Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-18
WAR IMMINENT
so DENTER AUTHORITIES say RE
GARDING THE UTES.

Correspondence OF the Interior Depart
ment-Report of the Agent Regarding
the Murder by Jackson and His Capture
by the Indians-A Long Dispatch from
the Governor of Colorado, Exhibiting
the Temper and Purpose OF the People of
that State.
DENVER Ocb. l6.-A conflict with the Utes
seems imminent. Yesterday morning two
companies of military left Gunnison city for
the reservation to arrest Agent Berry and 9th
ers on writs issued by the district attorney for
Gunnison county, under orders from the gov
erDment, and have probably reached the reser-
walton by this time. GOV. Pitkin was very
much surprised at this movement of the mill
tary without having informed him. He
expressed fears that they would not
be able to cope with the Indians.
In his judgment they should have taken at
least twice as many men. The United States
district attorney this morning left for Gunni-
son county. 1t 10 probable he will issue writs
for the arrest of the agent and associates, and
have them examined before the United States
| court. Agent Berry makes statement that if
jackson had not been delivered the soldiers,
and all the whites present, and all freighters on
| the road, inside OF the reservation, would have
| been mGssacred. Should the military go on
| the reservation for the prisoner there is every
danger of a conflict.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-Attorney General
| Devens to-day received telegram from Ed
| ward 8. johnson, United States attorney for
Colorado, embodying the following dispatch to
him from United States Commissioner
| Schenck, dated Pitkin, Oct. ID: s'Have just
| returned from Gunnison. Cline was arrested
on a warrant issued by Justice of the peace,
and was to give bonds yesterday. Warrants
| are out for Berry. Holmes and Hoyt. Great
| excitement prevails, and probably the popu-
| lace will lynch the parties when arrested. I
| thought it best to issue warrants myself, but
| was not positive about Jurisdiction. Please
advise me by wire. The men are in great dan
ger. There is no positive evidence that Jack
| son was killed. but various rumors are ahoat
| that he was delivered to the Indians" Dis
| trct Attorney johnson adds that he has ad-
| vised the United States commissioner to issue
| the suggested warrants. The purpose is evil
| IDENTIFY to place the persons named within the
| jurisdiction of the United States authorities,
and this affords them protection against the
apprehended violence.
The following telegram from the governor of
| Colorado. was received at the interior depart
ment to-day:
Secretary of the Interior, Washington, d.
| O.: 1t ia true that great excitement prevails
| in Western Colorado over the circumstances
connected with the killing of Ute and the
| 81 oseouent murder of young jackson by In
| dams. Shortly after the news reached me of the
troublesome reservation appointed two trust
worthy men to examine into all the facts of
| these nOmicdes and to report the circumstan-
ces to me. They have not yet reached Denver
| or made their reports. There are but five per-
sons living who were present when the Indian
| was killed-four whites and one Indian. The
statement of the white men who were
present is as follows: They say the
Indian who was shot first began firing at a
| white, thst the white man ran behind the
wagons beside him, and that young jackson,
| seizing rifle which was in the wagon, shot at
| the Indian in self defense. This was about
half past in the evening, when it was quite
dark. The Indian and his companion RIDE off,
| and the freighters did not know he had even
| been wounded until next day, when they were
arrested by Agent Berry. The agent had fit
Teen soldiers with him and about 1875 armed
Indians We're also present. Young Jackson was
disarmed by the agent and placed in custody
of the fifteen soldiers. About 200 federal
soldiers who were being moved from the reser-
Walton were camped that night near where the
prisoner was in custody. Jackson implored
their protection from the Indians,
until he could be lodged in Jail in Gunnison
City, the county seat to await his examination
and trial. The agent refused to allow this pro-
lection, and permitted the detachment OF SOL
diers to depart, retaining only the fifteen SOL
diers to defend the prisoner against the fury of
over one hundred armed Indians. It is stated
the agents troops were to defend Indians, and
not whites. Young jackson was turned over
to Cline, Herst and Holmes, to be taken about
sixty miles, to GunnisOn City, nearly half Of
the distance being over the reservation. Cline,
Herst and Holmes state that they were am.
pushed after going three miles, and that Jack
son was taken away by the Indians. Captain
Cline states in explanation OF his conduct, that
| nT,Iac fhn had To- .,
him to be escorted by these three men to Gun
nison City, the Indians would have immedi-
ately massacred the fifteen soldiers, ten or
fifteen other white men there and Uline's own
wife. children and grandchildren. If these
statements are true there is not civilized
country in the world that would not be thrilled
with horror and indiguation-tha man who
had been compelled to take the life of an
indian to save his OVID life should be denied
the protection of his government and turned
over to be tortured and killed by the savages.
The people Of the State desire peace, but they
believe this tribe has all the savage instincts
OF their race, that especial
ly since Oursy's death they
neither fear nor respect the power of the gen.
eral govern ment, and that 80 long as they re-
main In the State they are constant menace
to the safety of white men, women and chill
dren upon the borders. They have seen, year
after year, numbers of white people murdered
by the tribes without any successful effort be-
| ing made by the general government to punish
| the guilty. Last year Mr.. Meeker and his asso-
ciates at White River were tnassacred in cold
blood, and none of the murderers have been
brought TO Justice, unless Douglass, who is
confined at Fort Leavenworth, was one of them
Jackson, who killed the Indian. as he claimed
in self-defenAe, was swiftly arrested by the
government agent, and while disarmed pris-
against him, and demanding the pro-
lection of this government, was
taken away by the tribe and
doubtless murdered. Our people do not be-
| lieve that the life of an Indian is any more
valuable than tine life of white man. If the
killing of an Indian by jackson called for such
summary action on the part of the officers of
the government than the persons who murder
ed jackson, they ought to be speedily arrested
and held for trial. If it was proper to take
Jackson to Gunnison City for examination be-
fore magistrate, st ia equally proper to take TO
| the same place and before the same magistrate
the parties who murdered Jackson and their
accessories. The people of the State demand
that Jackson's murderers be brought
to Justice whether they be govern
| ment officers, private citizens, or In
| dians. lie the general government will
not take measures to punish these parties then
| the State courts for Gunnison county should
| properly investigate the matter, and issue war
rant for the criminals. 1t will be my duty to
| furnish all the assistance that may be necessa-
| ~ to enforce the process of the courts. TRUST
tha