Year: 1879




the Published List.


Denver, Dec 26.-Special dispatches
10 the Tribune from Los Pinos say that
Ouray came up yesterday afternoon,
and the commission went promptly
into session. He had promised his col
leagues at their last meeting to send
them word as soon as Sowerwick ar
rived, but the latter came up to the
agency and was there several hours
before the news of his arrival reached
the commission.


Upon the question being asked Ouray
where were the prisoners, he affected
great surprise, and said he had not un-
derstood that the commission wanted
the Indians us prisoners of war, and
had not thought that any of them were
to be tried, but he had thought that all
of them were to so to Washington to
have talk with the great father on
the subject of their wrongs.


Now, inasmuch as the principal diff
Guilty the commission had been strug-
Cling against was to induce the Indians
to give themselves up for trial, and as
they had finally consented, upon con-
dition that they should not be tried in
Colorado, this affectation of misunder-
standing the wishes of the commission
was too much for even the patience of
Gen. Hatch, and for the second time
since the convening Of the commission
lie lost his temper, and for the first
time he lost confidence in the final sue
cess of his efforts, and last night he ex-
pressed himself TO the effect that he
didn't believe that Ouray had the power
to enforce surrender of the Utes.
He has, l think, finally given up the
hope that the Indians will he surren-
dered, and is making preparations to
start out. Ouray was not reproached
by him for the display of bad faith or
or his direct lying, but was told by
Gen. Hatch that he would remain one
day at Cimarron, twenty-five miles dis
tant, and should he choose to deliver up
the Indians there, upon the 29th inst,
they would be received.


Ouray then began to entertain the
commission with the stories of the men
who had been frozen and lost in their
effort to get out at this seasonal child
ish plan to deter Gen. Hatch from
leaving. lie evidently fears the conse-
quences to his tribe should Hatch leave
without the prisoners, as he evidently
cannot persuade or force the Utes to
deliver themselves up. The last five
days given to Ouray makes the sum
total of twenty-one days time given to
the Utes.


make no predictions as to the result
this time. Seeing that Hatch is deter
mined, the Utes may possibly decide 10
give themselves up, but whether they
do or not, Hatch will leave Sunday, and
if he leaves without the prisoners there
will be war.


a full list of the names of the twelve
Utes who are to be tired at Fort Leav-
enworth, it has been impossible to OBJ
| tain from the commissioners hereto
fore, and it has been equally as impos-
sible to ascertain. when these twelve
are to be tried, for the testimony of the
Meekers, as given to the press, con-
victs only few of them of the crime.
This list is frequently referred to by
p,if md aft IN,
connection with certain Indians, and
| always as the star list. What this list
is, / cannot say positively, but from
hints dropped by members of the COM
mission, and stray remarks made by
them when they imagined the reporters
were not alert, | am confident the star
list contains the names of those Indi-
ans who committed crime worse than
murder or arson; crime which is
spoken of only with hated breath, and
which has not as yet been even limited
at by the newspapers, is well known
that the story of the women, as given
to the public, and their testimony un.
der oath, differ widely, and the crimes
of which they accuse the Indians in
their sworn testimony, would suffice Il
hang any man, of whatever color
without the formalty of a trial, in the
twinkling of an eye. That thisl list con
tains the names of those Indians who
are accused of this nameless crime, to
ward the defenceless women, is not {
sudden conclusion, but one which ha!
been arrived at after careful considera
ton, and which will be fully supported
when the trial of the mscreants take
place. Douglas and Persune are know
to be two of the names contained il