Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-10-30
REDSKINS!
Some Plain Talk, Which the Honorable
Secretary Replies to In an Evasive Man

Some Plain Talk, Which the Honorabl,
Secretary Replies to in an Eyasive Man
ner.
Secretary Schurz received the following
telegram from the governor of Colorado:
DENVER, COL, Oct. %.
Hon. Carl Schurz, Secretary Interior,
Washington, d. c.:
Information from southwestern Colora.
do satisfies me that most of the 0uray war
riors were IN the Thornburgh fight. To sur
render criminals 0uray must surrender
his whole tribe, which he is powerless TO
do. They adhere to him for protection
only, and will not submit to punishment,
neither will they surrender the White
River Utes who are bound to them by the
closest ties and are no more guilty than
themselves. They whipped Thornburgh' S
command and now Merit retires. ltcan
not be disguised that the fighting men of
the tribe are hostile and flushed with vic.
tory-that they are savages. They take
no prisoners, except women. Their trO-
phies are not banners but scalps. If the
policy of military inactivity continues our
frontier settlements are liable to become
scenes OF massacre. Unless troops move
against the Indians the Indians will move
against the settlers. Must three hundred
miles of border settlement be subjected to
this perilE The general government is do.
ing nothing to defend our settlements.
The state cannot defend all this border ex-
cept by attacking the enemy. In behalf
OF our people represent this danger to
you and nrge that the government recog-
nize that war with barbarians now ex-
lists, which involves the lives Of numerous
exposed mining settlements. 1t can be
terminated cnly by a most vigorous and
uninterrupted warfare.
lSlgned) FREDERICK PITKGN, Governor.
10 this message the secretary has tele.
graphed the the following reply.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WAsHISGToN, d. c., Oct. 23, 1879.
To Gov. Pitkin, Denver Your dis
patch received entrusted with the i'm.
portant duty of special agent to the Utes,
Gen. Charles Adams, a citizen Of Colorado,
who, a month ago, was represented to me
as Il gentleman of excellent character,
uncommon ability and energy, intimately
acquainted with the Utes, and eminently
qualified to deal with them in an en-.
ergency. He is with them now, and his
last report was that none Of the southern
and Onl y part of the White river Ctes
have been engaged in the trouble, and all
rumOrs Of depredations off the reservation
are untrue, except driving off horses from
Bear river, and this before 0uray's order
to cease fighting was received Gen.
Adams reports this after having traversed
southwest Colorado, the source of your
information. He also states: "The captive
women aud children have assurance are
safe and will be delivered. Troops should
not proceed south from White river as
believe that your conditions to secure
peace will be complied with. This report
Of responsible man, who has your conf
denCe as well as mine, and who speaks
from personal observation, is certainly
entitled to credit. The liberation of
captive women and children is the first
thing to be accomplished Gen. Adams
expects to bring them in if not interiered
with in a few days. He will then also
report on the surrender of the guilty In
dians. Meanwhile, military preparations
are not relaxed, so that u failure of eff
forts mentioned may be followed by en-
ergetic action. We are endeavoring ITO
prevent general war with the whole Ute
tribe, which will be better way to pro-
tect your border settlement than by a
general attack upon the Indians by arm
ed citizens as your dispatch seems to
suggest. 1t is therefore earnestly hoped |
that every effort will be made to prevent
nm unnecessary extension of trouble |
which may be preclpitated by inconsider-
ate action. ISignel,I G. ScuURz, Sec.