| Show Am- Am TRADER TRAE AT BLUFF R FEARS FOR SAFETY i rs N OF TOWNS TOWN'S PEOPLE A. A H. H Spencer Leaving in in Haste for forSan or San Juan County Where ere Bandl Band of e men Is Marauding After t er r rt Exchanging Shots With n IRED with ith fears that the Indians F FIRED FAIRED renegade along the San Juan I SL river will carry out their oft repeated threats to massacre every white white person person in the region A. A H H. Spencer proprietor tor o of a ai I trading post at Bluff is hurrying back hack to look for his wife and daughter lie is traveling in a new Lexington car furnished by The Telegram which will attempt a record run through the deserts deserts des des- erts of southeastern n. n Utah The party part is going fully r equipped quipped with w t j a f. f rifles and ammunition Since the wires WIres are down between Monticello Monticello Monti- Monti cello ello and Bluff it is feared that an ambuscade may be in wait for them between those points J. J The party when it left here had I I mUes i eg to negotiate f Some e of the ot-the the road li has s been pronounced an gero s. s They They- left tt In the exp t H rt of reaching Bluff tonight FEARS THE WORST It is one of the most dangerous periods In the life of San Tu Juan n country countr country coun coun- tr try said Mr Spencer who has lived I in Bluff and traded with the Indians for thirteen years rears They had us ina in ina a pot hole in 1915 and only by a miracle miracle miracle mir mir- I acle did we escape The few residents residents reslI resi resl- dents of Bluff Including my wife I and child are still in the same pot I hole The temper of these renegade Indians is such that I fear the worst With no word from Bluff since this m I hardly know what to I think The trouble started Saturday more I ing when County Attorney Kelter Keller and Sheriff Hyde of San Juan county at attempted attempted attempted at- at I tempted to arrest a party of Utes at Bluff on the charge of cattle rus- rus j tung One Indian was killed filled but because be because because be- be I cause of wire trouble to that remote section it was impossible to ascertain j i how the killing came about Through George A. A Adams representative ex I from San Juan county the sheriff I sent a call caIl for help to Marshal Aqulla AqulIa I which was later referred to Governor l Mabey Governor Govern r Mabey said he might take action after re receiving receiving receiving re- re I further particulars NO TIME FOR PARLEY There is no further tin time for parley with these renegades who have been I j terrorizing the whites in San Juan I for ten years said Spencer before he l left ft I am im astounded at the lack of action on the part of the state There are fifty out and out outlaws who are renegade Indians and who have the whole of San Juan county in the palms of their hands To Tomake Tomake Tomake make the matter more desperate they have enlisted the support of all the bad element of the southern Utes in Colorado the Uinta and the Kai Kai- bab- bab bab Uinta Indians from across across the Colorado and Arizona lines wo would ld gladly Join any outbreak now because they have been Infected with the general general general gen gen- eral unrest I cannot minimize my fears be because because because be- be cause I know what they have done It is a matter of common knowledge that some of these bad bucks have entered the homes of white men when the husband was away and ordered the wife to cook a meal for them They have even been known to spit out the bread upon the floor and order or order order or- or der new bread prepared for them I In one instance it resulted ted In a shooting shooting shoot shoot- ing match when the husband returned in time Through bad aim on the I part of the white man man he re Indian India escaped This band of outlaws has been working in the San an Juan for years The They st steal al c cattle and horses and break into stores and houses NothIng Noth- Noth Noth Noth-j l I ing Is safe from their depredations I and the local officials are unable to cope with th them m because of the nature na na- na ture of the country TWO SCORE IN LAND CAND There are forty or fifty of them and the condition that now obtains will alwa always s 's be there until something drastic is done done In that band are arc young In Indians Indians Indians In- In I guilty of man many crimes rimes against the United States and against private Individuals They should all be in Jail at this minute and It is up to the Continued on p page c 2 2 TRADER AT BLUFF Continued from page 1 d state of Utah to do 10 it There Thue are others not so guilty who should be be forced bac on the reservation where they can be watched After living in that section for thirteen years I am firmly convinced that these outlaw Indians are able to call recruits from the bad element of all the surrounding reservations unless some drastic action is taken I I to stop them They are an untamed med element and it is the wildest section of the United States RISING OF 1915 It was in Spencers Spencer's home hom at Bluff that the war of 1915 1015 was settled Tse ne son of Old Polk was ac accused accused accused ac- ac of killing a Mexican l in Colorado He lIe came over the line Une into Utah and Joined tho the band and Old Polk took up his cause The Colorado police pollee followed him and in the battles that followed two Indians and an Indian girl were killed Later when Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- and his posse arrived one white man was killed and another another another an an- other wounded The state and federal forces finally cornered the Indians in a or corner of the river bluffs but they got out by a ruse early in the morn morn- ing The deputies said sald it was so I early e-arly they couldn't see the sights on I their guns After that the Indians scattered into the hilts hills with Old Polk I and Old Posey leading them I GEN SCOTT AS MEDIATOR I It was impossible to do more and the government sent General Hugh I Scott as a mediator Marshal l Ne No- beker was asked to suspend operations operations operations opera opera- until General Genel-al Scott arrived The Indians were barricaded in the moun meun- They said that they were ready to fight to the finish and if they all died it was all right Mr Spencer reported When Gen General ral Scott arrived Mikes Mike's was sent as a a. messenger He succeeded in m bringing in the entire band and the conference with the general was held in Spencers Spencer's tradIng trading trad- trad Ing post Tho The Indians gave up trad-I trad Polk and Polk's boy Tse-ne-gat Tse and Posey and Poseys Posey's boy They were afterwards afterwards afterwards after after- wards tried in the United States courts but were never convicted BAD INDIAN Old Posey one of the the worst In Indiana Indians Indians In- In diana that ever put a foot In a moccasin has an order over his head that if he ever steps outside the reservation reservation res res- s he is subject to arrest said Spencer He lie has been out of the reservation ever ever since that order was signed but nothing has ever been done about it These older evildoers evildoers evildoers evil evil- doers are leading the younger Indians astray It is time the governor of this state should step in and give the local authorities in the Indian country country country coun coun- try some assistance to arrest the whole layout or put them on on the reservation where they can cap be watched Manager 1 C C. F. F TIeman of the Lexington Lex Lex- ington agency in Salt Lake Fred A. A fix FUx service manager of the Lexington Lexing- Lexing ton on company A A. L. L Fish of the j Telegram Tele Tele- gram and A A. H. H Spencer will the party on the forced run to the he San Juan I I. |
