The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-06
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They Threaten Another War in the
spring-The Treaty Business.

DIEB M
They Threaten Another War i'm the
Treaty Business.
The Denver Tribune reporter.inter-
viewed Mr.. A McCargar, the acting
Indian agent at White river, on Friday,
and learned some very important facts.
Mr.. McCargar said that Colorow,s,
Jacks and Douglass bands of Indians
were doing agood deal of trading at the
agency since the tribe received their
money from the government. The
staples are -four, sugar. calico and paint,
and Messss. Adams & Hodges, the post
traders, were doing a thriving business;
selling sugar at the rate of three pounds
for a dollar, calico at twenty-five cents
ayard, and other things in proportion.
The Indians seemed to have plenty of
silver dollars and were free buyers.
They seemed to have little conception
OF the force of the Ute treaty, and had
no idea that they were to be removed
from their present quarters. They are
uneasy and dissatisfied concerning Chief
Douglass, and want him back among
them. The Indians of his band are
all painted in black, while Jacks band
have three bright red stripes painted
diagonally on their foreheads and an
other down the part in their hair.
"How many Indians are there ut or
near the agencyp" was asked.
"There are less than a hundred, all
told-men. women and children. They
are encamped about twenty miles from
the agency on the White river and a
tributary crock"
"Have you noticed any dissatisfac-
tion among them, or heard any threats
of an outbreak"
swell, yes. Some time ago, before
they received their treaty money from
the government, they were pretty hard
up, and asked me to kill beef for them,
saying that Meeker had always done so
when they asked him. / told them
they had killed Meeker, SO they could
expect no more beef. They expressed
some dissatisfaction, but gave no trou-
BILE. Since they have received their
money, however, although they are
able to supply their wants, their dispos-
ition to go to war seems to have in
creased. Not long ago a sub-chief went
to Mrs. Adams, the Indian traders
wife, and said: Indians heart bad;
mebbe trouble; white better go
'way.'n
"Do Colorow and Jack ever come to
the ~agencyp"
"Oh, yes, frequently. 1 know both
Of them very we'll. 1 am afraid they
win give me trouble before long. l re-
Gently heard Jack say: 'Mebbe pretty
soon 1 go to Washington again; then
soldier go way from agency And not
long ago Colorow said: GO to Uncom-
paghre no wano; mebbe Indian fight
when grass grows; then big wigwams
at agency go up, whoofl' He threw
both hands upward, and indicated very
significantly that the agency would be
burned"
slave you noticed anything else that
would lead you to think that an Indian
outbreak is probable?"
eyes. They are buying all the am
munition they "a get hold of, and they
find plenty of white men INSCRIPTIONS
enough to sell to them. An induces
ment can scarcely be offered that will
prevail upon them to sell a pony. They
are all provided with Winchester and
other long range rifles, in the handling
of which they are very skillful. 1 be-
lieve that when spring comes a worse
outbreak will occur than we have ever
had to deal with.n
I'm case of trouble, how are you pre-
pared to oppose the savagesP"
well, there are about 16O United
States troops at the agency under com
mand of Colonel Moore. They have
plenty of ammunition and provisions.
These would be able to hold in check
the Indians at present in the vicinity
of the agency. But the Indians would
never make an attack with this force.
They would ascertain the number of
soldiers at the agency and the amount
of resistance they were likely to meet
with, and bring up from the south
braves enough to defeat the soldiers.
They can easily muster 500 or GOO fight
ing men. The soldiers occupy abode
barracks, but they are in an ~unfavora-
BILE position, being commanded by a
hill from which the Indians could pour
a destructive fire upon them. The In
dams, who, as 1 said before, have a
very vague idea of the Ute treaty,
reason that as they not only escaped
punishment after tho Meeker massacre, |
but received money from the govern
ment, another such outbreak by them
would be the e of bringing them
more money. If the government au-
thorities would hang the chiefs who
participated in that massacre. II
think 1t would be a very salutary les.
son, and would probably have the effect
Of averting trouble insthe spring.
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