Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-30
.ITES WE'RE MASSACRED
No IMMINENT DANGER OF AN INDIAN WAR
whale AFFAIR believed to BE the Re-
suit of Hotheadcd Game wardcp
wiicor's Unwisdom.

n,rver. Colo, Oct. 29.-The governor
.aoe,ved the following report today
,.,r Game Commissioner Swan:
Ataeker, Colo. oct. 2s.via Rifle, Oct.
osr w. Lowell Jr., just in from Lily
.,rs on his way to Denver. left there
,.os,erday noon. claims six Indians
..are killed and no whites. Indians had
rstlred down the river All quiet.
troops from Duchesne should be there
,adav and at Rangley. 1 will start
,ou,ard the latter point today for news
y, sltuation. No trouble anticipated
~, any one. The trouble is over.
' "A' J. w. SWAN.
Tho man Gabel. supposed to have
A.an Killed by Indians, has arrived at
vlge colo. He had mis- horse shot
from under him.
DETAILED ACCOUNT.
sneelal dispatch to the Salt Lake
rrihune from near X Ranch Colo,
ort 20, 1880 Il. m. says: one hour ago
We met "a party Of Ave Indians re-
turning to their reservation Us iast us
,Ssir ponies could travel. This party
~ere eouriers to announce the death
", tho widows of the two men Killed by
No gardens Following them across
he broad prairie were a band OF
snventy-fve Indians which we nave
yst met. The two wounded women
~ with the band. They were eX-
AHMED by Surgeon Flagg and their
wounds dressed.
Tbs woman who was first shot has
,cain wound about three inches long
ond almost touching the bone, evil
Sently made by a 44-caliber ball and
shot from above. The other woman
In h.a
which has broken the bone and the arm
was fearfully lacerated. II looked as
,hnuph made with an explosive ball.
nh story of the occurrence as told
nv star. a survivor, is as follows:
ma Indians were cumped on Snake
river about twenty miles from Maple
and not far from Lily park. There
were four bucks and two squaws in
,br marty, and star and one other OF
The bucks had been hunting all day.
They got back to camp about sun
down and found two Indian bucks dead
and shot all to pieces, as star ex-
pressed It, and the two squaws wound
"a and grooming. They theh sauuleo
ard left for home as soon as possible.
The sauaws were suffering too much
main TO be interviewed, but Star gave
;helr account of the trouble in camp.
II seemed that about twenty-five
wardens attempted to arrest the two
Indians, who resisted with their lists,
ali the Indians arms being in their
tepees. The wardens were handling
he two men very roughly, when the
women lent their assistance to their
men.
Al this point the wardens shot and
Killed the two men and wounded the
women 1t would seem from this state
ment of facts that the wardens ought
10 have been able to arrest without IN
fury the two men.
More news and the wardens story
will doubtless be learned tomorrow.
This dispatch is sent to Nernal by an
indian member of the party returning.
INDIANS RETURNING.
Another special from Bluff creek. via
Vernal, oct. 30, s pm, says: Ever since
leaving Jensen this afternoon we have
been passing Uintah and Uncompahgre
Indians returning to their reservations.
They are all pretty badly scared, and
are getting out of Colorado as rapidly
as possible They report the White
river Indians, too, en- route to their
reservations, but they are travelling
slowly.
The two wounded squaws previously
mentioned In today's dispatches are
about four miles above here. From
what the Indians say who are camping
here tonight, and there are about forty
OF them, there is no danger that they
will die
Runners were sent out by all Indians
who know of the trouble to those in
the more remote distance, and by this
time every Uncompahgre. Uintah and
White River has doubtless started
home.
Unless the game wardens pursue the
Indians there Is no apprehension of
any more difficulty in Colorado. The
Indians are only anxious to get away
from them. and harbor no ill-will to-
ward any one but the wardens engaged
In the affair.
As we get closer to the scene OF the
trouble, the settler is more and more
disposed to believe Game Warden |
Wilcox, who is said to be a hot |
headed, answering man, Is response |
be-
By tomorrow or next day at the
earliest, definite statement can be |
made regarding the blame. At the |
Present. time none of the game war |
Gems defense has been heard.
A special to the Tribune from Dem |
yer says: |
The news received by General Otis
loday, however, does not completely |
confirm the fears of an Indian uprls- |
| ing About the only facts 40 far cor |
Tolerated are the killing of two bucks |
and The wounding of two squaws and |
mat the game wardens were superior |
N numbers to the small band OF red
sMns, aud provoked the attack unnec-
essarily.
Ihere is no evidence as yet regard
ahs ser defense, and as the game war
, ,teHs mad instructions not to fire unless
,uiey We're attacked first, II is likely |
INA, their action will call for q rigid |
aa sugation. None of the state
,vtne'als would discuss this phase of
., ,s case today, but all admitted they
r wsre puzzled over who were the ag-
s'sssors In the Lily park fight.
"a report received at the department
S colorado today says: "The In
shas are retreating toward Fort Du-
,be es NJ, Utah, to seek protection from
om s united States authorities, but the
rimeers believe that this may be a
r'an 70 allay the excitement of the
Il ,ople Tor a while and then succeed |
Fal point"
ANARCHY IN WASHINGTON.