Show dilas rilas massacre sacre of indians A late number of the plumas agus says that the account that had been published publish edof of a t terrible arri eble ible massacre that occurred on striver Pitt Mt river in which it appeared that one band of indians attacked and destroyed another was an error the tite indians killed were a band of ot the pitt river tribe landwere and were attacked in their rancheria by a company of whites known as the pitt river company an organization without authority of any kind a lawless reckless set of desperadoes our informant mr air henry landt acting aa as a guide to gen Kibb ewas on the ground soon after the foul ri lauria ra e was committed and estimates the number killed at ninety ten whom horn were warriors the bala baia balance bice fice and chii chit dren ile he depicts the scene as most horrible bodies mutilated and half halt burned were strewn over the ground fifty of the victims laying D in sight from one st at and point oden gen kibbe as we ire gather from mr landes report on reaching the scene of action in the course cour he pursued made but little improvement the acts of the bloodthirsty blood thirsty wretches who preceded him having captured two infants he ordered them taken out in view of the indians and through promises of prot protection ec and kind nind usage I 1 and the anxiety to procure the children pe persuaded two warriors to come into his camp fair promises were mad these men man and through them an was extended to the tribe to meet him the next day dat d for a big talk and a feast east f on i the next da day r the same samo ripp inen laen by one of the chiefs of the tribe the camp of the americans and come to an any terms were detained when they attempted to leave leave contrary to express stipulations arut when on discovering the bad faith of the whites they attempted to make their escape two of them were snot shot down the chief beant being re taken mr landt informs us that the next day the recaptured chieffer chief very ver readily came to terms we presume that when he fails to comply with the terms that may be dictated to him by his white whito conquerors and in imitation of the example set by his white brethren breaks his plighted plight etl ekl faith his acts will be quoted in justification fi of future barbarities as gross arul heathenish as those which have already heen keen been beeh perpetrated the only name reported to us of the pitt river company is one frank johnson former formey ly y as we understand from honey lake 03 some good corn meal wanted at this toils office will some of our arn arr Ts or ar quraish ua us with a few |