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Show THE UTE INVASION. j If we are to have the fioithern Utes over here every wiuterj distressing and alarming our settlers on the border the sooner we move for a complete settlement with them, the better for all concerned. There ia no existing treaty or understanding by which they are allowed here, or tolerated on a leeal footing. They have no more right in San Juan county, Utah, than they woald have were they to appear in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, with their eheep herds end droves of ponies. It is a wanton and lawless invasion of the territory of Utah, and if the general gen-eral government does not take steps to return them to their reservation, then the governor of Utah must do it. If his organized militia iB not strong enough to do this, he must call for volunteers. If this were to be done, twenty strong, able and brave frontiersmen front-iersmen for every Indian, would soon appear. It is not a question of men. There are men enough. All we want is the call the authority to act, rations and amunition. Neither the ?over,nment of Utah nor its people will forget that the Indians are not the prime criminals in this matter. They are the innoceut victims !of the designing and selfish men of southern Colorado woo covet the rich lands and bright valleys of their present homes, and who have advised them falsely that they have a right to the lands in San Jaun county, who are chiefly to blame for this raid. But notwith standing all this the injury they are doing to the settlers in oan Juan mast ceaee. The only way to act effectively immediately upon the invading forces, is to meet them with sufficient force ana hurl them back over the line and then explain, apologize, or do whatever else is necessary. We dare not permit per-mit this invasion to continue until the treaties are examined and the courts ! have adjudicated. Let the Indians be sent home and then the settlement may be made according to law. As Gen. McCook does not manifest any very lively interest in the matter, I Gen. Ottinger must. Somebody must i defend the persons and properly of the settlers on our border. Our idea ia that if the territorial government sends a force there, they will recover every cent of money it costs by simply placing the claim before be-fore the general government. Is it so that Utah haB no legal status, and that even the Indians may come in and convert her lands to theii own uses whenever their inclination leads in this direction, or bad men advise them to come? "We will never be fit for state government it we lb a territory permit this outrage tamely and without ail effort to send the Indians back wher e they belong. We know our noble governor well and do not fear but what he will go into this matter in dead earnest and see the wronged people of San Juan righted amply, and that, too, ere many more moons have waxed and waned. Vigorous, manly .timely and deliberate action should be taken, nor must we accept Gen.McCook'a pooh-poohings as the rule by which to judge either of the gravity of the occasion or bad effects of the policy of submission to this j wrong. |