| Show prom nom from sacrament unton oct 1 LETTERS FROM UTAH correspondents we extract the following from letters written to io california from this territory cahir CAMP FLOYD U T sept 7 1859 I 1 avail myself of the privilege of dropping drippin a letter by way of giving you the current news affairs generally in the territory are re in state stats gua qua as to things in general I 1 meaning meaning thereby the issue tissue between the mormons cormons ana and gentiles the better classes on both sides do not appear to de desire sir e an any y difficulties but there are those among amon 0 both bo t h parties p arties artles anxious to stir up arife aft rife many of the troops take every opportunity to insult and injure the mormons cormons Mor mons and there are plenty of those who claim to be of the latter class that retaliate every chance they have but this latter class consists principally of those who are in bad repute with the church here ard and the leaders would be glad to be rid of off them they even visit their vengeance on mormon s in good standing you will wil I 1 see in the papers from here sere accounts of the deaths of drown and arnold both assassinated at the sometime same time all the parties being mormons cormons Mor mons the conviction of the mormon for counter festine fei fel tine government drafts and permitting 0 the two gentiles to turn states evidence is is creating a great deal of comment here the two gentiles coaxed the mormon into the fransa transaction as their published evidence shows aann ann the only counterfeit offered in circulation was by one of the two yet he was permitted to convict the mormon this is no good way to teach the rebellious ones here how to respect american justice y in n my next I 1 will speak more fully of the country and people and will tell the truth let it effect gentile or mormon as it may CARSON 22 the ile same correspondent under date of sept 13 writes dr foney the indian agent has just returned from a trip out towards the humboldt what his success was in propitiating those very hostile indians in that section I 1 have not learned I 1 was at pleasant valley about the time he met the indians there one old chief the spokesman of the party gave him a very plain talk called him an old woman said he would lie and many other hard things the doctor allowed that the indians had never talked so to him before or else the interpreter had not told him what was really said no doubt the indians have had many promises made them that have not been fulfilled judging from the reports that the indian agents send on to washington they do a great deal towards humanizing the savages I 1 have heard a good thing in relation to one of the agents in this territory ile he was on the eve of departing for the east cast and had an old chief brought in to have a grand talk sitting in his dignity with his secretary by him he says to the chief 1 I am going to the sunrise to see the great father to have a talk with him do you understand der stand me yes grunted the indian secretary put that down while I 1 am gone I 1 constitute you the chief of all the indians in this region I 1 shall be absent four moons at the end of which time I 1 shall return and send for you do you understand yes again grunted the indian secretary put ut that down 1 I shall hoir holy hold hoid you responsible for all depredations committed by the indians under your charge and shall expect you to make them respect the lives and property of our inhabitants do vou you understand 11 yes kes you git rem em hungry rabbits you ketch yem lem em eat cat yem lem em answered the indian he supposed the agent was asking askina hiim him how he should get along when his provisions gave out and so told him that if he got hungry there were plenty of rabbits and to catch them thern and eat them other indian treaties are about as well understood by the indians |
