New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-10-07
THE BURNING OF THE FORESTS.

TIT tInFe NOT THE WORK OF THE RED MAN ALONE
How TIE FIRES LED TO THE OUTBREAK.
The forest fires which have been desOlating
the western part Colorado for several months nave
DESTROYED TIMBER worth millions OF uolars Files OF
Colorado ana Wyoming papers say that tie fires nave
nnd the country with smoke and in places have
made the trails and wagon roads impossible Forest
fires break Colorado every year. occurring IN the
vicinity Of the mining regions, from which the Indians
were oug agO expelled well rs elsewhere and tales
are tod at Denver in regard TO condagraticns, the
smoke of when floating down the plains. has dark
.ed the sky at Denver TO extent 10 compel
the people OF the city to lighted candles and lamps
at MONDAY.
For,s fires in Colorado novelty. The destruc
ZION OF timber by them is always immense Those winch
have been burning this year. however nave oeeh more
,erioi, than usual They began To burn IN june ala
since thatontn extended all along whole length of
Tie reservation. a distance OF 300 miles Wherever
prospectOrs and pioneers have shown themselves the
voods have lire ana they have gone on Dur-
inc until the present Whether this devastation is
The work of white OF Indians Is IN dispute IL IA
probably the work OF both. The Gree'ty ro'e 81 DC
toher ION the evening Of which day the news 81
Inc attack on Thornburgh was TeceiVedl contains the
LITER OF correspondent, -. ". A" VINO had just
come across the country. hOrsebacS. from the White
River Agency. The correspondent says;
Al HAYDEN fell IN with maii-carrier who was going
10 GEORGETOWN. and proposed TO accompany nun a
far Hot sulphur spIng Inls SorS Tas s ai,c
tinus The fires mad been set by bOth the Indians ana
&c vees was told of several large hrcs being sci Dy
the whites and lain 10 the Utes. . -, -,
Il. next day a. we were following the UaH aiphS
pn.r RIVER few hundred feet above the river, the
ste was so dense that could barely see the rver
running below That DAY We passed over s"Nrid hi's
o. burnt country winch started nom camphio ei ~
ybfre me dav before. We ctiuped that night three
mics above Steamboat 5pring>
Icimpsd Tor dinner about TWO mics bcl"M the sum
init ana reached Nederand that night Ned-riand Ii
small mLiLx town eighteen mile ~ Boud'r Canon
both SHES and could hear the trees failing
In All alrecOns These fires were sol b. white men. as
DO [ ties have been IN that cOuDtfy.
boulder Canon T. the eastern side 81 the Rocky
Mountain range and there no Indians III that re-
gion.
The forest fires. by whOmsoeyer kndled. appear now
10 have been the Immediate OF the Ute outbreak
Governor PitEin OF Colorado. having made complaint
o. the authorities Washington that the Utes were
baruiug the woods and destroying mach private prop
erty of the reservation. company OF colored troops
FROM the PagOea Spring station was ordered TO the
front This comp auy got into the Middle Park on the
way 10 the White River Agency for orders. when two
Indians detected IN the act Of burning Major
1hOmpsOns house ana barn. Complaint WAS made
against them at Georgetown, and warrant
was issued for their arrest The officer en-
trusted with the warrants pursued the men to
the White River Agency. but could not Ind
tlem. Douglass the chief II the band. called
upon surrender the men, but refused, claiming that
te whites right 10 Indian the reser-