Show i PLAINS across capet Gap Cap captain tt ddn tain acroy lero y Ci craw awford frd of the emigrant escort gives the following information to the portland 0 onia ii the rt consisted of only fifty men inen and left omaha late in june they found many emigrants camp catnip C edon ed vo on 1 n platte river for fear of indians the minnesota sioux had been transported to the region be gohd ali c platte by the U S gov k 4 t fc to the num ber of some 1000 7 they had committed man maily depredations and a at 1 t least rift fifty Y emigrants were verc murdered by them during the summer owing to the detention on account of tul the indians many mally emigrants were chort of provisions and obliged 10 lay Y over to winter whiter at salt lake sone some wagons cross crossed cl tj tho 0 plains 1 by the main maill traveled road arac numbers were known to travel north orth of the platte all and d a ir great r e U t many came a r southern route jn all capt crawford awford Or says ail near ar 1000 lot must ha N C e m i grated from arb tn tile the states this year ka many ny df thes these e went into montana territory Y and either cither remained roma ined or returned again discon discouraged raged to the states about 10 1000 of the emigration o went to nevada and oali cali jford fo I 1 1 ia he fee thinks the remainder I 1 constituting 0 Ati the great bulk of the emigration C came biffl onto on to idaho idah r and of them are working cheif woy way towards oregon |