Show indian difficulties we have been furnished by dr forney with the f following ol lowing letters and affidavit relative to recent indian depredations city aug 9 1859 hon HOD E SMITH editor of deseret news SIR I 1 returned this morning from a visit to brigham city sixty miles north where I 1 have been to obtain information in relation to the rumored massacre of a portion or whole of an emigrant 0 train at or near the goose creek mo mountain ains last monday evening I 1 received an express from judge smith of brigham city informing me that there were reasons for believing that a california emigrant train had been attacked and a portion killed by the indians I 1 arrived at brigham city last saturday morning and during saturday and sunday succeeded in getting reliable information in addition to the information received here by the enclosed statement of morgan and aloy that six men and one woman were killed and six men one woman and a little girl wounded some of the men mortally the emigrants were attacked in a kanyon on subletts sublette Sub letts cutoff cut off about fifteen miles from raft river oregon state the indians are presumed to have taken the money and property indicated in the he enclosed statement the indians engaged in this terrible addair affair are Bann acks of oregon and fifteen to twenty Shoshone Shosho nees esy egy belonging to several bands usually usually y roaming in the vicinity of willow creek brigham city and cache malad and bear river valleys in the northern portion of in my y A portion of the property taken was brought to the northern settlements by the indians and attempted to be sold none of of f the citizens purchased any although offered for much less lees than worth several passing emigrants bought portions of the property those bands if vf indians some of whose number were engaged in the murder left the northern part of the territory two days before my mv arrival there before I 1 left t the e city I 1 made a requisition through gov cu cumming amin to genn johnston for a small military force A company of dra boons goons will be in or near this city this evening tor the northern part of the territory I 1 will permit no person or persons to have any apy communication with those bands of indians who harbor the guilty persons until the guilty are given up for punishment I 1 will most certainly punish to the utmost extremity of the law all persons who shall sell give take or buy anything whatever from those bands of Shosho nees until such as were en eni 1 ga 11 med ged in the massacre are delivered delav ered up by the he t chiefs yours truly J T FORNEY supa suin of ind affairs U T BRIGHAM CITY ciry box elder county UT august 6 1859 DR mt J forney FORNET superintendent OP OF INDIAN affa AFrA AFFAIRS iRs str at your request I 1 herewith transmit to you a statement of a report made to me by a onee indian on the evening of luly july 20 concerning a massacre of some emigrants at or near ne ar the goose creek mountains UT about the of july last by a party of sho ebonee shanee and flathead indians the indian said two flathead indians went to the emigran emigrants tsY camp to trade and thib the emigrants killed both of the indians and immediately a party of 20 Shosho nees and flatheads Flat Flath eads heads attacked the train and killed 5 men and I 1 woman that 2 men on horses made their escape and hat that two women belonging to the train were not killed he ile further stated that the indians took the animals belonging to the train and such things belonging to the wagons as they pleased and then fled with the spoils spoil the indian had a neatly executed daguerreotype t pe likeness of one man and three ladies in bib lla possession which was ivas gotten from the massacred company and which I 1 bought of him for your inspection inspect ign the animals were branded IS S I 1 on the left shoulder very respectful ir J JH H II TIPPETTS brigham city oitt utah territory august 6 1859 1659 1 david D morgan and richard D alvy of ogden city utah territory make mate the following statement mentton to toJ jo lorney forney fornet supt bupt ind abc aff affen amfin in relation to the recent c massacre on Sublett ts cut out ctr la in the state of oregon we returned this evening to this thi city from cut off three weeks ago agoy last wednesday we left brigham city for the goose creek mountains with butter batter eggs and cheese to trade with migrants emigrants indians came to our camp every day they were quiet and peaceable and did not molest us in any manner these indians belonged to chiet chief po ko tellas band sunday sundays july vp 1 when on our way home we met four men belonging to a large california train near raft river on subletts sublette Sub letts cutoff cut off omm one of the men aked us where we were going and where from we ald said aid home they said you had better go home for be the indians have been playing the devil they have killed a whole train when the be whole train came op up they bought some come butter and eggs from UK us 0 0 0 they then told us that six nix men and one woman was killed tilled and six fix men wounded by indians Ind lins it was expected that two of the wounded men would die that night one woman was ravished lavished ravi shed and she fhe wag was willing to swear by five white men mm and afterwards shot through the thigh A little girl was also shot through the thigh breaking the bene bone the men told us that they bey assisted to bury four of the meny men the other two and the woman had been burled buried already the men told us that the indians took 1700 from the wagons and stripped them generally general lj of every thing and burned four wagons drove away 30 bordeo and mules and some nome cattle the fight took place july 24 in a kanyon about fifteen miles from raft rift river rivery on cutoff 11 tro in the state of oregon we met a mr smith with steam a team going to california who told us that he had purchased from indians three oxen and two cows for twenty dollars 20 said he thought it was stolen property and if he met the owners he would give up the cattle 1 DAVID D x MORGAN RICHARD D x ALVY Witnesses jos jos JOB A gebow A neeley Armen armenius lus sworn to and subscribed before me at my rny office in brigham city olty box elder county U T august 71 7 1859 SAMUEL SMITH probate judge B E cj C V U T |