Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-06
THE EVENING STAR.
The Revolt of the Utcs.
RSPoRTED MASSACRE OF AGENT MEKKKR AND HIS
EMPLOYEES

EMPLOYEES.
A dispatch has been received at the Indian
bureau from Agent Stanley, at Los PlnoS, Colo
RADIO, dated Oct, 2, which says:-aA runner lust
In from the White River agency reports that
the agent and employees are killed. There has
GERS In command were killed. The troops are
surrounded, away from any water supply, and
their trains have been captured. Chief ouray,
Ihe mead OF the l,te nation, sends the following
order to his people by a runner:-.To the chiefs,
captains, headmen and Utes at White rlver:-
You are hereby requested and Commanded to
cease hostillties against the whites inJurlng no
innocent persons or any Others further than TO
protect your own lives and property from un-
lawful and unauthorized comb nat 'ons of horse
thieves HE yes and despeTadoes, as anything further
Will ultimately end in disaster to AL parties"
TROOPS FOR TBE FRONT.
News from Rawlins dated pm. yesterday
says no tidings from MIX Creek had been re-
ceived up to that hour. There arrived yeSter-
day companies A, and of the Sd cavalry,
the first named from Fort Laramie and the two
latter from Fort Robinson. Saturday Co. b, Sd
cavalry, arrived from Fort Fetterman. The
force nowhere comprises six companies o. the
Ithinfantry, numbering 2iO men. and the COM
panies Of cavalry mentioned above, numbering
companies of the 5th cavalry and 2 comoanes
OF the 4th infantry start from Fort Mckinney,
n. y, for Rawlins to-day.
reliable ranchman living on the Muddy
creek just In from Prices command at Fortih-
carton creek, IS miles this side of Payne'5 cor
raj, reported having seen no Indians. The COM
paily OF cOlOfeQ troops OF the 9th cavalry, Capt.
Dodge, command ing, Which has been encamped
at steamboat springs, and In regard to whose
SAFETY there has been so much anxiety, have
ioined Price at Fertilization creek.
THE MoRM0NS CHARGED WITH AIMING THE
INDIANS.
A dispatch received at Denver from Laramie
City says 1t is believed that the Utes obtain
their supply or arms and ammu milton from the
Mormons, who will furnish all they want. Ar
rivals from salt Lake report the belief there
that the MormonS had something to do with
the outbreak. They are delighted at having
the military force centered In Ute territory.
The Utes have been reinforced by the Arapa-
hoes and Uintah UteS
ALARM AMONG MINERS.
Prospectors in North Park from Cheyenne
are returning. They report the UteS in war
paint having been seen in such close proximity
to the mines that many miners are leaving for
the settlements. Others are banding together
for protection, and ranchmen in and near the
dams or Indian signs. Aaron Bergey, mail car
rier. arrived at Rawlins at 4:20 yesterday morn
ing from Dixon, having left there at S O'Clock
Saturday morning. He reports seeing the body
OF George Gordon, well-knOwn freighter, VINO
was hauling Indian goods from Rawlins To White
River Agency, and The body OF one Of his team
sters, at point between the scene of Thorn-
burgs fight and the agency. Bergey says heavy
firing was heard in the direction Of Paynes po-
In the vicinity OF Snake River settlement.
There are five or six people at Dixon, and the
carrier says they had no apprehenSioDS OF be-
ing troubled. Peck, Bear river trader, was
on his way to Dixon when the carrier left
Bergey. He thought Merrltt's command camped
Saturday night at Fertilization creek, and
would reach Payne's corral Sunday night.