The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-09
TROUBLE AHEAD.
PARTICULARS OF THE LATE MUIR
DER OF A sQUAW.
She Was the Daughter of Old Chief
CoIOrow and the Band May Take
Up the Matter.
Tire yeruaI Express SAYS:


Last Sunday a Uintah Indian shot
and killed his squaw at the Ouray
agency on the Uncompahgre reServa-
ton because he suspected she was too
intimate with other bucks. The Indian
met the squaw as she was emerging
from g. clump Of willows and he ac-
cused her of meeting her paramour in
the willows, which she denied, but her
denials were in vain and she fell a.
quiVering corpse at the feet Of her
spouse and her spirit fed to meet its
maker, sent to an untimely end by a.
bullet from the gun olf her lord and
master.
The camp was soon the scene Of the
widest excitement, for the squaw was
a daughter of a son of the famous
old White river chief Colorow and the
vengeance Of Colorow'S band of Utes
was feared would be swift and certain.
A messenger was sent to Fort Du-
chesne and a squad of soldiers sent to
the scene of the murder and the MUIR
derer placed under arrest and taken to
Fort Duchesne and placed in the guard
house.
Colorow's band soon heard of the
murder Of their daughter and threats
of vengeance and preparations to carry
| them out, were made. Colonel Rand
lett becoming alarmed lest there should
be family trouble among his wards.
sent a troop of cavalry from the fort
to keep the belligerent Indians from
making any hostile demonstration
against the young mans friends and
the garrison is kept in readiness for
immediate action, should the situation
require their being called upon.
The latest from Ouray, is that the
soldiers are still there and will stay
until the excitement among the In
dams Quiets down.
Yesterday there were large numbers
OF UTntah Indians at the post and the
! interpreter had his hands full. to tell
the Colonel what they said and what
the big white chief said to them.
What Randlett will do with his re-
fractoFy ward as TO the disposal of
his case, is not known.
The Indian and the murdered suuaw
were both young and each were favor
ties with their respective clans. who
have all the bad blood in their ma
lures stirred up within them. and a.
clash among themselves is liable to oc-
cur at any time.
Colorow's band is at Ouray and it
would be no surprise if they attempted
to revenge the murder of the suuaIw q
the first opportunity offered. IT is a
well known fact that the CoIorow fac
ton have never been satisfied with
their removal from Colorado to the
Uintah reservation, and have made the
White river country their home and
nave been as aggressive as they have
! dared to be. Colorow. the dead chief
has sons that are as vfndictive and IN.
ruly as their father ever dared to be
and If they are not carefully watched
some of the Uintah Indians will prob
ably be sent to the happy hunting.
grounds before they have time to get
their trunks packed for the journey.
According to roll call, on the day ra-
tons are drawn, there are 1000 IN
d1ans all told on the reservation, and
they are well armed with Wincbas-
ters, and the soldiers, numbering about
$50, would have their hands full should
the redskins take a notion to be I'M
ruly.