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Show OH, WHAT A WAR! H A "Hews" Correspondent Tells ot H' the Favajo Uprising. BBi HH' Aboat aa Kverjbttttr llallavrdt Ijtw HB llH od Urerdjr Wblle Hll al HV Ibe lletlout of Ibe Trouble. H CerrttpcndtiKt Dtttrtl .Vrtff. BB ItLurr, Ban Juan Co., Utah, May BB 6th, 1693. Aa many alartllug atorlea HjjW areatloat In relation to Navajo dopre. HB datlona I have no doubt that our HB frlendibaok In Utah are acxloua to HB know tbo facta. Borne Colorado paper BBJ contained an account of aomo kllliug BB( done near tbla place. Thla la entirely BBt' lalao, W aro on th beat cf lorma BBJ with ournelgbbore, th Indiana. BBJ After tbo Ban Juan gold boom waa BBJ over It lift aomo bad men In thla and BBJ other partaof our otherwise quiet ooun- BBJ try, A couple of young men were BBJ' doing quite a flourishing bualntai BBJ' trading the people' atock to tho Nav. BBJ ajoa for ponlea. Tho culprit claimed BBJ they owned 200 head of cattle oil thla BBJ range. The Indian queitloned them BBJ very cloitly about ownerahlp but bolng BBJ fully aaaured that thing were all right BBJ they, the Indiana, traded for In the BBJ neighborhood of alxty bead. Hut aa BBJ tbo trading progressed, the Indiana BBb beoimo aprrubenatve, owing to the BBI. reckleu mtnner In wbloh they dl BBjl poaed cftbe cttle,aometlmea giving leu bead of cattle for one mll J.to mule. Home friendly Indian reported the tact and tbo men were promptly ar- reateJ and brought before a Juitlue of the peace where they waived examl nation and they are now In i'rovo awaiting tho action of tbo grand Jury, BBj lioplug that the Indiana will not ap. pear agalnat them, for tho Indlaua when aumuoned to appiar hereaa wltneaat told auoh a plalu,itralgbtroi. ward atory that It la no wonuerthe white ruatler waived examination Unepartloularwitneaawaaanxloua on hla own account a ho bad traded thm pony for a oow and the latter waa either drowned or ahe ran back and her new owner lu bla Indian way wauteJ bla pay. It waa quite laughable. H Another ouo whu tuiwa pretty uuod BBB Ungllah broke out Inaatralu of wrath und iirofanvd quite fluently, calling HH one of the prlaonersaMiuauntr of bait mmiii. lie waa tne one who acted n Interpreter In the trading and hud told them a mule for ten head of cattle, jlvlug namall blanl.et to boot. The piople havu gut Lack nearly fifty luud of their cattle, the Indlaua bavlugahown qulta a wllllugutai to help bring Hum Lack. However aomo ' Jrowutd and aomo got lu qulokianu, and both partita will loto oouildcrably through thla unlawful transaction, it j a to be hoped after all thla trouble and J ixpenao to the county that the thieves frtil not be turned luoae aa aoma liavo I itn before from theie parti. Frontier Ife la the molt expoeed 13 lawleiiueai , in Ban Juan county of any purt of ' Utah, and It ought to reoelvo tho proper help from law-ablJIog cltlti; and while It la not Impoa'lble t havu ome trouble with Indiana on cur bordera. It li rrobahle that other elemontaareat work and thrae aro dauieroua charaolerlitlca, for tbey not alone ateil but they nro willing at all rime to cxcllo the Indlaua to commit Ibcmnelvti., eo that It may ho poiilble to get them wired out. The Indiana underitand tblr, however, pretty wall. If white men will quit flooding their time gambling wltli the Indiana, quit celling thtm liquor, and let their tquax aluiie, 1 will vouch for the ifty of all men aofar aelnJUua aro concerned. I au poie It It ccrricl about one man being killed near I'aimliigtoii on thu Ban Juan ltlvrr. I do not know tbo came; the agent hai takeu the matter In hand. Anutbar "gentlemen" who got Into trouble with tbo Nnvajai became be-came too familiar with a iquaw, who aeemi to bavo not been quite true lu her marriage vowr. Her husband arrived ar-rived and Interfered and the "gentle man" look a hot ai the afrgrlevtd huiband, trying to frighten him. it failed, and the "iroDtlemaii" had to part with K'OOj lie fall qullo happy In get of! nt that modrit nqueit with Ida llleipired. There la another boom alirawltig. It no doubt will be Intended fur Colorado. Colo-rado. Let our frlenda In Utah roit quiet a id etay al homo. 'Ibe harl liincaiiow hanging ovir u will paaa overall I lu tit if wu etudy economy and letafculattoii alone. If aiiylhlug rich ahould turn up you have your frlenda who can lnlorm ycu tomctly and you cau then come and gvt your chunk. Newspaper geeilii It cheaii and a paper thai rati produce newaCOJ mllea away with 1U0 mile lotho ne. eattelegtaib cfllcoof thlug that bap potior ulnar Uon'l happeu, I hopo will not eiclle our fatheiiand mctherr, llttera nud brother lu Utah Into thinking think-ing wo wre all liable tu te killed. C. Ii. Cinii(n..ii-N, Interprttcr. |