Show expedition FOR THE ARREST OF INDIAN CHIEFS on the affidavit of william bevins beving a miner made before his bis honor chief justice Kin kinney einnes nesi neri I 1 on the ln instant sant sart a warrant was is sued and placed in the bands of Bl marshal arshal issac L gibbs for the arrest of bear hunter pitch and chiefs of a band of i i several hundred wari lors lorb of snake indian It dlan dian I 1 now novy inhabiting cache valy bevins levins is lond to have stated in his bis affidavit that en on the esth irl in blant sant while on his way from the grasshopper gold mines nines in dacotah territory to this city eity he and seven other men of his bis party were attacked by the indiana referred t to 0 in cache c county that one of said party john if henry enry smith was killed by said indians indiana and anil that Devins bevies and anil i the others othera lost gold dus dusk animals and other property to the amount of about two thousand dollars he fur her represents tuat that another party of about ten men raen from the mines en route fur this city bad been murdered by the indians only three days preceding in the attack in which he was a sufferer as narrated I 1 anticipating frera frem representations f her hev ins and others that no legal process could be served upon the chiefs without a milli tary force to sustain the officer of the law the marshal by direction of judge kinney made represent at ons ond to col coni or com manding the tb california volunteers in tha vicinity which resulted in the march of a company of ot infantry northward on thurs thursday d ay iy afternoon under command of capt hoyt on sinday sunday evening about sundown four companies et of cavalry marched through the i city under tha the direct command of col connor marshal marshai gibbs accompanying for the same place with the expectation no doubt of burp surp laing the indians who would be looking I 1 for the tha ony we understand tm the expedition baa taen taken forty days rations but bat counting on return returning returning in g within ten days of course none can tell when starting on such an expedition when and how they may return and prudence is a very essential element in generalship while among indians and deep snows of the present condition asi aad aal number dumber of the indians adai andi their th locality we hase have heard beard various report reports the commander of the troops however we anticipate marches with the expectation that he be will come up with the red skins about eighty or ninety miles from here on bear river and that with ordinary good volunteers will wipe them out if the chiefs named in intha inthe the writ evrit do not deliver dellver themselves them sIres irp u pk the indians indiana are said to haxe have brenty fire five lodges kodges six hundred warriors onder older sand pit pitch cb about at 3 mies ini es here ard and forty other loag g a andt and one hundred and aau seventy warriors warr lorg iorg eu on bar bear river the whole ready for a fight with with breastworks breastwork a and nigie rille pits 72 awaiting the arrival ot of the volunteers thi thib this la all may be so soy and acain again it may not be so however col connor is well posted and well supplied with guides infantry cavalry howitzers howit and shell to meet mountain or scientific warfare war far we stated in previous issues cf the kows that the indians were determined tb to be revenged for their comrades who were killed in theo then theother the other ther expeditions and the recent facts confirm our past statements Pl artles parties rhoar who arrived in this city from the indian in lian iian country while the troops were marching through make 1 i 1 the same sanae statements the indian bag baa ever been a difficult subject to handle with nicety and justice we be in treating him like a human being r as long as we can c an never sever expecting from him win more than from men 0 and often expecting much less when he is eter caned oi ou robbery and murder be needs looking after and when chastised must be b handled effectively but we think in deal ing with wilh I 1 t shim a sure maxim IS fi st at know a 0 w y yow you are right then go a head 2 the p present r e ea lt warlike attitude of the indians indiana may be b e without n cause but they aver that they have ha v e been ba c the injured and provoked provo keI kel party H Howe ov ve ve veras we may expect better information shortly on the retura return ol 01 ibs the volunteers we shall shai I 1 de defer further remarks in this 1 is connection it may be stated that ve e have ve heard of charges against parties panties trad sa s1 I 1 in with W ith laj the indians purchasing from them then em emi an ant plunder and anu in return supplying them ft ith munitions of war we expect that unprincipled persons are to be found on wy ih 4 would purchase from dick tom or harry if they could only gat geb get a bargain without regard to the color wh white te red or black of tho th seller there la is no apo apology for such illegal traffic and if it our information is correct the present expedition north is likely to seek some light 0 on this ibis subject we wish this community rid nid of all such parties par lieb lies and if col connor be successful in reaching that bastard cl aliea of huma humans ns who play with the kyes kves of th peaceable and law abiding citizens in this way we shall shail ie pleased to acknowledge our obligations |