Nevada County picayune., 1886-11-03
This gave us serious apprehe,,.
 siOns. for there was a g0od deal of]

1 SiohFs Ioi "dC u SOOu lCru VI 1passing by the Indians to and from
 Ashley, and we knew it could not long remain a secret. Sure enough
 the Indians at Ouray agency, B
 miles south of here, promptlys as
 certained the situation, and run
 ners from there arrived here at
 midnight, giving our Indians the tnews. A council or "pow.wow'' Eswas at once held at the chiefs fwiekiup, but as the troops had not
 yet entered either reservation, it
 was, strange to say, decided to
 postpone action and watch the fur ther movements of the soldiers.
 The next evening ali old Indian,
 nominal policeman aud "mediciDe
 man,1 who is aaconsrnnmate crank and Externally on the gad, came in-
 10 the agents office and boldly ac.
 cused him of ''talking two ways"
 or double dealing as we say. He
 accused him of holding back in
 formation ip regard to these troops,
 which was untrue, for the agent had never been appraised of Gen. Cooks movement except in 2 gen eral way. He really did not know
 the exact time when they z,would arrive, or where they were going, although his opinion in regard thereto as expressed to the writer proved correct. But Indians don't want opinions. The agent notified the chiefs of the White River and
 Unitah. Utes to come to the cOun- cil room next morning at 9 o'clock and he would tell them all he knew in regard to the soldiers.
 Then it was our apprellensions were serious. We expected war and prepared for it. The agent said We had reached a crisis. A word would save or lose us. Our house was selected in case of em- ergency. Slabs were procured and held in readiness to protect our doors and windows, lest Indian bull lets should find their way in. Ev- cry one was on the alert The council assembled A large num- Der of Indians were present, all on tip-toe of expectancy. Great fears were entertained lest an unguerd- ed word might be uttered and the agent killed. MT. White allowed no whites in the council room save one or two Of the employees who could speak Ute. These he re tained to be sure that the regular interpreter, who is an indian, told everything straight.
 ! Everybody was agreeably sur pi ised at the result of the council. The Agent began. giving the. old White River Chief, Sawawick, a severe reprimand for holding councils and sending runners out, ;, whea h sheard of the presence of the troops ,instead of coming and advising with the. agent, who told him he was his friend. This the old chief took kindly, and aknOwl- edged as just by shamefully hang ing his head. The agent spoke to them in fearless, straightforward way, telling them all he knew about the troops, and before the council was concluded the dians were all satisfied, and more, perfectly de- lighted. The agent assured them that the troops were not coming to harm them in any way and that if they would go along and behave themselves, look after their stock and farms he would stand between them and all danger | He told them that great many of the Uncompahgre Indians at Ouray had left their reservation and gone 'over into Colorado where they and the COW boys were about to fight, and that he thought the troops were coming to preserve peace. Also that several murders had been committed by bad Indians on that reservation and the soldiers were, coming to stop that kind of busi- ness and make them behave them selves.
 The conncH was a grand success and the Indians retired in the hap piest mode, after promising Mir, White, the agent, that in case of any apprehensions of any kind arising among them they would come direct to him for advice and protection. A sigh of sweet relief went all around the agency when the council adjourned amid such favorable auspices. N &et aat co
 The councihsad djolTned about noon, and Mir. ,White at once de- cidehthat he wouldg take onenof the employees who speaks Fts quite hnently, (he was souces inter- preterr heret and go to Ouray. (He has charge of ,sboth agencies)s As alrea dy intimated, the Indians on that reservation arc a lawiess band ..s They are totally. and alip ost universally ignorant,of the English Ian guage, and are nomadic in their nature. Grave fears were enter .tained that the employees there, would be murdered. .s,sssssH a s The agent had been gone aoout one hour, when our agency. WAS again thrown into commotion by a rumor communicated by a runner to one of onr Indians It was to the effect that the whites at Ouray 1. DI thf, fhrnnn1h