Show tv 4 M V 4 FROM WEBER COUNTY OGDEN CITY April 14 ISCO NEWS n we have warm wa rm and pleasant weather here the farmers are arc busy putting 0 in their crops of wheat and also aiso their garde gardens ns the Thed ground round ia is soft and mellow and the prospects this spring seem to be encouraging the ile indians have begun to be very troublesome in this section early on friday morning in the dinst mr thos miles mile a went to me the range south of the weber river to seek for his cattle when about two and one hait halt miles southwest south west of bishop kays suddenly he be saw three indians riding furiously towards him and attempted to ride over himy him cursing him in broken english one of them had a bow and arid twelve arrow sand the other two had each a large a war chib with an iron spike in one end rge the first one discharged charged di his arrows at miles eight el lit of or which took effect wounding h him in in E the arms side and back and also aiso on or the collar vore bore one ore the other two tire then fell upon him with their war clubs one of which fell out of the hand of the indian at the same time the spike came out of it miles then seized the club and defended himself with iw iti ile he parried off the blows aimed at him by the i other indian until the spike came out of the other club the ale rascals then put whips to I 1 their horses and fled weak and feeble miles then dragged himself se if to t the th nearest ne arest settlement and sent for dr higgins H 1 gi a who dressed the wounds which tho severe I 1 am happy to say are not mortal i from the effects of the excitement he was wasi instable notable to give a correct description dc of the thes assailants assal lants Lints but he has the a arrows and also the I 1 club the latter is about four feet long and I 1 one and one half inches thick paint painted edwith with blood and in one end is fixed a piece of buckskin with a lock loek of human hair attached to it there are also aiso thirty six notches iu cut i t in the club which it is said denote the number of persons persona they have killed and the number of scalps they have taken gen west with a small company went in search of the indians immediately on hearing of the outrage they scoured the range on the west side of the weber and also northward towards willow creek they found a few 1 indians but not the right ones it is I 1 ed that they had secreted rhems themselves elves until the sable curtain of night should enable them to effect their escape I 1 I 1 1 the indians have nave already stol 1 qui quite te fi number of horses and it is ey will I 1 steal more JOSEPH ii HALL A i L f MURDER OF AN INDIAN I 1 FILL FILLMORE MORE CITY april 10 10 ED DESERET NEWS yesterday I 1 heard beard of one of the most outi outs out ont s V ra e ous murders that has come to my know ledge lem for some bome time I 1 when the company returned from the coo colo rado they brought an indian with them who has been livin living at the cedar springs witti david savage ever since some fendal few days davs since an officer bd by the name of kirk in in coriat como coro pany piny with one jo johnston came to the Springe 1 with a writ for the indian whose name wa s john the officer served sen ed the writ by arrest in ing th the e ind an and ind then they started with him i immediately d 1 abely to camp floyd shortly after rumor reached our city that the indian had I 1 been murder murdered cd on the sevier near the bridge and been thrown into the river ricer bishop brunson and some others saddled their otheir horses and rode to the place designated a fo 0 ascertain the truth of the report they made md e search and found the body in the he river a little below the place described on taking the body from the water they found that it had bad been pierced with four balls awk two passing through or near the heart S the savage custom of sea scalping p i I 1 had hai also been performed upon the tle murder murdered d indian such laurels are much easier won than worn SAMUEL P ilott HOTT |