Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-22
DEMANDING JUSTICE

The Citizens of Greeley, Co.., Insist that
the Ute Indians Who Murdered the
Whites Shall Receive n.e Death Penalty
Their Idea of the Management Of Say-
ages
denver, Col, Special, Oct. H.
Ralph Meeker, son of Agent Meeker, ar
rived in Denver to-day, and will proceed at
once to Los Pinos agency. He is in COM
pany of Indian Inspector VIM. J. Pollock,
who is the bearer of special Instructions
from the interior department. They will
join Special Agent Adams, who started
Wednesday, at Del Norte, and the three will
proceed together in the supposed direction
of the hostile camp. in the hope of reclaim
ing the white women believed to be now held
prisoners. Inspector Pollock is quite rsti-
cent as to his instructions, but his general
expression and remarks, dropped unguard-
eddy, indicate no overtures to the Utes.
At mass meeting in Greeley, the home of
"Father" Meeker, a long list of resolutions
we're passed, demanding full compensation
for private property destroyed by the In
dams, and suitable pensions to those depend
ent for support on the murdered men, They
denounce the imputations and assertions of
some Eastern papers as to the cause of the
OeIocClOn, COucluQlng as follows:
Resoloed, That, conceding the embarrass-
ment incident to the proper solution of the In
dian question, we insist that the constant
breeding of horde of savages in the central
part of the contin ent, maintaining them as
wards of the government, without restricting
influences, providing them with the best weap-
ons OF destruction, appears, after so many
the evil genius to make savage warfare and
atrocities inevitable and FREQUENT.
RoSolued, That so long as the romantic por-
tions of our domain are to be especially dedi-
Gated as nurseries OF barbarsm, we insist that,
so fast as the Indian is thus bred up, equipped,
found hostile and determined to kill and muir
der he be certainly slain, and no more fed and
petted as a ward; and that all efforts to civil
lie the Indian must prove futile as long as they
are allowed to maintain their tribal relations,
| indulge IN barbarous practices, taught
TO regard themselves as independent nationali-
Ties, to be treated upon equal footing like a
foreign country, and, such. pampered with
! the idea of a sovereign right to make war
against the whites for any fancied grievance
Reso!ued, That the first step in the process of
civilizing the Indian is to teach him his sense
supports and protects him; whereas under
the policy which is so long obtained, he
| derives no such lesson, but on the
contrary, is habitually impressed with
| the idea that the government owes him a liy-
| ing. and has no right to his loyalty or ODE
dience in return. He should either be accord
ed the same rights and held to the same &C.
countable as citizen, or should be regarded
as irresponsible and dangerous, and rigidly
kept in restraint.
RESOLVED, That, while the Indian is allowed
to remain within the limit of State, he should
be subject to the police regulations of the
State and governed and punished by its laws
and authority.
| Resolved, As the sense of this people, that
the Indians within the limit of our State are
hindrance to its development and constant
menace to the safety of the people; that by
their recent unprovoked and inexcusable de-
predations they have forfeited all claims to re-
main among u.s. and we insist. as our ultima
tum in this matter, that the death penalty b.
inflicted on the fendish murderers of our
friends, and that the Utes be removed beyond
! the borders Of Colorado.