Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-21
AMONG THE NAvAJOES.


corr,,poudsaes orms NEWS
RLuFF, Bm Juan county, UiHh,
Nov. i4.h, 1881 thought toe &C.
count Of a short trip among our Ma
vploe friends might be Of interest 10
tbs numerous readers Of the NEWS
Mr.. r. bert Mitchell, government scou
and packer since loss, aud the writer
lst here ON the IN uiL acr ss the r.
ssrvation tout sixty miles through %
rough ami sandy can on with the
greatest variety Of sccncry-hn'ieu'
cha iwelnnss OF all Sizes nni van ~
soms apparently insccs-'iole. our
roai was la a southwest direction
taft way along the tmil aud som''
times wagon road, to Muanogpy
AT.
The OF lect Of our trip was to get the
body OF a 90 uug man supposed Co br
from sl. Louis, Mo-, who wos kIIl'u
by the Nbvaj0rs, W one OF uhem'
about March ljih, 1903, shortly after
the san juan gold boom, while men
were acattciiug inevery direction tbs
man was travelling al0nci anu WINE
rrrparing his supper at tue camp ne
bs was shlt boz the back seemingly
ygifupu. uruvoratiOu-Ho ray the lhui.
ans. 40 hud good ruling hDTsti iOut
iufroa well packed with all tue ead'
JIra and Equipments lIT "a hnrl uln'
ue bsu a poud gun anu revolver anu
was we'll cad. lie was tall auu iorIy'
dark clmpIrxtoupd anu sumuNntrc 10
the tweutlts of biz age.
Ily arrangement We met Captain r.
W. 5ilbyand l. cuiunaut T.. h. PUN.
mef, the now Nlyujou agent with a
d.tArhmeut OF tmrly men, packers,
co,Ea, etc., aud tour NssWue police
anu iar guvtrumoul interpreter Ma
vnioe WHO has bruu To school Tor yrais'
TGey reluctantly took us 10 thr dread
cd spu, wnero tue uoIy was ut y sitrui
but alter thty showed Is to w. thty
went away quite a distance ahd MI
Mitchell began uigginA rne b1dy
was covered with swallow covering
Of sand aud quite quantity VI fuck.
ThruttoftuU axe had on MS CLOTHES,
hat. shoes ttc., with brown, feu'liuou
uuckins coat, black "aiickrr" aud %
grey ulsnkrt nicely folded, with tolo
40 lustoI ~ 10 m AXE him oonveuiunt
q cary, which evidently had been
done VI nearly Elk milesirum where he
receive the fatal blow that ended he
DAYS. tn a place now where u was
hDprI &c would never be- found out
Alter fuuiug some uecayiug binukui
aud uther clOthiug thu next WAS t.e
fin ling VI al ls.cafat gUll ring suu
email book that Wn4 badly IiiRpidaied-
II. doubt HE ulAIl uut II WAS IN such u
condition that u could not be read ri
the time. We were ouly ablo 10 gather
up the bones, as tue bUiy was VA d Tad
condiion TO handle, though thc shoes
were la n perfect stale & presri vauOu'
Ths uitposing Oi tots matter 10 in tuc
hands Of Juuge Jos. H. Barton, who
Will act In accordance with the IN.
atfuctions Of Borrowing mother.
Lieut.. Piummtr 10 determined TO
have the murderer, wuo has NH up for
tue pterent. Tho / uiaus are wiling
he should be- dealt win according ~
law. This agent has great iuiiuoncc
amongst the iuuians. lie IL kiud aLd
deicfmintu sud they like and frspec,
HIM very much, anu since tho ludiauu
were turned over 10 TIE military de-
paftmsut Il has resulted Ia much
better regulations aud given better
subtraction both to tue Indians anu
AL frontiefsvttlefs than when IL was IN
tho hanus o, the interior department.
1 asked Lieut.. Plummur about the
Ute removal question, Ho said ~
would be preposteTous ana absolute
folly TO Join the Two tribes any nearer
together. They would encourage
each other IN committing depfrdatiuut;
says he, They are too near together
now, and might possibly ilin ~ a hght
against law aud order" Plummor
said to tho Indians In my hearing,
"srnd your children TO school; educate
them; 1 am your friend; viii not
force you TO send them TO school
but invite you 10 dn o.; the govern
mont approprlaIes 500 per huad lot
every Guild you btud, Tor iooa and
clothiug, aud bhall only think you
are fools n you Keep your children
htT4ing sncep, cattle, horses, otc.j uu
ut talk about fighting; THIS IL only
children's tRlk; why light your beet
ffieuds2 Ask your leading men, four
teen oi whom l took 10 the WOfld'r
Fair what they saw. They eau tell
LNA ANNAN WV AANhAAAHNAAAN 20 AAN
Americans anu where your children
eau come n you educate them and
also Abeut the host Oi people they saw
Here followed a long talk by two OF the
mon who had been with him. Then
Piummer said, "rhieyes, rObburh anu
murdeTefs viii be- promptly attended
TO aud you need not thiuk to hid'
nor try 10 fool us Ia these matlcr-.'
Here his voice raised ana his gtHturei
showed he meant what no taiu
81 am not long talker, but
mean what / cay" lilo aiurrHset
them ~ bis iriuuds ami brethren au,
kinBmSn, which took very well.
rhis iH new departure from thsi
usual way of being talked 10 aud th
Indians appreciate 10, The luulEu
said IN shou: eve believe you; yol
aro like clap Of thuuuer; We huu
you = long way ofi you moan ha
you say; We would Ike a school q
Bun or nearer 10 where We llvt; WI
10 not like our children sent a lou
way Oh where We never SEQ them