The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-21
MORE TROUBLE WITH THE UTEs.

MORE TROUBLE WITH THE UTES.
There is more trouble with the Utes, or with
the Indian agents to the Utes, or with the Peace
Commissioners to the Utes. Just exactly what
the matter is is a puzzle, and anyone who will
guess it can have it, 1t appears that some Utes
of elegant leisure recently tried to take dinner
with party of freghters, who rightly objected to
having a lot of drunken siwashes levying tribute
upon them A row occurred, and worthy son OF
a noble aboriginal chieftain was killed by one oil
the ignobility who worked for living instead OF
waiting for the Government to support him.
The death of the heir of a regal father caused the
rich blood of the royal head of the tribe TO Doll,
and Indian Agent Berry and Messrs. Cllne
and Meacham delivered the ignoble frelghter TO
the wrathy nobleman of the forest, whose blood
cooled down to a simmer after his red-hued braves
had brutally murdered the specimen of poor white
clav. Now comes the report that two companies
of Colorado militia are trying to arrest the
men above named, having warrants charging
them with the murder of the freighter, whose
name was Jackson; while the Government au-
thorities are endeavoring to get together lot
more presents for the Utes, to induce them to con-
duct themselves in proper manner for a few
days more Berry and his associates claim that
they did all they could to prevent Jackson's exc
cution, and that the savages took him by force (;
but contrary testimony is given by other persons.
Meacham has written a letter urging that the
Utes be not punished for numbering the freighter,
who had been arrested and was to have been tried
for killing the Indian during the row. He, with
characteristic blindness to the faults of the abo-
rigines wants the "matter to rest, and payment
made to the Utes without delay" referring to the
amount awarded them by Congress to quiet their
rebellion and stop their marauding.-All of which
bears witness to the nonsense Of allowing fanatics
i'm the East, who are hundreds thousands of
miles away from the haunts Of the Indians and
never saw a savage on his native heath, 10 dictate
the Indian policy of the Government.
LATER.-Nleacham and Cline reported under
arrest, but Berrys whereabouts are not known
The editor of the Jacksonville Times is so igno-
rant Of the intelligence of the women of Oregon
to hold the opinion that nineteen-twentieths OF
them don't want to vote, and thinks his 'Opinon'
an argument against the woman movement. II
ninety-nine of a hundred women opposed it, what
of it? If ninety-nine men do not want to vote
should they have the power TO say that hund
redth one ought to be disfranchised? If two mer
want to ''go on a drunk" shall they compel 9
third to do likewise? If two women want to vote
shall they force third to join them in their wish
If two women don't want to vote, shall they keel
a third from voting? The Democratic Times is
not alive to the democratic principle that no per
son has the right to limit or define the rights o
another person. We believe all persons were bor
free and equal and, if this idea is wrong the erro
should be pointed out and proved to Us, that W,
may not grope on in darkness, when there is Sc
much light in Southern Oregon.