The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-03
UTE'S CLEVER WORK
BlAsIIr oyrGENERas. soLD1ERs or
 UNCLE SAM.
Supply Train Is Held Up By Red Skins and the Troops Are Compelled
 to Turn Back.

Sheridan, Wyo., Nov. 2.-Further de-
 tails of the raiding of government
 supply train bound for the. tents of
 the 10th and 9th cavalry from Arvada,
 characterizes 1t as a clever piece Of
 work evidently planned by some of
 the older heads of the Ute tribe.
 According to Driver James Forgen,
 no Indians were In sight until bunch
 of about hundred mounted redskins
 suddenly dashed out of a dcfile in the
 hills and quickly surrounded him. They
 made little noise outsido of q few
 sharp yells in the nature of commands
 and while several Indians kept For
 gen under their rifles the balance
 rifled his wagon train of 5000 pounds
 of flour, the sacks of which were
 strapped to the cayuses of the Indians,
 who then disappeared into the hills.
 As the result of the ra!ding of the
 supply train. the troopers are in need and the operations looking to a chase
 of the Utes are practically at stand
 still until supplies can be had. More supply trains will be sent out from Arvada at once. Troops from Fort
 Keogh with supplies are now at Ash land. en route to the camp of the 10th, near Moorhead.
 The Utes have completely outwitted the military and are now reported back Tn Wyoming on the Powder River
 retracing the route by which they en- | tered Montana. They evidently knew of the arrival of the troops at Ash land and have either given up the at tempt to reach the Cheyennes or are waiting for that band to meet them in some other part of the country. The Ctes on Bear Creek have not moved, according to telephone advices receiv- | ed here.
 A correspondent in the field denies
 positively the report that there had been clash between the Cheyennes and the soldiers. Fort Keogh troops
 are now patroling Tongue River val ley between Birney and Ashland and have not seen any Cheyennes. Colonel
 Augur left Birney today for Ashland. Reports of the burning of ranch building at the 70. w." ranch received here via Birney are not credited. all though it Is known that Indians were
 in that vicinity The Ute chief Ap- par is reported deposed by his tribe because he favored pow-wow with the troops. It is sad he was sup planted by Black Whiskers and Red | Cap, who favor union with the Chey- ennes and offering resistance.
 messenger arriving at Arvada from the conference between the mil l itary and the Utes reports that the
 conference was still in session when 1 he left but the indications were that | the Indians would agree. IL IS un | derstood the military offered to take | the Utes home, Issue rations during | the winter and promised to take up
 the matter of allowing them another | abiding place reXt spring
 1 The Ute Indians. now almost 400 1 strong, and with 100 ponies are still ! camped on Powder River in Montana
 thirty-five miles northeast of Moore | head A messenger who arrived today
 at Arvada. talked with Chief Unkaskia who said: 'Snow comes. we go to see ! Sioux pretty soon Cheyennes come not now" A courier is momentarily
 expected at Arvada announcing the | result of d conference between the ] Utes and Colonel Rodgers and Major
 Meyers The general belief is that the
 Utes will refuse to accept any terms l looking to their return to Utah.