The New York herald., 1879-10-03

Onray last wear gave strong proof OF his deternna-
ton TO keep his people quiet by the summary pun
ishraent OF Ose-paw, Ute medicine chief. who was.
/ il possible, more restless and troublesome
| than Colorow. lie was constantly travelling from
the White River Agency ,,the Southern Ute country
exciting all the Utes and endeavoring to get them 20
join him in an attack upon tho whites claiming that
they had been defrauded by the Brunot treaty ana
the whites ought not to be allowed to remain IN
the San Juan country. Ouray saw that ne was
getting quite strong party on his sue 80 70 % vae
leaving the council. in the act OF mounting his horse
O-se-paw WAS shot dead by the order OF onray.
AGENT MEEKER AND HIS FAMILY.
Nathan O. Meeker tho agent at White River. is
about sixty-four years old. He was born in Euclid
Ohio near Cleveland. The place is now known
as Callamer At an early age he began to write
poems and stories for tho magazines When he was
still in his he travelled foot most OF the
way TO New Orleans, whero he arrived without
money or even letters of recommendation. He sue
ceeded in getting work the local staff OF one or
the city papers. which barely gave him living.
In year or two returned to Cleveland, and Taught
school until he could earn enough to pay his way
to Now York. whittier he went with the friendship of
George D.. Prentice. whom he had mot during his
Southern travels. In New York he was encouraged
by n. p. Willis, and he contributed poems and
sketches regularly to the New York Mirror literary
journal edited by Willis. and which attracted con-
siderable attention from good writers of that day.
The young mans style quaint and somewhat
melancholy and his poems were copied. but ecould
scarcely bread to eat and his suerings were so
great that he abandoned poetry for the rest of his
life. He managed to raise money enough to enable
him to proceed on foot to Pennsylvania where he
taught school and continued his literary studies
Afterward he returned to Ohio, and in 1914. when
about thirty years old, married the daughter of
Mr. Smith, Il retired captain, ut Claridon
and took his bride to what was known as
the Trumbull Phalanx, which was just being
organized at Bracoville, near Warren, Ohio. The
society was branch of tho Brook Farm and the
North American phalanx, of which Haw thorne. Cur
tbs and Greeley were leading members. Tho Ohio
Phalanx was composed or young and ardent admirers
OF Fourier. the socialist. There FREQ love,
but the members lived in village. dined at common
tables dwelt in separate cottages and worked in the
community fields together and allowed the proceeds
OF all their earnings to go into u common fund.
manufactures established the soil was fertile.
and prosperity would have followed had an
the members been honest aud the climate health
ful. Fever and ague riot with the woods, and
tho most ignorant and avaricious Of tho Arcadan
band began absorb what really belonged to tho
weaker ones, who did most of tho hard labor. Mr..
Meeker, who of tho chief workers. was glad
TO get away alive with his wife and two boys, tho
Youngest of whom born shaking with tho as.uc.
Mr. Meeker the librarian and chief literary au-
thorty OF the community but he lost most Of his
books, and when he reached his Cleveland home he
had but few dollars. LII company with ms
brothers he opened small store and began
SO that he was invited to joiu another community,
the disciples and followers OF Alexander Campbell a
Scotch -Irshnan, the founder of the religious sect
the members OF which sometimes styled Camp
belites General Garfield is follower of this faith.
and became fellow townsman OF Mr.. Neck
er. The disciples were building large college
at Hiram, Ohio. and Mr.. Mceker moved his store
thther and received the patronage OF the school
asid church. While therc he wrote book called
"The Adventures ct Captain ARMSTRONG. In 1856.
when the great panic calne he lost nearly everything
Thcu he moved to Southern Illinois. and, with the
remnants of his goods" opened small store near
Dousoa in Union county. For several years his
farm and devoted his spare hours to literature His
correspondence with the Cleveland Paindeaier at
tracted the attention OF Artcmus Ward. and tho
suit was warm and personal friendship. When
the broke out he wrote letter to the Tribune Oh
tho Southwestern political leaders and the resources
OF the Mississippi Valley. Horace Greeley telc-
graphed A. d. Richardson, who was in chargeof
the Tribune at Cairo. this despatch:-.
"Meekcr is the man we want Sidney Howard
| Gay engaged him. and after serving as war cor
respondent at Fort Donelson and other places at tho
close of the Mr.. Meeker was called to New York
to take charge agricultural department and do
general editorial work the 7ritune. He wrote
book entitled 'iife i'll the West, and his articles
the Oneida Community were copied into leading
German, French and ether European journals In
1869 he was sent TO write up tho Mormons,
but hndinz the roads beyond Cheyenne block
AIDED with sbw he turned southwark and followed
the Rocky Mountains down to the foot Of Pixies
Peak whore he so charmed with the Garden OF
Gods and tho Unsurpassed scenery OF that lovely
region, whore birds We're singing and grasses grow
inn in the mountains that he said if he could per-
suade n dozen families go thither he would take
his vile and girls TO live and die there. Mr.. Greeley
was dining at Dc!monico' 3 when he heard OF it.
Tell Meeker," exclaimed he. Ito go ahead. will
back him with the Tribune
A letter was printed meeting held. subscriptions
invited. and $4,000 forwarded to the treasurer
Immediately. Mr.. Mcekcr elected president OF
the colony and Horace Greeley made treasurer. SO
many applications sent In that it was thought
larger tract OF land would be needed than seemed
/ to be free from encumbrance at Pixies Peak. Sew
err miles square OF land bought the Cache
la-Poudre River. where the town Of Greeley now
stands. and several hundred families established
in what mad been styled "Tho Great American Dos
ert." Horace Grcelcy's one exhortation was
''Tell Meeker to have no fences nor rum"
| On this basis the colony was founded. To-day
Greeley has 5000 population,a hundred miles OF r-
rigatiag canals. fine graded school, and it is the
/ capital of u county l60 miles long,
| Mr.. Meekcr went to tho White River Agency with
| his wife and youngest daughter. Josephine, who
taught the young Indians aud was general favore.
| Mr. william H. Post, OF Yonkers, was his '.boss
competent and very popular secretary of the Greeley
/ Colony. Ho was ut the agency ut the time OF tho
/ outbrcdx.
! slr. Mcehers plan to have the Indians raiso
/ crops and support themselves in ap improved way.
He encouraged them ~ live III log houses aud have
OF the miscellaneous coivenicnccs OF cviliza-
/ ton. II was an experiment a.d had worked wcll
until the encroachncnts OF the miners. large and
effective irrigating canal built by the Indiana
and plou died by these rcd farmers. One
OF the bands favored this system and their chief
helped to MAKE peace at the first outbreak. More
real agricultural work was accomplished at this
agency than at any OF the others. The pioushing
done tor the benefit OF the agency and for tho
indians and not for the agent has been reported.
presumably by those who favor large contracts and
the old Dclano systcm of post trading evangelical
tion. Mr.. Mcekers family consists of thrco daugh
tors and Two of the daughters Mary and
Rose are at the homestead in Greeley while Jose
phnc. aged twenty-five. is supposed to have shared
the fate OF tho father aud mother. both OF whom
OF venerable years.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER HAyT on THE CAUSE OF
THE OUTBREAK.
General Hayt Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
said 60 a reporter of the HERALD last night:"I havo
received vcws to-day. know nothing more than
was in the papers this morning. The body Of
Utes that have raised the trouble only number 900
men, women and children. The presence of troops
was the cause of tho outbreak. This tribe has been
wandering about good dea and they arc pretty un-
ruly fellows. There are 1000 of them at Los Pen
saos and. think. nearly thousand or so at South
era Winter Agency. Meeker. think. will be saved.
the others most likely got to tho agency In
time" !.