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Late Intelligence foin Aurora, • *■ ^ -fc • , . V '■ • •;- ■ ■- J *_ ^m,, • £»iA'\YtlV,.Ctl V * IV -e.WQ *tier, Ksq , to extract the fallowing inter-. * esting «yws from ft private letter to him/; dated nt -Aurora, March 20th, 186*2 : *Nothing lias been heard from the Fort* ^ on Owen's River, and the fate of its occu-, pants is unknown, Considerable appro— 1 hen si on is felt for their safety. A compa- ' ! ny of IB or 20 men left this place yester-; * day with the intention of going to their ’! relief, but up to this time have got no ; * further than the Five Mile Rauch, The [ onlv wav thev can reach there is bv go-1 1• % M m O «ing around and avoiding the Indians, why | 1are said to be at least 1,000 strong, and | 1 many of them well armed and mounted. I **• iFour men, tv ho attempted to go down ■( there some ten days since, have returned, ; J• 1 ihaving been attacked by the Indians.™ : Two of them were wuumJcd, one with 1 n rifle-ball and arrow, the other with an 1 arrow. They bud one horse killed. The .1I 4two wounded men rode into this place in : three days and nights, and had nothing to ! * eat on the way. They arc recovering j ^ fast. ; *i *Nearly all the Indians have left the;1tWalker River and Mono Lake Districts,11and gone to Owen’s River, where the j i principal fighting will take place. j1Morris’ mill has been started two or ■ 1ithree times, but sornc of the machinery j 1 appears to be defective and it does not5 ' operate satisfactorily, which will be reine-! 1 died in a day or two. Twenty tons of rock from the “ Wide West** lead yielded 1 $40 per ton, Most of (be miners are engaged in taking out rock from their seve- 1 rnl leads. Considerable fault is found j 1 with the imperfect machinery of most of j 1 the mills here, a mi no doubt justly, for;1 the tailings of some of them will pay jJ much more than the runnings, Clayton j ! expects his machinery hero every day, ! and will put it into running order within five days after its arrival. The u Ante-lopeis still taking out good rock, and, 1 believe, is the best lead in the County.— Coal has been found between the two ' Walkers, of excellent quality. I hare tried some of it and it burns finely.*Mr. Elrttner informs us that the Fort referred to was recently built on 0win’s ; River, by the settlers. It is a large stone building and in occupied by forty-two men. At last accounts from there the oceupanta considered themselves safe from attacks of Indians. They had, however, nearly exhausted their ammunition and provisions. The late severe weather may [ have driven the Indians from the neigh*!borhood of the Fort, j
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Weekly Mountain Democrat
Placerville, California, US
Sat, Apr 05, 1862
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