Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-11
w. F. Saunders
JournalisticCareer
in New Mexico
SANTA FE ANDALBUQUERQuE
Whitewater Agency Mass
cre..-First Anti-(,ambliog
Crusade.

W. F. Saunders, of st. Louis, sec.
retary of the Business Mems League.
or that city, reached the city Sat
nrday accompanied by his niece, Miss
Alexia Durant, of Minneapolis Mr.
Saunders and Miss Durant have been
sojourners at the Valley Ranch, owned
and managed by the Sims Brothers on
the upper Pecos River, for some
weeks for rest and recreation and
have been greatly benefited by their
stay there.
Mr.. Saunders came to this city to
renew old acquaintances. He first
visited New Mexico in 1879 and before
the day of the railroad while this
city was still military headquarters
and the commercial emporium OF New
Mexico and eastern Arizona. He was
a young man, full of life and vim and
engaged in newspaper work. He is
a native Of Virginia and a descendant
of one of the oldest families of that
state. In 1878 he drifted to south.
western Colorado, being attracted
there by reports of big discoveries of
rich ore and also in search of material
for newspaper stories. In those days
there We're no feature stories, but Mr.
saunders managed to get up good
deal of copy in the Indian line. He
came to the Los Pinos Agency then
the headquarters of the Uncompahgre
utes Indian reservation. These Utes
were then powerful, numerous, pretty
well armed and ugly. There Mr.
Saunders met Colonel Edward Hatch
of the Ninth U. S. Cavalry, then in
command of the district of New Mex
leo who with a number of troops had
gone there to secure the liberation
OF the white women who had beer
captured ~ these Utes in what is
known as the White River Agency
massacre in which Samuel C. Meaker
the agent and all the employees of the
agency We're killed, except the white
women and among them daughter
of Meaker, all of whom were sub
jected to the grossest indignities and
outrages. Mr. Saunders received per
mission Of Colonel Hatch to accom-
pany the expedition as a correspond
ent. He accompanied it to the Indiar
camp where the women were turned
over to the military authorities and 6
great pow WOW was held at which ole
chief Ouray after whom the town o
Ouray, in the San Juan section O
Colorado, was named, was the leadins
man. The result was that the deman is
Of Colonel Hatch were complied with
The murderers of Meaker and his em
ployes and the ravishers of the WON
en- We're surrendered to the troops O
the Ninth Cavalry under command 0
Colonel Hatch and a deputaton o
indians was named to 60 to Wash
ington for conference with tn
President and the Secretary of tn
Interior. Chief Ouray was the hea,
of the delegation.
On Editorial staff Of New Mexican.
Thereafter Mr.. Saunders came t
Santa Fe with Colonel Hatch an,
entered the employment of the Dali
New Mexican as an editorial write
and correspondent. He rename
with the paper for a year and aftel
wards desiring to become better az
quainted with the Territory, he joine,
a government surveying party wit
which he was engaged for a veal
also doing newspaper work for tn
New Mexican and eastern newspapers
Thereafter he drifted to Albuquerqu
which had just been reached by tn
thacks of the Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe Railway and was not onl
a growing and bustling communit,
but "a hot town every night and
WHY tOuS3h OAC UColuCS. w luC, WOu
ell and cards and pistol shooting wer
the principal recreations of the 81
ciety of the Duke City then and there
About that time Major w. H. Bal
hache, who was quartermaster's ager
in Albuquerque and an old newspape
man, conceived the idea Of startin
daily evening newspaper in tn
Duke City. Major Bailhache ha
served creditably and honorably fc
four years In the volunteer servic
during the Civil War and was a prin
er and publisher by vocation. TIL
paper was started under the name {
the Evening Review and Colont
Frost of this city became associate
with Major Bailhache in its public;
tion. Major Bailhache was appointe
receiver Of the U. S. land Office !
Santa Fe and moved to this city. M.
Saunders edited and managed the p'
per for two years. During that tim