Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-09-09

Chief GuAna9iyabe, nad arrived IN az
Of Abiquiu; tina. thev
were committing all sorts g depreda,
tions short Of murder; nat they had
iii treated and bes Len some Of the
citizens. and tur ned their horses
loose on the corn and wheat fields;
that the CHIEF had stated to the project
that They were on the march to Santa
Fe, and they expected to ecove
through the assistance Of the govern
or, three Ute captives brought from
the Navajo country the previous year
by the foreigner Jose Portalam, An
other grievance, and probably the
chief one. was. that they did not re-.
ceiye enough goods and food from the
government. Upon receipt or this In
formation the general prepared 70 re-.
ceive the Ittes who were ure To sp-
pear ID Santa re. as they actually did
late on tho 18th Of September. They
arrived singing war songs and making
other hostile demonstrations To such
On extent that the authorities and the
citizens were on the qui yiye. When
they made their appearance, soldiers
were detailed to take care Of the In.
dams horses n short distance from
the city, and the Utes, who number
ed one hundred and eight men and six
chiefs, were lodged In an extensive
building situated on the lower San
Francisco street flong ago destroyed
by fire,) and known for many years rs
the Herlow hotel. A large quantity
Of rations we're distributed among
them, as well as a considerable guam
tity OF goods. The general thought
that q liberal distribution Of pres
cnts might pacify the wrathy utcs,
and he also invited the braves to visit
him at tho palace next morning be-
tween . and 10 O'Clock.
On the following day at the appoint
cd hour, Panasiyabc and his chiefs
numbering In all about fifteen APP
peared at the governors Office. The
general received them co~urteonsly In
the room on the left side Of the main
hallway In the center Of the palace
building 1.-THE same room used as an
Office by all governors Of New Mexico,
Spanish, Mexican and American, up to
the time OF the erection Of the capitol
and greeted them through the inter
prefer. P~anasiyabe then started on q
TRADE, and demanded the delivery Of
the three Ute captives taken from the
Navajos, and went on to state q num-
Der OF grievances real or fancied. His
~lieutenants, infiamed BY the ardor Of
his voice and gestures began to talk
too, until the general could no longer
listen patiently and motloned the
chiefs to stop and sit down; where
upon Panasiyabe drew his hatchet,
advanced upon the general In q most
arrogant and insulting manner and
attempted to grasp his beard, The
general, however, not relishing the
idea Of being carved and denuded Of
hts hirsute ornament at n and the
same time, seized a chair near At
hand and knocked the miacreant down.
Dona Teresa. the generals wife, was
sitting in the Don Just north Of the
ONCE, and seeing the danger OF her
husband, snatched the generals
sword which was hanging on the wall,
and with a quick step and movement
handed The weapon to him at the very
moment that the braves yer about Ia
fall upon him In support OF their chief
| who was hors de combat. At the
point OF hts blade the general fell upon
the Indians and drove them to the out
side nf The building. AT this limo the
alarm having been given at the sol
diers' quarters, a detachment Of
troops came running down the street,
turned the corner where the postoflee
Ii today. and ran up TO the front of
the governors office at the time that
the utcs. having been elected by ue
general, started to run from under the
portal, Eight OF the savages We're
shot down then and there. the rest
ran In different directions; n was
caught and killed In the immediate
nelghborhood OF where the federal
building now stands; another was
caught running down San Francisco
street. and d few reached the house
where they lodged the night before,
and giving the alarm, they oil made
for the river across Water street. leav.