Copied from the Deseret News, September 21, 1850.

Since the emigration of 1849, and the killing of two Shoshone women, and the stealing of their horses by some mobocratic travelers, as we were credibly informed, from Illinois; the Shoshones or Snakes have manifested a very different disposition from what they had hitherto done.  Those murders and thefts created a hostility in the minds of the Indians towards the Whites, and they have, from that time to the present, been lurking about our northern borders, and committing depredations, such as pasturing horses in the grain, robbing the corn fields, abstracting from melon patches, running off cattle and horses, &c. &c; until Monday night last [September 16], in one of their marauding expeditions, in a field or garden, they were shot at by a citizen, more, probably, to fright, than otherwise, though the shot took effect and one Indian died: on Tuesday [the 17^th], the Indians massacred a citizen named Campbell, some distance from the settlement, on the north bank of the Ogden River, and threatened to massacre the inhabitants, and burn the place by 9 o’clock next morning.  An Express, stating the facts, was received at Head Quarters on Tuesday evening, when General Wells ordered a detachment under General Eldredge, to repair forthwith to the scene of action, and stand on the defensive, with the citizens of Weber County.  At 9 o’clock Wednesday A.M. [the 18^th], Gen. Eldredge, with a portion of Capt. Grant’s Mounted Guards, and such others of the Legion as could be collected, were at Ogden.  The Shoshones had moved North; taking, as is supposed, some cattle and horses.  The Utes remained near by, a portion of whom were taken prisoners, without fighting, and kept as hostages for the good behavior of their tribe, who have been advised to remove South to their usual place of abode and have nothing to do with the further movements of the Snakes.  It is expected the troops will remain, till the inhabitants and grain are secured; and we confidently hope there will be no more blood shed at present. [Thursday 4 P.M.