| Show latest from carson vailey Valley vahey i The only ohly thing that attracted much atten ti clonin onlin that part of the territory at latest dates dates was the indian war col jack hays was in command of some five or six hundred volun volunteers tars tOrs who had selected him for their commander comm ander in the vicinity of williams station on carson aver river there was a skirmish on the of may between a portion of his tro troops ops aps and a party of indians in which seven red men are reported to have been killed and four tour white irbite men wounded the number killed in the first battle or at defeat was much greater than supposed from rom the many vague reports that were put in circulation concerning the disastrous affair twenty nine bodies having been found and buried by the company that was sent out to I 1 look ook i after the slain supposed to be nearly qa bulte quite as many as were en engaged aged in the fig fight lit the bala baia balance nce of ormsbyl bys force fled from the field a commencement of the battle of CJ col coi hays command the majority as reported were wore ff from am california capt stewart q in command of company II 11 third artillery rt illery with companies com pinies A and 11 II sixth infantry numbering in all some two hundred men was also at the same place having been ordered thither baither by gen clarke and was con can as chief in command the volunteers under col hays were represented as not being very well drilled all captains when in camp and no order or discipline was observed and the more considerate were strongly Z of the opinion that if it they were rought 0 in contact with as large a num berba A indians as were represented as being 1 in force force at pyramid like lake strong many of them would seek safety by flight as d d the majority in the first battle that was fought aria arra and it was confidently believed that they had not liot provisions enough to last them nany many days arid and unless they pressed beef cattle into the tho service as they did horses and mules the force could not sustain themselves in the indian country fora forn for a single week some of the california volunteers and others belonging t to the carson troops had deserted alread already y taking 0 with them their hor horses ses pes arms and ammunition which had been furnished them for the war the arms ammunition etc by california and the horses either elther r pressed into service in carson or seized by uy those lawless beings wherever they could be found before leaving virginia 0 city some of the men mentho aho who vho had thus mounted themselves were mounted dismounted Ju by the owners of the has horses tu had been without leave taken by those patriots for the public service they even dem demanded anAed the mules that had been beed hired by capr capt stewart st ewart dwart in california to transport his supplies over the mountains with a promise to the owners that they should be faithfully returned ture SA to him as soon as that service had been per performed IF aimed how many of the animals thus be returned to their owners and how many of the arms furnished by california will ber io turned to that state remains for the future to make known the unton union in speaking of the course that had hal been pursued in carson saya system had been adopted for securing pg hor horsing mules rarely resorted to except in a c conquered 0 r ed cog cov country that of pressing into the e rv I 1 ali afi the stock they could lay their hands on div plang pr n a rece receipt apt lpt for tho the th same such high I 1 hand han ede are not creditable to volun volunteer 1 11 A correspondent of the bulletin dal Hul letin writ alfrom carson 1 city says 44 ye are relieved from the indians yet a anew anaw new darll daril darrly dartly 1 tb r ti threatens ar re abens atens us the volunteers unable to mach f ch to 0 the te war on foot have concluded I 1 to I 1 into the service of the amy every h horse honse orse agule uie ule saddle and wagon that can be had in the th country owners of this species of property are re banding together to defend their property at the point of the pistol and dagger th consequence Is the spunky fighting chal chap retain their animals while the orderly lao lavi abidin abiding 1 citizens surrender to the demands of imbres s ment and forced loans to avoid avold strife feland and bloodshed in all this noise and aud 1 I 1 am unable to draw the exact line where horse borse stealing linX ends and military im press mant mint begins the distinction if any is very nice and tand very slight As for mys myself elfY I 1 denounce me the whole affair this is supposed 10 lo le te very unpatriotic by the militia the C L t and pro property party holders are with me abey 1 that if without arm we could he country for a week there can be I 1 no such pressing danger just now from fram ibe ube indian quarter as to warrant violent seizure without pay of aili arli animals mais mals provisions gans guns and as contended for bythe hythe by the citizen goldri f irom california Cai cal fornia and elsewhere the kita elta opt the napoleonic maxi maxim maximi mt at war inus tsu part war stewart employed a packer pack or in placerville erville to transport on horses one hundred and fifty united states troops to carson city he pledged himself that all the animals j should be returned the volunteers however I 1 demanded the animals or some of them captain stewart I 1 am told promptly tendered to the owner a military guard to protect them back lack across the mountains if necessary if it becomes necessary to condemn and take p private r avate property to successfully carry on the pah P a hute ute war nothing is easier than for I 1 general clarke to essaw essae an order to that i effect effle ct this is the course the united states j pursues in emergencies the government then hen pays for its despoliations the property is is taken taker openly and vouchers given it is now taken and driven off in the night the indians were represented as being very bold and defiant dt fiant and were supposed to be to draw the tile forces of col hays into some position where they could fight figh C t them best in their own way it seems nearly impossible to arrive at the facts ia in relation to the causes of the war there are so many contradictory reports in relation to it but from statements that have been made although the tha indians in that I 1 region were not pleased of course with the I 1 presence of the miners who were searching for gold and silver and others who were herding stock all through 0 their country it is but re reasonable to suppose that if the whites had not committed any diabolical acts and had let their women alone there would have been no war such is the opinion of many who have watch the movements of things closely and have investigated the causes which have led to the present difficulties with the indians in carson and along the line of travel be between t the eastern and western portions of the territory the following from the sacramento union of may 26 will give some idea of the causes which are alleged as leading to the war oamer gamer darst who resides at gold cold hill near virginia city sends under tinder date of may loth to his partner mr hardis harris who lives en on the stockton road about ten miles from sacramento the following facts which disclose as he allege al iegel legel the whole truth aa ag to the real cause of the late massacre at williams station in carson valley the ile number of white men said to be burned differs slightly from the accounts first given but these accounts also differed from each other bosiner darst states that an old indian went to Williaim Willia aiss alss ss house with a squaw when four i white men tied the buck indian and then each committed c 0 m m bitted an atrocious outrage upon the indian d aa n woman they then let the buck go ile he afterwards came back with other indians and put pat a white woman wordan who was in the house j out of doors and also three white men who f had nothing to do with the outrage they then bound the four white men who abused the s squaw and burned them in the house 3 mr 1 darst gives the above facts to his partner on the authority of the white woman who is now st stopping 0 in at silver city they show that the th 0 indiana plan s were more sin bin sinned n ed ag against ainest than s sinning I 1 n n ic from the beginning and anti it is very probable ae that the indians at the fight t inear near pyra pyramid d lake first held out th the flag of truce in order to relate the facts as they oc j burred at williams station the bearer of the flag was wantonly shot down against all tho the rules of civilized and even those of barbarous warfare wa the story of an unwieldy battle ax being exhibited exhibited by an indian is too ridiculous for comment this weapon might have figured f re in the hands of robert bruce at ban n bu hardly at the battle of pyramid lake from all accounts there has been rn more ore murders committed by blac blacklegs klems klews 0 and gamblers in that ill fated country since the mining 0 operations commenced there this spring than by the indians twice told and yet there is but little or no notice taken of those things A correspondent writing 0 from genoa to the sacramento ba bee says there is more trouble i from the gamblers than with the indians lindlaw y men are arc killed scientifically 2 according to the rules of modern civilization which are s strictly observed there and no notice ia is taken of such occurrences further than that the murderers have more invitations extended to them to drink after they have killed a man nan than before cradlebaugh was expected to open his court on the fourth of june at carson city A remarkable judge he and a great country that |
