Show THE SOUTHERN DTES A Vigorous Protest Against Colorado Schemes THE INDIAN SCHOOL RACKET That Little Indian War and How It was Worked Utah Writer Exposes the Fraud Mr U C Camp of Cisco Utah has the following to say on the Southern Utea J dliinres = V question Iyhave noticed ul eat t1Jat n few logical as well as truthful appeals have gono up from this partjigainst the establishment of a large area of land in the eastern part of ourfai territory intoa aew Indian reserve for the purpose of enabling citizens of Colorado to grow wealthy and populous by making Utah her red mans dumping ground And if you will permit mel will endeavor to lay before you and all fair minded people my reasons for objecting to this proposed innovation from our enterprising neighbors to the east of us 11 gad What has been the result of Ethe removal of the Indians from Uncompnghre reservation reser-vation in Colorado Look at the busy and prosperous towns and settlements that have sprung up like magic on the borders and within the limits of this old Colorado reservation adding to the numerous revenues reve-nues and treasury of the Centennial state by her improvements enterprise and thrift Then LOOK ATTI1K OIllITK riCllIRK The White river or new Ute reservation an Indian agency a few old huts and tepees their stock consisting of inferior grades of cayuse ponies sheep and goats ttJ then i imagine what might have been hail this country been left open to settlement and the answer is found by comparing the Ashley Fork settlements across Green Rivr and contiguous to the White River country iu voice of inspiration nor of one crying cry-ing from the wilderness is needed to make this matter plain but merely to look Hero we find from five to six vigorous settlements settle-ments whose inhabitants have become independent in-dependent Jnh prosperous surrounding themselves with the comforts of life beautiful beau-tiful homes verdant fields and meadows thrift orchards improved stock and all the other minutia that go to make life joyous joy-ous auu nappy way i am told and that ay good authority that the population of Ashley is greater than that of Wasatob county and how does either of these iliiecs strike Jon for au Indian vcscrva ion 1 assert and there are those who know will bear me out that portions of this White River country are us good if not better than Ashley and there is no question butt but-t would havf been dotted over with towns and villages busy with the hum of life prosperity and intelligence would have tined her fair borders and she would have become a delight and a brilliant star in the galaxy of new Utah settlements schoolhouses school-houses replaced the Indian tepees improved im-proved and blooded stock supplanted the scrub and pungo and rich revenues would have flowed into the coffers of our territory terri-tory toryAnd let us not forget that the western lope of THE HOOK MWXTAIXS is rich in immense beds of ozokerite as phaltum mineral wax coal fine building rock and the precious metals to say nothIng noth-Ing of the rich rolling country covered with fine grasses fit for thousands of head of stock to fatten onall within the Unfits of his reservation Now let us go to the bottom and bring truth that old invincible to bear on it Sometime in 1881 the Coloradoans succeeded eeded in accomplishing their hearts desire and unloaded their first batch of straight haired pigeontoed duskys on Utahs domain thus opening their own lands for settlement but not being satisfied with this act of injustice aud forgetful it seems of true magnanimity and generous feeling shortly afterward petitioned the genera government to establish Indian schools Not in Utah mind you but in Colorado Why in Colorado That they might receive the benefit of a rich government pap that all moneys to be used necessary for buildings and improvements would flow unto the citizens of Colorado and they receive the government stipend to pay the teachers and for books board and clothing for pupils and in fact to handle all revenues pertaining to the institution i r Grund Junction t Or ColOlSuC has ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS in full blast that is the officers draw their uucats from Uncle Sams surplus and dwell in rich tents But the Indian J Lo he comcth not but turns in haste to the rude tepee of his fond parents It is a wellknown fact m this quarter that they send out men to the new Ute reservation and leave no stone unturned to induce the Indian children to return with them to Grand unction and cuter school and often when the roll is called silence is the only answer that comes to back them jet they are forced to keep up appearances and make their reports in I order to receive the reward of the faithful Let us go deeper I say Utah has been robbed of large area of fertile land and the government is called on to pay for this infamous transaction What else can be made of it Colorado has greatly increased in vrcath by haviiia her lands thrown open for settlement while Utah has been retarded and her lands unjustly taken I And no voice has boon heard In protest While petitions have multiplied and accumulated I ac-cumulated at our national caplfaliu endless I I numbers and many vital and important issues is-sues and measures pigeonholed that these miner matters might be properly attended toat the earnest solicitation of Colorados most diligent representatives while they have been wont to declaim and gaze with t agle eye upon the paladium uct a thumb has been reversed THE MUFFLED DRUM OF SILENCE alen I cat the requiem of departing acres Colorado has taken cream milk pan and all while Utah got the redskins But says the objector these people should not be blamed and exposed when they are engaged in such a laudable undertaking under-taking diffusing knowledge to the noble red mans progeny This may be truobut mind you this is not an individual enter prisc Had the citizens of Colorado ttfkch this matter in hand themselves and paid out of thtir own pockets all these expenses there would have been no one more ready or willing to give them God speed for phllantrophv but to be at no expenseand benefitted by an act of aggression and injury in-jury their lands return an appropriation 1fnfheic W 1f Uclusl tion made for their exclusive use and improvement im-provement looks too much like ftelng remunerated re-munerated for robbing your neighbor instead in-stead of that other word love which is entirely ignored What was that thuuder smoke and noise about that shook this part of tho country from centre to circumference and sped oer the land like a hungry Kansas cyclone sometime some-time last year Why Colorowand a few of his followers stepped across the mysterious mys-terious harder line into Colorado and killed a few deer Think of it A great hue and cry was made an immense mob was rendezvoused and war cruel war was waged against these aged veterans of color who were driven from their old hunting grounds and the resting place of their forefathers I fore-fathers back to their new lands I CIIILDKES JK ARMS ADMITTED Uncle Sam pays us for training the tender minds thereof but no deer hunters nor I aged male Indians need apply This is tho policy adopted by our eastern neighbors which is strenuously carried out and now another scheme is up and a train laid to sweep La Platta county Colo clean of her manly original Americans Ameri-cans and dump them out another SOO miles i on a tract of Utah lands whoso mountains I and mesas are rich and verdant with grazing I graz-ing facilities for thousands of cattle and horses to flourish on and whose valleys I for climate and fertility are unsurpassed I by anything in the tsrritory i Are we to sit quietly down fold our i hands and submit to this infamous invasion inva-sion without a murmur or a dissenting voice Nol A thousand times nol Let us awake from our lethargy put on our armour of defense and battle against these encroaching and vicious thefts by every honest and manly effort known until this subject is thoroughly ventilated My voice is but weak and pen not the one of a ready writer but perhaps my feeble efforts will stimulate others more able and better qualified to take up this cudgel and wield jit with power and effect in defense of our sacred rights and lands TLis being an obituary territorial papers will please copy and like the old hunter who sat down with a stranger with only soup for dinner will say If this is any good help yourself theres more of it |