The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-29
Last Nights Dispatches.
THE INDIANs.

Los PINos. Col, Oct 24-Just arriv-
ed from the Indian camp on Plateau creek.
the women and children. safe at Chiei
Oarays's house, nine miles below. They
stood the journey WELL and Mrs. Myers
Meeker has improved 10 health every day
since we started. We left the morning of the
22d. The Indians seemed unwilling for US to
leave until they learned what success
Gen. Adams had in stopping the further
advance of Merritt's command. Meeker' s
papers were burned and what money Mrs,
Meeker had was taken from her by Doug
las. The intentions were to kill the women
and children, as the windows OF the room in
which they first took refuge were riddled
with bullets the instant they had left it for
a more secure place 10 the milk room.
Mrs. Meeker thinks Susan, the squaw of
Chief johnson. sister of Ouray, did more
than all the others to save their lives. She
was as kind to them as mother and their
parting was very touching. Jacks band
fought the troops and Douglas men killed
the Agent and employees. Agent Meeker
was killed by Antelope and Wampattits
Mrs. Meeker was shot at while running
from the house to hide in the sage brush.
The ball passed through her dress and
made a slight flesh wound in her thigh
about four inches long. Arrangements
for the fight with Merritt's command were
the most complete. Two hundred ARA
phoes had joined Jack, and many others
from neigh boring tribes. and had it not
been for the timely arrival of Chief Our
ray 8 order 10 cease fighting, the name of
Merritt and his command would have
passed into history by the side of Custer
with the same epitaph, ''Apnihilated by IN
dians,"
The outbreak may be attributed to four
things, viz: Repeated chan ges and lessen
ing the amount of rations issued for the
Indians; no head Chief, like Ouray here;
Ute Indian for Interpreter, unfriendly
to Meeker. and plenty OF bad whisky fur
nlshed by the ranchmen.
MAJOR Pollock is here doing ali in his
power to make the ladies comfortable, and
looking after the interest of the depart
ment in general.
DENVER, October 28.-A special to the
Tribune from Alamoso. 800 miles south OF
Denver, and the terminus of the Rio
Grande railway, says the women and chill
dreD, recent captlves among the Utes,
arrived there at 4P. NJ, where they will
remain few days before proceeding to
Denver. They were surrendered to special
agent Adams after "A parley of FIVE hours
al the camp on a tributary of the Grand
river, on the Dist, and on the morning of
the 22d started homeward. proceeding
through the Indian country in care of the
employees of the Los Pinos agency to
Ouray's house and agency. arriving at the
latter place the morning of the 25th.
They started Immediately homeward, aud
arrived at Alamosa as above The cap
tives report that the money aud papers
which were represented to be safe were
destroyed or taken BY the Utes Miss
Meeker's life was once threatened by
Douglas, who placed gun to her head,
but she did not finch, and told Douglass
she was neither afraid of the Indians or
death, and he skulked away. The women
agree that they owe their safety TO one
woman, Susan, wife of johnson. and sister
of Ouray, who protected them az all times,
even going into the council. an unpreee-
deuted move for a woman among the
Indians, and raising her voice for the re
lease of the prisoners.