New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
FORMER UTE CAMPAIGN
Hoo Captain Johnson Conducted
Negotiations 7cith Chief 4ppah.

The renewal Of difficulties with the Ute Indians
gives interest to the details the former troubles
with this tribe, Lieutenant w. w. Edwards. 10th
United states Cavalry, writes OF The Campaign
Against the Utes' in the October number Of
Army and Navy Life" After telling Of how six
emissaries Of the Uintah Utes. headed by their
chief. Appah spent considerable time in Wash
ington recently, he goes on to say:
>lIaa3 ApIPa53s s. band Of ties comprising about four
HHfTseLgyati9a IN tan, are nov snGamped at Fort
Ihey have been held under military surveillance
ana issued army rations. The President. after
tailed captain Johnson to the GtniaRR reseTVaton i1
Captain Johnson's mission has now been accom-
phshed, the important question of what will he
is important in its bearing upon our former deal
ing with the red man and affords in its solution
short time ago the Utes were firm in their reso
Utah alive.
After Appah and his band had wandered away
into Colorado and thence into Wyoming and Mon
tana the troops were sent after them last year.
=, The orders from Washington we're that the Utes
sort to force be avoided unless their defiance of
the authority of the United States continued and
them to desist from their unlawful conduct and
return return to Thy lands which had been allotted to
Negotiations with Appah placed in charge
varied experiences with Indians extending back
70 the 'os. eminenty fitted him for the under
CAPTAINS Johnson. and Paxton drove out TO the
least hazardous undertaking ever veutured upon.
ac!ng. hostile Indians The latter had previously
announced tnat no army officers would be admit
the two ccrs stepped out R before x GTreq tES bSs6S
o6sd OF lIenu{ty {i was known. The Ctes surly and
they said we heap hungry. No food; woman
@ tn af all Tc ES 3srS S2GE t6
mat they must go, and that never again would
they be allowed to stand in the shadow Of Ute
son son of Red Gap who acted as spokesman: Wav.
food of light, Red Cap answered.. To-day the sun
good, but tomorrow they may be different "
The suIIen and defiant attitude evinced by the
thrm rf to terms in an amicable manner.
not encouraging. The ties had painted their
anG; d1g@S; T"diCine men W@re husily going about
InrdiGne r asanst the white mans bullet and
Nightly the Young braves SsoqyG r5de ToI IGrmSGGs ar
an OLD abandoned corral. practised shooting from
Imagining the troops stili far in their rear. the
ing de rfyivsd I Their primitive custom of max
"fe e b,icts HlivrS, dS, FORMING long line consisting
drove th,r S9uaMS da ana and PaPooses OF all they
ing mem IN an ever narrowing circle. killed them
., In the mean time the Ute scouts though ever on
mSnts ~ t taH Iaaed 10 bring in news Of the
Ir INDIANS had not the slightest idea tfat the troops
Gaptap To6nsnn 6sT unuI M american Horse. sent by
cSntered the Ute camp one evening at dusk and in
brush directly across their path not two hours
march away. series Of cultural CALCULATIONS
Immediately dubbed old FybyNiEht! f5S Itss was
the meeting asta SGr RSs Of h E sEEafgy
n 9ad @ on w what scout expressively termed his
preserved-thoueh the occasion was a serious one /
Of keeping with their attire which consistsd evi
m iCht,S m II fiSI-oH civilian garmonts they had picked
25 faded PictqresqueneSs in the bright painted
rusty derby nat the ubiquitous strip of rcd ta6
mel mel IN the hair and the gaudily beaded moccasins
WhIch WI @ an an indian never snrrenders. semicircle
ol hostile scouts stationed on the adjacent crests
yi"nr rTTSeN TE eHery movement OF the comms
he extreme Several times through hout the meet
plotting TO kin the two big white chiefs 10 who P
,ne men that dstnTbme element fSE n sTar, MIDI Msdi
community. fitted about from group to group tell
another opportunity like this would never arrive
tan fi II II tney embraced It and massacrei the two .
The n talk Of the head men was, briefly. that the
The council broke up perforce, by the Utes /
1f. Two Of them however. remained-Rainbow [
from these two that tSeg Would attend
moved down to the half way point for this pur-
voice of the Village crer the iepees We're struck
-sixty-seven in allEand with the bucks. squaws.
neyed down Three Bar Creek to the spot where |
Johnson he e'' would ind it. II 'oH captain
The officers rode out to the poW-WoW As i
hey entered upon their dangerous tryst and gazed /
At the circle OF dusly faces surrounding them they
saw at that change had come over the /
Indians during tie night They solemnly took /
with a long straight stem. artfully carved and the |
little red stone bowl polished from frequent use tiIl
{ glistened. filled with knikinick that those.
who were 70 talk might first seek its soothing in
iuence. a single whiff gravely taken by those I
around the circle was deemed sufficient to begin |
he ceremony,
prefer said that he had not come that morning TO /
make make terms put 70 give the Indians their orders.
Father; that the soldiers were there to see that |
he orders of the great White Father We're Obeyed. !
At this tuncture dark skinned patriarch got up. |
His eyes had lost their sight. and being bent with
age, he leaned heavily upon Staff for support. |
No had noticed him before, nor could they tell
he fhe div