The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-05-12
THE INDIAN DIFFICULTY.
Oil Poured on The Troubled
Waters.
CHESTER. MAY Z, 1881.

CHESTER, May 7, 1881.
Editors Herald:
promised you more anon from
Indianolo, Thistle Valley, and now
report. Up to Wednesday at pm,
the prospect was not very fattering
for a speedy and quiet termination
of the law proceedings of the I'M
fortunate Indian occurrence, but
during the evening of the day,
chiefs, or principal men, viz. Tabby,
Sourette and Anthro came on visit,
not knowing of this affair. All
night they labored and talked with
the Indians of the burg of IndianolO,
in the interest of peace. good order
and the needed observance of the
law. Thursday morning, Presidents
Peterson and Beal arrived and in
general conclave, determined the
course to pursue, viz. to induce the
Indians to accept the alternative, a
quiet taking of the prisoner 1rrcup
to the county Jail.
Accordingly, at am. on Thurs
day, all convened at the schOOlhOuse.
The chiefs named and leading resi-
dent Indians took the stand and adj
dressed the dusky and palefaced
ones assembled. With all the elO-
quence of proverbial Indian orators,
these Indian guests reasoned long,
strong and well for the supremacy
of the law, the bowling down to the
inevitable of the results they had in
vOked, as citizens of the United
States, and as Christians in name,
they must learn the new way to re-
dress their wrongs. Unusual, and
perhaps unheard of before, these
sons of the forest wept tears
of conviction and compUnc-
ton, till all exclaimed, by vote {:
Let the law be hOnored,
though our hearts sink and are dead
within US; though our peace is broke
and we cannot understand why.
Mr.. Law yours truly and his papers
are needed to settle our Indian diff
culties, which we have heretofore
settled in our way" All things
being thus adjusted, and by their
own voice and vote, the prisoner
then again spoke of his crime, the
causes, regretting nothing, but seek
ing to implicate others as aiderS and
abettOrs of his crime. There was
much incoherency in his statement,
and from the known unworthinesS
of the stolid Irrcup, his lazy habits,
etc., no particular sympathy was eX-
pressed for him by the men, but the
squaws mOaned their disapproval of
going to Manti. About $50 Thurs
day evening, Irrcup went with
Deputy Constable Salmon and one
Indian, for the county jail.
AT Mount Pleasant, Irrcup took
leg bail, but the Indian escort fol-
lowed in hot pursuit, followed by
Salmon, who left his team in the
road. Irrcup, thanks to the fieetness
of Curly, the Indian, was captured,
and for aught / know repOSeth in the
cell at Manti. / believe in mine of
May 4th, said both the murdered
man and his murderer, Irrcup, were
citizens of the United States and
homesteaders. This, 1 have subse-
luently learned, is not true as to
lrrcup.
Kanosh and some Indians were
ON Friday evening, the day
left. Too much praise cannot be
given to the presidency OF the stake,
and Bishops Seely and Tucker, for
5he "oil poured on the waters" The
Indians have great respect for the
bishop of Mount Pleasant, the
3oundness of his counsels and
care for them they have re-
experienced.
The whites breathe again. Tabby
md his friends hurried away after
ome substantial aid, such as beef
md flour, to meet the commissioner
It Uintah. They expect trouble
here, but the same doctrine they
lad so ably enjoined on the Thistle
Valley Utes was enjoined on them,
o do as the United States commits
ioner should advise, the obedience
o the law is the inevitable.
The whites and reds in Idianola
re happy yet. d. c.