Show oy ON THE WAR WAK PATH the uprising of 0 the iho utes in ili colorado threatens to cause serious trouble unless the proper authorities ta take ke tile tho matter in hand and make speedy woi k of suppressing pre aBing tho the indian bother there Is plenty of 0 help nt itt land and we sincere sincerely trust the officials will not delay tile tho settlement to the massac af tile setlers sellers around tho the district old ute chiefly thief chief iia ls undoubtedly nn an unscrupulous customer tail full of hot blood and threatening vengeance 0 on tho the government inasmuch as lie wiel wields s B unlimited power pow er over oer tile tho white while river utes it is reasonable to expect that eliat ur un L lesslie leas ho is is toned down great depredation will be committed both on life and property the indian tribes of colorado are the hie band of utes at los pin pinos os agency numbering about and tile the yampa grand river and uintah bands at tile the white river luver berlingo out they are natives of the section which they now inhabit and have a reservation of acres in the western part of the territory set apart lor for their occupancy by treaty made with them in tile year 1868 the two agencies above named aro are established on tills reservation the white being in the noi them on tho the river of the same name and tho the other in the south bouth eastern part pait ih aliis Is reservation atlon is much larger than is is tic necessary for or the number of indiana nathin thin its limits and as agreeable gold and silver mines mines tire alleged to aiato been discovered on it congress in 1872 authorized zed tile tho secretary of the intel entenor or to enter into negotiations with tho the utes for or the alio relinquishment of 0 their iben title to the southern eon thern part where chero tho the mines milies lie A few of these indians indian alio m lie have de line lined d to live on oil tho the reservation sti baill 11 roam in tile the eastern part of tile the territory frequently i denser and its environs and causing some bome ice to the settlers by their presence but not committing any depredations As Agi yet ettLe the indians of colorado two evinced but little desire to adopt a civilized ii it modo made of life and show elio but little ill interest in in the education of their children A school is id in operation nl at tile white hite river luer agency fit at aich about folly scholars attend tile vice utes are fierce fieno if in war var and rat unrelenting 0 toward their foes vt at the alie early settlement of colorado they were content to bo at peace with the tt lutes so long borgaa ail what v hat they concel conceived ad to be their inherited or treaty rights w ere not in tided they inhabited the more rugged portions of the territory eat and only descended scented to the plains when following th their IT inveterate foes the Arapah oes they seemed to look upon the abito settlements na as a sort eurt of barrier against the raids ot of the tribes of 0 the plains but the litter latter managed to reach them clentry often to keep them in a elate 0 of I 1 constant irritation the most cruel atrocities marked their mutual eions their captives e even en women were flere burned alivo alive the utes were mere colt on sideres the iho bravest and best tighter tighten but bidet tribal coalitions against them pla placed oil them nt at a disadvantage on the open field for abin reason they v were ere seldom til join the attacking party but maintained 1 a defensive attitude in their mount mountain liu fast fastnesses nesses the rhe more westerly bands banda occupied the countr country y as far its ai the bor ierg of nevada evalla ev acla find utah took its name front from them being a corruption of the he indian word nor dUtee atee 11 they live alno by the chase and when on the he karpath warpath war path by mes plunder hinder in ili former years ears th the e colorado atea went down into the plains piling in throng part icis to hunt buffalo but tile the Arapah Arapaho oes tB and looking upon them as trespassers combined combined to to k kt ep them awny away from the buffalo range nai the conflicts which greta rew out of ills jealousy made them mortal boea |