Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-30

nv nv asency being carried off captlva !,
tne chiefs to be later despoiled H. py
tents. The buildings We're rohha' nelr
burned, and the oncominv troor. and
an,pushed at a detile on Milx cys., we're
mere one OF the most irving siN.
OF 'he lndion wars occurred. ''sses
KILLING OF THoRNRrpc
The indians, skllful In war
DOWN between Thornberg and hi. sxseR
sage train which numbered alonr Jag
rear. In trying to force his wnv ~ ns
ne was Killed, while 10 of his mon YasH
Win him, and nearly half of tba ,ea
naming men were wounded .e'
rayhe OF the Fifth cavalry, UPON MI
me command devolved, reachiny ~"o "a
psggage train with over 20 wonna.as
Including the surgeon. ou"usd
Inc trenches that were hastily h,n.
were made OF dead bodies and he Yu,'
casses Oh horses. The utes fired ~
prush, ana II burned down to the hn,'
oers OF tne stockade. where thew y,
tinsulshed it with blankets. scea,
named Rankin slipped away in ~.
night and carried the news ~ vne
Rawling, 100 miles distant. Tbo, 'oN
famous forced march of Col NJ .ne
with q force of 500 men began ana ~
the sixth day. the seige was ralis n On
Only few OF the men were AIM o1,'u
and the colored troop Of Cant nv Nv
which had come up on the thirJ Ssse
had only added its members IN III usy
OF killed, The only officer At for re a, .E
when relief arrived was Lieut. s'uv
Cherry OF the Fifth cavalry. wbo A.
ported what had happened to the rslls,
force. "e 'ehe,
Thornberg was a much loved ma,
and since that memorable event his ba,,
been name held in reverence by arrs '
men and women. Merritt after bnrv,n,
MIN, and taking the photograph Of 81
GROW out OF his hand. pressed on !.
the agency, and buried the dead ap.r,
and his companions. They found H.,
the women and children were stlll MI,
ohers IN the Indian camp, and thron,,
Ouray negotiations were entered IN.
by which they were secured. "S
THE UINTAH RESERVATION
In this conference 1t was that ~.
Uintah reservation, as such haS -.
first conception Col. Merritt insist,
on two points, and they We're thai ~
Indians must move to some reServa
tlon outside Of Colorado. and mai N,
men engaged in the Meeker massacrs
must be surrendered, Ten DAYS we,.
consumed in parley at the end Of whleS
time several chiefs gave themselves M
and We're taken to Washington.
On March 8, 1850. the Ute represents.
tive In Washington entered into a,
agreement to give up all the criminals
and for the uncompagres 10 movs
over on to the Grand river. near m.
mouth Of the Gunnison, IN Utah ana
Colorado The White River Tte,
were to move over into Tin.
tab, and were each to be civ.
EN- 1850 acres of land for pasture ana
another 100 acres for farming. Win
so acres for each child The Uncom.
pagre Indians We're to receive an an.
nuity until they should become self.
supporting, but the White River chief,
were to have this held out on them
until the conspirators IN the Meeker
massacre We're turned over The NOV,
across the line into the Uintah coun.
try along the Duchesne and Uintah rly.
ers, and farther down on the White
river. began at once. The Uintah re.
servatlon had already been laid of
by Congress In 1854, and previously by
an executive order in 1863, including
the headwaters of all the streams flow.
Ing into the Duchesne, extending down
the Duchesne To the Green river To
this was added the White River agen.
cy, and the Uncompagre agency, and
the troops came In to found Fort
!Ti~rnberg In the desert near Ouray
The former station had been here, and
had afterwards been moved far ID in.
TO the Ashley valley near its head Tn.
move this time was up the untah
river. Instead OF to Ashley valley, and
the troops settled down upon thA pres
ent site Of Fort Duchesne,
WAGON ROADS To PRICE.
Their first task was to open the gov.
| eminent wagon road TO Price. and 4
| later task of Importance was 10 con.
| struct telephone and telegraph sys.
| tenn into the reservation, This wagon
| road to Price afterwards became 4
leading reason for the selection Of Prics
| as point of entry on the opening Of
| the reservation, and the telephone did
| great service In securing ready COM
| munication with reservation points
| during the registration of land at Price
| In Uintah row are many residents VINO
stlll remember the coming of the frs
| troops. Among them IL State Senator
| Harden Bennlon. who encountered the
| command near Fort Bridger, on It's way
| south from Wyoming to establish The
| fort. He said today to the News
| that the fort has filed valuable mis-
| sion IN frontier life, but with the pass
ins OF the frontier and its Indian bat
ties. II has no further mission. II y