The New York herald., 1879-12-28
THE TREACHEROUS UTES.

oURAY CONFIRMS THE Suspicious OF HIS LACK
HANDED-THE GUILT OF THE PRESCRIBED
sAvAeEs.
DENVER. Col. Dec. &c. 1879.
Special dispatches to the Denver Tribune from Los
Pinos say:-"ouray came up yesterday afternoon.
aud the commission went promptly into session.
He had promised his colleagues at the last meeting
to send them word Sowerwick arrived,
but the latter came up to the agency. and was here
several hours before the OF his arrival reached
the commission.
WEAK AFFEcTATIoN
"Upon the question being asked. 'Ouray, where
the prisoners r he affected great surprise and
said he had not understood that the commission
wanted the Indians prisoners OF war; and had not
thought that any OF them were to be tried. but he
had thought that all of them were to go to Wash
ngton TO have a talk with the Great Father on the
subject OF their wrongs. Now. inasmuch the
principal difficulty the commission has been
STRUGGLING with to induce the Indians
to give themselves up for trial. and as
they had finally consented upon the con-
dtion that they should not be tried in Colorado.
this affectation of misunderstanding hewshes of
the commission was too much for the patience
OF General Hatch and for the second time since the
convcning Of the commission he lost his temper,
and for the first time he lost confidence in the final
success of his efforts Last night he expressed him.
self to the effect that he did not believe Ouray
had power to enforce tie surrender of the Utes He
has. think. finally given up the hope that the Ind
1aus Will be surrendered, and Is making prepara-
tions to start out.
GENERAL HATCH READY TO LEAVE.
"Ouray was not reproached by him tor any display
OF bad faith or with direct lying but he was told by
General Hatch that he would start on the 2Sth for
Alamosa, and would remain one day at the station
OIL the Cimarron. twenty-five miles distant Should
he choose to deliver up the Indians thereupon,
tne zo.n they would oe received. Ouray then began
TO entertain the commission with stories OF men
who had been frozen and lost in the effort to get out
at this seasonal childish plan to deter
General Hatch from leaving. He evidently
fears tho consequences to his tribe should
General Hatch leave without the prisoners
he evidently cannot persuade force the Utes to
deliver themselves up. The last five days given to
Ouray makes the sum total OF twenty-one days given
to the Utes for deliberation. make no predictions
to the result this time seeing that General Hatch
is determined. The Utes may possibly decide to
give themselves up: but whether they do or not
Hatch viii leave on Sunday. and il he leaves without
the prisoners thcro will be war.
TERRIBLE SECRET.
cit has been impossible to obtain heretofore q full
list of the names of the twelve Utes who to be
tried at Fort Leavenworth from the Com mmissoners.
and it has been equally impossible to ascertain when
these twelve to be tried. for the testimony of the
Meekers. as given to the press. convcts only few
Of them OF the crime. This list is frequently
referred to by the Commissioners and at
taches in connection with certain Indians.
and always the star list. What this
list Is l cannot say positively. but from
hints dropped by members Of the commission. aad
stray remarks made by them when they imagined
the reporters were not alert am confident the
star list contains the names of those Indians who
committed crime worse than murder arson-a
crime which is spoken of only with bated breath,
and which has not yet been limited at bv the
newspapers 1t is we'll known that the story of the
women. as given to the public, and their testimony
under oath differ widely, and the crimes of which
they accuse the Indians in their sworn testimony
would suffice to hang any man OF whatever color,
without the formality of trial. in the twink
ling of eye. That this list contains
the Of those Indians who accused
of this nameless crime toward the defencesss women
is not sudden conclusion. but one which has been
arrived at after careful consideration, and which
will be fully supported when the trial of the mis-
creants takes place. Douglas and Persun are known
be two OF the contained in the list but the
other names only be obtained at the time Of tho
trial