The New York herald., 1879-10-03

complaints, and the Indians soon became jealous
aud quarrelsome. that soon afterward, when the
agent began build extensive irrigans canals and
TO plough large tracts of virgin ground the chiefs
looked upon it as part of the whito mans policy
as exhibited by the miners. and they predicted that
thor lands were soon to be taken from them and
sold to the settlers This the real of the
present war.
ToPoaRApHIcAL FEATURES.
The whole district occupied by these Indians of
the White River Agency is succession of parks.
gulches and mountains. and it is almost copy of
tho famous regions around Kars and Erzeroum in
Armenia. where Moukhtar pacha held the mountains
all against the tilery of the Russians The
mountain passes of tho White River country are
narrow. tortuous and difficult. The climate is
mild and healthfu Beyond this strange and en-
chanting wilderness lie the alka desolations
of the Bitter Greek country Tho White River dis
trct is full OF beautiful and clear running streams
which fed by the ice fields of higher mountains
There many little parks meadows lying mp
there high above tho altitude of the New England
mountains. Cattle find exceent pasturage and pure
water there. The Indians prize these spots of nnfa
ing verduro for .picketing" their ponies The old
agency ut White River in one of these mountain
valleys. which the agent considered too high and too
contracted for agricultural purposes. The depart
ment at Washington read his report and gave him
permission to the buildings to
larger and more open place some twenty
miles further down the valley. The Indians
opposed the transfer the ground that 1t would
destroy some of their grass lands. The agent SAID
that little could be raised at SO hiS an attitude rs
the old agency SITE and he purposed to move down
where the land could be titled and irrigated. he
took possession of the new location and discovered
among other things extensive beds OF coal. lrrl
gazing canals built through his persuasion by
some OF the Indians, while the "hostiles growied
and went OF on a hunting expedition. large tract
ploughed and preparations were made ior extern
slyo Indian farming This was the condition OF
things when Chief Douglass discovered that the
plough was turning under some of his ancient pas
ture lands, and then he rebelled and the trouble
began.
and sight OF tte famous Gregory mines. said last
winter il Washington that Mr. Meekers policy gave
great satisfaction to the Indian Bureau and to the
best people in Colorado.
MAJOR rHoRNBuRGH's EXPEDITION.
A respondent OF the Chicago Times writes
follows from Laramie City on the 2Oth ult.:-
The scene of tho present disturbances by the
Indians is the White River Agency, which is III
Northwest Colorado. 1873 miles south OF Rawlins,
the limo OF the Union Pacific Railroad, and
which supplies taken to the agency. This stston
is about fifteen miles west OF tho military post OF Fort
Fred steele from which troops are to be sent against
the Indians. There is a fair wagon road from Raw
Inns to White River, but it is mountainous and
much cut up by streams 1t is best for reighting
purposes i'll the months of August September and
October The snow then is oil tho mountains. the
waters have gone down and the road Is conlpara-
lively dry Tho troops, therefore. can move better
now than ut any other SEASON. The expedition will
be under the command OF Major ThorEburgh. of the
Y,
officer at Fort Fred Steele. 1t will probably consist
OF Two companies of the Fifth cavalry under Cap
talns Payne and Voikmar. and ono npany OF tho
Third cavalry, Captain Lawson. There rs also
company ot the Ninth cavalry (colored under Cap
tain Dodge. III North Park, Colorado. which, as
it was in close proximity has been ordered by Gen
eral Pope to the agency, and which Will OF course
come under command OF MAJOR Ihornburgh AS
senior officer. IN addition there are Two COM
panies OF tho Fourth infantry ut Fort Steele
available il their services should be needed. AS
the Indians ut White River only number 500. all told
or which not over 200 are warriors, force OF four
five companies may be considered ample for tho
purpose OF oyerawing them and experimenting the
ring leaders, unless dissatisfied Indians at the other
agencies should reinforce them.
IMMENSE RESERVATION.
The Utes, in proportion to their numbers have tho
largest, well the most valuable. reservation of
any OF the Indian tribes 1t embraces one third
the arabic land aud almost the entire por
tion OF Colorado. 1t reaches from short distance
above White River close to the northern line of
Colorado, to the extreme southern boundary OF tho
State 1t formerly embraced all tho country
known as the San Juan mining region,
made nsi With the Utes in 1873 by H' comis na
sioner Bruuot the theh chairman of the Board
the reservation Above to continue in strip to
the westward and south OF the country thus surren-
dered so that the mining prospectors very much to
their annoyance, were all Sides except the east
ward, hemmcd in by the Indian lands. The Ute res
ervation contains about twelve million of land
1t has ON it three agencies-the northern or White
River Agency, at which before stated, there
but $40 Indians, the middle or Uncompahgr Agency
1900 Indians, and the Southern Ute Agency, 93i In
dans, the total OF the confederate tribes OF Utes be-
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