Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-10-14
Merritt's Command Advance to the
White River Ageucy--A hcene OF
Des0lation-Mutilated Corpses.

RAwLxs. Wy. Ter. Oct. Inn.
EMIL Weber and George Fuhr. two
couriers, have arrived from what wal Q
few days ago the White River Agency.
From them I learn the following partio.
ulsrs: General Merritt advanced upon
the agency on the llth instant. On his
way hs found many dead bodies. among
others he found the body Of Carl Gold.
stein. an Isrsslite, who left here With
Goyernmsnt supplies for the Utes at the
White River Agency. He was found IN
q gulch six miles this side OF the agency.
He was shot twice through the shoulder,
and was q distance Of nearly two miles
from his wagon. A teamstsr. named
julius Moore. formerly from cambridge,
Massachusetts,, Who was with him when
he left here. was found about 100
yards from Goldsteiu with two bullet
holes In his breast and his body hacked
and uutilated With Q knife or Ratchet.
Az the command advanced through the
canyon they anne to 40 old coal mine
aud in Il was found the dead body Of an
agency employee named Dresser. He
had evidently been wounded and crawled
into the mine to die. His coat was
folded up and placed under hia head for
Q pillow. Besids him lay Winchester
ride containing eight cartridges. In ons
Of his pockets was found . letter which,
a. near a. the courier a rsmsmber.
was - follows:
MIxxxR's LAST Lrrrra.
wu.rr Rrvrs, Sept. 49, P. ~
Major Thorubursh: I will como with
Chief Douglas aud another Chief and
meet you tomorrow. Everything 10
quiet here and Douglas il flying the
United States Gag. We have been on
guard three nights and will be tonight.
not that We expect any trouble but DO.
cause there might DO. Did you have
any trouble coming through the canyonf
(SiRnsd): N. @. Mxrxrn,
United States Indisn Agent.
On entering the agency . scene OF
quiet d~esolation presented itself. All
the buildings except one were
BuBSED TO TIE oaouSD,
And not . living thing was 10 sight ex.
cspt the command. The Indians had
taken everything except the -four and
decsmped. The women and children
we're missing. and nothing whatever
could be found to indicate what had be.
come Of them. They have either been
murdered and buried. or else taken
away a. hostages. Their dreadful and
unm~ontionsbls fate calls forth the most
profound sympathy. The dead body Of
YArnra MrrxrR
Was found about 100 yards from his
house. lying on mis- back, shot through
the head. The left side Of his head was
smashed in by some blunt instrument,
q piece OF . barrel stavs driven into his
mouth and one hand and arm badly
burned. The dead body Of W. II. Post,
Father Meeker's assistant, was found
between the buildings and the river.
with one bullet hole through the left ear
aud one under the ear. He. ss well a.
Father Mseker. was stripped naked.
Another employee. named Eaton. was
found dead. He was stripped naked
and had q bunch Of paper bags in his
arms. His face was badly eaten BY
wolves, and there 10 Q ballet hole In the
LEFT breast. Frank Drisssr, . brother to
the one found 10 the coal mine. was
found badly burned. He had no doubt
been instantly killed. a. . bullet had
passed through his heart. The bodies
Of Thompson, Eaton, Price. Eskridge
and all the other employees not named
we're also found. Eskridss was found
two miles this side Of the agency, naked
and . bullet hole through his head. In
the position occupied BY the Indians
during Thornburgh's battle, In . breast.
work made Of stone. was found the dead
body Of
Az UNKNOWN WHITE NAN
Dressed In buckskin. He was sitting on
his knees. and had his gun 10 . position
to Are. He was shot through the fore.
head. From this Il appears that the
Indians are not alone in their hellish
work.
The ~supposition IL that the Indians
have gone South to join the Southern
Utes, and the impression among the
officers Of Msrritt's command 10 that the
Indians who fought Thornburgh num-
bsrsd ct least 700.