The Washington herald., 1915-03-01

I SPECIAL TO The Washington Herald
Salt Lake City. Utah. Feb. &.-MaI =
shad Aquila Nebeker. heading the posse
! of thirty white men and few friendly
Indian scouts who are trying TO capture
the band of nifty Piute and Ute Indians
and half-breeds intrenched in Buffers
Wash a few miles southwest Of Bluff.
on the San Juan River. Utah. today de-
clared he fears he will have to ask for
United States troops.
Six persons have been killed in the
little war. including Jacks Brother.
famed as Pluto warrior. and Blu.
Flower his pretty Indian sweetheart and
the Indians have sworn TO avenge their
deaths by killing many whites. The
death of Deputy Joe Akin. of Dolores.
member of Marshal Nebekers posse. has
Infatuated the whites.
Jacks Brother was one of the most
daring of the Piutes. and Blue Flower
was renowned as the most beautiful cirl
in either the Piute or Ute tribes of this
-Four Corners section.
Try 10 Outnank Indians.
4 detachment of twenty-six posse men
We're dispatched by Marshal Nebeker to
outfiank the Indians, who hold a strong
position in Buffers Wash. The white
men reached Cow Canyon and We're try
ing TO surround the Indians. Marshal
Nebeker believed the Indians would sur
render without a fight if they realized
the battle would cost them many lives.
The possemen were suddenly surprised
by the Indians and heavy firing started.
The Indians held the concealed positions
and apparently had acted on advance
information of the possemen's inten-
tons. The white men quickly dropped
to shelter. but the firing did not abate.
Jacks Brother. creeping from cover to
cover. slowly advanced toward the white
men. frequently exposing himself to fire
and shooting so accurately that the
possemen had to act with great care.
Jacks Brother left the Indians far be-
hind and Blue Flower stood watching
her lover. Finally she left the squaws
behind and crept Up TO the Indians FIR
Jacks Brother.
of bravado. stepped from behind his
cover and stood upright. fully exposed
to the fire. The Indian took aim and
fired. standing in a rain of bullets. Blue
Flower screamed. Then Jacks Brothers
rifle fell from his hands. he whirled
around. staggered and fell. From the
Indians line the slight form of the girl
was seen running.
Apparently without thought of her dan
warrior and came between the fire OF
both whites and Indians. She was seen
to throw up her arms and fall across
the body of her lover. Whether Blue
Flower was struck by a bullet from the
Indians or from the possemen is not
known.
Fire Breaks O1t Again.
Deputy Joe Akin ran toward the girl
But the Indian fire broke out afresh and
the whites replied. Akin fell with a bull
let hole in his forehead. The bullet mad
penetrated his brain. This seemed to
make the Indians holder and a band of
three left the main body and tried to out
flank the possemen.
The three Indians we're captured. This
ended the fighting temporarily. Mancos
Jim. q Piute friendly to the whites. was
sent to parley with the Indians. He re-
turned with word that the Indians would
not surrender. While the pow-wow mad
been in progress the Indians had not been
idle.
The Piute.. under their chief. Old Polk
parleyed with Aaneos jim WIN Ne