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Show aiH EXPRESSES FELII81 PIUTES Mrs. H. P. Dalley Says "Old Polk" and "Old Posey" Saved Her Life. TELLS THRILLING TALE Takes Ground That Father of Tse-Na-Gat Is Simply Defending His Son. "While the preat and stronp ami of the United States government Is reaching out to clutch two Piute Indian chiefs, and doubtless the pursuit will be unremittingly bitter until the Jaw prevails, there is. one person at least to whom these two Piute chiefs stand for all that Is courageous, noble and good. That person Is a woman, a resident of Salt Lake and a pioneer in the land where now relentless warfare is being waged. Mrs. H. P. Dalle..- owes her life to "Old Folk'" and -'Old Posey," the two Piutes most prominent In the day's news from tiie San Jiran country, Mrs. Dalley i now lives in Salt Lake, and it is by virtue 1 cf the valor and the respect for womanhood, woman-hood, almost past beleif in savage breasts, displayed by "Old Polk" and "Oid Posey" that Mrs. Dalley abides on the earth. Mrs. Dalley lives with her family at Xo. 920 Belmont avenue. In the days that tried men's souis and the souls cf women, too, Mrs. Dalley was Ms. A. M. Barton, the wife of a storekeeper at Rmcon, San Juan county, a trading post for Indians. Tiie thrilling events which are so graphically graph-ically described by Mrs. Dalley occurred a great many years ago. but to her,mind they are as vivid as though, they occurred , but yesterday. Tells Thrilling Story. Tast night Mrs, Dalley talked with a reporter of The Tribune. In substajice, her story runs as fellows: In June of 1SS7 twenty-seven years a:ro when Mr. Barton and I had been married two years, my husband and my mother, Mrs. William Hyde, were enguued in keeping the trading post at Rincon. On a clear and beautiful d iy of that month a Navajo, Red Fox. by name, and another Indian of the same tribe, became involved in a dispute with my husband. I was in our house a short distance from the store at the time and could see all that happened. I was horrified to see the two Navajoa pounce on Mr. Barton, and almost Instantly In-stantly Red Fox emerged from the store tugiring at a roye which had been placed about my husband's neck. The other Indian wan behind my husband shoving him violently forward. for-ward. I prasped a rifle and started to run forward with a vague idea tiiat I might be of some asistancp. I had not proceeded far when Red Fox drew a revolver and aimed it at my hus- ! baud. Mr. Barton, how ever, bent quickly forward and the bullet pierced the hear: of the Navajo behind. Polk and Posey lo Rescue. I have b&en accused of firing the shot that killed the man. but tha charge is false It was Red Fox s bullet bul-let that ended his life. Almost im-med;ctIy im-med;ctIy tr.e realtor Red Fm shot my husband through the bead. The wuund proved fata! a week later. My mother and I then ran as quickly quick-ly as possible toward the store. Red Fox pointed his revolver at me, but did not shoot, altnough I expected to be killed at orr-e. Just at this moment "Old Pnlk" lie wis not raMrd "Oid Polk" then and "Posey" came upon the ecene. . iw words were spoken bv "Old Polk" to Red Fox. Afterwards I learned from Polk what those words were, "Poik" va;d he told Rwj Fox that his quarrel v.-a;; "with the man and not with tr.e. woman." That wan t'r.e reason why my life nas t, pared then. At Polk's words Red Fox relaxed bis hold on the rope and stepped bfcck a few paeh. Posey and bin old pray-ha ired father i.a rricd Mr. Barton Bar-ton to the house, where he lingf-red, as I have saia. about a week. Whfri we eat Mr. Barton to the bouse. Tae-Na-Ga t. the man now known as Everett Hatch, the so-called outlaw whose surrender the officers demand and whose custodv the Piutes refuse to yield Te-Xa-Gat, then a il'Me boy, brought water from the wdl with which we bathed Mr. Barton b wound. While we we-e in the house sttend-inz sttend-inz to Mr. Rar'on, seven oUier Navajo Nava-jo h rode up. Red Fox denounced me to them as the person who had killed hin companion. Th v demanded mv B'jrrpnder. but "Polk" and "Posev" de'ared thnt I w;n innocent and defied de-fied them to ta ko no. Life Is Again Saved. Upon being confronted wi'h toe determined de-termined opposition of "Pr.k" and "Pnfiey. '' the Navajne rode wav, "Posey" RujpeJ that, thev would -oon return v.Uh reiriforc-nK'ntn. He l";ip"d upon ;i horpe a nd rode like ' he wind to Filuff, vliere j,, rwie tn alarm, and In Xiie astornKhlnyiy hr!f lime of two hours and ten mln-iiIam mln-iiIam h returned with a large rom-p(nj rom-p(nj of Ids own tribesmen and iiv-el iiv-el v. hlf: 'men. Th distar-e from the trad'nar post lo Bluff vhf twelve mil-?. "Posev" therefore trHver-erj t we nt y-four rnlles In a mazing r.wiTt-heer-i. Thtp company of Indians nnd'whltes purrounde-i th-tation and mnrlo nrep-arnMoiif. nrep-arnMoiif. for reiHtMnee, for none hut be!.ed t;,af the Navajo would re. turn In forci. 'fills proved to he the n:-e, for oon p-ver;il hundred Nav-ir Nav-ir opnaied. .-Seeing 'the post we'l defend'-d. io.veVer, t he Nvm on drew off the N'wvajnn nlv.-av had fer,r of Jbf; PI'l'-. The I'lutep, ,1Ti, t.-,e vnit: men r-mlird at. UJr torn '-rUl Mr. j:;iror,'K ne.,'itti. The l;iy following my hu-hnnd' deal), 7. too'f 1),-. horly to Fltff f0r burial, Hefore kavlnc the popt v-" turned o-.e,- 1 1 jo kevM of the, Uhp iin,i Ftore to "folk" find "fore'.'," with the reque-'t th;.r thf r-r-,. , rar-tikcrn nnii our return. U'bn we K.,t b.-uk everything w;ir. w- bnd led the two TndbrMM li;id fnilbrnMy ,,(,. 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