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w. I tat; iuito axd raorairrua.
OKSBOZV CITY;
SATURDAY, OCTOliKR W, iHflfl.
Agent for the Argvm.
J. K. Melts um, Ufijelte.
('. A. I.RKD, A'tffVfM,
Mohoan Rudolph, Sullimihj.
AV. IUslow, ,Va.
L C. Raymond, WW Cwrc.
J)R. IUVH, HImwIiiiIoh.
KlANlf VV, HaoWN, Corrnlli:
Amos Haiviv, ' '.
ftoMlMoN AUKN, yfmi'y.
J. K. Lvt.E, .
John McKiNNiir, C'alnpnnia.
KbV. Wilson Hmin, fVon Point,
h. A. ICirK, Jucknmtille.
II. Hariis, Cinciuntiti.
Judos: Sniuino, JV, tV.
Jno. JJ. PatitTUN, IIW Co. rV.
It. A. X. Piiri.m, O'ulmhurj, III.
Law Concerning Wcwspnpcrs.
r7 If tuhavtilien order III dicuiitinu.ins of
Iheir pap", In piibl.alirr may continue lo tend
tliem until all mrnaranti art paid.
OJ If ulwcriUriHii'iflect or refuse lo take llii ir
n fruin Ilia put olhVe, r other plaea, lo liicli
liry ore fill, Ihey er linn rtpunie uiiiii nn-v
etlla all em-amp, tlioulrl llirre he sny.
IJ If milMiirilwni remove l ollirr 'ace, willi
oiil iufcrniiiiK III publii-lier, ami lh 'Rr n h-oI
. lo tlrt former diroi'tion, Ihey are hrM reuiute.
I J It ia uut uflicirnl for a ntiiianter, alien a
paper Ij ixit liikro out nf his office, lo rcluro one
with "not taken 0111" wniion on urn margin, urn
Um mart will, t lUr la Ilia pubjwher, ainnf
miim aad purt-olTice.-jnd slating llul lliv paper ia
not laken from Ilia Ulna. uinerwM 1110 -mauler
ia held rpoiwible.
latlaa DimcaUlea.
Little else i heard, and little the it
'ought after, just at ibis juncture, but nowi
from the iccnet of Indian difficulties. It is
now m it always lion been whenever there
ha been a popular excitement, creating a
demand fur news, wo huvo an ubuuduut tup
ply. It seems impoMiblo to overstock the
market. No report, however insigmhcant,
it started, but what it finds an ubundnnccof
impetus from multitudes of people, who, In
'their wild excitement nro ready to "keep
tho ball rolling" until what at first niny be-
only an insignificant atom, comes down up
on us a nn overwhelming avnluncho.
Thut we are iu the midst of a general
war with the savages on our borders, wo
Ihnve nbuinloiit evidence to belivvo. An
that there ia now an oll'uiisivo ulliaiico of
large numbers, from all ilia tribes, from tho
ocean on tho southwest of our Territory,
eastward, and northward to tho llritih line,
forming a continuous belt of walch fJrei en
circling tho tottlomeiiU of Oregon mid
Washington Territories, wo have got id res
ton to believe. We also have reason to by
lieve that the present allianco of Ihese bor
der tribes ia the result of conferences, coun
cils, and negotiations, that' Imvo been car
ried on for many months by moans of run
ners and extraordinary mcssongcrs, who
.have visited tho lodges of these, scvorul
tribes in order to excite them to a general
outbreak. Thut these runners have repeat
edly visited, and are now viniling, nil tho In
dian! in this Volley, and endeavoring bv
.promises and threats to iuduco them logo
-out and join in tho war, and that all the
Clickntats, with perhaps two or three e.v
ceptions, have already gono out nnd joined
the onomy, wo have abundant evidcuco of-
.'Out that there is any immediate, dnugor of
an attack upon the settlements of the Wil
Jametto Valley, as is fearod by many, or that
tho Indians aro already on their way hither,
m bus been reported, wo do not believe.
Whether they entertain any such idea a
'being able to cut oil' ull the whites iu the
country, we know not. If they nro oven
emboldened to cross the Cascades, it must
bo by somo remarkably successful atroko in
the beginning of the war, which shall de
cide those who are yet vneillaliiir, and re
suit In a universal rising of all the tribes on
tho frontier. In such an event we are una
i.i.. . . .. i. .. r.. . .1 it .
vmiuaiijr imi unco iney town musii rin
the field, It would not probablr cxcoei
vi mo iiiomuuu wurriors, unless
tho Snakes should becomo their allies, in
which case their number could bo easily
doubled. It toems thut by arraii'-omeiila
lrdy made by the Governor wo shall soon
liavo a force of somo nine hundred men In
tho field against, tho Clickiitats and Yaki
na, and about six hundred and fifty in the
South to attend to the R.R1io River nnd
bhaslo Indians. V feel quite confident !
ht with this number of men, consisting I
mostly of volunteers, we shall be able to!
teach the red skins what they ought to have!
learned a kin time ago. We sincerely I
hope that a lasting poaoo will be "romm rW '
this time, instead, of K ing eon,, with a few 1
iihmkeU. Our policy, hitherto, with the
Roguo River and Snake Indians has been
uch at to produce anything but ropvt for
us, or fear of us. U'e have heard little else
for the hut five years from the Roguo river
Indians than a soriotof outbreak and jvttv
depredatiom upon weak and defenseless in
dividuals. 'Ws prcdickd in 1S5I, when wo
pasaad through Rogue river vall.y, and lw
caineeonvcniniil with their tracherous char
acter, and the physical features of their
founlrv, alfoidiug every f.lviitr f0, uiJi.,
from their pursuers, that the country could
never be settled with safety, short of in ex
UrminatioD of the Indian who held it in
possession. The history of the last four
yearsanJsltlf, much of which has been
written in blood, we think has fully justified
our convictions.
The war with these savagtt bat broken
out at an exceedingly favorable time. It it
yet early enough, with prompt and deddid
uction upon the part of tho Executive, and
aco oi.era-.on by ins pcopio, 10 gey wur
fores upou the field, with a
tuincicui -
amount of provisions for tho men and prov
ender for the animals, before the setting iu
of winter, to enable our soldiers to make a
comfortaMo an I tfllcieut winter t cam
paign. W expect the Iudiuut to retreat
speedily to their mountain fostnesset upon
the approach of our men, or toon afior they
have tasted a little sulphur, at least. Noth
ing short of tho snows in tho mountains will
probably drive them into the valleys, where
we can engage them. If the winter should
be hard, the Indians w ill be unable to bring
their horses into the field. Our horses can
be kept up by proper feeding so as to give
us great advantuge over them iu this ro
pect. Tho Indians are in possession of Jiorses,
cattle, and other properly enough, to pay
the wholo expenses of the war, and we
think they will be compelled to foot tho
bill. We speak now of tho Northern Iudi-
ia. . ...n.t
ans. v lint amount or properly tue oouiu
eru Indians have, we know not. Kvery In
dian should be treated at nn enemy unless
ho furnish good proof to the contrary ; and
we should bo willing to tuke no proof short
of his assistance in prosecuting the war
against our em mice.
In conclusion, we think it but an net of
juUice to Gov. Cl'Hity to say that ho has
acted promptly in this matter, and ought
to have. tho credit of having done his ufy.
Wo think ho hilt tho nnilon the bond when,
in hit proclamation calling for Rogue river
volunteers, he informs us thut the war must
bo so prosecuted at to "secure indemnity
fur the jutst, nnd conquer a lusting peace
for tho future."
fciT Mr. DiiowN,of this city, who left tho
Pulls on last Sunday, informs ns that h
saw Mnj. Ilnller't command after their re
turn from llio light. In convcrsatiea with
the soldiers he learned tho following pnrlio
uhirt :
Tho ground upon which Mnj. Ilaller kept
tho Indians at bay for sonic fifty hours, with
out water, was en elevation covered with
scattering brush aud timbor. The Indians
woro all mounted, and kept charging and
firing, as it the custom of Indians in battlei
nil tho time under rapid motion, and taking
good care to keop nt n respectable distance.
Tho regulars found their mountain howitzer
of great sorvico, nt by means of a good use
of it they wero enabled to frighten the snv.
ages badly. They had no correct idea of
the number of Indians thnl fell upon tho
buttle field, but think thore could not have
been less than forty or fifty. They saw a
good many fall, which wero immediately
earned from tho field. As they charged
through tho Indian lines, upon their retreat,
they saw vast quantities of blood upon the
ground, which gnvo evidence that soma ox
edition had been done. Tho Indians mil
sued tho soldiers ns long as they wero iu the
timber, but as sopn as they reached tho open
country tho savages immediately abnndoncd
the pursuit. Tho soldiors could givo no cor
rect idea of tho number of Indians engaged,
but said that tho woods wero swarming with
them, and there must Imvo been fifteen hun
dred at least.
Wonilcrful illsctnsure.
Tho Standard Informs us that tho Indi.
ans in Oregon have driven such a brisk
trade with tho whites for guns nnd ammu
nition, for tho last tw elve months, that great
dilliculty is experienced by our volunteers
in procuring- amis. This may possibly be
true, but wo doubt it very much. Tho law
imposes n fino of.iJiiOO upon a whito man
for telling or giving an Indinn n gun or
even a load of powder. Wo have never
kuow n of nn instance in which ono of our
citizens has violated tho law, though somu
such may have occurred. But that the traf.
fie has been caaried on to tho extent the
Slnndard thinks it has, we cannot believe.
Tho difficulty he speaks of in procuring
guns is owing to tho fact that many of our
volunteers are, young men who do not own
guns. Tho heads of nearly nil the families
of tho country keep guns, but nt this par
ticular crisis they aro not willing to givo up
ineiromy means or defense, provided the
war should bo transferred to thoir firesides.
Wo believe all of our voluuteors aro now
supplied with arms.
&T At the I);, there are something
over ono hundred men (besides the troois)
11(1. 1 111,., nt an n...nl - I. a
and about an equal number of w0m,n ' !
Tho settlers in middle Oregon are rapiJlr I
. 1 J
garnering ill to the Dal s for f..r nf
diiiiis"." Their effects are safely lodged in t
blockhouse constructed on a hill, for pur
pose of safety.
Tka t.lsrkaasas txmpsay
Of voluuU-crs organised last Sunday by
electing iU officers, and ttnrlcd down to
Portland on Monday. They nro a fine
looking ho ly of men, nnd we have no doubt
will givo a good account of themselves iu
the day of battle. Annexed nro the unmet
of the officers and men :
James K. Kelly, Captain ; Adolplius 1).
Hannah, 1st Lieutenant J Joseph A. Pow
null, 2d Lieutenant j Samuel U. StafT.rd,
1st Sergeant; Casper I). Ilmklo, d Ber
. William Mitchell. 3d Sergeant ;
Almond llolcomb, 4th Sergeant; George
Holmes. 1st Corporal ; Charles W. roblett,
2d Corporal 5 Frederick C. Mack, 3d Cor-
porul ; Joseph Driqicr, 4tu Corporal.
Privates Joseph iJickcns, V.. L.Bradley,
A. Kirk, T. II. Bell, i. Sweet, Edward Con
ner, G. N. Smith, D. V. Drake, S. V. Price,
C. P. Fleming, A.B. Church, A.Q. Church,
Wm. E. Klliotl, Joseph Shiver, Win. 0.
Moore, Alex. SStrow, lloiner McKiuney,
Henry Hawkins, Irving E. Olesson, Josepu
Dufr, Newton Bull", I. II. Stephens, Austin
Iliott. Wm. Morchmd, Lewis llersey.John
Therbcr, Daniel Ford, Robertson Ford,
T. U. B. Donaldson, J. B. Williams, Robert
F. Rains, David Lcntz, Isaac Greer, A. A.
Thomns, Wm. Meullin, J. E. Taylor, Xclson
NcCoimell, Leonard Whook, D.Telyheer,
J, M. Fleming, R. M. Williams, G. W.
C. F. Felton, Edtnuud Sheppard, John
Huntley, Win. Mofh'tt, Jnmes Donnhoe,
Wm. II. Williams, Wm. O. Flaherty, Jabcz
Iluclat.
Vrorn Walla Walla.
Dick llarley, who was in company with
Mr. McKinley, reached Oregon City night
before last Ho left McKinlay at Ft. Wal-
In Wallu, where he purposed to remain a
day befuro ho camo in. Uarley in company
with two other men camo in from tho Uma
tilla alone. Ho snys they saw no Indians to
tpcnk of nlong tho road, and never heard of
tho war till they reached tho Dulls. He
saw a great many tents on tho north side of
tho Columbia, and the probability is that
the Cuyuso warriors have nil moved north
over tho river.
marinate.
It is reported that the Indians on Tilla
mook Ray, immediately west of this on the
const, have cut off nenrly or quito tho whole
settlement. Tho houses aro said to have
been all burned and the inhabitants massa
cred. The appearance of theso Indians has
been suspicious for somo timo past.
jtir Report says thnt n largo body of In
dians is camped at Summit prairie, about
forty miles cast of Foster's on tho emigrant
road. Very doubtful.
irWo hcor that about two IitinJrod
Indians have crossed the mountains through
tho Sautiain pass, and are now camped on
tho bend waters of the Santiam. A com
pany of men have gone out from Marion
county to sco whether this bo true.
Suspicious.
We learn that olio hundred nnd five
pounds of powder were taken from a Cath
olio Priest a few days since'nt tho Dalls.
Tho priest was on his way up to his mission
establishment, and persisted in keeping the
powder, ns ho intended it for tho Spoknns
to hunt with. During tho Cayuso war, one
of these gentlemen was caught in the net of
taking powder to the Indians. How Imp
pens it, that whenever a war breaks out w ith
tho savages, the priests hasten down for a
supply of powder I And how happens it
that amidst all tho slaughter of whito pco
plo, tho catholic priests escape, ns nt the
timo of tho Wuilatpu massacre I
OP Philip Foster camo into Oregon city
on last Tuesday, considerably excited on ac
count of the supposed danger of his location
He says tho Indians are almost constantly
passing to and fro upon tho emigrant road
loading past his house, through tho Cas
cades. Tho traveling is done in tho night,
and mostly between bed time and day light.
Tho Clackamas county volunteers sUirtcd
day beforo yesterday, intending to reach
the Dalls by tho wagon road across the
mountains. They will stand a chance to
catch a few Indians ruuncrs, if Mr Foster
is correct in lu conjectures. '
03" The Marion county Company of
Mounted. oluntocrs, under ihe command of
Cnptnin Bennett, passed through our city
Inst Thursday morning, on their way to
lortlaud. the Company numbered 79
men, and, like every thing tlso iu Old Ma
rion, is hard to bent. aJ.5 "Injuns" would
stand a poor chance against those men in an
open field.
jCfTWo have no room for much States
news this week. The public mind is all
engaged with the war news in Oregon just
now. We have a correspondent in the
It .a
' ' "U "pe 10 kepP readers regu-
. ' U1 enr,iet newsfrom
tue seat of
-. r , vv vi i ui.ui ri ur
fighting, or even making "treaties"
KTThe Mail steamer is clue next Tues
day night.
rrfoa Vtty l4l-
It seems that whil.t our citizeni wore
met on last Mouday night to take our in-
lerniil Indian relations into consideration,
tho squaws wero busy in replenishing their
empty bottles with rum. The Indinn liquor
merchant must have taken in cons.ucrao.e
hane that niu'ht. w tho savages laid in a
good tupply. At least on the night follow,
ing the meeting, tho red skins who nre
camped within a stone's throw of our domi
cil held a drunken jollification, w hicb in the
rnngnitudo of its bluster, and in the serious
nest" of its character, out-Deviled any thing
wo have heard beforo. Tho whole of the
forepart of the night wat made hideous
with tho sound of angry words, and with
the tcreams aud moans of the miserable
victims of drunken lavage ferocity. One
squaw wat literally cut to pieces nnd gave
up the ghost. At least so we wore inform
od. Another one wns dreadfully cut and
mancled around the bead and face.
These poor creatures, that so often suffer
from violent hands iu their drunken sprcos.
are generally slaves which have been stolen
from other tribes. There has been a con
slant traffic kept up among the Oregon In
dians, in slaves, consisting of women and
children which have bocn stolen from other
tribes. Nothing, can exceed tho cruelty
with which theso poor creatures. are treated
by their masters, especially in their drunken
revels.
We Lave a law subjecting the man (noi
we will lako thnt bock,) the creature, tho
incarnate Devil in human shape who fur
nishes theso Indians with liquor, to the pen
alty of a heavy fine. In effect we might as
well have a law imposing fines and impris
onments upon "tho man iu the moon." No
body is nblo to find out who this mysterious
"creature" is. Like tho " Wandering Jew,"
ho is every whore, aud no where. No one
is able to forrct out bis den, except tho
squaws. They all know exnetly where to
fiud him, and just how much change, (or
other commodity,) it takes to constitute) a
quid pro quo for ono bottlo of grog. ' They
not only procure their liquor from him, but
have been his attentive scholars, and have
taken lessons in the art of lying nnd decep
tion until not a nod, a wink, or a look, from
them will serve ns a guido to those who
wish to find the liquor mcrehanl. They
give us abundant evidence tn many nights
of whoro tho liquor goes to, but whence it
comes, no man knowcth.
The citizens of tho placo nro night after
night deprived of their rest, our womon nnd
children lie quaking in their beds through
fear, nil caused by tho demoniacal conduct
of a perfect bedlam of some sixty or seven
ty drunken Indians, who have gathered in
hero from Klamath Lake for tho purpose of
o'gS'ig, stealing, and getting drunk, and
there is not power enough in Oregon City,
now numbering over two hundred men, to
derise n remedy. Somo of these Indians
are getting so smart that they have within
tho hist few weeks drawn their knives nnd
arrows in some of our citizens' houses, to
frighten the women into giving them food,
Mr. Blanchard's wife, nt Cancmnh, not long
siuce, who was in child bed, nnd unable to
riso, was ordered by nn Indian to go and get
him victuals, upon pain of being shot with
nn arrow which ho stood pointing nt her.
Now if,' as some think, there is no danger
from these Indians whilst they nre sober, nil
will admit, we think, that whilo they
aro intoxicated any person is liable
- i.n . . ...
io lau n vicum 10 ineir rage.
But even admitting that in their drunken
revels thnt there is no danger of their hew
ing to pieces any body but thoir own squaws,
does not humanity dictate that there should
bo a stop put to it ? 'Besides, aro we under
no obligations to look after tho penco and
comfort of our wives nnd daughters, who
amidst all tho reports, gathering thick and
fast, of Indian depredations aro i.enrly dis
tracted at the sound of hellish "revelry by
night" which indicates that King Dscchus
has dethroned what littlo reason tho savages
have, and turned them into demons thirst
ing for each other's blood ?
.If the liquor cannot bo removed from them
we think it would not be a bad plan to re
movo them from the liquor, and send them
back on Klamath lo live on nnts nnd snails,
and drink river water, as they have been ac
customed to.
Our vigilance committee would do well
to look after this matter. If no clue can bo
got to tho vendor of liquor, nnd if the In
diaus are to be permitted to remain the bal
ance of their days, with as man v more of
their friends as chooso to come, we can
easily teach them, that after this they are
io seep pertectly qmet during the night and
let our citizens sleep.
JrThe Yamhill company, consisting of
over etglity volunteers, all mounted upon
American horses, passed through Portland
on last Wednesday. It is said to have been
well armed, and to have made the most im
posing appearance of any company in the
regiment The company from Washing
ton county consisting of over one hundred
men, has also started out,
piilille lta.
ti.a .iiijidu ul Oreeoo City convene
last Moudny night iu the Methodist meet
ing house, for" fhe purpose of taking into
consideration the necessity of looking after
tho peace and safety of tho people, which
A . .. . I 1... .I.Mt.Li.n III.
nrd constantly llircaicncu uy uiu.."
.is in m.r mii'.t. The meeting was hirgo
nnd highly respectable. A number of
speeches wero made, after which cum.n.v
tee wat Appointed to drnft resolutions ex
pressive of tho sense of tlio meeting.
In "nrrvmrr Allt the sentiment of the reso
lutions reported by the committee, which
were unauimously adopted, a vigilance com.
mittoe consisting of nino porsons was ap
pointed to look after these matters, nno an
independent company of minute men was
enrolled, whoso duty it is to support tho
vigilance committee hi their action, ana uo
and re form nil other acts which the safety
of our citizens may require, as touching our
Indinn relations.
(KrTho following are the officers of the
Washington company of mounted volun
teers :
Thomas R. Cornelius, Captain ; Hiram
Wilbur, 1st Lieutenant ; Wm. II. U. My
ers, 2d Lieut. ; Richard S. Caldwell, 1st.
Sergeant ; Geo. W. Ebbert, 2d Sergeant ;
John B. Hall, 3d Sergeant ; John II. Smith,
4th Sergcnnt; Wm. Reeves, 1st Corporal;
John M. Armstrong, 2d Corporal; J. Tay
lor McCoruas, 3d Corporal; Wm. T. Day
ton, 4 th Corpora).
This Company is recognized as Company
(C) of the Oregon Mounted Volunteers.
(KT The Yamhill Company arrived in
Portland on Wednesday. The following is
the list ofofficors:
Captain, A. J. Hcmbroo ; 1st Lieut.,
John llibblo; 2d do., W. EL Wright; 1st
Serct.. J. Toot ; 2d do., Albert Gates ; 3d
do., W. Ewing; 4th do., John Everett;
1st Corporal, C.Stewart ; 2d do., J.Max
well; 3d do., A. Roberts ; 4th do., J. G
Griffin.
Taking to the ltrusta.
We understand that the boys gathered
in to charivari Mr. Luellino a few nights
ngo, nshe (Luclline) had been lately inar
riod. The boys made such a "rumpus"
that ono or two families somo three miles
back of Milwnukie mistook the noise for the
yells of savages, nnd thinking the Indians
were attacking the settlements, they left
their houses nnd took np their lodgings for
tho night in the brush.
Wo also learn that since that Mr. Luellino
aud consort have become so frightened with
Indian stories that they have also Blept one
or two nights out in-the brush.
Oblinary.
Wo are truly pained to announce our fears
thnt J. W. Sufllivan, of San Francisco,
California, the incomparably fast bookseller,
departed this life just beforo the steamer
left her wharf for Oregon. Tho time of his
death will account for its not being noticed
in tho San Francisco papers. The only
evidence wo liavo of his death, is tho fact
that the nevor-beforc-failing bundle of nice
exchanges from his establishment failed to
come to hand by last steamer.
Wo nre afraid there has been "fonl play"
somewhere, nnd wo don't know whom to
suspicion for poisoning him, unless it be
Wells, Fargo & Co., the only competitors
for speed nnd promptness that we know of
his ever having had.
t3T Mr. Durham's Saw Mill opposite
Milwnukie, was burned to thegrouud a few
days since. Tho men wero burning a pile
of rubbish near tho mill, when tho wiud
became sufficiently strong to curry the
Haines mlo the building.
Postpoucuient of tUe Concert.
Trof. New ell requests us to state thnt on
account of tho present excitement growing
out of the Indian wars his concert will be
indefinitely postponed.
.i Sew Paper.
We learn by tho Yreka Union that
Mossrs. Taylor, T'Yault, and Blakely are
to start a newspaper at Jacksonville, 0. T
on next Thursday (Oct. 25.)
to Correspondents. "They ask if
Sam's alive, Sir," next week.
"Hugo" ought to apply himself to Web-
ster's Spelling Book for about six weeks be
fore he undertakes to write for the press.
His ideas, like bis orthography, seem to bo
mightily '-mixed," as much so as machine
poetry.
"So So or Cumtux" is refused. It con-
. ru6Cui iruuis, out comes so
near "twitting upon facts" that we fi.nr
might consider it "personal."
JVm.rlcaw !ioinl,iu for uovcrnor In
Ohio.
The American Tartvof Ohin m. i n.
. oi
ventionoa the 9th of August, and nomi
nated Gen. Allen Trimrip f TILI-J
, , jugumm,
county. Gen. Trimble was an early .ettler
of Ohio, and has acted a prominent part in
the politic of the State, but of late years
has lived m retirement IT., filial .i.
of Governor two terms, from 1824 to 1829-
noctovt Dltrtr. :
It will bo toen by reference to the Mlw
ing, which we tnko from Congressional pro
cocdingt as reported in the Congrotsioual
Globo of Jauuary 20, 1805, that there seems
to bo a wide difference between thecqiinlon
of Joseph Lane, ns reported In the following
extract from a speech mado by lilm upoi
the floor of Congress, nnd thnt of Mr. Pal
nmr.iii reference lo tho causes which have
produced tho former outbreaks among tho
I . .. ... 1 f. . V ... .
Indians of Rogue itivcr. nicer nano gives
tho Rogue rivor Indinnt a particular selling
down for all torts of tricks, aud troacliory,
and Mr. Edgerton cuts biin short with tb .
tutemcnt of Geu. rulmor, it is a little atnus
r f. t.... tn .1n.lr.tnn am
ing to see l,uuos iiig'.-iiui.j ... 6...s
to tho Indians that murdered tho AVard
family. Wo thought it but just at thlt
particular crisis of another dilliculty with
tho "Roguo rivers," to publish tho follow
ing in order that we may bo guided a littlo
for tho futuro by tho "lump of experience.''
In order to bo just, we. shall let both lump
shine in upon this Roguo river corner, giving
cry different light ns they do, but we shall
leave our readers to judgo which of them !
to bo regarded ns the "truo light. As lo
tho ciuses which Lave produced the troubles
with theso Indians, Mr. Lena is certainly
at issue with Mr. Palmer. '
Mr. Lanb. I resorted to every pos
sible menus to preserve friendly relations
with the Roguo River Indians, nnd lo pre
vont the massacre of our people. But tneif
character, liko thnt of most ull tho warlike
tribes, is full of deceit. They feign good
words ami friendly demeanor towards those -Ihey
intend to destroy. Timo and again
have I heard them recount their adventures
as tbey lounged around their camp-fires,
telling of their secret tricks and cunning
how they surrounded their enemies in tha
gloom of night, nnd murdered them -while
they lay asleep; nnd men, too, with wlion)
they had smoked in peace nnd eonrord the
evening previous. 1'hey Imvo douo wroug,
and, for their wrong doing, tkey ought to be
punished.
These Indians, I sny, macfo peace with Us
ui 1S51. Then I uiidcitook, at great trou
blo and expenso, to rot urn to them their
women and children who had been captured
by Major Kearny, who commanded the
force which invaded their country. On that
occasion I wns a volunteer nnd served in
the ranks. Cnptnin Stuart was killed in
ihe war. Mnj. Kearny said that ho would
tuko the women and children to Cnrifornul
with biin and return them by steam to Ore
gon. After journeying about one hundred
miles, this gallant officer becamo satisfied1
thnt his plan was impracticable ; nnd, partly
at my own expense, I took theso Women"
and ehiklren back to their own people. I
watched over them, fed them, aud prevent
ed any infringement upon their rights. Off
their return peace wns madu npeneo waielf
lasted until 1853, whett ihey ngain got it
into their beads lo murder white people.
They never give warning of their fell mtctv
tions. Jumping into the unsuspecting and
unprotected settlements, they murdered
aud burnt nil they could lay their bauds?
Mr. l.DGERTON, Let me ask the gentle
man from Oregon w hat is tho character of
Joel Piilmcr, the superintendent of Indian
anairs in Uregon ?
Mr. Lane. Ho is nn honest, sensible,,
nnd good man ; nnd tho people- of Oregon
aro a law-abiding, honest, and gallant peo
ple. Mr. Edgerton. . I propose, with the con
sent of tho gentleman anil the House, to
read what Mr. Palmer says in his hist official
report of Indian murders nnd depredutions
. Cries of "Rend I "1
Mr. Edgerton. lie writes as follows t
"From the frequent recurrence of similar atroci
ties against the Indians in southern and southwest
ern Oregon, tho conviction ia foreed upou me, that
a premedtiated and combined effort, on tfio part of
reckless and evil disposed whitea roaming through
that country, lius been, and continues to be made,
lo plungo the Government iutoauother Indian war,
m:d to carry out their favorite scheme of auuihi
latin? Iliesu Indians.
''These miscreants, regardless of ago or sex, as
sail and slaughter these poor, weak, and dcfaiteleas'
Indians with impunity, us there are no means ill
the hands of the agents to prevent these outrages,
or bring the perpetrators to justice.
"There are many well-disposed perrons in that
district whose sense of justice and humanity revolts
at such inhuman scenes; but, through fear, or
some oilier cause, Ihey nre silent It is presumed
that many unito and' take part in these deeds of
horror as meuns of self-preservation, their fears be
ing wrought upon by recklesa and lawleaa persons,
lest the appearance of opposilion to their conduct
might subject them to a doom similar to that which,
uefulstho ludian,"
This gentleman frequently, in his reports,
alludes' to massacres, on the part of the
whites, which would justify retaliation on
the part of tho Indians.
Mr. Lank. Mr. Palmer fs a good mar
In the extract which the gentleman has radr
he refers to the Indians who live west of the
Cascade mountains, and for the purchase of
whose land I inquired of the chairman of
Ways and Means, whether an nppropriotitm
had been made to satisfy them.
The Indians who massacred Ward's party
live four hundred miles to the east; audi
am of the opinion that Mr. Palmer has not.
seen them since ho .passed through their
country on his way to Oregon. He, I know
would be as ready as any other man, to turn
OUt and inflict SuitaMn nnniel.monf i,r,nn
these Indirns for that dreadful massacre.
Ihese are tho facts. Let them go before,
the country; that is all I ask.
OtrThe census of New York Las been
illation
since,
below the expectations of our oiti.n. .ml
journals, some of which latter had predicted
a footing up of at least 750,000.
KrThc population of Minnesota is estU
maud at fifty-live thousand sjx, Lundrci
omcially declared. Our ti holo popi
amounts to 0'.'4,1 70, being an increase,
1850, of 108,084. Tin.