The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-11-07

boys working on the new building Mrs. Pric
was ut the door washing clothes. She rushe'
in and took Johnnie, the baby, to fly. w
ran into the milk-room, which had only on
under shelf The firing went on for severa
hours at intervals. There was no shouting, m
noise, but frequent firing. We staid In thu
milk-room until it began to I'LL with SIM Ike
The sun was half an hour high. ! took May
room. II was not disturbed. We knew the
building would be burned, and ran across Doug
lass avenue to field of sage brush beyond
plowed ground. The Utes were so busy steal
ing annuity goods they did not see US at first
About thirty of them. loaded with blankets,
were were e., carving them toward Douglass camp
We had gone 100 yards when the Utes saw
us. They threw down the blankets and came
running toward us, firing as they came. Bull
let's whizzed as thick as .grasshoppers around
u.s. do not think they intended TO kill us
only to brighten U.S. Mother was hit by bull
let, which went through her uudercothing,
and made flesh wound three inches long.
As the Indians came nearer they shouted:
| We no shoot; come to u.s." had q little
girl, and an Indian named Pursune said for me
to go with him. He and another Ute seized me
by the arms and started toward the river. An
Uncompahgre Indian took Mrs. Price and her
baby. and mother was taken to the headquar-
tiers OF Douglass.
The indian Pursune took me where his po-
nes were standing by the river, and seated me
on a pile OF blankets. Indians are now on all
sldes. could not escape 1t was now sun
down. Packing was finished at dusk, and we
started for the Wilderness Of the south. rode
morse with saddle, but no Bride The child
wss lashed oehini me Pursune and his as
8 sant rode each side OF me, driving pack
mules ahead. About twenty other Indians
were in the party. Mother came later riding
bar, back he hind Douglass. both on one horse.
She Was "a years old, feeble in health wound
ec, and not recovered from a broken thigh
gave her neither horse, saddle nor
blankets We followed the river, and, on the
other side, Pursune brought me harful of
water to drink. We trotted along until 9
o'clock, when we halted for ialf hour. All
the Indians dismounted, and blankets re
spread upon the ground, and laid down TO
rest, with mother lying not TAR from me- Chief
Douglass was considerably excited ami made
speech TO me with many gestures and great
emphasis He rec, ted HIS grievance and ex-
nialned why the massacre began. III said
Thornburgh told the Indians he was going 10
arrest the head chiefs, take them to Fort
st ele, aud put them in cslaboose, perhaps
htDg them. he said my father had written
all the letters to the Denver papers.
and circulated wild reports about what the In
dams would do, and was responsible for all the
hostility against the Indians among the whites
West While Douglass was telling this he stood
In front of me with his gun, aud lis anger was
dreadful. He said father had always been
writing to Washington. Then he swore fear
ful oath IN English, and said if the soldiers had
not come AID threatened the Indians with
Fort Steele and the calaboose and threat
ened to kill other indians at White
river, the Agent wouldn't have been mas
sacred. Then the brave chief, Douglass,
who had eaten at our table that very day.
walked OF few feet returned, and placed his
N I'M hraa
II was going to run away told him was
not afraid of him nor of death, and should not
run away. When he found his repeated threats
could not brighten me, all the other Indians
turned on him and laughed at him, and made
80 much fun he sneaked off, and went over TO
brighten my mother All hands took dri *
around my bed then they saddled their horses.
and Pursune led my horse to me, and
knelt down on his hands and knees for me to
mount my horse from his back.
We urged our horses forward, and journeyed
in moonlight through to the Grand mountains,
with the Indians talking in low tones among
themselves. Ii was after midnight when
we made the second halt in deep and
somber canyon. Mother was not allowed to
come up. Douglass kept her with him, half
a mile further down the ravine Then the
s9laws came, and laughed, and grinned, and
blankets two squaws sang and danced fan
tastically at my feet Other Indians stood
around, and, when tine women reached GER
tain part OF their recitstive all broke into
laughter. Next day Pursune went to fight the
soldiers, and placed me in charge of his wife.
with her three children That same day mother
came up to see me in company with little In
dian girl. Wednesday, next day, Johnson went
over to Jacks camp, and brought back Mrs
Prlce and her baby to live in his camp. He
said he had made it all right with the other
Ctes We did not do anything but be around
he various camps and listen to the talk of tho
.quaws, whose husbands were away fighting
he soldiers.
Sunday night Jack came, and made a big
,peech; also johnson. They said more troops
brought from Chief Ouray They were in |
treat commoton, and die not know what to do |
hey talked allnight, and next morning struck |
heir tents, and put them up again. Part were
or going away, part for staying We had
ong ride. The cavalcade was fully two miles
ong The wind blew a hurric ane. and the
lust was so thick we could not see ten feet
Jack. Most Of the Indians had no breakfast.
nd we travelled all day without dinner or
Vater Mother had neither saddle nor stir
ups, but merely few thicknesses of canvas
trapped on the horses back, while the voung
hiefs pranced rou, d on good saddles She did
ot reach Grand river until after dark, and the
lde Tor an invalid and aged woman was long
nd distressing.
After marching south some days the Indians
-" 10y "ouiu otoy tI buclT camp, ana, III
ne soldiers advanced, would get them
1 canyon and kill them ALL The Utes were
ow close to the Uncompahgre district. and
)uld not retreat much farther. Eight miles
lore travel in two other days brought us
the camping ground where Gen. Adams
,und u.s. Ibis was near Plateau creek, but
Ugh up and not far from TIE snowy
'nge Monday night an Uncompahgre Ute
.me in and said that next day Gen. Adams.
HON they called Washington, was coming
ter the captives. Next day about IL o'clock,
bile sewing in Pursune's tent, his boy came
!, picked up the buffalo robe, and wanted
g to 60 to bed. Told him was not sleepy.
hen a squaw came and hung blanket be.
re, the door aud spread out both hands
keep. the blanket down, so / could
u push it away, but l looked over the
p and saw Gen. Adams and party outside on
'rses The squaws movements attracted !
eir attention and they came up close
1 pushed the squaw aside and walked ont ,
ney asked my name and dismounted: said
ey nad come to take US back If we car d 10 {
! showed them the tent where mother and
rs Price were stopping. !
Next morning we left for Uncompahpre in 4
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