The Washington herald., 1906-11-01
UTE CHIEFS VISITED HERE SLEEPS BY BODY OF VICTIM
Renegade Indian Leaders Once
Called On President.
WOuId Not Believe Their Reservation
Had Been Opened to Settlers.
Came TO Protest Against Il.

over the mantel. back of Commissioner
Leupps desk. in the Indian Office, hang
two plaster casts, relief heads Of grizz,sd
Indians They are those OF Chiefs Appah
and Red Cap, White River Utes, by
strange coincidence the two most talked
about redmen in the United States
They are the warriors now leading the
band Of Ctes from the U.ntah reserva-
ton in Utah to better hunting grounds
in the Dakotas. and il is to round up their
band that the army is ROW much wrought
Up.
Commissioner Leupp's casts. suspended
on the wall among many handsome In-
dian decorations. have been hanging there
more than q year They were not put up
in honor Of the latest Indian uprising
Il just happens that at this time they are
very mUcn In the public eye, as they were
o Washington year ago last spring
when they took the first steps IN the
movement which has since led 10 such fear
Oh the part Of Montana farmers
ST the Indian office it Is declared that
the stories coming oct Of Wyoming ani
Montana about the Ute outbreak are
much exaggesated Mr.. Leupp Giscredi-s
the stories that the red men are robbing
settlers and otherwise conducting them
selves against the wishes Of the Great
White Father" Re gives the warriors
good reputation for honesty, and says they
are mpIy out visiting" At the same
time the government can't permit its
wards tc roam about the country at will.
The Utes viii he compelled to return tu
lheiT OUn reservation, although IL S Not
believed here that there will be any blood
shed
The trouble with the Utes originated
two years ago, when Congress passed q
law opening their reservation 70 settle
ment The Indians couIdnt believe that
this would be done. and Appah came to
Washington and uphraided Alr Leupp for
permitting the act 10 be passed He
wouldn't take the commissioners word
that their lands were opened 10 settle
menL and Mr. Leupp took them 10 SEE
Secretary Hitchcock. They wouldn't be
. lieve the Secretary Of the Interior.
Take Us TO see the Great White Bear
Hunter, take US 10 see the White Fa-
ther," demanded Chief Appah, dramat-
ically. Appah is one Of the most noted
Indian orators Of the present generation.
He has q silvery tongue. Re is the VII
liam Jennings BTyan Of the White River
Utes Also he has much faith In RCose-
.
Father again demanded Appah- Him
big hunter. no lie; tells Indians with one
+ tongue"
So there was strange audience al the
/ White House that afternoon. President
| Roosevelt received the Ute chieftain and
F his gaudy followers with much pomp. and
Appah sat in the Executives Cabinet
chair, In the council room, and the
/ President Of the United States told them
IL was true that Congress had passed
+ law opening their lands 10 the white man
Then Appah and his tribesmen returned
to the mountains OF Utah. and q large
majority Of them accepted their fate
/ When the lands were opened all but the
/ White River Utes accepted their eighty
acres ard settled down to the peaceful
occupations of farmers.
/ Appah, however, declared that he would
4 rot accept The proposition. and put mp a
stiff opposition. Finally. a year ago
f Commissioner Leupp went out there to
settle matters For q Lime the situation
/ was threatening Chief Appah and the
( Utes gathered IN the counci. room. Com
+ missioner I.eupp talked When he con
Guided. Appah talked He stalked un and
down. 6enouncirg the advent Of the
white man, and every NOW and then he
shook his dst under Mr. Leupp's 0ose
Mf LcIHp- 4llnouga accompanied only
5y guide. calmly thrust a lighted cigar
in bis mouth, aad after Appah had singed
the back of bis hand. he became more
careful The White River Utes left the
council That night the telephone lines
! connecting the agency with Fort
/ Duchosne were cut, and the situation
/ looked ugly Finally the break was dis
/ covered and the line repaired Mr.. Leupp
was not troubled by the Indians.
! This summer Appah and Red Cap led
/ their band from the Cintah Reservation
into Wyoming. bound for the Rosebud
Agency in Dakota. where they intended
10 visit the Sioux They scld ponies and
fuTs. and purchased arms and ammuni-
JiOn.
The Utes are armed TO the teeth with
/ WinchesteTs and revolvers, and have all
the ammunition they need. There are
lf6 fighting men among them, and could
/ put up a stiff tight. but 1t IS not believed
they will resist troops in large force The
Indian Office does not think there viii be
/ any trouble unless a hot-headed Indian
should ere on the soldiers. Then there
might be q repetition Of Wounded
Knee