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able articles. Upon receiving news of this attack at 

 Auburn, a number of men set out on horseback, in 

 pursuit of the Indians. They overtook them in a 

 valley not far from Auburn, and found a large party 

 of them drawn up to meet them. The Indians were 

 armed with bows and arrows and had one gun. The 

 whites attacked them, and soon put them to flight. 

 The Indians left a considerable number of dead be- 

 hind them, and it is supposed that they carried off 

 many more. Two of the whites were wounded with 

 the arrows of the Indians, but not fatally. 



"It is believed by many of the miners that there 

 are white men among the Indians, inciting them to 

 hostilities. It is pretty certain that a German doctor 

 has been leading them on in their attacks. A meet- 

 ing was held at Auburn, last Monday evening, to 

 raise a company of volunteers for the purpose of 

 scouring the country, and making war upon the Indians 

 wherever found, so long as they maintain a hostile 

 position, and a number of men were enrolled." 



A portion of the Indians of the eastern part of 

 California have always manifested their hostility to 

 the whites, and have taken numerous occasions to 

 wreak their vengeance upon those whom they consider 

 the invaders of their country. But the pursuit of 

 such a course will only hasten their own destruction. 

 They are in no condition to contend with the whites, 

 and their proper course would be to conciliate those 

 whom they cannot resist. The following account of 

 an exterminating expedition against the Indians is 

 from the Alta Californian of the first of June. To 

 our thinking, the punishment far exceeded the offence, 

 and the officer who gave the order for extermination, 

 is culpable in a high degree. 



