The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-19
TnE urE TROUBLES.
Correspondence In Regard to the Recent
Ouirages and the Prospects of u Dis
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Ouirages and the Prospects of Dis
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NRw YoRK, October 49, The Poa'
Washington special says: Dispatches Of I
very serious tenor were received at the In
terror Department to-day from Colorado
1.-THE officers for the present decline tt
make them public. A conference wal
held with'the officers OF the War Depart
ment, and grave trouble Is evidently ap
pretended.
DENVER, October ls.-A telegram tc
Governor Pittkin says Iudian Agents Ber
ry, Hoyt, Clint and Meacham are all In
iail at Gunnison City, charged with the
m urder OF Jackson, the freiehter.
WAsHINToN, October lS.-The Govern.
meut authorities In this city have re,
ceiyed no news from Colorado as recent
as that given by to.day's press dispatches,
Tho following dispatch from Los Pin0s
Agency, October 10Th. wss received this
aft ern0on at the Interior Department and
was Immediately made the subject Of con.
sultation with the Department OF Justice,
but no decision wss reached in regard to
it. Meanwhile press dispatch announ.
ced that agent Berry aud other persons
for whom warrants were Issued had been
arrested and lodged in jail at Gunnison:
To Hle Secretlfy 0fhe Interior:
l have this day called on the COM
msnding officer Of the post
in this vicinity 10 eject
from the reservation one Smith and 9th.
ers, who claim TO have authority 10 arrest
me, aud which do not recognize. Fur.
thernore, consider the peace and vel.
fare OF the Indians, and the country in
general. on the reservation and In the
State, demands that this cease.
[signedl BEanY, Agent.
Secretary Schurz. before leaving the city
to-day, telegraphed as follows:
To Gen. Pitkin, Dearer, Co..:
The associated press reports that two
companies OF militia have been started for
the Ute reservation TO arrest Agent
Berry and that conflict be.
tween them aud the Indians is
anticipated. It seems almost inevitable
that ii this proceeding goes on the conflict
will come. Such force IL not necessary
to secure obedience 10 the State. The
process on the part oi tho Government
officers and the Government Of the United
States will BIZ entirely ready 10 aid In en-.
forcing such process without an aggres.
sive movement OF State troops, which is
calculated to bring on disastrous conflict
with the Indians. ANY prisoner ar
rested under the process is entitled to alb.
solute protection against mob violence,
and the Stale authorities should accom-.
pany the army TO make arrest by ade-
quate guarantees OF personal safety to
their prisoners. This being evident, there
will be no reason why the accused should
not willingly obey any lawful process. II
they did not, certainly the government
OF the United States would not
countenance any such disobedience.
| most certainly press upon you
10 arrest any movements or conduct on
the part of the State. militia which eau
possibly tend to so disastrous conse-
quencs as an Indian war would be.
[Signed1 q. souuRz. Secretary.
WASHINGTON, D. G., October 1S.-The
following private letter from Indian Com-
missioner Meachem has been receiVed;
Los plSos, COL, Oct. 2.
Doctor T. a. Bland, Washington:
We have passed through forty. eight
hours Of the most exciting peril l have
ever experienced. For an hour we ex-
pected every moment the carnival would
begin.
The Utes, with loaded guns aud stripped
for the fight, demanded the murderer oil
young johnson, who was in charge OF the
citizens. Finally Peah said to ME, "White
man all talk too much. Talk no more
talk. Ute he fight. He die all right.
johnson die all right. White man die all
right, Utes fight all white mans. No
more talk" 1t was O moment OF great
peril. | cannotmake you understand the
condition OF things in the few moments
left me to write. In brief, an ex.teamster,
with little or no provocation was shot and
killed. Young Johnson Is the son Of
Chief Shayanaux, thirty miles from the
agency. This occurred at dark, Thursday
evening. a
Friday morning at sunrise, or little
later, there were perhaps fifty armed Utes
before the agents door, demanding the
blood OF the murderer. Every man with
uncovered arms and the vile and mother
Of the dead boy filling tho air with the
widest grief ever heard. Berry and
assured them that the man should be
caught. We then put out for the scene Of
the murder, followed by the mad human
tigers. To satisfy the Utes we called for
an escort of soldiers. Fifteen men and
ono officer Joined US. We reached Cline's
at dark and found the murderer in charge
OF citizens. We had him guarded all
night by soldiers, the indians forming an
outer guard. Tho whole scene was one
beyond description until almost !. O'Clock
A. NJ. when all became quiet, with the Gu.
tire army spread on guard. There was
two elements iermenting,-thc white citi-
zsns who realized the situation and de-
sired TO wreak their vengeance aud jus.
tiCe upon the murderer, aud the indians
who sat like hyenas watching every move.
ment. Atsunrise the whole thing seemed
on the point Of explosion. Berry worked
as man never worked before to hold the
Indians back. Alto a. NJ. the ULes pre-
pared for general slaughter, saying: mo
use. White man no die. All Utes de
White man no care
The citizens understood their poril.
Berry consented to return the prisoner
to their charge and they started with him
to Gunnison. The Utes appeared TO agIee
that the prisoner might be taken to Gum
ison. The army escort then left Tor Camp
Berry aud remained until everything
seemed settled and every U.G started
home. Last night the three white men,
good, sober men, came into the agancy
aud reported tha. white men aud the Utes
had surprised them and taken the pris-
oner. They were terribly excited.
The ia,e OF the murderer is only con.
jectured at this time. The Utes are COM
ing az close this. They seem qIiet +
think the peril is over unless some dse empt
would be made to discover tho rescuersol
yesterday. II that is done csnnos see
The end. The unly thing tn will save
the treaty, save blood and secure peace, is
10 let The matter rest where ii is and make
payment without delay.
[Signedl a. b. MEACHEN
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