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Show IIS IN OLD HOMES OFEfflCT COFFIN Piute Outlaws Occupy Ancient Dwellings; a Campaign of Starvation Starva-tion Thought the Only Means of Effecting Surrender; Sur-render; Redskins Have Plenty of Provisions. NONCOMBATANTS TAKEN TO REFUGE Marshal Nebeker Confers Con-fers With Indian Experts Ex-perts on Best Means of Attack; Captives Given Preliminary Hearing at Grayson and Bound Over. Special to The Tribun" BLUFF Utah March "An almost impregnable position has been taken up by the renegade Plutes under the leadership of Old Polk The Indians have entrenched themselves in the cliff dwellings h gh above Butler wash, a place which, can hardly be reached by the pose under Marshal Nebeker at least not without a desperate fight and probably heavy loss of life The In d ans have been fortifying themselves while the agents have been trying to get the friendly Utes to go to the res ervat on. The activity of the outlaws in secur ng their fortification is taken here to be the final evidence of the r intention to fight to the last Many of the set tiers and the members of the posse are of the bel ef that a campaign of star vation will be the only means of get ting at the Ind ans Ample Provisions And on the other hand the red men are known to have ample provisions to last for months and ammunition suf fie ent to carry on an indefinite fight It is al'o bel eved that the supposed safety of the pos tion of the Indians has won other tr be men to the r side, and that reinforcements w 11 soon join them from the hills This information was brought to Bluff today by John AVethenll famous Ind an expert and Billy Reed who have been at Mexican Hat twenty miles west of here Through their ac quaintance with settlers and f r endly Indians and the r knowledge of the Pintes themsel es the were able to gi e Marshal Nebeker many new de ta Is honcombatants Safe They report that Posey is leading Polk s band of all noncombatants to a refuge in the hills All the squaws and children are with th s party leav ing only the Piute warriors m Butler wash Both Wether 11 and Heed are certain that Posey h mself will return to Old Polk s camp as soon as the squaws are located safely br nging with him re n forcements for the fighters Wetherill s and Peed s information is taken as ser ous Wetherill went at once into conference with Marshal Nebeker while the leader prepared his plans of attack in accordance with the new intell gence Wetherill lives at his celebrated trading post at Kaventa on the Utah Arizona 1 no It was to h s wife that hops for a peaceful settlement turned recently She is a h ghly educated woman and the most skillful Indian ling nst in the whole four corners country Tho gh she lives among the "Savajos her knowledge of tho ioui is equallv great Found Cliff Dwellings It was the Wetherill brothers who d scovered the cliff dweller rums in the Mesa Verde park Colorado in The other brother was killed by an Ind an three years ago Mr and Mrs Wether 11 were the first wh te people to see the famous Rainbow natural bridge g d i a part of eastern sc entists there a tew ears ago ether 11 is assoc ated with the (Continued on Pate Three.) INDIANS IN OLD HOMES OE EXTINCT CLIEFMEN (Continued from Page One.) Wade brothers his brothers in law Their outfit is be ng deta ned here by Ivebeker who deems the route to Kayenta unsafe for whites at present. Mrs Wethenll is at the Kayenta post and efforts are being made to c omnium cate w th her The ten Ivavajo Ind an police under the command of Indian Agent Sbelton arrived here at 3 lo o clock this after noon All of the Indian prisoners captured in last Sunday s fight were given their prel minary hearing at Grayson today and bound over They will all be taken to Salt Lake |