New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-06

dign.rt and lust here is where Indian wars begin.
T6e entire moulding OF tho Indian policy should be IN
the hands OF men nnd S1 their pccniares rule
ar measure that - an honest, wellneahlhg Eastern
ec s wh d and the red The
ir,to contract should never be broken for you Know
may be visited. had horse shot and killed by a
re Indian for little supposed wrong that another
MAJ have seen the Indian wronged bitterly wrongcd
hv had white men, and have seen him let that wrong
60 unpublished, where White man under IKE circrm
stances would have made Rome howl" for It; TIL:
wrong may have been forgotten. or dastardly deed
visited upon some lone settler years after may have
men along the borders Of TINS Ute reservation The
OF Tins ea t ac cqy kG metn s Sm eaa TO
more than Justified but, knowing the Indian and his
peculiar traits Of v,tn character cannot not
I9o1 1pC enthusiast who has never met him
mon his native heath. but has read with admiration
MINI tho deed, of the noble red who never for
a c" 'H trend etc. The Ute indians in general
are selfish and unthankful have sent many an
Indian away from camp hungry or empty handed
because | wanted 10 retain his respect and friend.
sIip~poor logic seemingly. yet true nevertheless
.IackboncS to refuse emphaticallv perhaps ndig
uantv the request for more that is sure to follow Give
an Ind an quarter OF beef week regularly month
and then try 10 stop and you are In troubl.. Ito
"gnaws are ungratel bcggars. The bucks seldom beg
rhcv will often sit half hour in the saddle in front
Of your cabin door waiting for an invitation TO come
in and eat. some We ask In, others never. shoot
ing at mark GamS tRS aba ho TG.v racing ar, the
iaDets nonies pipes or any article that comes
handy. They have no special bnral place Their
dead arc slowed among the rocky cliffs OF
the mountains. or ia hidden c.ct, OF the canon walls
Upon the death of prominent u" his favorta horses
and dogs are shot that They NAV accompany him
an hi, long Journey. one marked popularity OF
ne lie over all other Indians - that not drop
r'non The birth Of a Child. II white blood l. discover
aba both ,Gnaw and child are shot Th, question Of
T,n and the settle Of Southwestern Clorid. Tie
settlers arc naturally anxious for removal vet IL Is
L., ,.a nd at -,trta, I,ar
The throwing Omen Of the reservation WouH not cause
an oklahoma boom that woLd be disastrous. Thl,
hemmcd I'm 10y mountains upon all Ni1cS only one
railroad into it. and that the Denver and Rio Grandc
narrow gauge with no western Quiet. \ rouna
trip from Denver into this Secqon AMI return costs
about $40. The railroad over TIC mountains reaches
an elevation o. II 90 tee' Eve w,ntcTs ago The
twenty miles OF this track. and all trains blocked for
TWO months. Provisions Of all kind, in the whole
bIochsdc was lrolen. and during the winter
jn i,t pas.ei the road has been blocked for
one nooI ana into 6, country this coming T
fall would I'm the event OF severe winter cast 2
gloom over nF a bn one 6r nr r ee w}ST
danger. Good prices are now realized for al kinds
tier, wonld be land and grain poor Tho long and ex
pcu,ive haul over the mountains barring the posi-
Fiity Of shining any Of 1t ont they would have full
,,,1ric lnt no dollars A rush Of settler, would
certainly make boom for all kind, # merchandise
and ir,dc' Whether this would be more than tenn
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10 turn his grain into dollars.
Now as far the Indians arc concerned many
~ tcr are undecided whether they prefer to STAY
co. Thoy are Influenced in great measure By the
acton 81 ,hcir chiefs. More than two thirds If Them
.fruod tho treaty before last. ma. ortiz Of the
chic, favor removal. II haS been charged that brb-
cry was used I'm inducing them - sign ! was pres
eni AZ a number Of the council between tho commits
,Ioncrs and chiefs but indication u bribery.
n il * the policy # the Government
10 bring those Indians up agri.
cultnri,ts Doubtless III" present reservation
I, better adapted b II than the rev Oh" will h.. but
a chan 20 from tho present Inc will h necessary ere
.uccc-s crown their efforts II they orc "a drop the
agricultural policy and 10 brought an ~ hunters and
h.rt'ers Ike tho ~clf sustaining NayaiDes then he
Utah rc-cryation l. preferable. b. u. A.
Washington. Conn. April II. 1890.