The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06
THE HAYDEN SURVEY.

THE REPORT OF THE ATTACK ON THE ExPEDI-
TON CoNFIRMED-sENTIdENT IN WASHINGTON
REGARDING THE FIGHT-PRoBABLE FEINT OF
THE INDIANS TO SCARE THE PARTY OFF,
CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY.
WAsHISGToS, Sept S, 1875
Your correspondent called upon Acting Secretary
Cowan, of the Interior Department to- day for further
particulars concerning the attack the Hayden survey
ing party and informed that from the latest and
most reliable information from that portion of the
expedition operating in the San Juan region in Southern
Colorado, lives lost and nobody hurt, +" and
that too after engagement of twenty hours with
the indians, and a running fight for distance of
fifty miles through country with which the
Indians perfectly familiar this particular locality
being their home. Later private dispatches confirmed
the report that no personal injury was sustained by
either party, although the surveying expedition lost
their valuable instruments, such chronometers,
mercuria baromcters, &c, well provisions apd
outfit.
A short time since Mr. Gannetts division of the
Hayden survey stopped by the Ute Indians and
despatch that received by the Secretary of
the Interior and also by Professor Hayden then in this
city. Mr.. Deano promptly teegraphed to Ouray, chief
of the Ues, directing him to permit the scientists to
proceed Soon after that Gannetts and Gardeners di-
visions formed a junction not far from the Sierra
Abao, the point at which they were attacked, and,
both parties being of the fact that the Utes had
resolved not to permit any kind of scientific work
surveys to be made in their country, Gardner and
Gannett determined to
and remain together for mutual protection. The two
parties united number sixteen men, composed of James
Gardner; H. Gannett of Bangor, Me- Robert Adams of
Philadelphia G. Aldrch of Chicago; Dr. A C. Poale, Of
or N n
gcther with packers cooks, &c.
The Indians have exhibited spirit of opposition
to surveying parties but nothing more serious APP
pretended than the stealing and running off Of the stock
of the expedition and those here who have intimate
personal acquaintance with these Indians and their
country satisfied that nothing designed by
the Utes in making their attack upon the surveying
party than to get rid OF them
WITHOUT KILLING PERSON.
Had the intention of the Indians been otherwise It is
the opinion here that only necessary for them
follow the expedition up closely and kill man
mule whenever an opportunity offered. And such OPP
porunities would have been constant in country like
Southern Colorado full of deep winding gorges ravines
and canyons and high, craggy peaks all perfectly
familiar the Ues for it has been their home for
turies and in every nook and of have they
hunted the deer and the mountain sheep
Such was the character of the country in which the
attack was made the Gardner and Gannett parties
and such the character of the Indians who made
the attack. The Geographic report says:-"The
bullets fell as thick as hail." and yet no
one was wounded. Scientific gentlemen hero, per
fecty conversant with the whole subject express
dent belief that the whole thing but trick the
part of some OF the young OF the tribe who are
always the alert for mischief TO the scientists
and them of. 1t is not believed here that the &C
and that in their attack they did not design killing any
member of the surveying party. The two three
mules killed probably killed by the miscellaneous
firing of the party attacking
THEIR INSTRUMENTS
will prove serious not only account of their intrinsic
value, but 1t must delay for time the work of the
survey in this important and interesting region of
territory and prevent its being brought close this
The region is but little known scientifically
and it is the portion of Colorado which attract
ing special attention account of great known
| 10 exist there.