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to try to DO moro but the dny may como wlon
thoBo 1ndana will be discovered,

to Try to M DO more; but the day may como whon
those 4 1nuans q VII be discovered.
~ a' tt6 details, thlB IL l. most afckoning nf-
fafr,, and has thrown gloom ovor thiB whole
section of country: Frontlor~pnople mutt cotl-
ttn,,o to anf1or, md ta will bo tho oaso AZ long
az tloro ero my 1nt,ians left to pursue their
aaid IN ta caae TINT tho w1,tos wore tic ng-
Efehsora. There wero two l1olplosH fonlnlca, liv-
ing harmloHH lifo, md endoayoring to make nh
honest living, hurried into etorty un,lor cir
Gnma.%ncoa arma or tho Srosteat atroeity They Ind
aakea m M to DO loft IN qutcs. hut tho 1ndians watt
gu Tor favorable opportunity aud tllo1 foil uu-
on Maai, 1on' wen thoy know no liop was ncar
Metly m1!rdora have beon committed in North
'woaeotn Wyoming within tho past few years.
49,. NONE OF THEM HAVE EQuA1ED Tu1s
1or studied cruelty and innult to tho white rncc.
II rs believed the Indians engaged aro now upon
nomo reservation; and, II this IL really tho oaso,
thoy ought to 10 found. Our people have But-
ferol enough, in nil conscience, during thfg yoor
.. tho hands OF tho BavagoH; and some course
ought to 10 devised by which thoy may be ao-
Tho prompt action of the military probnh}y
Hayod tho whole valley from being devastated,
as tho Indians woro in sufficient strength to hayo
done it had they been so inclined. Tho great
,5y o,oay oi snake warriorA, who aro friendly, arc
tatns,-thore heing only somo eight or ton
braves, undor DntiHto, remaining to g1ard the
women, olltldron, and old mon. Thoy may haye
intonde1 to
FINISH THE WORK OF DESTRUCTION;
but, finding tho cavalry hot upon their track,
thoy could. Thoy abandoned many a. articlop @ h III
t1eir camp md along tho route Of their rotroat.
Mmrroaiy anl., they went to tue eastward, leaving
in this country Ind boon on Iuh auflioientiy sl1y
long for them to cnst tho shalov Of woe upo;,
ono peaceful household, leaving noar relatives
to mourn for those who had beon tnkon away
FOR MALIGNANT CRUELTY,
no man living cnn equal an Indian, his whole
mind aconss to be givon up to tho invention Of
now. methods and relentless slaughter. What
good 1t can do any man to intllot pain upon
dumb animals 1t is difficult to understand ; 6ut
IN moro TantonneaB they do It, and g1oat ovcr
1t IN a way that il gickoning to contemplate.
Several doprodasions have been committed
this summer noar tho mining settlements by
tribe md thon to another. 1t ia not impossible
that MI Of them have been committed by
+ Tl11s SAME nAED or INDIANS,
Who haSo Bont out small parties from their main
had fixed up everything about them "a II they
intended to stay; but this last outrage WAS too
much, and they had appeared in Huch numbers
ns to 10 oasily followed. Indocd, thoy took no
patns to conceal their trail, but made It as plain
had bcen Bto1cn from Tho house OF Mia. Rioh-
. ards. The hard-oarnod savings Of many years,
wore thus thrown AWAY aud scattered, md q
happy household rendered dosolato.
:, Il is norcly = question Of time for Ill the aot
tlora III tho valley
- TO BE KILLED OFF,
as tho Sioux, Arapahoes, aud CleyenneH want no
better pastime than crossing over from tl1oir
reservation to tile reservation Of tho snakoB, and
1t 8 I'LL worry woll to talk Of peace; but, with
bntehered women lying nonr by, it ecoms like
absolute mockory.
It is mystery to me why the settlers continue
to live away out horo Oh this exposed frontier,
when they could probably do much batter wero
they to so bAck to Ho1ne Of tho oldor-settlcd
States, and there carry Oh their farming opera
tions But suppose thoro must be pionoers,
and sonno people must live on tho frontier. It
il thank]ess lifo Mt best, and ono which Inns
not nnny comforts md advantages. There Ia q
certain class Of American people who would 10
unhappy anywhere except OIL tho remote borders
Of our country, wlero tho tomahawlt and acalp-
tnG-knifc are in constant use. There arc poor
and who arc porforco Obliged to do tho boat they
can in making their way In tho world. They
layo very little indeed to start with, and it scoms
worry sad to think that little should bo taken
will 10 to tho ond OF tho chapter.
THERE sEEMs NO WAY
by which tho murder Of Mrs. Richards and Mrs.
Hall could havo been ayerted There wero no
mon near tho house, lnQ tho attack WAS made no
suddenly that they Ind no time to escape. There
ia an old stockado in tile camp, in which thore
are loop-holos for muBketry, and dozon reso-
Lutte mon could guard themselves successfully
against a large number Of Indians; bur tho
women could not got thoro, and, even il there,
they had no mon to holp them. and 60 foil VIC
tins to the savagos. Tho thing WIS dono at
onco. and the women woro ovorpowerel before
thoy wore aware of 1t.
Mrs. Richards had been sick for son,o time,
and, whom visited her house, less than two
days before hor DEATH Hho WIS unable to sit up,
but Lad her bed made up OIL the floor, between
two windows, where she could get the bonotit Of
the breexe, Ms tho weather was quito warm. Sho
was suffering from, MI attack Of mountain fever,
and noyor roso from hor bod again. She WIS
woman Of great intelligence and much strength
of character, aud had spent many yoara OF hor
lfo i'll tho Woat. trust her murdororA may
meet with just punishment. ALaEDuA.
THE GRENADA RIOT