SAN FRANCISCO.
Our dates from San Francisco are to the 14th July. From our exchanges we compile the following summary of news : — The Indian troubles are thickening on the overland route. Active hostilities have broken out on the plains, and numerous depredations and murders are reported. General Sherman has recommended that the telegraph and mail routes be transferred to the north side of the Platte, which is being done. Generals Gibbons, Augur, and Custar are moving upou the Indians, who are, however, in small scattered bands, and will be difficult to catch. The citizens of Colorado are organising volunteer companies to pursue the Indians. The citizens of Central City have raised 5000 dollars, which they offer to pay out for scalps, at the rate of 20 dollars a piece. A dispatch dated Salt Lake, June 8 says : — " The overland route is seriously obstructed by Indians from the western terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad to Green river. The route is perilous, and the danger is constantly increasing. The contractors are doing all in their power to push the -mail through. Their stations are being burned, their animals driven off, arid their employes killed. If depredations continue to .increase, mail service must be abaudoned."
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Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 260, 12 September 1867, Page 3
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203SAN FRANCISCO. Grey River Argus, Volume IV, Issue 260, 12 September 1867, Page 3
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