| Show 1 l 1 frda the guardiani i LETTER FROM JOHN tt TAYLOR aff lff IN OF TRAV i SALT SAT LE laim ac bit BB onson ORSON HYDE hydl I itoko like ikc great greni pleasure plea piea surp in in communicating 9 to you cpr forthe the guardian so some neg nea dents of pu puy travels an the 0 objects ejects s of jou journey aney from froni tha th city of the great salt I 1 laite to your beautiful little v village on tier ta te e c company amp an y principally left the valley on the I 1 october wigi wh the 0 of f the mail maii and anda a fow few who accompanied led it which left on faiq the we arrived t old P fort oi t kearney on the ath 7 th day of december all in health anil ano spirits the khe thc i is s a list of the baill baili namos names 91 0 o persons compos composing ln the tho company compans with their destina 0 o 1 i of the odthe orthe nig rig elre elve on op missions john taylor to france lorenzo snow t to 0 ital ly arastus Jr astus rastus SnoW liow S to Dpn marlc marle X dj D tot tol England to i business edward slun jiun tar E D worie y josoph L hey I 1 on IM missions ss to ns io to at englard england band ja J 7 G B av vallace valla ce joseph p ay W young ung josoph joseph joh job ob inith JL Y 9 nf ec levi lev aha aaa ev 1 4 it j Pi fApp arpp E 1301 bolton ton and ar jotin john pack on mission to ilay italy josap joseph h toronto r 11 ll I 1 on alfs Alis mission glission sion to D kreizmar 7 peter hanson on all IM Missi bissio onto t 0 sudden john s on business robert pierce 0 W whilla hil Ril rilla lW L steward I 1 dr pr ezekiel cee hee sha shadrach rach russel holder Ho inear P sessions A L y J M grant haries harles degl degi de er ers ery robert robvrt graham col johr johi reesa erchant of kov nov york john 11 kinkade Kinka rinka dj merchant af pf sll sto lonien antonio S duval mr dir kinkeade Kink eads driver dilver be benj homer ic i turning churning ci honl honi we found foun to 0 be vely very toilsome and ani unpleasant at his fins bis inc mc lemont lemout season of the tha year and were it not for the missions missions of a public publio ila iia nature ture ill in whish many 0 of us verc engaged w we e 1 should have felt great reat reluctance at alt leaving pur comfortable home homes and gire firc sies to combat the chilling oh illing winds wind and pitiless the Recky jidoun jimoun bains and the desert deser t plains our ori on the wa 1 gio plo consider mg the tha season haq apen b a pleasant one we haye have scarcely a r storm on the vay ways may the TU e snows haab hale fallen failen ol 01 on our right and laft lift bam and behind but the except exception ign i of a slight fall on the tho sweet vater and another 0 on the day of our arrival at port X kearney delave cs capp 0 unharmed nothing Not liing very ble kle oca oc gurred on our journey ji zurnes zurney out wha is common in in an indian ludian country cg uia ula ry between en the upper crossing 1 1 1 of Q platt piatt and inc luc lube r rack wp a compa ny fo lit jit men rhen wl opre pre can cair canyon canton yon ton a 1 mail fram fort laramie Laran tic lic to tu fort f rt wali hall T 1 1 1 aiji they had been eroded roped tip tie the ay before be fore oil on tho the oth odi oy i by bv yar var arty of C cravy gravy ieans I 1 acl Ns ri i la a q a t I 1 e ai rz avit 41 to 0 k u sythey As Sf they were travelling velling tra aw oil oti aik all the joau road tuey atley were attacked by a band of thirty crows who took go ir T lrein irein meir moir blankets some of their provisions provision I 1 sone sona one ona mu mule leand and a quantity of or clothing belonging to a gold digger who accompanied them thern after the first sheari shearl shearing rit tit they encountered another band i ho sms cenen cere ionie monic I 1 subjected th n tj t fleece n g they ney iid ld nut disturb the mail nor lajure injure theat them personally aily ally but according to testimony molly mully were on oil the contrary very I 1 iving iving to ta them themi hug arvig pig them thern in their blankets blank biank betsi ae T ane ia e gentlemen s after getting freb free froli fron the their r torman tors made mado the jast of their way why night 0 and day till tuii they diey met with us not wishing agin MOM to 10 partake of or their loving embraces mb races they were of course courso pleased under these circumstances t 13 meet with us an vandivere dIvere and vere fall of fiery indignation against aber red brethren for subjecting t im to such guch an all unceremonious tithing they stated that in gieir Z oin oln loil there were al about indians in all and that they were a war party on a horse thieving oxur sidn slon against the Sh shyanna yantis pelt erroneously errah bously Clidy finnes finnos and sioux upon I the whole we felt a little rather father than otherwise at the c circumstances which they dof ailed to us oil on looking at their we found that th at their red friends had not dealt very un with them they had left them their guns ammunition dadd didd 0 daddies ies les bridles hors horses esthe the principal I 1 ria cipal part of their clothing auf iilo falo robes and some rome provisions we supposed that if ii was ivas merely a tax or toll they tiley had put upon hem hom hem bom as lords of the tile soil being always liberal themselves and teady ready to divide they naturally natt nati trally supposed up posed that the white man ought 3 assess the same sanie principles and is they considered dered according to their notion of things that they had bad 14 j a quantity of 0 superfluous clot dot haig ilmi q provisions I 1 I 1 ac c they thought 0 a lit tit it but right that their more tw cd brethren should h aud share ilare of tha their lir abu abundance adan ce aldno doubt but kut they thought they had haa dealt very I 1 liberally ibe rally raily with them we thought nily and consequent consequently li furnished them thein bedding and provisions the abote above occurrence made us more vigilant in guarding our horses as a we rather preferred to be tithed by our own bishops whom we had llad with usi us than be subject to the ordeal of those who officiate without authority two days journey on the other side of laramie while we were baiting our horses at noon on the banks of the platte we espied a large body of indians who wilo came sweeping t down a 9 gentle gentie antle sloping hill east cast of us when they first appeared they were about three quarters of a mile from us and as they were mounted upon excellent chargers they came with tile tiie rapidity of an arrow it gave us little time enough to gather our horses and prepare ourselves to meet our belligerent bellia a drent erent visitors captain roundy ordered the horses to be gathered and securely tied to the yva wagons ons oon grant acted with great promptness and and decision on oti the occasion immediately forming us into line leaving two of outnumber our oui number to tic the horses up tip the men showed great intrepidity every man standing at his post undaunted the efforts of tile the indians were to either break our line or turn otar flank but being D repulsed at all A points the they y were brought to a dead halt hait about a rod hild and a half in front of us during all this and for some time after they were shaking out the priming from their firearms fire arms and priming them many placed their arrows to their bov strings strind r their lances in rest and were wetting the ends of their arrows ith their mouths that they thoy might not slip too quick from the finger and thumb their chiefs who we supposed kept intentionally behind came up after a while and showed signs of pace but as they understood neither r french nor noi english hor nor we altheir anI nArber neither party having interpreters we re could mould only convey our ideas by ly sidric signs one of the chiefs p presented resented a ida ina paper which had been given him by 67 I 1 major sanderson commanding at fort laramie certifying that this thea this thia tribe was friendly to the whites upon which I 1 told him odwith to with draw his men a little tittle which was 1 done immediately V wo I 1 ve presented 11 them sime same chaek crackers crt dried meat tobacco ac of which wilch they par pa 1 I r took sat down and arld trod im d a smoke and thus every thing concluded amicably we their harnessed up tily our horses and pursued our oui 0 irr i journey they very courteously filed to tile the right and left and escorted us on our road till we came opposite their village they were about two tivo hundred in number and were of the tile tribe of shyanna shy aeils anns anus aa they pronounce it j they presented the most respectable spec table appearance of any indians I 1 have met with many of them were dressed in amerida america 1 ft style with clothes of the abst broadcloth beaver hats caps kc C and those who were dressed in m indian costume displayed the greatest elegance of taste in their attire they were adorned W with ith head dresses of feathers of ortho ither richest hues hueg and tand their insignia of office displayed a taste which is at once wild and beautiful they vere were mounted on excellent horses richly ca ba pari in many instances and painted oti off in the most fanta fantastic stid style they pawed the ground and champed champee their bits and seemed as ini impatient patient of restraint as their riders the whole affair was truly grand and notwithstanding the peculiar situation in which we were placed we could not but admire the magnificent display which chich the lords of the prairie presented as they tiley dashed with lightning speed upon Us arrayed iii in all tidd gaudiness and pride of indian boli holiday attire the scene scent was nich rich and exceeded any theatrical representation sen tation we ive have llave ever witnessed edward edwird 5 snow and rid myself at the he request of their chief visited their encampment camp ment which was about three miles off the road we found there a large number of lodges and was informed by a frenchman that they numbered six hundred warriors they appeared to be tie wealthy and I 1 should think had about three thousand horses seen by u us wo wc visited many of their lodges they appeared very friendly but bat a little litile at the occurrence of the mornin morning the same evening the crows made a break upon two of their outposts and stole twelve horses from one and nine from froin the other one of the places where tile the crows stole from was within a quarter of a mile of our encampment and bothin nothing saved us from a lika fate bu buttic i athe strictness and faithfulness olour guard these crows stoie stole a number of horses from a trader in our dur neighborhood nei nel tile the same night bir mr shadrach Shadrac ii hounds rounds our captain kept up a guard of four hien men at a time with scarce searce exception an all the way through on our arrival at fort laramie we wd obtained supplies for ourselves and horses those of our number who had llad passed this fort the present summer were astonished at the great improvements which have been made here in a few months time there was ah air of quietness and contentment of neatness and taste which in coq connection with the kind reception given by the polite and gentlemanly commander major sanderson made us fis feel as if we had found an oasis in the desert thia this same feeling of kindness and gentlemanly deportment seemed to pervade dl nil tanks ranks at the fort port the route from laramie to new kearney Kc arney was performed without snow until within 50 miles of the last named fort and that snow had fallen before our arrival here we abtin obtained fresh supplies the major in command and the quartermaster cheerfully accod mutated us with stich such things as cie cle 1 e eedes ee deb deU I 1 mention meation merib n treso acts of kindness because of our peculiar liar ilar r situation no one can appreciate fully such acts unless the they Y like us shall have traversed these desert regions in this inclement season of the year on our arrival at kanesville Kanes ville we were very much pleased to strike hands again with our brethren and friends from we had been separated by the western wilds and if we may J ju judge n erom from appearances these feelings gs were reciprocal we were hailed upon our arrival with song songs n of rejoicing jo icing firing of guns and other tokens of joy we feel to tender to them our warmest thanks for their kinan kindness oss ess hosp hospitality I 1 i bality and benevolence we here meet a kindred spirit and find that the presiding genius genitis of this place drinks from the same fountain breathes the same same air and revels in the same intelligence as do the master spirits of the great salt lake valley the following extracts are from a letter of mr E t G squier charge des Af faires for our government ern ment to central america Anre rica read before the american ethnological society oct 17 1849 TRIBUNE nov 3 kir ir squier says 1 I have been able to pity pay some come attention to the antiquities of the country 1 I have hays succeeded suzee eded to ta an eminent degree in obtaining the confide confidence nee of the indian indians and have secured r ome some 0 their thein vocabularies le in fact the indian pueblo of has presented me a formal address written in the aboriginal tongue and would rise in arms tomorrow m at my call in presenting it the spokesman pk esman exclaimed with st startling artlin emphasis 1 the spaniards have had their feet on our necks very long we hope the sons song of wash ington will overwhelm them as they have us we hate them the indians indiana of Sub tiava ha have ve dug dur up for me a number of their buried idols and are now exhuming more they impose but one condition th thit that it I 1 shall have no Sp spaniard iniard with me when I 1 go to see sc them and shall keep keap the localities secret ecret caret these idols though much z rn closely resemble those of copan in and were no daube dedicated ta to the came or very similar 3 harj I 1 eight in my possession ran ranging arin r from five and a half to ei eight g I 1 it feet in heim heie height ht and fro oro front ra four to five in circumference some of the statues to which h ch I 1 have re berred have the same elaborate headd re ases with others of copan one bear bears a shield up on his arm another his a girdle to which ij is suspends d a head and faill another has rising abo above ve its head the sculptured jaws of an alli gator gaton all are ate vury ancient and the places of 0 their deposit have been handed down fro frosi one generation to another many of haap been removed and ara aro scattered over the country and some I 1 believe have hive bega beri ben ban bent sent rt abroad 14 A number still remain but the largest larges pf af all lall I 1 brought away with me at the cost of a days hard labor and at great risk in passing fifteen miles upon the lake in a gusty night and a boat scarce able to sustain i the tha great wei wel weight ht this had resisted the exertions of twelve men on one accas occasion ion lon after moving it t a few roda they had hid abandoned it in despair the boatmen tho thought unlit me mad and crossed themselves devoutly when I 1 proceeded to carry it away the indians of llan Ilan honduras duras duraz says Il herrara errara worshipped wor shipped two images rn male mile kle tle and demale female which they called the great father and the great mother and of which he be says a liatto farther on the sun run and the moon were also I 1 have heard of other localities cali ties similar to this which I 1 propose to ib visit and shall therefore not repeat what is 3 told me concerning them I 1 must not however e ver fordt gorget forget g to mention that there has lately be been discovered in the province of vert paz miles N E of Guat guatemala imala buried in a dense forest and fir far from any settlements a ruined city surpassing copan or palenque in extent and magnificence and displaying a degree of art to which |
