Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-21

nom engaging 10 the war. told
them that II they remained at home,
in peace. they should not be disturbed,
nor ,ould their fqlaws ami pap0oses,
but n they fought tney would be sure
10 be beaten. for ths great father had
many men, and lot OIL Indian men, as
well n their women and children,
would be killed, and their lands be
takon 1 also told them that they
mIght Mn me, M | was only one
aynipst them, but good many would
come 10 my funeral. and the Indians
would not be- greatly pleased with the
visitors.
"Wben 1 had got through talking,
was naked N / was going TO bring any
troops 10 the reservation. Now
knew that tho renson the indians gave
for killing Metker was that he had
brought in soldiers. The nearest body
VI tfoops 10 me at that time was ility
miles distant, nj ParosA Springs, anu
there were only lfty OF them. fhey
would have had TO come through u
narrow canyon, In which ten Indians
could have easily blocked the way, 40
| [ decided that the best thing | could
do was to try and keep!soIdiefs out. IL
was my only chance for peace with
IgnaciO's tribes, or for my own lie.
al told the Indians that / would not
bring anyt soldiers among Them, Tut u
they would stand by mo i woulu stand
| by them. was then considerably
surprised at the cour.e they took. They
Promised 10 DO ne HAD advised them.
In fact they agrtel 10 every thing. AT
that time was imtu,d with tine Idea
that Is far too genera now, anu that
has caused ~ much trouble between
the whites and savages. / thought
| that the Indians wero atout the
moanest anu mo I treacherous wretchcs
on the face oil tho earth.
81 regarded their lpr0misesllaslmere
pretonsr. They seemed 10 mo W be
| too willing TO DO what | wanted them
to. l thought they were like Arenas
| Ward's mule, who would bs good SIX
montN' 20 get q square kick at u man.
| 80 | suspected that their Willingness
was only eign OF intended m.schiu.
But want to ray right here that 1
keep their word better than IgnAcio
anu his hand, and his sub.cbieis,
| Buckskin Charlie, Savarfo aud AuglaO.
They were honorable and truthful.
| No white man could do better than
they did; and II was not long before
white men did worse with them.
"rhe m ssoDgers from the Uncom.
| pahgre reservation hal 10 go back
without having gained their objcot.
As time went on | supposed every
thing would DO all right IA my district,
when ono day sc1u. came In with
the information that General Ed. Hatch
was advancing with q thousand men,
/ s.A la H.. Ns... a..
about three days. Here was thu most
critical position had been placed In,
anu for time 1 did not know what TO
do. However, decided to call the
chiefs together ami tell them Of the
word had received. When | did 80,
they were wild. They upbraidei mo
with having promlicd that no troops
should come, and now they were
almost at the reservation. IL was IN
vain that 1 told them the soldiers
were coming at the request Of the PEG.
| pie In the small towns, and not at
mine. At last told Ignacio that II he
| would furnish me his best hOr.e--ior
| mine was ridden down--and ten
| young active men, mounted, next
morning, would stop the army.
"Next day, instead OF ton men, there
I
came with them. IL was almost time
for the regular distribution OF annui.
ties, ANA M money was 10 object about
that time, l cut open n bale OF blankets
aud gave one to each OF the warriors,
and nice one to the chief.
"Some time bo'Ore then, the govern.
mept hau sent out lot Of uniforms, for
Indian police. The organization OF
such u body on tho reservation was
considered about the frat step towards
civilization. But / had never been
able TO get an Indian " put suit on.
l brought the uniforms out, aud lguaclo
asked mo Tor his blue coat. ! gave IL
hun, and In fifteen minutes | had
twenty young warriors In blue coats
and pants, with red cords down the
side. Then mounted the horso pro-
vided, and We started for PagUgn
Syringe, whore expected ~ meet the
army.
"My plan now was 10 persuade Gen.
Hatch not 10 come To the reservation.
IL ho refused 10 accept my proposal,
intended that he should take myself
and company prisoners, aud thus pos
| sibly avert bloOdshed. BY dusk WE
got to ranch Mt the border OF the
| reservation, where we had something
| TO eat and were well treated. After
supper, | mounted 10 resume the Jour
ney, when the Indians said they were
tired ami would like TO rest for the
night. That suited me, for | did not
care about the risk OF riding upon Gen.
Hatch's plckets, and being lshot down
in tbs dark for an enemy.
Next morning we got an early
start. 1 had removed my revolver, anu
forgot to replace II. We had not gone
fur before the Indians wanted to return
10 the house. could not unierstand
this move, hut allowed Il. When We
got back, every one Of them put his
ride down IN a room. The Tancher
asked mo II knew why they did that,
and replied, No. Said he, Don't
you see ips because you have left your
revolver That was the iirst time
noticed that had no, put my weapon
on.
81 let matters 20 az they were, and
Wa met the soldiers unRrmed. | OK.
planned the situation to General Hatch.
He informed me that no had lust
received word that u portion OF the
White River Utes had started south,
and his force was needed Mt Animas.
He would willingly change his plan,
and march to Animas, but would have
to 40 across the reservation. This was
agreed to, and a heavy load was lifted
oil my mind. | returned to the
agency and told OF the arrangement.
The troops passed along the main roni
over the reservation, with the full
knowledge Of tho Indians, and were
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