Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-31
A PATHETIC STORY.
The Captivity of the Vo'sen and Cht'dren
Fr0ns White RiUer AOenoy dfnonD tho

The Captivity of the Wo'een and Cht'dre"
FrGnI White KiUer AOenoy among the
Utes.
The Denver Iri6une's Los Piuos special
gives the following history of the prisoners
during their captivity. 1t forms a most pa.
thetic chapter: After the killing of Agent
Meeker the women attempted to escape into
the brush from the burning building. Mrs.
Meeker was fired on with the result of 6
flesh wound on the hip, four inches in length
Miss Meeker and Mrs. Price were called to
"Indians no shoot white woman; stop, In
dian no hurt" They were mounted, Miss
Meeker with Mrs. Prices oldest child, foul
years old, tied behind; Mrs. Price with hel
infant in her arms, and Mrs. Meeker, who is
sixty-three years of age, and lame from bel
wound. When they struck the camp at mid
night Mrs. Meeker was dismounted and
FELL TO THE GROUND,
unable to move, and the Indians surrounded
her and added to the misery of the situation
by jeering and haunting ths old white squaw
The next morning they were separated
Douglass retaining the charge of Mrs. Meek
or and Persune taking Miss Meeker, while
Mrs. Price and children were in the charge
of an Uncompahgre Ute. The sufferngs OF
Mrs. Meeker were indescribable during bel
stay with Douglass, whose sqnaw abused hel
by neglect, pushing, striking and taunts. Or
one occ aston Douglass threw down blankets
and compelled Miss Meeker to dismount
saying they were going into camp. He then
said they were gong to stab them, and ex
hibited the butcher knives to be used for tht
purpose. Then he placed a musket to he.
forehead and said:
"INDIAN GOING TO SHOOT"
The courageous girl never. finched, and
laughed at the burly savage. He asked he,
if she was afraid, and her ready response
II am not afraid of Indians or DEATH
elected the admiration of the led devils
They turned upon Chief Douglass with de-
cision, and he slunk from the presence OF
the brave Miss Meeker. Soon after this
they were placed in charge of Chief John
son, and through the instrumentality of
Johnson's squaw their condition was very
much improved, and further indignities pre-.
vented. Approximations as to the treatment
of the captives to fate worse than death
have happily proven not to be sustained by
the facts, and the captives arrive save, but
worn out by the indignlties detailed above.
Susan proved to be
THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT,
and had it not been for her intercession the
fate of the women would have formed one
of the blacklist pages of Indian deviltry.
Last night, ON the arrival CT the captives
Ouray expressed great satisfaction, and this
morning, on their leaving, ,Chapota, wife of
Ouray, wept like child. The agency effects
we're destroyed, the women only saving such
clothing as they happened to have on.
MRS. MEEKER
was permitted to enter the burning building
to gather money and the esprit Book" as
she told the Indians it was. The money,
$50, was taken from her. Miss Meeker had
$50 in the building and Mrs. Price small
amount, which was destroyed by the flames.
Through the fearful ordeal of captivity Mrs.
Price aud Miss Meeker almost fought for
the rights of poor old Mrs. Meeker. They
could use little Spanish and Ute, and their
defiance of intruding Indians and readi-
ness to
RESENT INSULTS TO THE OLD LADY
challenged the respect of even the blood
thirsty aborigiues. They would push the
savages right and left when interfered with,
and, on making complaint to Susan, would
face the Indians while Susan laid do xn the
law and the penalty. Her bravery has besl.
uuexampled, and to this fact may be attr b.
uted the many favors of which they wo1ld
otherwise have been deprived. The Indian
runners prior to the release of the captives,
reported "White squaws heap brave" The
statements in detail by the captives h I'VE
been taken by Inspector Pollock for public
use.
THE FEELING IN DENVER.
This community is greatly ince nsed by
Mrs. Meeker's statement of the indignitiea
suffered by herself and associates at the
tertained Of the entire truth of the state
ment. It confirms the impression of the
people that the entire tribe is dsaffected in
stead of being peacefully inclined: Douglass
shows up as the worst Indian of
an assassin. There is no
doubt he intended to outrage Miss Meeker,
and only the girls splendid bravery saved
her and those of her companions. Indians
admire courage above all things, and Miss
Meeker's defiance of Douglass overawed the
tribe Schurz's denial of the participation
of Ouray's band in the fighting up north is
met by the captives' statement that one of
the guards was an Incompatible Ute from
Ouray's agency, and Father Meekers' letter,
dated Sept. 25, to Gov. Pitkin, states that
Uncompaghre Utes were at his agency that
day-only four days before the fight-going
out with his Utes to hunt buffalo. The AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch to-day from Los
Pinos, sent by an employe of the interior
department, states that two hundred Arapa-
hoes we're in the Tbornbursh fight. It is
known that no Arapahoes were there, and
the belief here is that these were all Uncom-
paghres. The captives will arrive here to-
morrow night, when more will be learned in
regard to their terrible experience.