The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-01

was This man being an extreme on
did not take kindly to the pictures O
Grant, Logan and Lincoln adjoining tn
office walls, and in the presence of tn
Indians made slurring remarks abou
the men. That settled it, for the In
dams looked upon these men as thei
good friends. They came to the con
cluslon that Democrat was m
bueno."
One night an Indian boy came to my
room and said Shavenau wanted TO SEE
me at cabin which was used as {
sleeping house by the Indians. On en-
tering L found a bright fire burning il
the fireplace and some Is or 20 chief.
and head men sitting on the floor Of the
single room The pipe was going arount
1 IN silence as | entered, and / waited
about five minutes before a word was
said Then Shavenau asked me if
liked the new agent. The agenc and
disagreed politically, but otherwise
were on good terms and so I replied tc
the inquiry. That / disagreed with
I him politically seemed to strike them
favora bly,. After a moments delibera-
ton Shayenau looked at me in a sig
nificant manner and drew his forefinger
across his forehead, just below the
scalp, continuing to Whit the pipe.
Professionally, here was a scoop and
from a newspaper standpoint the chief
was evidently my friend. The New
York Herald would have paid $500 for
the information and would have stood
the courier expenses to Price station,
the nearest telegraph Office, so miles
distant.
TALKED OUT OF IT.
You no tell" remarked the chief,
and as it dawned upon me that they
were contemplating the assassination
and scalping of the agent L felt my
blood freezing within me. Was L
standing on the verge of a massacre?
l knew not whether to go AT once TO
the agent with the information or to
try to talk the Indians out of it. Fin
ally l told Shavenau that this man had
many friends among the big chiefs at
Washington who had command of all
the soldiers, and if they did this thing
the government would punish them Sc
verely. l was listened to in silence
and ShaVenau motioned to me to re-
tire, again admonished me not to talk.
SappOVOnarO was not present, neither
was Charley Shavenau. The next cay
l got hold of Charley. L felt that L
could trust him, and asked him about
ii. He said: 'Utes no like this Demo-
crat; mebbe mother man come then all
right here He said they would ask
him to go away. 1 let the matter resi-
and one day the agent babe US good
bye, taking the stage to the station en-
route to Chicago, though he did not
srop until he landed in washington and
had notified the Indian department OF
the precarious condition OF affairs az
the agency. The result of the trip was
the establishment of Fort Duchesne On
the reservation. He resigned, however,
and never returned.
The situation was an anxious one at
all times, for We only numbered about
seven or eight persons in all, while
there were nearly 1900 Indians on the
reservation, and it took, under ordinary
circumstances, three days to get
message to Fort Bridger, the nearest
military post, distance of 170 miles.
SHAvANAU'S DEATH.
Shavenau's death was due TO a super
stition prevailing among the Indians
that under certain conditions one per-
son can poison another by placing the
subtle matter in frequented trail, or
can acquire a venom so penetrating
and hateful that it can be thought or
wished into the system of another per-
son with deadly effect. An cid Indian
named Sarrup had two boys ailing with
undoubtedly, and none of
the medicine men were able to heal
them. Finally Shavenau, who hung
out a single as a medicine man, was
sent for He went through the usual
and the next day, after
severe vomiting, the boys died. There
is as much rivalry among Indian doc
tors as can be found in the pro-
fession anywhere in the world, and
some fellow actuated by jealousy, no
doubt. told Sarrup that Shaveneau had
the boys. The next Saturday,
while the Indians were gathering at
the agency for rationS. ShaVeneau was
standing III front of the traders store |
with some of his kinsmen. and was
telling a couple of the agency en-
ployees how the reservation was |
shrinking, getting smaller all the time !
and the whites were crOWdlng closer |
and closer upon them, his usual com
Dlaint, when Sarrup rode up TO within |
30 feet and like a flash whipped out a
revolver, firing it at him. No matters
what happens, an Indian never eX- |
presses surprise. For an instant no one |
moved. Then Shaveneau dropped, his |
assaiiant turned his horse around and
ode away a few PAGES, when he again
turned towards the store just IN time
% see one of Shaveneau's friends. nam
ID Wilson, draw his revolver to shoot
him. Then followed a display of the
wonderful keenness of the Indian eye
md the panther-like agility they pos
;ess. Sarrup emptied his revolver at
Wilson. who crouched like a springing
ion. with his eyes glued to that weap-
m. lodging this way and that. at eV-
nv shot, and escaped being hit. Sar-
I'D rode around building, Wilson get
ing in a shot ON him just as he rounded
he corner.
EXCITEMENT IN CAMP.
There were only about 200 Indians in
l.,1r he SHOOT
70 began the squawS and children were
warming like a nest of yellow jackets.
harley Shaveneau, a son of the OLD
hief. and the present chief of the
ribe, lived in a cabin 100 yards distant
nd was notified at once what mad
annened. He kneeled in his doorway,
inning a Winchester at the retreatlng
arrup, and Galota. another friend CT
who had run TO his Wag-
n back of the store for a rifle. TOOK
i'm across the wagon wheel, and both
,en fired at the same time. shooting
ne Indian through and through; tot
ring an instant, he fell daad
AS IL happened, most of the male In
ars present were Shavenau 1rlehds;
Ut there were a number OF squaWs anu
oung fellows from SarrupS village ana
.veral of the latter hastily mounted
,eir ponies and sped away 10 the camps
, notify Sarrup's friends Others mas
ned 20 the camps. of Shavenau TRENDS
adj indications of an intertribal war Z
ere very strong
was taken to the agency
lys'cian's quarters and the doctor said
CAD the chiefs friends. Some of them
emf to the srsot where the body of Sar-
Up was lying; his pony was still stand
2 there and the lariat was loosened,
le end was tied about the feet OF the
,ad Indian and the other end wound
-ound the horn of the saddle. In this