Show giorc of the molian c indians I 1 probable Alasso massacre cre of the stockton mail arail party an extra issued sunday morning morning llie of january from the office U 0 of lie jothern southern vineyard of los angeles amples says mr air joseph walker one of the old est mountaineers living hung thin than whom hom no roan man is is more capable of forming T a correct conclusion trona the co conduct n duct and appearance of indians informs us that he is 13 apprehensive that a party of men supposed to number about fifteen belonging to the stockton and albuquerque mill mail transportation company has been cm cat off by the mohave on the colorado river the th circumstances as related to us yesterday esterday ester dav by capt walk alk tr r who nho accompanied ool col Ilo hodman trman in in itis his recent visit to 10 the colorado river are that on the evenia evening of the arrival of the party it at the river river he was informed by a pah utah that there was a party of americans a short distance below coming up the river upon being closely examined lie he stated slated i a f few e w days das previous piP the party of whites were traveling down williams gilhams rork fork which for some distance di tance runs nearly parallel to the colorado that they v were ere seen cen by the pali pah from the hills lying between the two to rivers riven and that time enough had elapsed for the party to have hav e reached the cross ing of the colorado which is is about 50 miles up the river river from the mouth of williams fork subsequently capt walker questioned a mohave indian who ho came into camp respecting a party of cf whites reported as coming coming up the river iver but he seemed to be profoundly 41 ignorant 11 orant of any such party captain walker then informed him what the pali pah utah had said alten anen ho he replied that at the pih pali utah was a liar captain walker thinks from the manner and action of the that lie he was as dissembling sem bling 7 and that the party seen by b the pali PAH had been cut off by the who reside along the colorado Coloia do between the mouth of williams fork and the crossing As col hoffmans Hoff mans nans party were returning from the river ner air Mr crai craig p the agent of the mail company on thi this s end OF of the route was met on his way out to the river river and he stated that he was going goin to the river river where lie he expected to to meet a party of some soma fifteen met men from albuquerque As the party pany reported to have been traveling tr aeling down williams fork were on oil the trial mail I 1 route road capt walker thinks there is is great reason that the Alo haves es have cut off and murdered this party it has been known here since since the arrival of mr air Heintzl ernan indian agent on the colorado river river that the moha es had bad declared that they would not permit a military post to bo be established in in the country nor would w they suffer the mail to be transported over that route this declaration cl was made to mr air heintzleman by a mohave chief who visited him at port fort yuma from our own knowl knowledge edle of the treacherous and insolent character or the indians and the unlimited confidence which we have in in the knowledge judgment aid capacity of if bupt walker from his ion long and successful experience with india indians ns to acrive aeve at correct cor act conclusions from the slightest indications given by them we ve are forced to 10 believe that another party of our fellow countrymen country men have been sacrificed by these treacherous and brutal savages who perhaps of all the indians in our territory have never received any ill treatment from the AxI whites lites on any occasion sion |