Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-12-27
FAILURE OF THE UTE COMMuS.
Sion.
The Red Men will Not Give up the
MUrdcrcrs-T'he SavageS Accused
OF n Darker Crime than M,rrslev-
An Indian War

SHVNs
The Red Men will Not Give up the
murdcrcrs-The Savages Accused
Oh a Darker Crime than Murder
An Indian War Imminent.
DENsER, Cor, Dec. ae.-spectal dispatches to
the Denver Tribune, from Los Plnos, says:
ouray came up yesterday afternoon, and the
commission went promptly into session. He
nad promised his colleagues at the last meeting
rived, but the latter came up to the agency and
was here several hours before the news Of his
arrival reached the commission.
oURAY CHIl.DI4IKE AND BLAND
Upon the question being asked '-Ouray where
are the priSoGerS?" he affected great surprise
and said he had not understood that the com
mission wanted the Indians as prisoners OF war.
and had not thought that any OF them were 10
be tried, but he had thought that all Of them
were to go to Washington 10 have talk with
the great father on the subject OF their wrongs.
TOO MUCH FOR GEN. HATCH
lnasmuoh as the principal difficulty the CON-
mission has beeu struggling with was TO induce
as they had finally consented upon the condi-
ton that they should not be tried in Colorado,
this a1ectatton OF misunderstanding the wishes
OF the commission was too much for even the
patience OF Gen. Hatch. and for the second time
since the convening Of the commission he lost
his temper, and for the first time he lost conf
night he expressed himself to the eject that he
did not believe that Ouray had power to en-
force the surrender of the Utes He has, think,
finally given up the hope that the Indians will
De surrendered, and is making preparations to
start out. Ouray was not reproached by him
for any display Of bad faith or with direct lying
put ne G was 49, aoid si py Gen; Hatch that he would
main one day at the station or the Cimarron rs
miles distant. Should he choose to deliver up
the Indians there upon the 18th, they would be
received.
oURAY AS A RoMANCER.
Ouray then began to entertain the commits
sion with stories OF men who had been frozen
and lost in the effort to get out at this season
a
ing. He evidently fears the consequences to
his tribe should Gen. Hatch leave without the
prisoners, as he evidently cannot persuade or
force the Utes to deliver themselves up. The
last five days given to Ouray makes the sum
total of u days time given to the Utes. / make
no predictions as to the result this time, seeing
that Gen. Hatch is determined that the UteS
may possibly decide to give themselves up, but
whether they do or not Gen. Hatch will leave
on Sunday, and il he leaves without the pris-
oners
THERE WILL BE WAR.
II has been impossible TO obtain heretofore a
1ull list OF the names OF the IL UteS who are to
be tried at Fort LeavenwOrth from the commits
sionerS, and il has been equally impossible TO
ascertain when these IL are to be tried, for the
testimony OF the Meekers, as given to the press.
conyicts only few OF them Of the crime. This
list is frequently referred to by the commission
ers and attaches In connection with certain
Indians, and always with the star list. What
this list is l cannot say positively, but from
hints dropped by members OF the commission,
and stray remarks made by them when they
imagined the reporters were not alert, am
confident
THE "STAR" LIST
contains the names of those Indians who COM
mitted crime worse than murder or arson; a
crime which is spoken OF only with bated BREATH
and Which has not as yet even been limited at
by the newspapers. 1t is well known that the
story OF the women as given to the public and
their testimony under oath differ widely, and
the crimes OF which they accuse the Indians In
their sworn testimony would sui1ice to hang any
man OF whatever color, without the formality OF
trial in the twinkling of an eye That this list
contains the names OF those Indians who are
accused of this nameless crime towards the de-
fenceleSS women is not a sudden conclusion, but
one which has been arrived at after careful con-
sideration, and which will be fully supported
when the trial OF the miScreantS takes place
Douglas and PerSune, are known to be two of
the names contained in the list but the other
names can only be obtained at the time OF the