Show iota protection tio hooded against tho the in deans A contributor to the S F P 1 jelin oct 1 alth I etli furni tint thit excellent paper ith sonic some sensible remarks afi on the above subject we quote from lis his notes of a dip tail overland a is follows IL just arrived aimed in ill your C city overland frona from atchison kan a at a and salt L 1 ake it may be of interest to your readers to hear a few of the lie incidents oi of finch a journey freight W wagons 1 ceglis gona g mccross these plains travel in large companies for protection pi election it is destini wagons are constantly on oil the load hom from the mis nl is couii ouri river liver to denver and inn 11 we consider the great value of t the lie m anil and the number of lavt s cone constantly opposed tn ft futtick tick froin indians Ind iuis 1 it is is astonishing 0 that ali it the people of the territories iv mil il submit to the do nothing policy of the government in regard to the indians any coniti of troops who hass has a fight with ith them is removed and instead of striking king ter lor into the forces of the s savages by severe punishment tho western people complain that the government gov eminent anent sends them rifles rifle ani ninni tiou and blankets but there is 1 I 1 smothered desire d bic for vengeance against the ind indiana indano ano for their continual atrocities the people of colorado ColorS do say that if government will ivill give alve them permission they will vill defend themselves thera and t take ahe care caricof of ali tha indians any ono one who 0 o con cres with the lint dy mountaineers of colorado will M ill be convinced that if they do not receive protection from the government there will ere cro long iong be a crusade commenced against the red faces tint that will ill not end short of extermination this feeling alion s itself on all occasions in the public bublic pr prints ilItS at the elections ad and in the when general connor choin horn the 11 western estern people say is alia only Cre general in the service iho knows how to fight fi R lit indians was removed after his 11 s successful fi ight lit in august angust and assigned to silt salt lake the feeling of indignation express d das ivas universal at every settlement ement li lie 6 irs dished l d ant omis llis itty m rort laramie to salt lake he had an ovation one ond is surprised in goin goiner across tho the plains to FCC cc the number of graves by t lie roadside roa dide hundreds are killed 0 of whom no report 1 is made A hole is dug by the alio side of the road load ahel heien they alicy are thrown and covered up they are arc poor teamsters or far from ill their C ir friends and ar abc c soon forgotten but as citizens of this countin they ire entitled to as ample prot protection clion as though they were worth their thousands and had troops p i of fi lends friends general connor av got a ad dpatel sP atel tw twi a ago I 1 0 from a member of liis bis staff ali from denver that tin the sta stage stae t e in which lie he was traveling tia Jing wai wag at cottonwood cotton wood station sur gui rounded by indians indian and the geilen ge acial al expressed his hia belic beli fin efin conversation c ni with flie lie Ivri ariti tvr r that the mail anil line would be broken up this winter ja |