South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-11-21
The Ute Revolt-Aa Unpromis-
ing Inquiry.

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-ine afternoon session OF The commits
SION yesterday was occupied ia lskin.,
the testimony OF Sowerwack Who moved
himse!! either TIE greatest i-no-arnus OK
tne greatest liar That has Vet auncared
before the CON ,ssion. lie kaew ah.
soluieiy nothing Of the massacre or the
nght, and even denied the fact that
zen. Adams hsd slept in his tent while
At White river. There il evidently an
agreed plan on the l'art O. tie Indians
TO furnish no Information of any. KIN
and by this means tnwart the Wishes of
/ Ouray aud the ohjcc. OF The commission.
al the present writing the outlook is
not favorable FOR "a peaceable solution
OF affairs, and unless there il a decide (
change on TIE part Of the indians 49,:
\ Willingness 10 testify TO the facts as
they have occurred the commission will
he compelled to close ~ laboss aud
turn the whole subjec, over to tie " ar
department. The influence OF the hos.
tile, seems TO be in the ascenlancy
snd they are evidently controlling the
action Of the Unempahgee Utes.--
Nightly plcsets Of Indians, under the
o'ders oi Ourar, are gusriing mount
am trails leading TO the agency
Lieut.. Naloia, recorder, sSys It is A
mooted question in his mind whether Il
- Tor the purpose OF keeping the CON
nission IN or the hOstiies out. The
tue OF the commission wall be uccu
pied IN Interpreting To Onray the sworn
statement OF the captured women.
LATGsT-l2 Noon.-OwinY To the
lnaisposition &c Ourav the commission
met aud adj 'urnod til! Monday. GA
ray informs Gen. Adams that lie will
accomplish the purpose for which the
commission WINS convened aud bring
the guilty parties o justice, II he dis
in the attempt.
DENVER, Coli, Nov. IA dispatch
/ from Los P!uos. datcd the l5ih. saws
"OarAy's power to-day i. trern5!;n, in
! tie balance, Gud within tbs next few
days we sltl! probsbiy witness the 4
nal act Of success. on his part in estab.
! fishing bis absolute authority over the
tribe ar his virN.i dothrCnemsEt snj
the sscend,ncy OF NE wax f>clion. /,
Is pretty we'll established nov that in
all the councils held by The Indians
since tbs trouble st White River, Ouray
/ only has succeeded in exacting from
The hosti!ss the PROMISE 10 appenr 10.
Tore The commission, aud that as TO Civ.
ing testimony and all further proceed
| inSS they we've TO decide Tor themselves
oowerwack, who treated Adams 80
veil during hii p-osenrs in tho hostile
! country, Te;Gomhcrin. MS Kindness on ::
- no
liet from ha.inning TO end. Gen. Ad.
ANS AMI his escort haya a!resly stated
iaat So"erSack accompanied tkem from
tbs point wHsrs hey secured The cartiye9
TO ths my % lie sc!13icrs, a., Tia, ne
n'st night .n', CT Grand River, : -,
a.! :. c.I@el ~ S,werrscl's TEN. at
"a'th ae spoke. The council lasted
from Ii L. M.uu'i. y II. Eer,plied
10 General Ha,ci's injerrog STORE, N
sa} ina tHaI he did not know whether or
not there hsd tecn e fight with soldiers
whether massacre Il the agency
neither ANY soldiers or Indians had
been killed. Gen. Adams then pa, the
question, Was ever in your house on
tie Grand riyeg: lie answered, SO
SoweTwack was then discharged. and
Adams made the following speech "a
Ourag: The last srsser was nnt ,rue
did sleep in SowtrNack's tent. and
there We held council from ii o'cloc &
iii 6 4. VI. :S0Herwatk waa present.
"nd with the others was fully cOgnizant
of What was being donc. AMI today he
comes here and ssys be DOES not knoa
anything. For th%1 reason | bcli,yc 10
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wish 10 speak the truth believe alsu
that none OF them wish 20 spsak tAe
t7.jH AID therefore. il is a!mGs' uunecc--
sary TO 20 any farther. They hayg no.
refused to montjon the name Of a
SINGLE Indian, wnilc they well know
the names Of I'll Of lhcm. and
present tie situation 20 yau, so that YOU
can recommend some other course where.
hY wc may execute the orior5 OF the %.
.erame1t. The government warts ua
10 ascertain who we're engaged IN the
difficulties at White River. We want
the names Of The gn'ily parties, and II
you thiuk we cannot Gnd ont who rhey
are, we had better 90 home OI-av re-.
piled, i cannot force them to say what
they do not wish. brought them here
that they might speak for them ,olycs.'
lie afterwards said: Snow me any act
Of law by which man may he com.
PEELED 10 convict himself Ouray ar-
forwards acknowledged tina. he was n
fraid Of assassinetion. At last accounts
the chief was very ill., Rose Nc,kci
iacturcd here tonight on the Indian
question. She goes East
IL AcKSowLEosE THE CoRN."-TM.
is ,he origin OF the phrase, Il acknowl
edge the corn IN 1928 Andrew S .cv
art, member Of Congress. said i'm a