Show DIE INDIAN INVASION Hatter ally and Officially Its ported by Inspector Gsntral Tatlcck TO C03UIU1JElII 1N CIIItI Hsr Hair the tact In the Cato Mot Com lllcllll hl the JIIirii > m tilnllooi cl Muocliiuitu Hay IntrcclorUtneral Tatlook of In I National hoard of Ulalj has transmit let the following official rrpotl to Clorrrnoi Writ of Sits recnl visit to tin Ban Juan country which was nl I lint time Invaded by several hundred I foraging Colorado hell HALT JAKE CITY Dec 181501 To HI JolIono Hon Caleb W Weai CommandtluCUUr U K 01 1 lure the donor to transmit herewith I here-with a report of my UolnKi In cone tion with be luratlon of Man Juan and Ura ml oouullei Utah fhe luvailou sotmi to have com menceJ In November 1691 nail con Inuetf Into Uicsmber III obinlltnc lo your order of Dec It I Went lu Moab UrauU county IMI Utah riaoblnR the place J at 0 p r Je II Of tho five cam of carbine and 70W rounds of ammunition lake with me for Olitrllmtlou under your order I took wltli mo to Moab on the Oth Dilly one cato nf guns and 1000 ounili of cartridges For lack of raniportillon Ibe remainder of the guns md ammunition did not leach Moab until the evening of the 7th I left three cm ofEuuiand 4000 round of ammuni lion at Mob fur distribution under direction of county ofllclalr I 1roper no receipts were taken Ihirefor which wereduly forwarded to you by mall On the morning of Dec 8 1 loll for klontlcello aoconipauled by n drlrcr 1 camped for the night at what li mown aa Hotel JtlonlJ11I Dry Tat 1 Icy J Thu watch or Journey was resumed re-sumed December 0 and conlinuoJ all ilnt day through Dry Volley I and sod up the Uluo mountain auto last leveu hulls of the Journey wen paved Uroujh a blluulnic auowitorm nod hllnrd Montlcellu wn reached at iMl > in Dry alloy li I rllunled In Ian Juan county sal nllurdi winter feed and water for the herds and shock men lu much If not all Iha urroun1 tag country It hn been defended UIIIIII for thus turpoiu for yean plot To bit deprived of the uie of the naiturw cud water of the valley ojcclally ncant starvation to the cattle hoI anJ horns belonging to the clllzict 01 Utah The loll ttiulllnx rom aucli doprlTalloii l could not ibo W r 1 17b j Ir easily calculateJ but It would surely Ibo I-bo cnorruuui Ibo Ube lotions had driven herds of ponln Koati anil htop Into this and adjoining valley taken l lonoiilonol all uterine Flues ntor about the valley and by lo doing had deirlied the Mttltrs auJ stockmen of 1110 lIe or benentof either l iluror water rhea Indians cam imam their reierTatlon In Colorado without authority au-thority or right They brought no cattle wltb them For thulr meal they depended upon Ibo cbolceit beeves tf the settler The etUeuce 10 conoluilTa that when meat woe needed by any of thu Indian a line beef from the htrdof nine wbltoielller atalauiitiUIoU No thought I of J pay I Sag but such Leaves was tudulmd I lu In croitlue Dry valley numuroui camps of ludlaui wan seen at ur near taw watering tilans lUlctJnx luch val I Icy Several baud of poulei were also seen til the valley MotiUMllolift I hnmlit nf thirty fir unto excellent lanilllti It he near the rrt jijlo tuan In 1 graphical pouter t htu 1 vuiuuhl uti taw crust 01 the Illus mountain ooze and mar thu bate 01 Situ hwaks l litilllliwu mllta travel from inch reservation lo Dry Valley Indian Valley and other rich imtuic lands of the lurrouudlm country from tlil It will lo omen that the people of Montloillo and Verdure even miles aoulb were particularly OXIOlod 10 danger from trUjlO1I11I or hootllu Indian The loolle of both these places are a brlKht lionuit Ihrllty and courageous close hey wrm difeotoieii l > iJ n > armi r o her messes al leis uo The lit at aIn a-In Ibo vlolnllrof Muuuttllo wero 01 riant and Ini udeot Many of Shim would deinaul h fowl audit given lu I hem uncooked would dcitmid cuond mil Others would thrust Ihiidfilrti Ito the liuusiia of tho wiiiif mid squire the 11110110 DI oalliije a k IbO tastily tabi In this and inioy utner ways they beoirux R uuiMuii1 and wet at nil Iliuei a menace tu the Deuce and ticurlty of the people LIke wlie Moutlcell miuel to he thtf heal quarters 01 Ills lrsprotug I adlllI On Monday Dec lu HID oommin lUIIl1lr def lo eltlef arilveil In Ilieevmlin an Informal onfonnca was held at headiiuirteii with lunaclo and save rot ot hit tuboblefi It was revealed I herifrom that all the Utw eicept ill or covert famlllei were lu Utah at ot bout Dry Valley and that they IU icnd trinalnlng there IndoOnUely Theagtrtgate uumUr of Indlanilu Utah irjui Ibe reiervallou would beieloiecacteJ 60J The conference eiulled In uo eireeraenl It was deemed prudent to teal to Moab for IWo comas of oarblnti and 8000 < rounds of carlildgii lo ripare thin cltltani of 1 II tl rrr il fJ Moutloillo Verdure and llluOforan emergency or altiok Traniporlillon with roper eiooit was Immediately stalled to Mob fur the guns and ort ridges The two CUM of gum sad 11 uj round of amruuulllon reached iloutlcillo lu lately ruunJiy at eruoou but tko necessity for dIe rlbullon or use had In the meiutliue lupjlly patted by WtJ neiday afternoon aud evening a ormal conference was hold wllb Ig nacho bas iuhcblefi and othor 1 udlan In this ojnturencetlio oommiDdtrlu obis Colonel Lawton UH A and ndlau Agent Diy took prominent pall The Indlaniieeroidilen aid they would occupy and retain Ibo and regardless of orders rheynpenly aid they would not vacate even It the order came from the 11I enl of the United Stale l > Tuey wee told they could gu back piaoiably or troops would foroo them been Thus the fustier stood the end of Ibo cooler dice > Kecenary preparations were madt and orders given te remove the Indian II they iliaula adhere to their detcrmluallou to remain Thursday morning the Indlaui aonouuccJ a witting hose lo go on condition tiny were furnlihed rations and feed for heir aulmali while going back the agent Day at once acceded to the irupoiltlon and the tndlaui begun to uove Poet very efllcleut ollloer Colonel Lawlon wee aulhorlted to and will lee that all the ludlani IIU In good laltb tu the reiirvatlou The result of till will be farreach I log and t nut only lu the final removal re-moval of the Uhf roper from the Torrltorybut alia the removal of all the wandering unattached or renegade1 ludlaui it 11I will alia rid the Territory and especially Ban Juan ouinty of the Navajo Indlaui who hays LUll area r usuhtg out the louillorn portion oltliu country The gum and ammunition will be returned to Ibo proper place lu duo limo Friday iiiornlnir Dec 14 I let fur homo and reached doll hike Saturday Satur-day night DIB people of the Territory cujhtt be con ululIII upon the success 01 your tllorli in averting what Surest coed to be a bloody war This remirk li made Irom periunal knowledge 01 what wan laid and don from an In oectloiiof what would have been the held of conlllcl and a careful study or the afictirale tononrAiihlcBl mini prepared for me P Iiiioucluilon permit mo to thin you for tho uniform Undncn and DOurly extended lo me at all times and UCOH all oniloc dutlcx the campalgu The with whom In I Tbel18opJo wo came I contact In bath Jrand and than Juan I counllen arc nil entitled to honorabl mention There can bv found nowbor on the glubu braver truer moro loyal or devoted h eople thin theiNnifn I > i II llkty wn require which WM fl 0 aty hard for lhet i < W = too I rllgue early ear-ly I UIIh n + illlugly and Initant liucu rtakeauderforin No danger waver j Kttat could atlia to prevent implicit obedience to execution ol orderr All those people aided 1 ctratly In I brlnxliiR about the peaceful rwult They richly merit the protection sympathy and thtuknof the people h of tun urrltory and uatlou Ciptaln MnilarJ Captain Cannon Ijluitonanl C K Weit am ilierr Stilt 01 much 1111 fur tbo prompt and etllcler1 work done by them and tho willing obedleuce to ordiri I wish to recommoad ooh of laid ofllcen fur proiiiollmi I have tho honor to Lo very respectfully respect-fully II W TATMICK 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