The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-26
Ute INDIANS DEFENDED.
Charges Against Them by the Gov
erHOr of Colorado Denied
An Agent Declares That the Game
NHrdenS OF the state Aid in Law
IeSsncSS Instead of ECndeavOrinE 60
Prevent It-ACtiOn to Be Tnken-

William a. Jones. Indian Commissioner.
this morning received an interesting let
ter from Indian Agent Myt0n. who has
charge Of the Ute Indian reserve ton in
tab. relative to the charges made hy
the Governor of C0Iorads and various
same wardeEs to the Indian Commissioner
IN dispatches To that official some days
ago, in which they alleged that the Ute
Indians had left their reservation and
gone into Colorado, and who. it was
said, were engaged in shooting deer, con-
trary 10 the law
Governor OTme's telegram 20 the depart
ment at that time requested that imue-
date action be taken fin the matter, but
his wish has rot yet been complied with
because the Indian officials say that the
Colorado State authorities raise the same
cry every year, and that when an inves-
usaton is made, il is generally found
that the game wardeus are assisting the
Indians to commit lawIess acts.
Mr. Myton's letter is dated Mee2ler. Col,
October p. and says:
Il left the agency October Is to come
70 colorado on account Of sensational re-
ports beng sent 10 newspapers relative to
my Indians hunting in Colorado. I
brought eight policemen with me L find
very lew Of my Indians are in this State
7.
nome by me / believe they viii go. but L
shall stay a week and make sure Of their
departure Indians from the Southern
missouri and Navajo agencies hunt in
this State. and what they do is charged
to my Indians. Finding II impossible TO
meet Colorado game warden / wired
the game commissioner that I would be
IN this part Of the country and wanted
either him OF one Of his deputies TO meet
me and tell me where 1 could find the
Indians that they said We're hunting deer
m this state, but 1 have been all over
the country and cannot find a deputy
game warden"
Ageu AIyt0n devOtes some space in his
letter 10 telling of the arrest Of an In
dlan by the name Of EgglestOn by one OF
Ill'- game WdTdenS- He says.
The facts In the arrest Of ECgleston
and the other Indians are: A deputy game
warden arrested EgEleston- three Indians
three women, and pap0Ose, charging
them with killing deer unllvfuIlv in
BlauCO county None OF the Indians could
speak English, but nevertheless they were
forced 10 stand Immediate trial without
the AID OF an Interpreter They Were tried
before JURY, and the jury rendered
E'Edlct at I'D % clock at night OF not
guilty. At II O'Clock in the morning a
deputy game warden dWDhe the freed IN
..IaDS and informed them that he was
going 20 take them to the agency. When
me party was about ten miles from
Meeker. Col. the Indians discovered that
the warden had lied 10 them and that he
was taking them 20 a railroad station.
They broke away from the deputies. an
except Eggleston, who Is an ole man.
who is now confined IN the jau at Glen
wood Springs The game wardens scat
tered the property OF the Indians al along
the road and much Of il has been stolen
or destroyed"
The Indian agent adds further that suit
should he brought against the warden I'm
order 20 make them pay FgEIeston a-d
the other Indians for the articles stolen
or destroyed Mytou asks the Commits
SiOUeT 70 request the Department of J-,s-
tice 10 order the United States District
Attorney Of Colorado 70 attend TO the case
for the Indians
In conclusion the agent states that the
citizens Of MeeEer. Col. re uD in arms
at the conduct of the game wardens. and
enclOses as proof 81 his statement 4 type
written copy Of petition signed by
number Of the leading citizens and sent
20 justice Of the peace asking him 10
refuse to grant game Warfens warrants
for The Indians recently tried and aCduit-
ted II is evident from recent reports re-
Ceived here from that section Of the coun-
try that the citizens have not the slight
est regard for the game Wardeus. ana il
Is thought they viii soon enter protests
against III" action Of those officials
The Indian Commissioner has as vet
taken no action in the matter but il IS
understood that the attention OF Secre-
tary Hitchcock. under whose Jurisdiction
the claims OF Indians come VIII be di-
rrcted TO the situation in order that he
may take steps looking toward the reDri-
handing Of a number of the game war
deus-