Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-10-10
The Indian Outbreak.
From tie Baltimore Gazette.

From tie Baltimore Gazette.
1t appears that the present uprising among
the Utes is the elimination of n series of
outrageous proceedings on the part of the
Indian Bureau precisely on a par with pre-
vious transactions with other tribes. The
Utes originally owned about one-fourth of
the territory of Colorado, their lands being
situated in the extreme western portion of
the territory. All went well till 1871, at the
time of the craze over the San Juan mines
The miners then proceeded to encroach by
degrees on the Indian land till they had vir-
tually possessed themselves of about one
third of it, in the southern portion Soon
after this Leadville was established and rap
idly grew. The Utes protested against these
incursions but for several years were unable
To secure the ear of the Government BY
the treaty of 1873 the United States prom
ised tn pay them 100000 for the !and ap-
| proprlated in annual nsIalments of $3.50, 000
and ut the same time guaranteed them in the
most solemn language from all further dep
rotations. This treaty resulted as most of
the Others. Up 10 this time the Utes have
not received n dollar ON account of this
steal and AS 10 the second part of the treaty
II has been systematically disregarded by the
invasion Of miners, till to-day the Ute terri
tory is literally overrun with white men.
The White River Agency is in the northern
part OF the State and Mr.. Meeker, the Indian
| Agent at that point, has gone ON endeayor-
| ing 10 force the Indians 10 state of civil
zation which they do not want and in the
attempt has succeeded in letting in lot of
white settlers 10 till the rich lands As is
usual in dealing with the red skins, endu-
rance has at last ceased To he a virtue, They
construed the presence of Thornburgh S
! troops into an effort ON the part of the Gov
eminent 10 seize their territory by force after
| promising to pay for il under treaty. Ouray,
the chief the tribe, is man of much greater
| intelligence than the rest. He was educated
in Mexican monastery, speaks four Ian
| guages lluently and lives in white frame
house. In spirit of Cancellation he favored
the treaty Of 1873, which has been scandal
ously broken, and has ever since then, in
spite of this fact, endeavored to lead his
tribe into secrets of agriculture and 10 pre-
serve peace with the Government, but he
must now fall in line Contrary To the gen.
eral idea, the Utes have always been, up TO
the present time, the friends and allies of
the whites They did not open fire on the
whites when they broke into their mining
regions in 1871 as did Sitting Bull when
they invaded the Black Hills; hut repeated
outrages and breaches of solemn treaties
have borne the same fruit they did with the
Nez Perces, another friendly tribe, who did
not revolt ill their titled lands, guaranteed
them by treaty, were invaded. The war
promises 30 be extensive and costly 10 the
Government They always are. Mr. Schurz
Is hurrying home 90 take the helm. Mr. Crary
Is directing affairs from duplicate dispatches
Of the situation sent him in Iowa, and the
President and General Of the Army are both
away on iunlScts, the latter bowling because
he has MOI army enough 90 do picket duty
on the frontier The howl should be direct
81 IN this case, as in most Others Of similar
nature, against the rascals who make trea-
ties only 10 la,ak them