The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-03-26
scott RELATES
HIS CAPTURE OF
PIUTE INDIANS
lie Entertains Little Band
Which has Resisted Posse
Sent Out BY a United
States Marshal.
81 ASSOCIATED PREss

Thompsons. Utah. March zf-Briga-
der General Hugh ~ scott chief "
stan - the United states army. today
entertained ~ bis guests at the little
hotel AZ Thompson four apparently
dociie and happy Indians who. after
being pursued by posse headed hy
United States Marshal Nebeker for
two weeks, surrendered Is General
scott near Blur last week Tho In-
dams we're old Polk. chief ~ one d.
vision II the renegade Piutes. Use Ne
Cat soa 81 old Polk. Who b CHARGED
with murder. old posey. chief ~ the
other division 81 rencgBdcr and "a son
~ posry.
All y the Indians referred 90 Gem
erai Scott in their Piute tongue aa
their Good white Father The gen
era insists that the Indians acre not
prisoners but "just his BOYS" The In
dams showed keen delight when the
generai insisted e meal time that he
and they 90 given separate table
away from tie white folks"
No shacklea were used e. bind tho
eaptives and none were needed for
their tie ~ genuine regard for General
scott was such that IL probably would
/ take a posse larger than that which
United States Marshal NebekeF
l brought 70 Blur 20 drive them frors
/ him. Supplied with cigarettes hv Gen.
/ eral scott. the Indians were permitted
/ 70 wander about today with perfeol
I freedom. Tho generals only concern
Was that they might be run over 81 I
/ train. They never had seen 4 rnIfwat
train before and could hardly resist ths
temptation 70 get close 90 the cars
They had their frat automobile ridt
/ coming from Moab Yesterday and To-.
day looking forward with eaEerness "
their first train ride. which was Il
begin this afternoon " hen they vtartet
] for salt Lake City.
/ GEN. SeoTTs STORY.
General scott to-day told this stor,
or the paciheation of the Indians.
We left Washington 20 some OF
here to attempt 90 settle this nttlt
Misunderstanding on March Z. wit.
me we're Lieutenant Colonel Robert !.
L. Niche, my alde-de-camp an,
Trooper p. r. Randolph, ~ the FRI
cavalry. my orderly We reAch~,
Thompson's on March 8 and went 4.
Blur, going by automobile. WAGON
sleigh. horseback and on foot. a. TfYf
we learned that Polk snd Posey IN,
their Indians had gone ~ Naval
mountains. some las miles u,sgt 4
Bun We stayed q day IN Rluf an.
then went % Mexican Hat on me sa'
Juan river. tWenty-eight miles vest \
Blur
We sent q friendly Pluts Gale.
Jim's Boy. ont 20 tel the piutes thn
wanted - see them Some Of Their
came in near where We we're campef
. but Il Was not until the third aav ira
any dared e. cnnns 20 the oamp.
Posev ana four ether indians the
came into canp. We talked a Htti
through . Navajo interpreter. II IA
in the evening and I fust asked theg
how they were. ! told them IA ~
! feel very welI and did net want - al
70 them until the nezt day. They helpe
as Mia a beef and We gave them q roo
meal. the first they had had for aces
! They were poorly clad and Ne Env
them sar1e Blankets posey and NJ
men did not have any weapons bat
have reasons 10 suspect that they "a
! hidden them ia the rocks nearby.
: The next day Polk and Hatch a.
: about tventy- 1--we others came In
= see me I asked them e. tel me the
: / troubles They said the cowboys re
/. come in the daylight on horseback an
I surrounded them, shot their childrs