The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-11-06


boys working on the new building. Mrs Price
was at the door washing clothes. She rushed
IN and took Johnnie, the baby to fly. We
ran into the milk-room, which had only one
small window, and locked the door, and hid
under shelf The firing went on for several
hours at intervals There was no shouting, no
noise, but frequent firing. We staid in the
mllk-room until it began to fill with SIN Ike.
The sun was half an hour high. I took Nav
pr1ce. 5 wears old. and we all ran to fathers
room. 1t was not disturbed. We knew the
building would be burned, and ran across Doug
lass iavenue to field of sage brush beyond
plowed ground. The Utes were so busy steal
ing annuity goods they did not see us at first
About thirty of them, loaded with blankets,
were carrying them toward Douglass camp,
near xass csgap
We had gone 100 yards when the Utes saw
u.s. They threw down the blankets and came
running toward us, firing as they came Bull
let's whizzed as thick as grasshoppers around
US do not think they intended to kill us
only to brighten us. Mother was hit by bull
let, which went through her uuderclothing,
and made flesh wound three inches long.
As the Indians came nearer they shouted:
we no shoot; come to u.s." had little
girl, and an Indian named Pursune said for me
to go with him. He and another Ute seized me
by the arms and started toward the river. An
Uncompahgre Indian took Mrs Price and her
baby, and mother was taken to the headquar-
ters of Douglass.
The Indian Pursune took me where his po-
MES were standing by the river, and seated me
on pile Of blankets. Indians are now on all
sides. | could not escape. 1t was now sun
down. Packing was finished at dusk, and we
started for the wilderness of the south. rode
horse with saddle, but no Bride The child
was dashed behind me. Pursune and his as
sstant rode each side of me, driving pack
mules ahead. About twenty other indians
rfv 10th nor1 LOFT rirt
bare back behind Douglass. both on one horse.
She was o. years DID, feeble in health, wound
ed. and not recovered from a broken thigh
caused by a fall two years ago. Chief Douglass
gave her neither horse. saddle nor
blankets. We followed the river, and on the
other side, Pursune brought me hatful of
Water to drink We trotted along until 9
O'clock, when we halted for q half hour al
the Indians dismounted, and blankets were
spread upon the ground, and l laid down 10
rest, with mother lying not far from me- Chief
Douglass was considerably excited and made
speech to me with many gestures and great
emphasis. He.recited his grievances and ex-
plained why the massacre began. Fl said
Tnornburgh told the Indians he was going to
az est the head chiefs, take them to Fort
St ele, and put them in q cslaboose perhaps
hang them He said my father had written
all the letters to the Denver papers.
and circulated wild reports about what the IN
hostility against the Indians among the whites
West While Douglass was telling this he stood
IN front OF me with his gun, aud his anger was
dreadful He said father had always been
writing 10 Washington. Then he swole fear
full oath in English, and said if the soldiers had
not come ald threatened the Indians with
Fort Steele and the calaboose, and threat
ened to kill other Indians at White
river the Agent wouldn't have been mas
sacred. Then the brave chief. DOUGLASS.
who had eaten at our table that very day.
walked off q few feet, returned, and placed his
gun to my forehead three times, and asked me
if I was going to run away I told him was
not afraid Of him nor of death. and should not
run away. When he found his repeated threats
could not brighten me, all the other Indians
turned On him and laughed at him, and made
SO much fun he sneaked off, and went over to
brighten my mother. All hands took drink
around my bed; then they saddled their horses,
and Pursune led my horse to me, and
knelt down on his hands and knees for me to
mount my horse from his back
We urged our horses forward, and iourneved
in moonlight through to the Grand mountains
with the Indians talking in low tones among
themselves 1t was after midnight when
we made the second halt in a deep and
somber canyon. Mother was not allowed to
come up. Douglass kept her with him, half
mile further down the ravine. Then the
gibbered. When L had lain down ON the
blankets two squaws sang and danced fan
tastically at my. feet Other Indians stood
around, and, when the women reached a GER
tain part of their recitative, all broke into
laughter. Next day Pursune went to fight the
soldiers, and placed me in charge of his wife,
with her three children. That same day mother
came up to see me in company with a little In
dian girl Wednesday, next day, Johnson went
over to Jacks camp, and brought back Mrs.
Price and her baby to live in his camp. He
said he had made it all right with the other
Utes. We did not do anything but be around
the various camps and listen to the talk of the
squaWS, whose husbands were away fighting
the soldiers. ...-
Sunday night Jack came and made g. big
speech; also Johnson. They said more troops
We're coming, and recited what orders had been
brought from Chief Ouray. They were in
great commotion, and die not know what to do
They talked allnight. and next morning struck
their tents, and put them up again. Part were
for going away, part for staying. Wehad
long ride The cavalcade was fully two miles
long, The wind blew a hurricane, and the
dust was SO thick We could not see ten feet
back Most of the Indians had no breakfast,
and we travelled all day without dinner or
water. Mother had neither saddle nor stir
rups, but merely few thicknesses of canvas
strapped on the horses back, while the young
chiefs pranced rou I'd on good saddles She did
not reach Grand river until after dark, and the
ride for an invalid and aged woman was long
and DISTRESSING
After marching south some days the Indians
said they would stay az their camp, and, If
the soldiers advanced would get them
in canyon and kill them all. The Utes were
now close to the Unoompahgre district, and
could not retreat much farther. Eight miles
more travel in two other days brought Us
to the camping ground where Gen. Adams
found us. Ibis was near Plateau creek, but
high up and not far from TIE snowy
range. Monday night an Uncompahgre Ute
came in and said that next day Gen. Adams,
whom they called Washington, was coming
after the captiyes. Next day about II O'Clock,
while sewing in Pursunes tent, his boy came
in, picked up the buffalo robe, and wanted
me to go to bed. Told him was not sleepy.
Then squaw came and hung blanket be-
fore the door aud spread out both hands
to keep the blanket down, so I could
not push it away, but l looked over the
top and saw Gen. Adams and party outside on
horses The squaw's movements attracted
their attention and they came up close
| pushed the squaw aside and walked out
They asked my name and dismounted; said
they had, come to take us back if we cared 10
60. showed them the tent where mother and
Mrs. Price were stopping ~