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INDIAN NluRDERs.-A correspondent OF the
Galena Gazette, writing from Prairie du Chen,
rivcs the following extract OF u letter from Fort
Atkinson, Iowa Territory, of the date OF the 9th
of March


Last evening, about o'clock, Mr.. Lowry and
his son Sylvanus, came up here, bringing the
news of the murder of three whites. hvng III VIII
cox's Sct,lcmcnt-partlculars as !oows: Three
Wuncbagces, belonging 10 Little Hills Band,
went down on Thursday night or Friday morn
nr after whisky as they SAID not finding sutfl
Gent quantity on hand, they remained until Fri
dav everng-at which time one Barrel arrived !;
they pretended to find fault with the price, &c. 50
as to get up quarrel. One of the Indians then
shot a man by The name OF Atwell; they then
bound the other and killed him with i lomahawk
his name was Zcgardner, (or L. Gardner.l They
then tomahawked three children, tfivepersons be-
ing all there were in the house and supposed that
they had killed them. They thentook possession
OF the whisky then set the house on fire and
left. The eldest boy, aged II, and little gir
were not kiel-onc received five stahS, the other
1hree-,hc bov 50 far recovered before the building
was burnt, as 10 be able to take his fathers watch
overcoat and boots, and fifty dollars III gold, and
also his little sister and then started towards w IL
cox's house. which was one nnie distant. lie was
found in the morning. both feet frozen TO the an
kc. it is supposed that he and his sister viii de
soon.


CAPTAIN Sumner, with his usual promptness,
left the Fort with his mounted men, within forty
minutes after the news reached him, determined
that neither cold nor the darkness OF the night
should prevent him from bringing TO justice the
perpetrators of this horrible deed. lie returned
this morning about half past ; O'Clock, with nme
Indians as hostages, and at o'clock started again
in pursuit OF the murdercrs. Tie overlook them
about four miles south OF the Agency, Nlnneoa-
GO and returned here at III O'Clock, A. VI. win
them. He released the hostages, and put balls
and chains on the guilty; they cannot escape
A more prompt movement never was made win
troops they were out all night, and very severe
night it was.