The state herald., 1893-05-05
DANGER FROM hAvAJos.
Reports of Hostile Dom ouatratious OF In.
diana on tho San Juan River,

thcre WINS danger OF nn outbreak by the Nav
MOS on the San Juan River and Vicinity. The
flrst dispatch was m appeal for arms and
ammunition TO be sent to Durango. The dis
patches were signed by Sheriff Sergeant aad
Ad]utant General Tarsney. Although there
were no details Of the situation Cove rnor
Waite Immediately dispatched 800 stand of
arms and 5000 rounds Of ammunl ton by
special train.
Before the special train :5ft the city, no
tees and kilograms had been dispatched 10
the captains OF the eleven regiments OF the
National guard. The order was: s'IIold
your company in readiness TO be called out at
sny time to proceed against the Navajos.n
The dispatches from Durango were the re.
suit OF messages received there by courier
from Pennington, New Mexico, the following
being received subsequent to the first alarm:
Pennington, n. NJ, April 2s.
10 htrdtd, Durango Colorado:
United Suites Deputy Marshal Miller ar.
rived at Pennington Just now from Jewett
He snys that the two Indians implicated di.
rectly In the murder OF Welsh, u squaw and
buck, have given themselves up and will ar
rive Ut Aztec to-day In charge of Acting
Agent Lieutenant Plummer. The Navajos
have been In council for several days past
below the hoeback, and when Lieutenant
Plummer arrived on Tuesday from Fort Def
ance with body Of Indian police, the coun-
sci Of the older chief prevailed, and It was
finally determined To deliver the murdcrers to
the authorities. Deputy Miller and Charles
W. Nlrden made tho arrest but II was
thought advisable that the acting agent
bring the suspects from the reservation
Lieutenant Plummer Is untlring In his ef-
forts TO quiet the Indians, but insists that
Welsh's murdcrcrs be brought 10 justice II 1t
takes the whole United States army to &C.
complish that end.
The chances for an Indian war have been
considerably lcsscncd by this turn OF Affairs,
but the trouble is probably not entirely at an
end.
William Carry was IN Navajo Springs yes.
terday aud reports Costiana and his band
buying cartridges almost every hour. Many
of the Indians camped across the San Juan
opposite Harrington have been In attendance
at the grand pow-wow, None OF them have
yet returned, and consequently nothing has
yet been learned as 10 the ultimate object OF
the Indians.
The killing OF l.. s. Welsh, y ranchmau,
caused all this trouble. Several days previous
to the outrage at a point about mile above
the Welsh ranch, on the American side Of the
san Juan, young man named Joe llrumley
got into fight with Navajo and worsted
him, the Indian getting his arm broken In the
scui!lle. Wednesday afternoon band Of nine
lndians-ive young bucks and four squaws-
crossed from the south side OF the San Juan
at Dehirsche's ran oh. just below Welsh's and
told there that they intended to make young
Brumley pay $50 for breaking the Indlan's
arm or Kill him, and asked one OF the De.
hirschc boys TO accompany them to act as In
terpreicr. Dchirschc refused TO comply and
paid no further attention to them. They
then started up the river In search OF Brun.
ley, passing through welsh's ranch. Brum.
ley, however, was not at home, ind the In.
diana returned In the direction o,
Welshs. This WAS the last seen Of
them by any white person, but the In.
dleations show that while seven Of the band
remained In the vicinity OF Welsh. little
trading store, the other two, squaw and
buck, the latter with 4i-calliber Winches.
ter and the only firearms In the band, went
down into the alfalfa fields where Mr.. Welsh
was lrrigating. They probably acoos,ed him
with the Information tina, they wanted TO pur.
chase something from che store. The old
man apparently threw his shovel over hi.
shoulder with one hand placed the other 10
his pocket and started toward the store along
the line of the ditch Al this point the buck,
who was apparently behind the unsuspecting
man, threw bis gun to his shoulder aud sho,
his victim square In the back, the ball pass.
Ing through the backbone and heart and
lodged under the skin in front. The victim
pitched forward on his face and died In the
position In which he fell, while the two In.
dians ran toward the river, their tracks show.
Ing plainly In the freshly irrigated ground.
In tho meantime the other seven Navajo.
were looting the store, the door. which wa.
locked, having been broken In by kick, tile
print Of moccasin showing plainly on the
eross.panel near the lock.
Lieutenant Plummer, acting agent n, the
Navajo Indian agency In New Mexico, re.
ports to the Indian bureau an uneasy, excited
feeling among the Indians, especially along
the northern border OF the reservation. One
white man has been murdered. and, IN the
opinion OF the lieutenant, unless the intention
OF the government 10 exert It's authority 4.
made known, tho valley Will become upln.
hsbitable by white settlers. lie asks tha,
four troops Of cavalry aud two companies Of
!nianiry be zen, Into tha, section.
Governor Thornton OF New Mexico. also
teleGraphed to Washington for military aid,
and the war department, ordered General dc.
Cook department Of Arizona, to send troops
Immediately 10 the scene OF trouble.
Aspoclal to the Deaver Republican on Ii,
:olh Gays;
Under Sheriff John II. sesslon, returned
To Durango Sunday night at SIP. m. with
news OF the surrender Of the Indian who had
murdered Walsh. lie stated that Lieutenant
finmmer, who Is the Navajo Indian agent.
bad succeeded 10 capturing the murderer and
had iasen him 10 AElee on that day. lie mar.
rated the facts OF the surrender az follows
"lhe murderer IL renegade and belongs
to Land Of rcn.gaic,. These are tough,
hard characters who practically deny the
authority OF the chiefs and lead 0 life o, out.
lawry, practically, though they never fall 10
report 10 the agency on ration day. They
are the men who posse.s next 10 nothing IN
the way OF horses, sheep, goats aud cattle,
and therefore have nothing TO lose bu, their
lives, which article, they arc prcciou, careful
Of. The rich Sayalo., owners OF nil thes,
tfings, are the men OF peace and law and
order Thus, you sec. there are two cla.sc,
In the iiibci the outlaws Who spend all ,hel,
tine stealing and ga milling, for ,hey are 10.
,cicra,c thicyc,, and desperate gamblers, aud
the conservative men with property.
eve asked the lieutenant how the .urren.
der came about and be told uS that the nego.
iihilons had been going on ever since the
murderer was rceap,ared by hi. friends on
the Tuesday following the killing. You
Know that Plnmmcr had him arrested once
before, but the ladlan- made him give up the
dcoundrcL Co.iiano was the chief Who ala
all the talking. lie was Ia favor Of .urrcn.
deflng the man from the start, but his
authority was not recognized by the REM.
gadc'. Fortunately he bad some influence
sraons them and this, backed up by the dc.
nands Of the pcaecabl, Nayhio'. among
whom the ronogadea Ind relatives, brought
the thing about What effect the new. OF