Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-12-12
The Gentle Ute at Home.

The Ute Indians are u lazy, lousy,
begging, shiftless tribe of vagabonds.
One of their agents has said that they are
not inclined to manifest violence to-
ward the whites so long as their inoes-
SAINT appeals for something to eat are
answered. In this respect they have been
burdensome to the people of Colorado.
They have repeatedly burned the houses
and barns Of settlers when denied the
food and clothes asked for. They have
also repeatedly threatened miners and
others occupying their reservation. and
q few settlers have been murdered by
them. But little of their time Of
late years has been spent upon the
coded lands to which they were assigned.
During The summer season they organ
ize themselves into bands of from fifty
to two hundred, and go on begging and
thieving expeditions among the cities
and settlements along the eastern
base of the Rocky Mountains. Once q
year, generally in the fall, the greater
part of the tribe, numbering many thou
sands, may be seen in the neighborhood
of Denver. In physique the Ute Indian
compares favorably with the Cheyenne
and the Sioux. They are not good horse
men. nor particularly good marksmen |;
but as consumers of rations, including
whisky and tobacco, they are without
more clearly than the Digger Indians.
The present generation of Utes is
cowardly. Only once have they had the
courage to go out on the plains and
challenge their old enemies, the Sioux,
to combat, and in that one instance
they turned tail and fed for home as
soon as they had taken one scalp. That
trophy was hoisted upon a pole, near
Denver, and the whole tribe carried on
war dance around it until the local
authorities interfered and puts stop to
the racket. Since achieving that question.
able victory. though often challenged to
renewal of the combat, they have not
dared to venture east of the settlements
in Colorado, for fear of meeting their
enemies. The whites who have been
murdered by the Utes have in nearly
every instance been the victims Of
assassination. This tribe regards labor
with the utmost contempt. TO work is
to he everlastingly disgraoed.
The tribe is divided into three
agencies. Their reservations, two in
number, one in Nothern and the
other in Southern Colorado, embrace
$4,000, 900 acres or one.third of the
arabic land in Colorado. Population is
encroaching upon them from every
direction. This keeps them constantly
irritated. The government has made
several Intellectual attempts to induce
those of the South to consent to o
removal to the White River Agency.
They have said they would go to war
before they would consent to be
removed. For this thay can not be
blamed inasmuch as the Commissioner
himself. in u recent report. has said that
the situation of the White River
Agency is the worst in all respects.
unless it shall be decided by the
government to keep these Indians as
national paupers.-Chicaqo Times.
To Stop BLEEDING AT THE NOSE
"The best remedy for bleeding at the
nose, as given by DR.. Gleason in one
of his lectures. is the vigorous motion
OF the jaws, as If in act of mastica-
ton. In the case of q child. wad OF
paper should be placed in its mouth,
and the child instructed to chew it hard.
1t is tue motion of the jaws that stops
the flow of blood. This remedy is so
very simple that many will feel inclined
to laugh at it, but it has never been
known to fail in single instance. or
even in very severe cases"
The surtout, the garment that re-
places the ulster, is cut precisely like
q gentleman's overcoat, and is made
either of English water proof or Of
checked homespun.
Death has nothing terrible in it but
L. T.