The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-30

papooSeS frenegadeS), souls, with !
ponies. He continued his journey to /
Verdure, on South Montezuma creek.
On the 18th Gibbs travelled IL miles
northwest from his last nights camp
on Indian creek to Roundtop in Harris
Draw, where he found lodges Of
Southern Utes-S bucks, squaws, 3
papooses, % souls, with 100 head of
ponies; also 3 lodges of renegades-6
bucks, 6 squaws, 8 papooses, 10 souls.
with ponies; also lodge of Uintah
Utes, with bucks and l squaw, souls,
with 10 ponies and 10 sheep. He re-
turned to his last nights camp on In
dian creek. Cannon Travelled 43 miles
to Bluff City on the San Juan.
On the 18th Gibbs moved 90 miles
southwest to Cottonwood creek Dave
GauGlock here reported that the In
dams had shot a yearling 1leifer belong
ing to him, and he had aso found 3
year-old with a broken Indian rope on
its horns. Cannon visited a renegade
camp IN Cottonwood wash, half mile
from Bluff and found lodges, bucks,
squaws, papooses. 16 souls, with
neither horses nor sheep; but one of
the squaws and three of the papooses
are said to belong to a Navajo; we es-
innate the renegades, therefore, at IL.
On the 18th Gibbs rode u miles
! nearly west to Salt creek over a fear
ful trail; saw Gaudlocl's slaughtered
yearlinS, above referred to. showed
hard all day, as it did also in Bluff.
On the 18th Gibbs Travelled down and
Iexplored Salt Creek and vicinity, 10
miles, in q northwesterly direction.
! shooting and manning stock, cutting
ears and tails off, etc. Cannon rode %
miles northeast to the head of Alkali
| Wash across Recapture and Horse
canyons and NIcCracken Mesa. Found
"a camp of Navajoes, and signs of
another Indian camp, but could only
locate one buck, who was out hunt
ing.
| Many Beeves Killed.
On the 18th, Gibbs rode 80 miles
southWesterly into Beef Basin. Made
camp in a driving snowstorm and be-
yond either white men or white mems
trail. Cannon found an Indian camp
on McCracken Mesa, about u miles
north and the same distance east Of
Bluff; 4 lodges in all, one of them a
renegade outfit; of Southern Utes there
were bucks, 4 squaWs and II pa
ipooses, II souls, with II ponies; of rene
gades, , bucks, squaw and papooses,
3 souls, with 6 ponies. The Southern
Utes said their other bucks had gone
to Colorado for rationS and their pom
I ceeded eastward into Montezuma can
on and made camp in Nancy Patterson
canyon, a tributary Of Cross canyon
which near the point of junction runs
into MonteZuma. At the Cross canyon
pool cattle camp Mike O'Donnen with
whom he camped) stated that about
the 10Th inst, himself and a compan-
ion, Matt Hosea, came upon three
Southern Ute bucks killing one of his
10 IN t1oa1-
were hungry and had to have meat
On the same ride the same men found
where the Indians had within TWO days
killed and taken the meat of nine
other beeVes. O'Donnen also stated
that on the 18th he found a large en-
lcampment of Southern Utes in Bug
Park, a few miles northwest Of his
lpresent camp, and adjoining Monte
yuma canyon; also that on or abou
the 18th, Interpreter Smith, Of the
, Southern Ute agency, came to his
camp, rode UP to Bug Park where tht
Indians were, and on his return lief
= with O'Donnel several bales of ha!
, for the Indians if they wanted it; ht
! had been persuadinS them to come
down to Honaker'S in McElnlo canyon
just across the Utah line in Colorado
: but not on the reservation, whittier
1 Agent Day had brought supplies fol
-; them. Information Of this extraor
2 binary proceeding was also given Il
/ Cannon in Bluff by the mail carriel
l and two others who had seen Mr.. DAY
and his supplies at the place men
I uoned) O'Donnen testified that on tn,
Z 10th the Indians from Bug Park cam
/ trooplng down the canyon within thre
!. RODS OF has camp, and that he say
I. IgnacIo, Mariana, ColoreW and othe
leading Utes, with their families an,
stock, and that they took the ha,
which Mr.. Day had sent them, decIar
e ing at the time that he would have L
J brlng all the rest Of their rations {
s them; he also said they told him the,
q weren't gong TO Colorado, but afte
a much persuasion had consented TO g
/ d little nearer the line so as to get sun
= plies.
What a Count Showed.
y On the 10Th Gibbs and party re
a manned in camp in Beef Basin.
Y storm ragged all day. Cannon took til
s tran of the recently departed Utes. an
n followed it 13 miles, passing 9 dea
s ponies on the way and every few mile
g finding small herd that had evidentl
n been too poor and weak to keep u
o with the march, In the head of Rui
d canyon and within probably three mile
q, of the state line he came upon a cam
$ Of II lodges Went into Ignacio's an
II Mariana lodges, finding squaWs an
8 lpapooses, but neither chief-one bein
! over in NIcElno Colorado half a doze
- miles distant, getting his supplies, tn
~ other being out after the horses.
- visit to other wichiups revealed i
y like manner the absence Of tn
Y" bucks; but by actual count ther
= were q squaws, Al papooses and
:, bucks in the camp; on the side hill
= were three hocks of sheep and goat
-. about 900 in all. and on the Mes
- (Cajon) and in the sheltered nook
- breaking into the canyon, between g;
- and 400 head of ponies. Such buck
IF as would talk were sullen and full
II curses against the agent and reiterate
ir the story that they had been deceive
* by him, but would not go into Coll
v RADIO; they intended to move up an
down the Cajon mesa and turtle
- westward as feed for their stock migi
- demand; but their ponies will hard
need much more moving, for scores
Re them are surely about to die of starv;
c tion. Cannon continued down Il
ID canyon two miles further, met tW
d bucks returning from the supply dep
lie kindly established by the agent, wit
10 new coats, -four coffee, etc, wIiC
- they boldly said were just issued
sc them and which they were conlir
. back into Utah to enjoy and consum
" One OF them tried to explain whe
u Red Jacket and party were campo
u but Cannon's party were unable
:, find it: and after verifying the total
IS II Indians seen and counted in Il
le camp, the party returned to the co
~ camp. At the junction of Cross al
70 Montezuma canyons 10 head of poni
% and bucks (Southern Utes) we
p found. The latter said they belong,
Jn To Iorrna clos nan1n and were era1he1.ir