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Show , nmr dltuimsi:. Uintah Cmiiilr Citizen I'lnleit Agulmt lis Absiuliinul'lit und hlati) lliclr Itcnioiu. Thoclllreuaot Uintah county, Utah, understanding thnt tho abandonment of Fort EucboaiiH Is nntlcl ate 1 by tho war dipirtmcut, lmo outered an enilhfitlo protest against such action, ns being extremity dangerous. They hava rent to (loveruor Thomas, for endorsement, en-dorsement, n (petition whloh they Intend In-tend to forward to tho minister of the Interior nt Washington, ut Hie earliest imeslblo moment, Ibo samv being very uu.neiously signed, In It IhopetitUineri'pray thultho minuter min-uter addresacd n III use his lullueuco towards having tho 1' at maintained with tlio full complement of troops. In stating their reniiuus they say; "There are lu Ashley vallej, rr mi twenty to forty uillea dfsUnt from 1 ort Liutberue, about 3 WO men, womea and children, besides tin employes at Ulutah mid Ouray agencies, all of whom would be wholly nt the meicy of llm In liana should the I'cst be nbaudonad. It Is also wtll known that there Is a ssIojii within three miles of Fort Duchcsno whom Indians can buy Intoxicating liquors, and that numerous lawless characters roam ovor tho reservation, aud even now. with the I'ost lu their midst, (wddle liquor lo tho Indians; and white men crossing tho reservation reserva-tion consider It necessary to go armed to protect themselves, In cane they meet drunken Indians, Only a fow days slnco sovcral Indians were con-flucd con-flucd In the rjuard-houso nt Ibo l'ost for drunkenmea and dlsordirly conduct, con-duct, and wo feci nnd know that the oxerlenceof Agent Meeker would bo related wore the military absent." |
