American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-01
CURRENT TOPICS.

MILITARY operations against the Ute
have been suspended, pending negotia
tons for peace which are now in prog
ress.s Gen. Merritt has returned +
White River Agency, where he will re
main for the present, and meanwhile a
additional military force is to be con
centrated at Alamosa or Garland, t,
operate in the Southern part of the Stat
if necessary. The Chiefs of the South
ern Ctes have been in consultation a
Los Pinos, and it is said that they hav,
agreed to do all in their power to bring
about the surrender of the hostiles en-
gagged in the recent fights. 1t is reas
serted that the women and children
from White River Agency are alive and
unframed, but they will not be surren.
dered until peace negotiations are con.
cluded.
General Sheridan, in letter to Gen
eral Sherman, deplores the unfortunate
predicament in which the soldiers in
Colorado have been placed. He SAYS :
1--WE went to the White River Agency
mt the solicitation of the Indian Bureau,
whose Agent was murdered, and our
men killed and wounded; and now we
are left in the heart of the mountains,
with our hands tied, and the danger of
of being showed in staring us in the
face. 1 am not easily discouraged,
but it looks as though we had been
pretty badly sold out in this business
1t is folly to say that the murderers
of the Agent and Major Thorn
-hrlrgh must be punished. Who is going
to punish them, and how long are the
troops to wait at the Agency for it to be
done? will direct Gen. Crook to throw
into the Agency all the supplies he can,
as the only course left open.''
Inspector W. T. Pollock telegraphs
to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs
from Denver, Colo: "The Governor
and leading citizens here unanimously
affirm that the Indians must be removed
from the State or exterminated by the
State, if not by the Federal forces. Con-
fidence, they say, can never be restored,
and it is only question whether the re-
suit be attained at once or by slow and
tedious warfare
Governor Pitkin of Colorado tele-
graphs Secretary Schurz that he is con-
WINGED most of Ouray's warriors were
in the Thornburgh fight; that to surren-
der the criminals Ouray must surrender
his tribe, which hellis powerless to do;
neither will they surrender the White
River Utes. Unless the troops move
against the Indians, he says, the In
dams will move against the settlers,
and further massacres will ensue. He
complains that the General Government
is doing nothing to defend the settle
ments, and says that the State can not
defend all its border without attacking
the enemy. Secretary Schurz replies
that Special Agent Adams, gentleman
fully endorsed by Gov. Pitkin himself,
has been commissioned to deal with the
Utes and is now among them. Mr.. |
Adams says None of the Southern and |
only a portion of the White River Utes
have been engaged in the trouble, and |
all rumors Of depredations off the reser-
walton are untrue" Secretary Schurz
in conclusion says: ave are endeavor-
ing to prevent a general war with the |
whole Ute tribe, which will be a better
wayA-o protect; your border settlements
than by general attack upon the Indi-
ans by armed citizens, as your dispatch
seems to suggest. 1t is, therefore,
earnestly hoped that every effort will be
made to prevent an unnecessary extern
sion Of trouble, which may be precipi-
tated by inconsiderate action"
Lieut.. VIM. B. Weir, Ordnance
Officer of Gen. Merritt's command, was
shot and killed by the Indians while
hunting some miles from the camp on
White River on the 21st.
Secretary Schurz on the 18th re-
ceived n dispatch from Special Agent
Adams, conveying the gratifying intelli-
gence that all the women and children
from the White River Agency had been
delivered to him without conditions and
they were then en- route to Lake City.
They stated that during their captivity
they had been well treated and had not
been subjected to any insult or injury.
Gen. Adams reports that the camp of the
hostiles is between Grand and Gunnison
Rivers. 1t was his intention to return
there Immediately, with the confident
expectation of arranging matters so as
to avoid the necessity of further HOSTILE
ties. Secretary Schurz warmly COM
mends Gen. Adams for the intrepidity,
skill and good judgment displayed by
him in carrying out his delicate and
dangerous mission.
On account of the depressed condi-
ion of the English markets, live stock
shipments from this side have almost
entirely ceased. American beef has
been selling there for some weeks as low
rs nine cents a pound, and where the
quality was Indifferent six cents has been ,
he ruling price.
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, on the goth,
William Hogg, a well known citizen,
shot his daughter, aged 10, and his son,
iged 10, both probably fatally, and then
fired two bullets into his own brain,
death almost instantly. Hogg
was formerly a successful business man,
having for number of years carried on
1 wholesale book, stationery and notion