The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-10-30
THE INDIAN WAR.

APPEAL FROM THE GOVERNOR OF COLORADO.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Secretary Schurz
to-day received the following telegram from
the Governor OF Colorado:
DENVER, Oct. 22.-Information from
Southwestern Colorado satisfies me that
most of Ouray'a warriors were in Thorn
burg's fight. To surrender criminals
Is powerless to do. They adhere to him
for protection only, and will not submit to
puuishment; neither will they surrender
the White river Utes. who are bound
to them by the closest ties. and
are NO more gliity than them
selves. They whipped Thornburgh's
command and now Merritt retires. 1t can
not be disguised that the fighting men Of
the tribe are hostile and flushed with vic.
tory; that they are savases; they take no
prisoners except women; their trophies
are not banners, but scalps. If the policy
of military inactivity continues, our
frontier settlements are liable to become
scenes OF massacre. Unless the troops move
against the Indians, the Indians will
move against the settlers. Must 200 miles
of border settlement be subjected
to this peril? The general
government is doing nothing to defend our
settlements. the State cannot defend all
the border, except by attacking the enemy.
In behalf of our people / represent this
danger to you and urge that the govern
ment recognize that a war with bsrbariars
now exists. which involves the lives Of |
numerous exposed mining settlements. 1t
can be terminated only by the most yiror-
Gus and uninterrupted warfare.
FREDERICK w. PITKIN, Governor.
To this message the Secretary has tele-
graphed the following reply:
DEPT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, d. C., Oct. %.
To Coz. Ftksn, Denrer:
Your dispatch is received. l entrusted /
with the important duty of special agent
70 the Utes Gen. Chas. Adams, . citizen of
who month ago was represented
% me by yourself a q gentleman of ex-
,ellent character, uncommon, ability and
mercy, intimately acquainted with the
C;es and eminensly qualified to deal with
low, and his last report was that none Of
he Southern and only = part of the White
liver Utes have been engaged IN the
rouble, and all runors Of depredations of
he reservation are untrue, except the
irving of of horses from Bear river, and
his was before Ouray's order to cease
ighting was received. Gen. Adams
eports this, after having ira
'ersed through southwest Colorado.
The source of your inform ation be also
tstes. The captive women and children,
ave ASSURANCES, are safe and will be de-
ivered up. The troops should not pro-
eed south from White river, rs believe
hat your conditions to secure peace will
e complied with. This lie the report of q
eeponsible man, who has your confidence
9 we'll ~ mine, and who epeaks from per. !
oual observation. He lie certainly entitled
D credit. The Liberation of the captive
Tomen and children is the frst thing TO be ,
General Adams expects
D bring them in, if not interferred
nth, in few days. He viii then also re-
ort on the surrender of the guilty In
ians Meanwhile the military prep.ra-
iors are not relaxed, 30 that q failure of ,
fors mentioned may be followed BY euer-
etic action. We are endeayoring to pre-
Vot . general war With the whole Ute
ribe, which will be better way to proc
oct your border settlements than BY Q gen.
raj attack upon the Indiana BY armed
itizens, - your Dispatch seems to suggest.
{ il therefore earnestly hoped that every
ssrt will b made 70 prevent IN unnecer