The New York herald., 1879-11-01

sent messages to her to see that the whites were
not abused and should he returned soon.
MIR. MEEKER BLAMED.
The Indians laid all blame ON Mr.. Meeker.
They said he brought the soldiers in and
would have Jack, Pawvittv and Douglass aud
other chiefs, including johnson, taken up for
stealing and put in the calaboose. They said
Meeker made great pictures of his being shot
and had sent them to Washington. The In
dians said they afterward found these pictures
on Thornburgh's body; that they had been sent
by Meelxer so as to inhame the soldiers, as the
pictures represented the treatment the agency
employees would receive from the Indians, aud
the soldiers must to prevent it.
THE JOURNEY HOME.
After we were released we stopped all night
at Johnson's camp, and started early the next
morning on ponies for the wagons, which had
been left ut the end of the road, about forty
miles south toward the Uncompaghre River.
General Adams had left MS and gone To see the
soldiers, SO Captain Cline was in charge of
the party and escort to the wagons ON
our way back The Indian escort which had
accompanied us for time, left u.s. and Captain
Cline grew suspicious. He was an old pioneer,
had served in the army and had fought the Ind
ians in New Mexico and travelled over the
Western country much that, although
great friend of Ouray and his Indians. still be
was suspicious OF these savages and thought
that, while the escort had been with the
White River Indians, they had become cor
rupted. So when he that they had left us
/ he put spurs to his horse and rushed on ahead
of the party to where the wagons were. lie
was afraid that they would cut the harness to
pieces or do some mischief to prevent the cap
tives from leaving Immediately. This would
keep them in the neighborhood, SO that in case
General Adams failed in stopping hostilities by
general powwow they could rccapture us and
hold us as hostages for further treaty.
INDIAN rREACuERY.
Captain Cline reached the wagons in q short
time and, as he suspected, found the Indians
seated around the wagons in body with most
OF the blankets lying on the ground already di-
vided among them. They had also got hold of
the boxes of provisions and canned fruit which
General Adams had brought from Los Pinos
for They had burst them open and
were eating the contents Captain Cline is
personally acquainted with many Of the
Indians, and he completely astonished them.
Jumping off his horse he threw the reins on the
ground, and, rushing forward in great anger,
he shouted :-"Chief Ouray shall hear of this,
and will settle with you!"
The Captain then picked up an axe and began
to split kindling wood to prepare for the
captives. His object was to keep the
axe in his hand and be master of the
situation until the main party should arrive.
He feared treachery, and, putting on a bold
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They fell back, got off the blankets and gave
up the canned fruit. Captain Cline threw the
blankets on the wagon with what canned pro-
visions there were left. Shortly after this oc-
currence we arrived with Major Sherman. We
then travelled on to Chief Ouray's house.
CHIEF oURAYs sAGAcIrY.
Captain Cline was met by Ouray at the gate.
The good chief looked at him a moment and
said -
Captain, tell me how you found things when
you reached the wagons"
The Captain was surprised, but narrated the
facts as have stated. Ouray listened a mo-
ment and grimly smiling, said:-
eyes, you reached the wagons at such q
time and you found Utes around the
wagons eating fruit. l know all about it.
Ouray not fool. had good and
true Indians in the mountains around the
wagons. They look down and see bad Indians
and then when wagons start safely the good
Indians run back to Ouray on fast horses and
tell Ouray and Ouray make up his mind about
it, Bad Ute can't fool Ouray."
The chief said this in broken English to the
Captain, but when he spoke to Mr.. Pollock he
conversed in eloquent and mclodious Spanish
for he had been educated among the Spanish
Mexicans of Taos, down on the border, and his
words are always delivered with great fuency.
AT oURAYs HoUsE-THE JOURNEY TO CvILIZA-
TION.
We were well treated at Ouray's house. 1t
had Brussels carpet, window curtains, stoves,
good beds, glass windows, spittoons, rocking
chairs, camp stools, mirrors and an ele-
gantly carved bureau. We were received ms
old and long lost friends. Mrs. Ouray wept for
our hardships, and her motherly face, dusky
but beautiful with sweetness and compassion,
From this point we took the United
States mail coaches, with feet horses
and expert drivers. The journey, over lofty
mountains for three days and one night, brought
lis out of the San Juan country to the swiftly
flowing Rio Grande. The Indian reservation
was seventy miles behind us. Two ranges of
mountains lay between us and that land of cap
tivity and terror. We could not forget the
noble Ouray and his true friends who lived
there, vet it made our tired hearts beat rap
turously when we saw the steam cars mt Ala
mosa. FLORA +. PRICE
DENVER, Col, Oct. 81, 1879.