, 1863-11-06
FROM COLORADO, p,
rtrx, ns.nofches nt Donver-T6e E1ec-
: 11nr-TIte treaty Convention With
The IndInps-The ConeJo* Agency
4 BlnNDhemous bandit Killed.
p,or, Our Special Correspondent

from Our special Correspondent
DENVER, c. T., OFT. q. 1868.
To-day marks new era in Colarado Terd-
ery: for While am writing this the first
e,eersohfc uestages' ever received In Dem
,e, direct from ssthe States' are being taken !
If the wires, and tonight VIC are to hsve
from the Agent Of the Associated
Press at Chicago. OF course we are jubt-
ant: you can imagine all taat; of course we |
feel biresr, more consequential. hut What il !
better Than Ill that, We hare sense of being |
nearer to cur old time triends-aad bound |
It'll c,oses to the good old Union.
At the time Of our late election, your cor
was over the mountains, far awny,
In tha Middle and North Parks Of which some
pf these days he may write you more at
1enpth but other subjects press now. Be II
known. however, that we had 40 election In
LIST, and that only TWO or three
nefeons we're elected to our Te,titorial Leg
islature that have the smell of Copperhead-
ism upon their garments: Inat Vas little
snd y jnbt]ated over that somewhat, and #
our teleg,aph had been working ne should
tsvo sent 3ou the news at the tiule.
Among the mora important events In our
history. vas the great Treaty Convention
with tho Utah Indians lately held at the Con-
ejos Agency in the San Louis Valley. Tho
Evans, who is tx-cD'cio superintendent Of In !
dian Affairs in Colorado, Superintendent
Steck, Of New Mexico. U. 8. Agents Whitaley
and Head, who had been appointed Com @1s-
tjtners for the purIoee. Hon. Jon1 u. MI
colaY, the Presicent's Private Secretary, came
on fiom Washington as Special Indian AgoRt
$r ra frsv 1acf
The Utes wera represented IN council by the
delegation which went to Washington last
srri5g, ard several other chiefs. The oc:as-
ion W1s one Of great interest, Of course; the
magnificent results were still greater---for by
tho treaty which the Commission made, the
indian title ID forever :extipgutahed to oyer
one third Of the area Of the Territory. inc1ud-
cve1y foot Of 1aAd where gold mining Is car:
1ied on In the Territory, embracing al the
Rocky Mountain rsnge from the North to the,
South line, the Middle and North, and the
magnificent San Lonis Valley. The terms OF
TIE treaty are ct course net mads pnee M M
It is understood. that the sum paid for this
grand purchase is about s20, 900 per au-
num for ten yearr. There Ia no doubt but
the Ilan OF sending Indians East before treat
ing with them IL very economical plan for
siye i,.m In and Of itself; but Mr.. Redmsn,
genersll5 su1renders, when he sees our East.
ers cltiee, and Is told that all these people are
Abraham's children.
The Conejos Agency ls at the Mexlcsn town
of that name. It Is there and thersabouta
that you can take peep into the past, and
| they don't know what = Chicago Clipper Plow
ip, but use crooked stick for that tustru
ment; their wagons are carts, without par.
| ticle Of iron In their construct1on-bjg, clum
ty. wheeled concerns. There they drive oxen
| mostly, and the driver trudges along on the
| of side. There the women carry Water or
their heads, as We see In the Sunday Schoo
sama,ia Al the well. Thers you haze the ian
dsDgo, aud the next morning the pleasure O
seeiIE the tencrita With whom you became
dizzy in The "Cuna," engaged Ia driving AZ
hundred sheep or goats around stack o
| pheat-and that is threshiug. Cousjas +
come three hundred miles from Denver, AMI
untii very recently VAS = portion OF Ns'
Mexico: 1tis cn)y 10 miles from Fort Gar
lant.
In retnrriDg to Denver It is possible tha
| the Governor and Mr.. NIcolay had a narrow
escape, for In comlpg through the saugre d.
C1isto {Blood Of Ch1ist) Pass, they met I
gentleman and LADY, Who, only an hour after
ors villain who has been the terror Of th'
southern portion Of this Territory for tn
past ak months. The man md his compan
| ion eEcaptd almost miracu1ously with thcl
Ivee, but their team Ens killed and car1fag
burned. For months both the ciyil and mill
tary had laid plaps for h{5 capture, but he hat
| t1pded them but this attack WAa his last, 70
in few days be was Traced to his fAstnes
and killed, as was Lis nephew, who WaA witl
| him; brother Of his was killed last spring
but ttls only seemed to 1nfame his thiFat 70
blood. He beats Dick Hetr1ek in this re
tpect.
Properly bad been coDfseated BY the Ne'
Mexican military authorities, and from som
of the papers upon his person the following
tss been translated. The t1ret Is portion 6
letter which he wrote to Gov. Evans, q cop
Of which he retained:
They ruined our famties-they took ever
| thing In cur house; dtnt our beds and blankets
then our p:oylstona: Seeing this We said, n
| WotM rather be dead than see such infamies coz
@ttsd On our famils,r u, These were the 1saso1
the tntamies committed on our families. But "
have repented Of killing. Pardon us for what r
sGPf Gyefh e T. sst
siI.Ipg enc gains b. liberty, an aware tha
Jon kIow ofsone have killed, but Of others 70
daa 4se ID a Se. Me1ieo i any other two men ha7
ever been known to hare killed ~ nauy naen I
The Efpinosas. We have Killed shifty@two."
Hero the writing becomes iudis.inct an
cannot be- correctly translated. He acknoT
lodged burning the carriage aud shooting Il
mules. He called the Americans "griDgoa
!. and towards, and rldlculed the idea Of the
taking him.
The second paper is q letter to his wifi
| He seemed to be under the special protectie
Of some very high perzooages, but the fir
result proves that In the hour Of til
"they played of" on him. Here Is the le
} ter:
~, Philippe, on this the forty. third night OF 4
company With the angels. I am blessed with t
ntE ftom the b1Aast OF Holy Il other Mary! Ia
, covered With the cloak Of Holy St. Salvador
| am defended by the sword Of Holy st, Paull
i lam looking atter animals and my enemies.
II They hays hands and caDnot touch me;
They hx1e feet and cannot catch me;
They hare eyrs and cannot sec me;
They have ears and cannot hear ma
! am as free as our Lord was originally. Am
{ Fiyirr along pa1row patti / met Jesus chri
| Jeans Cbritt be my father; Mother Mary be I
. mother; Holy st Clement be my sponsor, 20 tt
the deril may not meet me by DAY OF night.
will be sitting on the lap Of the Virgin Mai
: uut1l die IN her armH. AmcnJceus."
j; Like jeff. Davis, be wanted to be ~
alone" hut the soldiers, when they tou,
him made short work-a dozen bui1e
, ! pierced him-aud his head, as we'll as that
, h1s nephew graced PIKE stafY at Fort G.
+ land the came evening. 3. ".
.r1,a f1pthrexat fn New 7enfan6