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Show Thistle Valley Utes. At the time of the Ute outbreak there were a great many Ute Indian m Tniatle Valley, some ninety miles southeast of this city, and located in L'tab County. These Indians were engaged in farming, which they made very profitable under the direction of a geotleman named Spencer, and not only made great progress in farming, but were acquiring properly very rapidiy. go much so that it ie reported , they owned tbe greater portion of that fertile valley, having bought the whitea out. It is stated that about the time of tbe outbreak at the While River agency, a couple of strange Indians appeared in the the valley, painted up in full war drees. The strangers remained a couple of days, and then departed, and in the next twenty-four hours all the Indiana in the valley bad also departed, de-parted, leaving their homes, farms, crops and everytbiug untouched, A nujiberof them went lo Springville and were encamped in tbe 6elds. Ooe eteniiiK, a painted warrior, with a black band lied around &Dd flowiog from his btad, is reported lo have ridden furiously down to the fields, where tbe Indians were camped, and tbe bame night they packed up ttud slipped away. Since then, land up to lat accounts, tbe Indiana have made no appearance, and the presumption id that they had gone to join the others of their tribe and engage in tbe fight. Mr. Spencer i ia said to be of the opinion that they will return as soon as the war is 1 ended and reeume their civilized pur- ' suits, continue to work their farms i aud go on as before. : |