| Show INDIAN hostilities olt OIT THE NORTHERN ROUTE after the communication 0 of lion iron J C wright published in this number was in type mr john hagerty one of the emigrants who was in the company attacked and despoiled despoil by the indians near city rocks to which occurrence the communication refers called at our office and gave a full detail of the assault and robbed y v from which it appears that on the arrival of the company at col howes encampment on the EuP lit lif nar nan old fort hall hail on or about the of september the colonel detailed an escort of ien len tenor pr twelve min mi n under sergeant barry to accompany them then on their way a few days after proceeding some sixty or seventy miles seeing no signs of indians the tho escort returned back lack on the morning of the oth leaving t the company to pursue their journey unprotected without molestation they proceeded to within five miles of city rocks near the junction with the salt lake road where they encamped on the evening a ot atthe the ath by asdall stream know nas rapid creek at about eleven at night ni lit an attack was clade made on them by a small 0 party of indians who on finding the emigrants 0 ready to give them thema a warm reception drew off after firing eight or ten guns and came up again on the other side of their camp where by taking advantage of the light of the moon ingon which had hai haq just risen they could fire upon the company with greater accuracy and at the same time be hid from the view of the emi emigrants katits an and measurably secure from their fire after continuing the he assault about one hour and a half during which time tim they fired some fifty ot or sixty shots and an indefinite number of arrows many of which struck the wagons without further injury than perforating them and their contents withholds with holes hoies ahey de camped 1 off thirty head of cattle mostly oxen that were used in the teams which being tired had not strayed far from camp the emigrants kept hept tip lip a good watch during daring the balance of he the night and the next morning picked up twenty five arrow arrows around their camp some of which were sticking 0 in their wagons which had also beer pierced with many balls no indians indiana were seen but a sharp jook look out was kept up during that day and following night but at about the same time in the the attack was made the night before thirteen of the oxen that bad been driven olt off returned which convinced the party that the red skins had not gone far away and that they were lurking about seeking if log g for a chance to attack them again under more favorable circumstances than at first on the forenoon of the ath the emigrants concluded conc laded to move their camp about two hundred yards to a more favorable position but before they had detached all their teams from the wagons after moving them the indians commenced another attack more fierce than the first as they were in greater force mr nir JI agerty being of c the opinion that they were at least one hundred strong seeing no chance of saving their lives only by flight the whole party with the except exception io k of hagerty agerty II managed by retreating into the bed odthe of the the willows to elude the savages savages b and to get away unobserved by passing over a mountain and taking the road back towards fort hall hail leaving hagerty agerty II supposing that he had bad been killed ile he however after two or three arrows were shot through his clothes ard and several balls had whistled near without striking him also escaped into the willows and hid himself but was watched so closely by the indians that he could not get away safely and rema remained ned Aed in his ilia hiding abidin place nearly four days without food excepting a few lew berries which he found by crawling about on his hands bands and knees to keep out of the sight of the savages who were watching fir him and the rest of the party all the tic ti 0 o evently suby supposing bing sIng that they were yet hid in the brush and that none of them had bad made good their escape mr hagerty reports that the indians were at the wagons immediately on their being abandoned by the emigrants and without waiting to plunder them to any great extent with much dexterity attached some of the oxen to them and drove oft off taking 0 one nearly a mile the others a less distance before kiflin rifling themos their contents ile he is very confident that there thore were white men among amon 0 the indians in disguise ile he positively saw sao one individual with short hair who had bad on a pair of fine boots and a pair of pants but otherwise dressed and painted like an indian and when the attacking 0 party were hitching hit bit ching 11 the oxen to the wagons and driving them off they spoke to the cattle in good english 0 ile he says that he was decidedly uneasy during 0 the time he was wag compelled to remain in the brush as the indians were about him in every direction I 1 as thick as bees and he did not know what I 1 ultimately might be his fate neither what had become of those who had got away I 1 As soon as the indians drew oft off on the night of the fth the emigrants two mena men john brock and rhomas chomas graham to inform col howe of thair situation and solicit assistance si the mess messengers emers proceeded with all possible speed and overtook the escort under sergeant barry before they reached camp but they were short of rations and could not go to the relief of the emigrants emi 0 rants until they could receive a supply on hearin hearing 0 of the attack col howe holve sent out a company of twenty five hive men under sanders binders to the assistance of the party who proceeding 0 without dela deia delay Y arrived at the scene of disaster some time on the afternoon 0 of f the much to the joy of hagerty who was in a vry very perilous condition the indians on scein seeing C the troops soon hid themselves and kept out of sight at march creek on his way to the relief of i the party sanders met inet the refugees 0 who were in a sue suf suffering fiering 0 condition being without food and not having a sufficiency of clothing administering to their necessities as far as in his power un under der the circumstances he be left martof his command for their protection I 1 and proceeded on with the remainder but recovered none of the emigrants em rants property excepting one yoke of oxen the balance having been destroy destroyed td or taken away on the morning of the troops return ed but b ut after starting a party of some five or six wishing to take an excursion to 1 see if they could not find some odthe of the indians lildia ns and gain a little renown b by y fighter fighting 0 0 them had leave to do boand got into a i bigger fight tight than they wanted with a few of the rascals who were lying in ambush upon whom they came unexpectedly and hagerty agerty II 0 reports that there were some splendid feats ove p performed before they overtook or rejoined the balance of the command backi backs sanders took the entire party baoe bade to col howes ilowe s camp and from thence they i came in with the troops re returning turning to camp floyd and arrived here yesterday the names of the persons composing r the emill emigrant rant company as given by lur mr hagerty agerty II 0 wei were e william john and brockhohn Brock John green and a german name unknown from dewitt county ill iii herbert thomas wife and three children his cifes mother mrs chambers chamberg and thomas Graham from la fayette county wis pierce wife and two children from carroll county III john ila iia liap t er erty t Y from me McGregor gregoras gregorys Gre gorys lp landing Landi landl nm t clayton county iowa and john of call cali j fornia with three wagons t and about one hundred and fifty head of cattle and a few horses how man Y more small straggling 0 t companies of emigrants passing over that route late in the season will wil wll I 1 be used tip up before it be cames generally known that they cannot travel safely in that manner is not known in this instance it was fortunate indeed that all the persons escaped unhurt |
