Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-10-29
THE UTE MASSACRE.
safo Arrival of the Captive Women and
Oh ldren at Chief Ouray's House, Narrow
Escape of Merritt's Command From An
utilization.
THE CAPTIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

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THE CAPTIVE WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Los PNos Ccl., Oct. "a, via Del Norte, COL,
Dot. 2S.-A runner just arrived from the In
dian camp on the plateau reports the Meeker
! women and children safe at Chief Ouray's
house, nine miles below. They stood the Jour
ney well, and Mrs. Meeker has improved in.
health every day since VIC started. We left on
the morning of the 22nd. The Indians seemed
unwilling for US to leave till they learned what
success Gen. Adams had in stopping the furth-
er advance of Merritt's command. The Meek
er papers are burned, and what money Mrs.
Meeker had was taken away from her by Doug
las. The Intentions were to kill the women
and children, as the windows of the room in
which they first took refuge were riddled with
bullets the instant they had left it for more
secure place in Milk river. Mrs. Meeker thinks
Susan, sauaw wife of Chief johnson, sister of
Ouray, did more than all others to save their
lives. She was as kind tothem rs a moth
or, and their parting was very touching.
Jacks band fought the troops and
Douglas men killed the agent and the en-
ployes. Agent Meeker was killed by Antelope
and Waupattid. Mrs. Meeker was shot at
while running from the house attempting to
hide in the sage brush: A ball passed through
her dress and made slight flesh wound in the
thigh about four inches long. Details for the
fight for Merritt's command were most COM
plete; 20 Arrapahoes had joined Jack with
many Others from neighboring tribes, and had
it not been for the timely arrival of Chief
Ourays order to cease fighting, the name of
Merritt and his command would have passed
into history by the side of Custer with the same
epitaph, 'Annihilated by the Indians" The
outbreak may be attributed to four things.
viz Repeated changes and lessening the
amount Of rations issued to tho Indians; no
head chief the same as Ouray is here; a Ute
Indian for interpreter, unfriendly to Meeker,
and plenty of bad whisky furnished by ranch
men. Major Pollock is here doing all in his
power to make the ladies comfortable and
looking after the interests of the department in
general.
AT ALAMosA.
DENVER, COL, Oct. 2s.-A special to the
Tribune from Alamosa, 800 miles south of Dem
yer, and the terminus Of the Rio Grande rail-
way, says the women and children, recent cap
lures among the Utes, arrived there at P M.
where they will remain for few days before
proceeding to Denver. They were surrendered
to Special Agent Adams after parley of five
hours at the camp on a tributary of Grand
river, on the 2lst, and on the morning of the
22nd started homeward, proceeding through the
Indian country in care of the employees of the
Los Pinos agency to ooray's house and agency.
arriving at the latter place on the morning of
the 25th, and started Immediately homeward,
arriving at Alamosa as above. The captives
report that the money and papers which were
represented to be safe were destroyed by the
Utes. Miss Meeker's life was threatened by
Chief Douglas, who placed a CUR to her head.
but she did not finch, and told Douglas she
neither feared Indians or death, and he skulk-
ed away. The women agree they owe their
safety to one woman, Susan, wife of johnson
and sister of Ouray, who protected them at all
times, even going into council, an unprece-
dented move for woman among Indians, and
raising her voice for release of the prisoners.