The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-29
MOST PEACEFUL UTES
1t Is Not Believed They Will
Make Trouble.
Besides That They Have a Right
on the San Juan Grazing
Lands.

DENVER, Colo, Nov. 18-Dispatches
from Durango and vicinity indicate that
the Ute Indians have again become dis
contented and are threatening to make a
raid into Utah, and that the settlers in
that neighbOrh0od are considerably
alarmed. as there are but few of them
and they would be unable to cope with the
Indians in case they have gone with hostile
intentions. Those who are acquainted
with the Southern UIes do not believe that
they have any intentions of committing
depredations, and think the reports of the
trouble are exaggerated.
At Durango there is located a company
of the National Guard, which has done
good service in acting as a check on the
Indians. but it is stated that they cannot
be used on this occasion unless the Presi-
dent of The United States should first call
upon them. All State troops are under the
orders of. the President Of the United
States, and could be used If required.
AdjutaDt-General Tarsnev has as yet re-
ceived no official notice of the alleged raid.
but s not inclined to the belief that.the
trouble is serious.
"lf there is any truth in the report"
said he. this morning. II believe it is
know that, by agreement with the United
States Government, they are entitled to
move upon the territory of Utah, and see
no reason why they should not go. Conse-
quently, if the report is true, it means
merely that they have resolved to wait no
longer and have simply gone. As for the
report that they have gone by the permis-
sion and consent OF Agent Day, l think it
is entirely false. From what | know of
Day, and l have known him for long
while, know that in the past he has al
ways done his best to restrain them from
such N owes as this, and if they have ever
left their reservation on any preteXt ne
has always done everything in his power
to bring them back. He would never con-
sent to their leaving their reservation on
such an errand as this, for he has always
striven to do as he was directed"
WASHINGTON, Nov. %. - Secretary
Smith has received telegram from Gov
ernorWest of Utah. mentioned in dispatches
oflast evening, concerning the Ute Indians
fighting settlers in San Juan County. The
Secretary referred the telegram to the
War Department with the suggestion that
General McCook be notified of the alarm.
Secretary Smith does not request troops
as asked by the Governor. 1t is learned at
the Indian Office that about three years
ago there was an agreement with the In
dians which was never ratified by Con-
gress, and in it was a provision that the
Utes could visit the San Juan country
every year. They have been doing so, and
now have been two months in that coun-
try. Commissioner Browning says the
lands re public aud the Indians have as
much right tn ere as the whites.
DURANGO, Colo, Nov. 28.-In regard to
the reported Indian trouble Indian
Agent Day made this statement tonight:
Indians have always wintered their
stock in Utah. They have been in the
B Iue Mountains since October, and they
are there with their families and ponies
and are well behaved. Cowboys pro-
tested, but as the San Juan country, in
Utah, has been withheld from settlement
since 1888 they are the trespassers. Chiefs
Ignacio aud Mariani are with tine Indians,
and as the whites have robbed the Ute
reservation of forage one would hardly
expect them to allow their ponies to starve.
There will be no trouble unless the cow
boys preci pitate it,"