American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-10-25
THE UTE REBELLION.

Gen. Merritt's Arrival at the White River
Agency-A Scene of Horror-Finding OF
the Dead and NIutilated Bodies of Agent
Meeker and His CompaniOns-No Traces
of the Women and Children.
RAwLINS, WYO., October 13.-Emil Was
Der and George Fuhr, two couriers, have just
arrived from what was, some days ago, White
River Agency. From them learn the follow
ing particulars:
Gen Merritt advanced upon the Agency on
the 18th inst. On his way he found
MANY DEAD BODIES,
Israclite, who left here with Government sup
plies for the Utes at the White River Agency.
he was found DIN in gnach six i th TINS side OF
He was about two miles from his wagons: a
teamster named Julius Moore. formerly from
dred yards from Goidstein, ' two bull
hacked and mutilated with a knife or hatchet.
AS the command advanced through the can
yon they came to an old coal mine. In it was
found the dead body of an Agency employee,
named Dresser. He had evidently been
wounded and crawled in ting mime to die His
rifr r6msnnin9 sfff carfrfdsses IN one Of
his pockets a letter was found, which, as near
as the courier can remember, was as follows:
WHITE RIVER, Sept %, l O'clock
NM. IaoKSBukSM: l VIII come with Chief
morrow. Every thing quiet here, and Doug
las flying the United States flag. We have
been on guard three nights. and will be to-
night, not that we expect any trouble, but be-
cause there might be. Did you have any
trouble coming through the canyon?
T. tSigned1 n. C. MEEKER, Indian Ag't.
ON ENTERING THE AGENCY
a scene of great desolation presented itself.
All the buildings excepting one were burned
to the ground, and not a living thing was In
taken every thing except flour and decamped.
The women and children were missing, and
nothing whatever could be found to indicate
what became of them. They either have been
murdered and burned or else taken away
hostages. Their dreadful and unmentionable
fate calls forth most profound sympathy The
dead body of Father Meeker was found about
100 yards from his house. lying on his back,
shot through the head, the left side of his
a piece of the barrel stave driven into his
mouth, and one of his hands and arms badly
burned. The dead body of w. II. Post, Father
MeekerS assistant, found between the
building and the river, n bullet hole through
the left ear and one under the ear. He and
Father Meeker were stripped entirely naked
Another employee, named Eaton, was
found dead, stripped naked, and a bun
die of perhaps in his arms. his face
badly eaten by wolves, a bullet hole i'm his left
breast. Frank Dresser, brother to the mar
found in the coal mine, was found badly
burned; He had. without doubt. been killed
heart. The bodies of Eaton, Thompson,
Price, Eskridge, and all other employees not
two miles this side of the Agency, naked and
a bullet hole through his head. In the posi-
ton occupied by the Indians during Thorn
burgh's battle in breastwork made of stone
was found the dead body of an unknown
white man, dressed in buckskin, sitting on his
knees, his gun in position to fire. He was shot
through the forehead. From this it appears
The Indians are not alone in their hellish
work.
The superstition is the Indians have gone
south to Join the Southern Utes, and the i'm
preston among the officers OF Merritts com
nand is the Indians who fought Thornburgh
numbered at least 100.