National Republican., 1881-07-14
AMONG THE INDIANS.
THE NEWS OF THE ASSASSINATION.
Holding n Conference with the shoshones and
Bannocks when The Fatal News Arrived
Surveying for a Rallroad-Fourth Of
July Among the Mormons.
Special Correspondence Of Tnr RrrrnucAx.

Special Correspondence OF TnE RNrunLtcAN
SALT LAKE CITY, July 6.-Were pio-
nccr traveller through this wonderful Western
country would datc upon the strange and strik.
ing scenes along the route; but many readers OF
TnE RtrrBttcAN have jodrncycd this road before
me, AMI those who have not have had ample op.
portuuitos Of reading descriptions of the country
and the scenery from ahlcr pens than mine. This
present party consists Of Joseph X. McCammon,
assistant Attorney General Of the United States:
J. j. McCroery, his stcnographer and secretary,
and Isaiah Mitchell (colorcdl, his servant and
man. fall work, Mrs McCammon and children
came West, and divide their time between Salt
Lake City aud Denver, while the male members Of
the expedition are attending 10 their governmental
duties.
ouR FtrsT purY
was with tn, shoshonce aud Bannock Indians,
The Union Pacific Railroad Company has in con-
temptation n railroad from Granger, n station Oil
the Union Pacific Road 1855 miles east of Ogden, n
branch line and feeder to Portland oregon,
whereby the people and products Of oregon and
tile extreme northwest can reach all points cast
that are not too far north by shorter route than
by the Northern Pacific Road, Mt the Same time
avoiding in winter the cold and snow of the cold
est and worst. drilled portions Of the Northern Pa
ciic Railroad This new road will traverse South.
ern Idaho, not far from Boise City, passing through
tile Fort Hall tShoshonce and Bannock) Indian
reservation east and west. IN straight line as
mountains and canyons will allow.
As THE INDIANS STAND
in the relation of wards To the Government the
Union Pacific Railroad Company cannot buy the
land needed for tracks, depot grounds ,Sc., direct
ffum the Indians The eGoyernmCnt must make the
necessary arrangements with the Indians and
then the railroad must buy Of the Government
The purchase money going TO the benefit Of the
Indians The Indian agent here had been ire
signed for inCillccncy and general wooden.
heodcdncss." The Gtrmer at the agency, who had
been appointed acting agent, hnd been notified by
telegraph TO assemble his Indians on Saturday
June ?. We reached the agency on the evening OF
the 1st. went mp to the village OF Blackfoot some
twenty miles further north, for food and lodging
aud came bnck to the agency Saturday morning.
THERE ARE ABOUT SEVENTEEN HUNDRED INDIANS
on the reservation, two thirds Of whom are Shosho.
nccs. The head men of both tribes were present
The council occupied only about two hours. The
Utah Northern Railroad had previously passed
through this reservation north and south the In.
dians had some of them worked in constructing
that road. and made a little spare change thereby
tho swim flight of the iron horse, with
Its shfill scream and fiery breath, has
| been to them constant source of ad.
miration and wonder; they see they have never
been harmed, nor have they lost anything by
| it, while their cash income has been increased
| Consequently not voice was raised In objection
to the preliminary survey OF another road through
their reservation.
AS sooS As THE SURVEY
can be made and the road definitely located SO
that the land desired by the road can be described
by meter and bounds and the number OF acres dc.
termined, Mr.. McCNmmon will make second
visit and complete the purchase 80 far as It cOn be
completed until Congress shall take the needed
action TO confirm the arrangements made.
IN THE MIDST OF THE COUNCIL
of Saturday, after Mr. McCammon had explained
what was desired, and while the Indian head men
were jNbberng with one another, dispatch ar.
rived for Mr.. McCammOn. From the expression
that instantly settled upon his face 1t was plain
that the dispatch was of awful import. He passed
1t to two or three Of the white persons nearest him
OF course you correctly surmise that II contained
the news of the shooting Of President GARFIELD
| Hail nm hour later came another dispatch an
| nounCing that Garfield was dcnd, and simulta.
! neously third dispatch stating that lie was still
alive. but that death was certain This suspense
continued until midnight, when our return trair
| arrived at Ogden, where the dispatches announced
more hopeful view of the case.
SUNDAY MoRNING ouR TRAIN
ran down to salt Lake, and that day the encourag
| Ing side Of the news had the asccndancy Monda
| was the Fourth of July. The Momons pay littl
attention to American customs and holiday,
and were not "laying out 4" for much Of n celebra
| tion, anyhow, The Gentiles varied their cclcbra
lion In such way as to rid It of the more jubilan
and noisy features incident to such an OCCASION II
consideration the awful shadow that spread lik
| q pail over every patriotic heart.
| THE SPEECHES WERE SHORT;
! no one OF the dozen or more that were made beinI
over fifteen minutes long, and the most Of then
! not half of that. Governor Murray was the flrs
| speaker. He paid glowing tribute to Prcsiden
| Garfield, and denounced Nihilsm, Communism
| and Rnarchism. Bishop Wiley (of the Methods
| church,, when called upon, agreed with the Gov
ernor In this but added that Garield's assassin wa
not Nihilist, nor Communist nor an anarchis
only low, miserable, dcprNved, drunken scoun
drcl-a type Of thousands more. developed If no
by, at lcNst under our free institutions; one Of
class who fail to discriminate between liberty an
license, and the Bishop proceeded to contrast tn
two.
OTHER SPEAKERS,
among them Mr.. McCammon, added to or enlarge
upon the ideas of preceding speakcrs-spme dc
manding the sure, swim punishment of the as
sassin. The last speaker Of the day, a strange
whose name we did no, catch, suggested that Will
not objccting to sure and swim punishment bein
meed out to this assassin, il seemed to him
more importance that such deeds should be pr,
vented in future; that measures should be take
lS the Government TO prevent the systemnti
training and development OF such assassins undo
the shield md protection Of the Government-un
der. the license of which Bishop Wiley ha
spoken, rs the Interpretation which so many pr
upon the word liberty" The bishop had droppe
seed'thought which ought to terminate int
useful reflection when he made the remark that
TIE PRESIDENTS ASSASSIN
was low, dcpraved, drunken scoundrel. 1t wa
byn drunken assassin that Lincoln was murdered
In every city of the Nation thousands OF men wer
being trained and developed in the same direC
tion. The Nation could never have any assurarC
that It's rulers were safe from assassination so Ion
as II allowed the wholesale work of training me
into depraved, fren2y.ired condition, whic
fitted them for assassins 10 go on. Three tim,
were the exercises Interrupted by dispatches froi
Washington announcing the Presidents cond
tion-the first hopeful, the second ambiguous ii
third discoulnging. In this anxious, alarmed cor
diton is this entire community as | mail til
letter. b.
THE ECCENTRIC CLUB.
Annual Reunion and Rifle Match-SOm
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