The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-06-07
The Ule Indians, Remoyal.

Los Ponos, Colo, 5, UtG Lake CITY.
Colo, 6.-The Ute commissioners
met IN conference with Head Chief
Sapavanaro of the Utes, and his
Sub-Chiefs Shavano, Srohl, Alahan-
dra and others. There were at least
1,2OO Utes about the agency. The
scenes within Agent Berry's Office
were exciting, dramatic and peril
Gus In the extreme. The Ute Indian
commission, Messrs. Meers, Russell
and MacMOrris were present. Each
Indian was heavily armed and when
the talk began the building was
surrounded by Utes, who occupied
every available spot to listen to the
conference. Being regular ration
day, together with the widely cir
culated information among the
Utes, a larger number was present
than usual. u.s. ID tramsY3u sAluuoq
The Utes were told by the COM
mlSslonerS, through an interpreter,
that the commission had come to
the agency for the purpose of carry
ing our the terms Of the treaty en-
tered into last year; that it was the
wish and intention of the govern
ment to accomplish the terms of the
treaty eXpeditiously as possible and
remove the Utes upon the new reser-
walton. This announcement had a
perceptibly. unfavorable impression
upon Chief Sapavanaro, as well as
upon Shavano and the other SUBJ
chiefs. The UteS were further
more Informed by the commits
siOners that it was decided toI
expedite matters with them, and
permit very little talk. They were
further told that the government
was disposed to treat them fairly
and justly, but an endorsement of
the StipulatiOns of the treaty was
absolutely paramount to everything
else; that they were to be located
upon a new reservation, and no de-
Walton from this determination was
possible. - y
Shavano, the leading sub-ehief,
exclaimed loudly that there never
was treaty made, neither this one
under consideration nor any other,
and boldly demanded to know Who'll
signed a treaty. He was soon in2i
formed that every Indian present
signed to this. Shavano made mol
-aal .)I g d2
The chiefs were informed that
they could select five Utes to accom-
pany the commission to the new
reservation. Should they decline to
make a, selection, the commission
would proceed without them, locate
their reservation and remove the
agency thereon. Five Utes. among,
them Head Chief Sapavanaro, have
been selected by Agent, Berry and
ordered to report to the agency onI
Wednesday. r
Shavano was very bold in his talk. |
He claimed that himself and Che
peta, Ouray's widow, owned the I'm
compaghne Valley. The chiefs were
given to understand that steps
would be pursued to successfully ac-
the mission of the COM
mission. I'd
The presence of reinforcements OIL
Of the military has clearly demons
strated that were they absent, the |
UteS would have refused to 90 to |
the new reservation. Agent Beny's |
influence with them on Saturday, |
prevented more excited scenes and
they gracefully accepted the inevit+
able. Matters are quiet to-day; very |
few Indians are lowering about the
agency, yet they may return on /
for another pow WOW,
which will be refused. The Ute In
1ian commission have been here
nearly two weeks. No orders for
IN escort have been received from
Washington, and valuable time is
passing awaiting these orders.