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


once wired TO Governor West at Wash |
sngton. and with the information that
1T contains. his excellency will doubt |
ing for Agent Day.
The Report.
The report is as follows:
e. His Excellency the Governor Of
Utah Territory:
SSir:-Your orders of January 5. 1895,
required US to proceed ITO Grand and
San Juan counties to make a thorough
investigation and ascertain the num-
her and location Of the Indians therein
ard of their hocks, herds and horses,
and 10 what extent, if any. they have
deprecated or are depredating upon the
settlers; also further to ascertain the
number of southern UteS off their
reservation found in said counties, and
the number of so-called renegade or
Pluto Indians"
In pursuance OF these orders we left
Salt Lake city on the evening of Janu-
Dry 6 in company with MesSrs. j. n.
Pearse, Thomas Nash and Harry Green
(the delegation sent to present to you
the complaints Of the citizens of said
counties), and in the afternoon of the
Following day Ghe 7th), we found our
selves in Moab, the county seat of
Grand county. having made known
our business, and announced our readl-
ness TO begin operations at once, the
services of q guide, interpreter and
horses were furnished, and on the Sth
we proceeded oyer a rough and trying
Irail about twenty miles TO a point on
the Grand river probably twelve miles
below Moab.
The Indian camp which we expected
TO find there had recently been aban-
dored, but next morning (the 9thl we
followed the trail of the tepee poles,
and about three miles further up the
river Coward Moab we came upon the
caDp. There were six lodges: one of
tRem being that of Bridger Jack and
family, Well known
Members of the Renegade Rand
ich has so long ranged in the
southern part Of the territory. The re-
manning lodges were those of southern
Ttes, some Of the men having been
present at the Monticello poW-YoW
when yourself. Colonel Tatlocti, Agent
Day, Colonel Lawton and others met in
conference with the Indians on the 18th
cf December. We saw and conVersed
with Dave Root "a one-legged Indian),
Red Rock, Mareeah, Henry Goodman"
and others-ffteen bucks in aK; they
said they were southern Utes ten
days ago." but were such no longer:
that their agent had told them to come
dnto Utah and scatter and STAY which
the spring some of them would go 10
Uintah or somewhere elsa," but not
Back to Colorado; until spring they
would not move anywhere-they had
collected wood and supplies for the
winter and had found pasturage for
their ponies and dOcks; and finally that
they had been
Imposed Upon by Their Agent
and would under no circumstances have
anything more TO do with him. By
actual count the tally of the camp was
as follows: Bridger Jack, sons and
family (renegadesl nine souls, with
thirty ponies; southern Utes off their
reservation, bucks, sqpaWs and pa
p00S9S, forty souls, with 500 ponies and
800 head Of sheep and goats. These
facts were communicated to you by
cpurier and telegraph on our return tc
Moab, and these Indians We're the only
ones we found in Grand county AS
to depredations committed by them il
his vicinity. We heard no complaints
until our return from the adjoining
E@nty Con the 25th). when Mr.. Johr
snS.7Veridge, who had been our guide Il
Vie camp and had recently returned
from another visit 10 his cattle range
reported having found two beeye:
slaughtered and the bones stripped 81
uneat-the Indian mode when killing
other peoples cattle.
On the 10Th of January we started
for san Juan county and on the It'll
Traversed on horseback a. large tract OF
country about the middle of Dry VALLEY
where Indians were reported. but saw
no signs Of them. On the 18th, travel
ing southeasterly, we came to and re
zlained one night at a cowboy camr
near Red Rock on Big Indian Wash
Ed Robertson Gin the employ of Taylor
Brothers, cattlemen) here reported tina
the night before, Indians from a CAM
near by had stolen his ak, butcher
knife. coat and the hide and tallow O
a beef he had just killed. He followed
their trail and recovered from thei
hodges such part of his property a.
they could not eat. Here were plent.
of pony tracks giving evidence that
The Abandonment Of "A Large CAM
had been only recent.
on the 18Th we concluded that tn
objects of our trip could be better &C
c0mplished by our separating AM
going ln different directions. Two rea
sons seemed to support this idea; on
was that the country is SO large an,
broken and The weather SO threatening
chat We would hardly be able to max
the rounds in less than several weeks
Che other and the more important con
sideration was that knowledge of GU
presence and business was being con
viewed to the Indians by their cOurierS
and in other ways their suspicion
! srere being aroused and they wer
Aikely TO take advantage Of any della
M our part to move their camps int
more distant and inaccessible localitie
and possibly secrete themselves. Car
tain Gibbs Travelled up East Ceuyo
wash and at the mouth of Churc
draw found one ledge of renegade II
dians--2 bucks, 4 sQuaws, 5 papoose!
total g, with Is head of ponies. 81
miles west of this point near Churc
rock on the main road between Moa
and Monticello, he found six lodges {
renegades-lO bucks. 10 sQuaWs,
napooses, As souls; with Is ponies an
20 sheep and goats. He camped the
might at Hart Spring, twenty-five mile
Ibis trail made it, from the Red Roc
COW camp. Captain Cannon proceede
to Monticello by wagon.
Plenty of Indians.
On the 18th Captain Gibbs found
lodges Of Southern Utes in Photograp
Gap-S bucks, 8 squaws, 8 papooses-
souls. with 10 ponies. In Hart Draw
about eight miles west Of this camp, 1
found g lodges of Southern Utes B
now and family, 5 bucks. 3 squaws,
papooses. Is souls, with rs sheep. s.
ponies. In Monticello Captain Canno
found 4 Southern Ute bucks. l squa
and 2 papooses, z souls, with % head
ponies; also L buck, 1 squaw and