, 1880-01-24
THE UTE QUESTION.
Gov. EsttkII.,s vtcsva.


him. lie said: II nli Ill my way to Wnsli-
fMgton to testify upon the uto question, mid
absolutely decline to talk upon the subject |
under Investigations
But the public Is interested"
"Truc; hut can't VIII. proprety talk |
upon what shall testify to-"
"You nayo ITO objection to stating the sen
ttmcnt of the people of Colorado in relation
to the Ute auestion!t'
"Certainly not"
"1iow 10 they fcel?"
"rhe feeling Is one of intense hostility,
which pervades over the entire State. III
many portions of the State the feeling was
vary friendly toward the Utcs until the
crimes or Inst summer were committed by
them. Tho people Of Colorado hatl no liking
for tic Indians. but they had had no feeling
of hostility, md always treated them we'll as
they rou,ned through the various counties.
These relations are entirely changed, md can
| never be refs tab!shed rs long as an Indian
| remalns in our n,itst-''
But have there not been rcasolls given by
tile Indians In prior years for this hostile
feeling? 2"
"They have given good reasons. They
EAye been guilty OF murders aid tiie l1lllul-
tlat!on Of settlers from time. to time since the
"Hnye the .Utes committed many murders
pyeyions to the, massacre last sslmmerw
Yes; there llaye been between @ iorty ana L
y i1sf It yaoSs IS GSesa e Thess sqs 4ysas Hy is
ttaceable to tho Indians and It is believed
tl,at other persons wl,osc bodies have beer,
found ut different times were also murdered
tie soldiers that were KILLED. last summer;
and these murders have beer committed
from fifty to Ito miles from the rescryation.".
tn "Pat Ed,n,y hnye not the whites killed ma"y OF
mo; only one Ute was ever killed by a
white 1l,a1l In Colorado"
"Mhcn Was that?'
"This killing occurred In the summer n ,tI' OF
Ind difficulty nLn''y years previous, nhu one
i!ly towards tl,e white man with hts re n In +.
wl,ftc r'all. .heltevlME tllat Tie indian was
going to kill him, fired first, will, disastrous
result to tile red 1llah. The white pgopse OF
C0lorado know no other Indian tllat was
have never claimed that any moro OF their
trlbe was killed by thu wliltes:'' ,,.,., I'M
Inv ~iloX af tas DC S9u account for this limited Kill
; RSlmply because the white cpeoplo were fear
, flll OF the terrible retaliation which they
knew would follow upon people who were
INNOCENT. The Utes always roan.sa at ple.as, :.
5f %te aEs Sysf ts s est sy s. sy liz Ns M
were thinly populated md were seatteretl
along the border. of their reservation for
about $50 miles. No matter what causes tho
they Gid % attaek tom % tat the ~ Gtes u Woald ut.
tack other settlements IL reve,lsc, nntt klll
O sol tie While pcop]o kpye patiently submit
~ buri,t,,g Of their houses, to 0utrnge OF nj
kinds, TO the stealingof their stock, ; ant
,vnnid infttrf mnnm fhTh, Where fl,n scttlr
ments we're SO scattcrcI mid 10 weak, tllt
Whites knew tilat tiie only safety wins III res
So far as Won know. has INV effort beer
ma,l, to eaptl,re these II Wseo'lldrcIsP''
S H. fenstai oysrns9t Ta
to arrest these Indians, but they always es
4 4 Wiar indian WIS ovcrtEuilty Of q particula
hits wtnesses n a1e eaa md % te Wtes 4
cs ,pa Is hs etupe of e te Ina
IS tipn ~' '''o '''''''' - @''''-
st claim tio Syl,tr ,uon j,ns no r,rlit to no upo
to bul mpon whicll Tie IIdian Is liot compslle
u fn stnvs rhn IItrs en-, stnv IiDnn their reset
So Ss ot re q sS nts sss Is Ii s Sa5
t. S tSsr nn awcct wll. but stili toy cini i),q
u the reservation. must bo kept sacred ID
ID NJ the State of Connecticut alioul
!" Whers in tic extreme western portion Of III
as "a hs SI S e sa{cn ts Gfa nysr aS as te
to f. ald would begin 10 roam III over tie Stat
ID ns M Icfore into Tia wliIte Settlements, III III
ed present temper Of the people OF Colorado,
~ i,dams eoit o1 icstas nse cvan ~ sS
scatc i ll It'll II INV dsent ntei ielatei IN s