Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-27

Dxsvxs, December 27.-Latest dis
patches from Los Pinos -, that sossr.
wick has returned from his mission after
the twelve Utes who were to Be given up.
but did not bring them. Upon the quss-
ton being asked Of ouray where were
the prisoners. he affected great surprise.
and said hs had not understood that the
Commission wanted the Indians - pris.
onsrs Of war. and had not thought that
any Of them were to b tried, but he had
thought that all OF them we're to 60 to
Washington to have . talk with the
Great Father on the subject Of their
wrongs.
The result being laid before the Com.
mission, General Hatch has evidently
given up oil hopes that the Indians will
b surrendered, and 10 making prepare
tons to leave with the Commission. he
informed Ouray that be would start upon
the 2Sth for Alamosa, and would remain
one day at the station on the Cimarron,
twenty-five miles distant. Should hs
choose to deliver up The Indians on the
Goth they would be received. 0ursy
then began to entertain the Commission
with stories OF men who had been frozen
and lost In the effort to get out at this
time OF the ysar-a childish plan to
deter Hatch from leaving. He evidently
fears the consequences to his tribe
should Hatch leave without the prison.
ers, and hs evidently cannot persuade or
force the Utss to deliver themselves up.
The last Ave days given to Ouray makes
the sun total Of t~weniy.ons days given
to the Utss.
I made NO predictions as to the result
this time, seeing that Hatch is dsterm.
insd. The Utes may possibly decide to
give themselves up, but whether they
do 90 or not Hatch will leave Sunday,
and II he leaves without the prisoners
there will be war. The full list OF the
names Of the twelve Utes, who are TO be
tried at Fort Leavsnworth. It has been
impossible TO obtain from the Commits.
sioners heretofore, and II has been
equally impossible 10 ascertain when
these twelve are to be tried, for the tes-
timony OF the Msekers, % given to the
press, convicts only q few OF them OF
the crime. This list IL frequently re-
ferred to by the Commissioner and at
taches In connection with certain In
dams, and always as the Star list. What
this list Is / cannot say positively; but
from hints dropped by members OF the
Commission and stray remarks made BY
them when they imagined the reporters
were not alert, I am confident that the
Star list contains the names Of Indians
who committed Q crime worse than muir.
der or arson; . crime which 10 spoken OF
only with bstsd breath, and which has
not q yet been even limited at BY the
newspapers. II Is we'll known that the
story Of the women, a. given 10 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
Formally Of Q trial in the twinkling Of
an eye. That this list contains the
names Of those Indians who are accused
OF this nameless crime toward the de-
fsnseless women 10 not o sudden oonclu.
sion, but one which. has been arrived ct
after careful consideration and which
will be fully supported when the trial Of
the miscreants takes place. Douglas
and Person are known to DO two Of the
names contained In the list. but the
other names can only be obtained ct the
time OF the trial.