ST. LOUIS, April 29. – A Gentleman of this city last Tuesday from Omaha, informs us that the recent troubles which the Overland Mail Company have experienced, were not occasioned by the Indians, but by the Company’s own Employees. It appears that the drivers of the overland Coaches and other persons in their employ had not been paid their wages for several months, disgusted with this state of affairs, they determined to seize upon the Company’s property and thus obtain the amount of their claims. Nearly all the available stock of the Company has been taken away.
Our informant says that the Indians along the route are [peaceably] disposed, and thus far have don no injury to the mails or overland telegraph.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday May 3, 1862, p. 4
Our informant says that the Indians along the route are [peaceably] disposed, and thus far have don no injury to the mails or overland telegraph.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday May 3, 1862, p. 4
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