The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-12-06
OFF FOR SAN JUAN
Colonel Tatlock Departs with
Guns and Ammunition.
AN INSULTING TELEGRAM
Is Received from uaye Day by Governor
West-It is Forwarded to Washington
aud Help From There is Demanded
Brigham Young on the Situation.

The situation in San Juan county i!
critical. To a Deseret News reporter
Yesterday Governor West said.
81 propose to afford all the protection
possible, Our people are exposed tC
great danger, but none of them shall
lose their lives or their property If
can prevent it. They are without
arms or ammunition. But their wants
in this direction will be supplied at an
early hour providing steps are not
taken bylthose to whom this matter mas
been referred. 1t might as we'll be
said, Ind with as much reason and
propriety, that fax added to the flames
will not burn or augment the fire, as to
declare that there is no danger In the
San Juan, or that the present condition
of affairs can continue there without
terminating in fight and the shedding
Of the blood of the citizens"
Asked as TO whether he would
call out the militia and send them to
the scene of trouble, the Governor re-
piled, THAT is matter for further
consideration and action. 1t depends
on developments. But l repeat that
we must take care of settlers at all
hazards in case of a conflict"
Thus it is presumed that if the gov.
ernor finds it necessary he will order
enough of the companies of the, Ma
tional Guard to the front to nueIl the
back to their own reservation. The
governor hopes that the authorities at
Washington will be convinced very
soon, however, that they are being de-
ceived and imposed upon by Colorado
officials, who are interested, apparently,
in dumping the Indians of their state
on Utah when it is their plain duty to
recall them.
The governor yesterday issued an or
der calling upon Captain Cannon, of
Troop G. National Guards OF Utah, to
return at once to the executive man
sion the forty-tour carbines in posses
sion of his men. A similar order was
sent to the captain of the troop at
Spanish Fork and the captains of some
of the infantry companies may receive
like instructions ct any mome}at.
Grande Western last night bore COL
onel Tatlock, two or three of the dele
CATION from San Juan county, 100 guns
and 5000 rounds of ammunition, the
latter to be used, if necessary. by the
settlers of the invaded district in the
defense of their homes, families and
property.
Brigham Young, Ewho is in the San
Juan county, wrote President Wiltord
Woodruff on the subject of the in
vasion. His letter is dated, Durango,
Colo. Decemb. 1st, and says that he
had met Colonel Day. Indian agent
of the ute reservation of Colorado, in
regard to the present invasion OF the
Utes into San Juan county, and that
during the conversation the following
questions were asked by Mr.. Young
aud answered by Colenel Day:
Can the Utes leave the reservation
without your permission?"
NO"
Ibid you give them permission to 90
to the Blue Mountains in Utah?"
"No."
'Then you can order them back on
their reservation"
mo, because l have referred the
question to the department at Wash
ington, and they are the responsible
party now."
Apostle Young goes on to say that
Colonel Day suggested that Msssrs.
Hammond, Nilsen, Jones, Lyman and
others who lived in the county when
the United States commissioners took
an inventory of their possessions for
which they we're to receive remunera.
tion from Ebe government provided it
was decided that that country should
be given to the Indians, send him q
written statement of the facts and the
situation, and ne would forward the
same to Washington.
Apostle 1oung was about TO leave
Durango for Bluff City by team to
carry out his suggestion when he wrote
the foregoing.
Bishop Mons Peterson of Moab,
County Selectman Silvey of Monticello
and j. NJ. Cunningham, who have been
in Salt Lake on Indian business, re-
turned to their homes last evening.
Late last night Governor West re.
ceived g telegram from Dave Day which
was intended to be funny but which in
reality was insulting. impudent and
blackguarding, saying that Utah, who
loaned congress Cannon, should arm
a sufficient number of Tuscaroras to go
down to San Juan and protect his
squaws and papooses and infrm war
riors, who seek only grass upon unsur-
veyed lands for starving herds, from
the avenging hands Of outraged cow
boys who have for succeeding years
robbed the reserve of all save trails and
sagebrush and who have moved the
boundary stakes and section corners
down into Mexico.
This telegram was forwarded to
Washington.