The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-11-08

I COOK most OF the time and make the breed,
| | did not suffer from the filth Of ordinary
| Indian fare.
While at this camp Pursune absentod him
/ self four days and brought in three iiue
horses and lot Of lead which be made in
! to bullets. johnson also had Il sack uf puw-
der. The chef amusement was running
bullets.
4 MEDICINE SONG.
No whites are admitted to the tents while
the Utes sing their medicine songs over the
sick, but ], being considered one OF Pur-
sune's family, was allowed to remain.
! When their chtld was sick his family asked
me to sing with them, and did. The Med
! iciue Man kneels close tn the sufferers, with
his back to the spectators, while he sings IA
series of high-keyed Grunts, gradually
! reaching lower and solem tone. The fam
| ily Joins and at intervals he howls 50 loud
/ " that one can hear him a mile; then his
voice dies away, and only gurging sound
is heard, as if his throat were full of water.
The child lav nearly stripped. The doctor
pressed his lips against the breast Of the
sufferer and repeats the gurgling sound.
lie sings a few minutes more, and then all
turn around and smoke and laugh aud talk.
Sometimes the ceremony is repeated all
night. | assisted at two Of these medicine
festivals. Mrs. Prices boy became expert
at singing Ute songs, and they sang to each
other on their journey home. The sick bed
ceremonies We're very strange and weird,
and more interesting than anything | saw
in all my captivity of twenty-three days.
NEARLY STAMPEDE.
We stayed on the Grand River until Sat
urday. The mountains were very high, and
the Indians We're on the praks with glasses
watching the soldiers They said they could
look down ON the site of the agency. On
Saturday morning the programme was for
twenty Utes to 60 back to White River, scout
around the mountains and watch the SOL
ders; but, Just as they We're about to depart
there was terrible commOtiOn, for some Of
the scouts of the mountains had discovered
| the troops, ten or fifteen miles south Of the
agency, advancing toward our camp Tho
Indians ran IN every direction, the horses
became excited, and for time hardly
pony could be approached. Johnson Il IS
| into passion when there is danger THIS
time his horses kicked. and confusion was
supreme. johnson seized n whip and laii
it over the shoulders of his youngest squaw,
named Cooz. lie pulled her hair and rc-
newed the lash. Then he turned to assist
his other wife pack, and the colts ran ani
! kicked.
While Mrs. Price and myself were watch-
ing the scene young buck came up with u
gun and threatened to shoot us. We told
him to shoot away, and Mrs. Price requested
him to shoot her in the forehead. He SAID
we We're no good squaws, because we would
not scare. We did not move until noon,
| travelled sill nighiall aud camped on the
Grand River, in nee grassy place under
trees by the water.
KErT MOVING.
Next day was Sunday. aud we moved 2j
miles south; but mother ami Mrs. Prize
| did not come up for three or four days.
Again camped On the Grand River, under
the trees. The rain set in amt continued
/ two days and three nights did not sutler
for was in camp; but mother aud Mrs.
| Price who were kept on the road, got soaked
each day. johnson, who had Mis-. Price,
went beyond US, and all the other Indians
| behind campcd. On Friday johnson talked
with Douglass, and took mother to his tent.
Juhnsun's oldest wife is the sister of Chief
| Ouray, and he was kinder than the others.
! His wife cried over the captivcs aud made
the children shoes. CohOe heat his wife
with club and pulled her hairand depart.
ed, leaving her to pack up. He is AN I'm
compahgre Ute, and Ouruy will not let him
return to his band.
COUNCILS AND MARCHES.
The Indians said they would stay at their
camp, and If the soldiers advanced they
would get them in canyon and XIII them
ALL They said that neither soldiers nor
! horses understood the country. The Ute,
were now close to the Uncompahgre district,
aud could not retreat much further. Coll
GROW made Il big speech aud advised the In.
dams 70 go no further south. We were then
removed one days rlte to Pateau Creek, a
or
Eight miles more travel on two other days
brought us tn the camping ground whore
Gen. Adams found Us. This was near To
Plateau Greek, but high up, and not tar
from the snowy range.
ARRIVAL or GEN. ADAMS.
on Monday night an Unc1mmhgre Ute
came in and said that next day Gen. Adams,
whom they called Washington, WAS coming
after the captivss. et very glad, and toll
the Indians that was ready to 90. The
next day, about II o'clucl, while was sew
ing in Pursnne's tent, his boy, about twelve
years old, came in, picked up u buffalo robo
aud wanted me to 60 Ia bed. told him l
was not sleepy. Then a s0uaw came and
hung II blanket before the door, aud spread
out her hands to keep the blanket down,
So could not push it away but | looked
over the top and saw Gen. Adams aud par
ty outside ON horses
GIVEN Up.
The squaw's movements attracted their
attention aud they came up close. pushed
the suuaw aside aud walkcd out Ia m,ot
them. They asked my name and dis
mounted said they had come Ia take us
back it we cared to @. showed them the
tent where mother and Mrs Price We're stop
ping, aud the General went down, but they
were not in for, meanwhile, johnson mad
gone tu the washlngs, on Plateau Greek, and
told them council was Ia be held, and that
thev must not come uu until il was over.
Dinner was sent to the ladies and they were
ordered to stay there. Abnut four o'clock,
when the cuuncIl ended, Gen. Adams or
dcred them to be brpuLu to him, which was
done, and once more we We're all together,
M the hands of our friends. Gen. Adams
started ut once for White River To see tho
soldiers, at the request of Douglass, aud went
to Chief Johnson's and stayed all night
FREE ONCE MORE.
Next morning we lef for Uncom1lhgre
in charge OF Capt. Cline and Mr.. sherman.
The captain had served as scout in the army
Of the Potomac, and Mr.. sherman as chief
clerk at Los Pinos Agency. To these gem
tlemen we were indebted for a safe and
rapid Journey In Chief Ouruys's house on the
Uncompahgre river, near Lps P,np5 We
rode on ponies forty miles the first three
days, and reached Capt. Cline's wagon on a
small tributary ofthe Grand. Here we took
the buck-board wagon and travelled next
dav to the Gunnis,n river, and the next and
last day Of fear we travelled lorty-6ve mles,
and reached the house OF good Chief Ouray
abuut sundnwn. Here Inspector Pollock aud
NY brother Ralph met me, and was happy
enough. Ch,el -uray aud his noble vito
did everything possible 10 mako us comfort
able We found carpets uu the hoJr aud
curtains on the windows. lamps on the Ia
bles and stoves in the rooms, with fires burn
ing. We went to bed, and slept without
much fear. Next morning we breikhse1
with Mrs Olray, who wept over us as We
bid her Cood-by. Then We took moil wa
gons and stages for home. Three days and
one night of constant travel over two ranges
Of snowy moluta where the road was
II 900 eet above tue ssa, brought MS 10 the
beautiful Park of san Luis
ALAMosA.
We crossed the Rio Granae at daylight for
the last time, and moment later the stage