Western Kansas world., 1893-07-01
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lie say why Oght the enemy on the
open plain when you can ambush them
in the timber or the mountains. In his
opinion war is not for the purpose of
giving the enemy an appointment to
kill you but for you to kill him.
What is called cowardice and treachery
among Indians is called diplomacy and
strategy among our own people.
When the Indian enters war it is for
the purpose of inficting all the injury
possible on the enemy and if possible to
prevent them from ever taking the field
again. War with him is for the pur-
pose of determination and it endures
through years till one or the other be-
comes extinct. Hence women and
children meet the same fate as warriors.
Children because they will carry on the
war later, and women because they will
become the mother of other children.
The killing of women and children
/ h3wever is not confined exclusively to
Indian warfare. Col. Chivington, an
active Methodist, and at present coroner
of Arapaho county Colo, of which Dem
yer is the county seat, commanded in
1865 force that attacked body of
Indians at Sand Greek in Southern Col
orado. The whites were victorious from
the commencement. In the course of
the. fight an officer appealed to Chiving-
ton and told him that the bucks were
nearly all killed and that to continue the
fight would lead to the slaughter of
women and children.
Chivington merely replied. "Nits
make lice. Kill 'em, dam 'em, kill 'em.
That's just what we are here for.
have attempted to show in the fore
going that Meeker's course was unjusti-
fable from every standpoint. Meeker's
display of force to make the Indians
plow, etc, was tyranny and even the
benefits he desired to bestow upon them
were of questionable nature.
He threatened to bring the troops to
enforce his commands. The Indians
told himin straight forward and unequiy-
ical terms that the moment the soldiers
crossed the reservation line that they
would kill him and that his scalp would
become trophy of the tribe. But
Meeker had more nerve than Judgment
and more zeal than discretion. To en-
force his arbitrary orders he endangered
the lives of all at the agency as well as
the soldiers.
Meeker was true to his word that the
soldiers should come and the Indians
were true to theirs.
Meeker's life current ceased to flow
the day the soldiers crossed Milk Greek,
the northern boundary of the reservation.
/ stood to-day in that veritable Their
mopolea where Thornburg's command
was entrapped and he was killed to-
gether with some dozen soldiers besides
about forty five wounded.
After Thornburg's death, Capt. Payne
assumed command. Being surrounded
and thinking erroneously,. the enemy
greatly his superior in numbers, he bar
ricaded himself on Milk Creek and sent
for rreinforcements. In seven days they
arrived. The Indians seeing that further
fighting was impracticable, retreated into
the mountains. Thus ended the Ute
War of 1879.
The government sent out the usual
commission to make the usual investi-
CATION. They made the usual recon-
mendations that as usual resulted In
nothing.
The Indians continue to draw their
rations and do not work.
Yesterday 1 ate dinner at ranch
house within few rods of where the
main engagement of the war took place.
In the afternoon / strolled over the bat
tie field and near where Thornbury fell
gathered pretty little bunch of violets
To-day passed the spot where Meeker
fell victim to mistaken sense of duty
and to his own rashness
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