Show v the platte In indians dialls wo we arti an forced to thu the conclusion that tile the hostile indians ot of colo lailo and southern dakota will have aal iii h pretty much ti their leir own ay iy y tor for souie some timi time to conic come rii ey number from ill all accounts received fl from olli twenty five bundled liun to four thousand war wani flor ors s alicy arc well bolint rd ed and aru arc armed with rifles carbines anil and i solvers vol vers there ire are not soldiers lif guient on the platte river anil and in the coulier country adjacent to successfully cope with thym them the friot of one 1 hundred line red nien men being compelled to pursue and en T ange aar 0 e a body of indians estimated at not I 1 less ess than fire hundred certainly indicates cates r a lack of necessary military force the indians have already destroyed our bur I 1 mail service now the telegraph title 13 1 H 3 the object of attach at wo we canno cannot aida n 1 cida which of tho the two annoys us the 4 ni most ast the ilic loss of the mail service or the fossoe toss of tile tele telegraph 0 raph both aro are absolutely necessary the indians appear fo 6 cave have lost their dread for the lightning talker but wo we more mor c than half suspect that white men are in league with them unless they are speedily brought to terms by it a vigorous vigorous campaign we will go bo to abandon all hope of tiny any emigration from the east during the coming coming 0 season we i must mist prepare ourselves to pay very high prices for everything we may require probably not be able to procure many articles required 4 1 at ae tiny any price A vigorous campaign cannot bo be con aided toa successful termination unless more soldiers are placed in the held field it certainly toes does not appear appeal well on paper or anywhere else to permit the great reat overland highway to be completely blocked and held by a band of red devils who should be wiped out of existence the citizens of colorado are making r efforts to raise and equip men for service and orders have been received to fill up lip the 1st ast colorado cavalry with one year men the establishment of posts along alfonc 1 tho the route fr from T orn latham to seneca at in inter ter vals of lone hundred miles w would be better than the present manner of operation A still bet woul LO to bure fifteen or twenty soldiers achach at each station to travel with tho the sta stage stae C e the niahan mail d telegraph are arc needed we hope eliat tb at measures u will be speedily employed t to 0 s secure curd loth to the citizens of the interior gerior barc fully satish led that tha t ahr 12 sot soldiers diers in that thai section have done all that cabbe can e done in tho the hesi so 0 h far r as they tricy ate aie concerned it is ii nott not howe however ver reasonable to expect neither do we expect that a fito fao soldiers sold leis eis can whip several se trib tribes es of hostile indians |