whole country
| WAS TAonou1uIY AnoUsED.
Tho whole force of tho wrath Of tho Sioux
| socnls to lnye been expended on tho Shosonee
| Reservation, md among the settlers who rnsdo
near there. TAoy aro anxous to got horsea
with which to mako an attack III somo new di-
rcction.
This has been severe blow to many Of the
mon who Ind small farms in tho Wind Htvot
Valley, and tho loss Of thoir stock cannot roadiy
bo replaced. It ID really sickoning to SOC these
poor mon thus stripped Of the main help they
have in making living. How they are to got
H.
At tho Burnt Rancho are the romans OF
| AN OLD HOUSE, or FORT,
more deliberately built tAau anything have
aoen OH the frontier. 1t is not built high above
Salioi up T viii % Stone. o. Il y las osacntly beo1
used as stago-Btation whom the old ovorland
line was in it's full glory. The house is loop
holed for small arms md covered over with c
thick layer Of willows, hay, and dirt. I undor
stand tic indians nude several attacks upon this
place, and burnt house hero each time. Tle
present ono it is impossible to burn, as it is bull
of stone, but it has gone to ruin, and attomptf
have boon mado to set fire to 1t in several placcB
Altogether, it is ns strong aa place could be
made OIL This frontier, and, IN its dAy, muat have
withstood many attacks Of tue rod-sknB. foN
rcsoluto mon, with plcnty OF provisions, could
have sustained Il long siege at this rancho. Or
n knoll near by IL Il small graveyard, containing
the gravos OF ak or Boven mon who lhve beoi
killed by Indians, or died. noar by. In old times
this must have been fayorito ca1nping-placo
al tho green grass and bushes along Swoot,sato
River furnished pleasant placo to recruit atte
the long and tedious march across tho plains AM
highlands.
Lieut.. Whcolan followed tue trail OF about 25t
hostile Sioux within sight Of the Dig Horn River
but could not oyertalko them, mud It would hay.
been folly for him to go into the Powder Rive
country with liB small forco. His oommanl
stopped in tho Wind Riyor Valley some timo t.
roassuro tho shoHhonoo 1ndiana and quiet til
apprehonBtona Of tho settlers. With larga
command, lie iB confident lo could 1nd this BAN
easily.
This last raid OF tho saTagoa has
! DONE A GREAT DEAL OF HARM
to thn country, as people feol unsettled. and d
not know at what moment tho foomen mn
pounce down OIL them. Besides this, tho Siou
carried or groat deal OF stock, consisting 0
horses and 1Hllles which cannot roadily bo ro
( pacoa. It il nlucl ensier to brcnk up u new set
: tlemont thnn I'm Old ono, aud 1t is no joke t
to have all ones earthly pogaeaBioua carried Of
J in tho twinkling Of all eyo. I Hincoroly trua
t that, before many moons have Hanod, the Siou
and their allies. tho uhcyonnoa aud Arapshoos
. will have received Balutary lesaon.
ALGEBRA.