Show v Tm o T A T T T UTES OFF RESERVATION DEFYING AUTHORITIES I Colorado Sheriff Raising Posse to Pursue Indians Into Mountains C Colo Cob Jan IS Fit Fifty Ute me V Indians enraged b by the killing atone of at one of oC their tribe In a n. rifle duel with witha a Mexican sheepherder are off oft reservation reser reSor- fortified In the Uto Ulo mountains In southwestern stern Colorado and defying the sheriff of oC Montezuma county count and Indian Agent Sp Spear ar to take from them Big Rabbit an Indian who shot and seriously wounded the tho sheepherder The BIos are armed with magazine and amid are arc making malting so o determined a stanl that the tho sheriff sherif returned hero toda today to gather a posse posto of oC fifty men and nd pur pursue ue the tho Ute Utes into the mountains mountains moun moun- Unless tho the Indians Indiana yield he Stated tonight he would call upon tho stat to reinforce him with militia The Ilie trou trouble with the Utes started a few days das ago o. whon Joseph Vichel l a Mexican she sheepherder refused to allow two Indian hunters to camp near his herd A dispute arose and the tho herder according ac ac- cording to hii his stor story was attacked b by the Utes lIe Ho was shot an and l seriously wounded after utter he had killed one of 01 assailants Tho other Ute Ule with tho the body of oC his companion to io tho Ute rOl reservation or while was brought here herc The death of or the lie Indian roused tho the Utes end ond a band w.- w. was WAg reported to have started for tor Cortex Cortes determined to demand demand de tie- mand the blood of ot the herder in ro- ro for tor the tho death of ot their tribes tribes- In man an Meanwhile tho the sheriff gathered a posse and started for the tho reservation to arrest lilt Dig Rabbit the survivor or of oC the two who vIz attacked tho Mexican It Is Js said tho the Ute tied with wilh Big Rabbit for tho the mountains determined to tic do- fend coil him There has been lJean considerable local friction between the ranchmen and the tho Indians over o Ute Indian parties killing game out of ot season and ana other depredations that now ma may l lead lad al to se serious se- se rious complications |