Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-19


your captives, my countrywomen, the
great white father will send his SOL
diers and leave not one Of you alive
Il rose as i spoke and placed my
back against a tree, determined to sell
my life as dearly as possible. 1t was
a critical moment.
silently Count Doenhoff came and
stood close at my side. Alone in that
forest of blackness, the only white
men within perhaps fifty miles, one
hundred miles from civilization, we
were absolutely in the power Of those
savages, who might torture us and put
us to a most excruciating death. be-
| lieve If had wavered my life, and per-
haps that of the count, would have
paid the penalty. For a full minute
they sat smoking and looking at me.
Then a murmur went from one to the
other, .Adamus heap brave, Adamus
no 'fraid.'
Then, long association Of obedience
to me, and l really believe, their genu-
inc affection for me, prevailed over the
dictates of their savage natures, and
again they offered me the pipe of
peace Again 1 shook my head and
refused, saying, No, l cannot smoke
with you until you promise me to give
up your captives and allow the ring
leaders Of this revolt to be punished as
they deserve
This again raised a stormy discus
sion, and angry and suspicious looks
were cast in my direction.
"A few angry war whoops cut the
deep silence Of the night, and voices
were raised loud in fierce discussion.
In the midst of it, and when it looked
as if my friends were getting the worst
of the argument, a bent and withered
old squaw, the mother Of seven chiefs,
rose painfully to her feet, and leaning
on her staff, with her stiff, dry, gray
hair blowing about her peaked, wrinkl-
ed face, pointed her shaking, bony fin
ger at the disputants and said in Span
ish, Think, you chiefs, what you are
doing. Adamus is the friend Of the
Indian, the friend Of Ouray. If you
kill Adamus or hurt the white squaws
you will have to settle with Ouray for
it, and he is your great chief who will
show you no mercy. You are few, Ou-
ray is great and mighty he Is the white
mans friend, and if you kill Adamus,
Ouray will send his chiefs to settle
with you, and your tribes will know
you no more
Il do not know how it is among
other Indian tribes, but among the
Utes the aged are held in the very
highest respect and receive the great
est care and attention. AS this aged
mother in Israel ceased speaking and
sank with a weary grunt once more
upon the ground, the chiefs talked
once more together, and I could see
that my cause was gaining.
After some moments they turned
to me, and their spokesman said that
they would give up the women and al
low the ringleaders of the revolt to be
arrested if I promised them that they
should not receive white mans pun
ishment (be hanged). 1 replied that
could make them no such promise.
Il am not here to make promises for
my government. l am here to rescue
and bring back my countrywomen
You have committed murder. Why
should you not be punished for it the
same as a white man? After this
talked to them for long time, setting
their crimes before them in their true
light, and urging them to make all the
lreparation in their power. l spoke TO
them as father and friend, and ex-
planned to them the disastrous results
to their people and their tribe should
they resist. pleaded for the helpless
women and the little children, and de-
nounced in no measured terms the
murder of poor Father Meeker.
THE council lasted we'll on to morn
ing, but ere the embers of its fire fad
ed before the gray of dawn the Indians
had promised submission, and l smok-
ed with them the pipe Of peace when
they had given me their solemn pledge
that might take back with me the
captive women and children, and that
they would give up to justice the ring
leaders Of the revolt if I would see
that the troops were turned back and
no more soldiers sent against them.
Il told them that I could make no
promises for the government, but
would use my best endeavors in their
behalf, and with that they seemed con-
tent, and we returned to camp in the
gray of the morning in friendly
spirit"
The next morning, when Gen. Ad-
ans had seen the women and children
safely on their way back to civilization
under the escort of his friendly Indi-
ans, he, with Count Doenhoff, started
for the White River to join Gen. Mer-
ritt and report on the success of his
mission.
In accordance with his agreement
the troops were turned back, the 1ndi-
ans broke camp and went back to
their reservations and the threatened
Indian war was at an end.
The promoters and ringleaders of
the rebellion were given up by the
tribe and received a we'll merited pun
ishment, and the surviving members
of the Meeker family were granted a
pension for twenty years.
Worth the Trouble.-Clara-lsn 1t
perfectly lovely-this higher education
for women?
Dora-Why?
Clara-The papers say 80 per cent