Show 1 Abandonment 0 of Fort Duchesne D h ana and Story o Of outs Its it Founding Foun I UT In the tho mountain of ot eastern OUT Utah the happenings of ot the tho past fifteen y years ars have havo not nol much disturbed tho the rent reAt of ot the tha world because o tho country ns near In mina mile but very very distant In b point of ot accessibility For or that cn OIl lit Is la known knowlI about the tha peoples who ho have there and the chiefs who Mho their headquarters along th the rivers Into lento the Grand And alo little Is la known about thu tiro ot of cotta ut of white men mell and trappers to live with them than tho or to conquer them hero herop p In Fort l ort Duchesne located on un til th river Just Ju t above the tha forks torIs of ot tho the Duchesne und and many away from rem any outpost of ut while menu lion 1 settlements the tiro mada Ita ha frontier to control one of or true tilt last of or the scarring luring tribes Fort Duchesne no no will be Le abandoned within the tho next year lear und find the tho Indian chiefs for which It II was WIlli bulk built to Keep In sub aub submission f mission lon arc aro now no either cither gone gono to their happy hunting grounds or Instead of ot being young bloods Pull full of ot light and an vigor Inor are arc line aged grandfather telling talon of ot early exploit exploits to more peace peaceful ful tul nod agriculturally Inclined de du descendants FOUNDING OF Ol THU FORT FOHT Fort Tort Duchesne Duchene U lit not much to look at atIn In point of or elaborateness of or yet It Is probably tho the moat expansive tort fort over Greeted erected in n America In proportion to tl what has been IHen secured Every Ivery I very building has run up lip uway away beyond what Would rOUld be he expected rte liS Ill all material for tor orIts Its It construction Iris hall had tu lu bo bin freighted in fl ore Price Utah Ulah utter after paying high mountain freight rates to the tho railroad It was wu founded originally by li b Major A An An An n now ln of or the tiro United Halted States army and M la u a literal descendant of or fort Port Thornburg near Ouray OUra Orra which In la turn lurn was undo mode nere necea say 11 by b the tho transfer of at the White WhiteRiver River Utes Into the tha 1113 country Preceding this was waa ono one of or ortho the tho most moat bloody In iii tho last t days of ot Indian warfare and und n a siege of ot troops under unter Major that forced creed some of ot the to t work York per performed performed 4 formed In the tho wont west by b the tho array army Thorn berg bern fell tell early carly In the thu tight fight rind and when the troops troop followed the tho Insurgent Utes over tho the Colorado line Into Utah l theIr first camp was at nt Fart F rt Thorn Item berg which hI ha rid had established mil Abandoned at an un earlier date This fins war wan In the tho early curly cur eighties and when Major Chaffee took bole command with four tour com corn companies of ot he moved loved tha tho fort up UI th the river to Its I s present pre Site rite Ite std named It Fort Port 1 Tire Thu reason for tho the transfer was war that forage condi condl conditions lona were VOIe better Fort l has hIlS Iran had but little history as 1111 with one Olle exception It has haa rot net boon beon called upon to furnish troops for tor e or death In battle A forced march over olor the Colorado line Una however occurred c centre l In hr IllS 9 and saved paved n II a largo algo number of oC Colorado volunteer rt I from In an Indian ALWAYS fl r Chaffee had brad cavalry with him and In lit 11 of at troops airy hug bus always been beell apportioned to Ft It U now her hall two Iwo troops ot of y tho the Fifth und and two to companies of or the tho ther r Infantry The march into In III Into to 10 Colorado u was wits In charge of or a fL cavalry Gcorge 11 n Burnett who wn was ml no so used up by his hili long ride rl n In the tha 1 1 that ha he h had to bo to retired on or account of ot permanent disability rr re t from Crom It A few riot calls when hen sumo somo drunken Indian has Rona Konn on a 11 r have filled Oiled up the recent years carl tuM tuMut carllie f ut of tha tho toria activity NEXT YEAR YEAH It U planned to II abandon the fort fait tide this year f and but for tor tine the work of oC Utah congressional delegates It t would now bo he a I thing Ultra of or the tho peat past A general four that the of or troops would lead to friction between whites and Indians In II the now settlements has hall led ti t tJ the lire that the tha tort fort remane for another year ear ut lit least The belief heller now 1101 Is lit that the tho autumn of at will wilt willMM willee MM nee ee It abandoned and the have cost rosL HO so much sold old at public auction to 10 the highest bidder One feature about the thu tort fort Is IA that the theland theland land on which It Is lr built does doer not belone be belong long lone to the government hut but to the tho In Indians Indians On Ou being sold the money de do 1 rived will wilt go fo Into tore the hands of ot the tho Indians who wile shared In the gen general en j eral appropriations for tor the tho maintenance ance anre of tho the reserve i Tho The abandonment of ot Fort Duchene marls marks an Interesting period in the corn com combat f hat bit between white mar man and antI Indian Ind for tor the possession of ot tho the west wt t Old Utah pioneers can tell teU who TabbY was vas In his youthful days when he led Southern Uto Indians Indiana on campaigns of at pillage extending dear clear through h Utah arid over Ocr to tho thu California trull trail and made forced nt necessary on U n tho file I part of ot early Utah Ulah militia Hero recently fl white men on tho tiro Uin L Y 7 1 t 1 A AC 1 rn V s iJ I 1 ii f GP t O Y A tT kt at as s s I i h t y r 4 i a Sr Il iw 4 1 n s Jf 4 7 Et Y r rW 1 r W r Z V Xa y yd d r Carr Tw ny M t 4 Y k M if r 4 I t r a r sa r d U r r k Y n f aT s t Ch J 1 l I k 1 t ost tor if dl Co fein d dI I I R bs r f t r Sy tlc 1 tl r 1 I Ir If t r J i U I r i 1 YO rr C Ctt Rife BIRDSEYE VIEW OF A UTAH M MILITARY POST SOON TO BE GIVEN UP BY UNCLE SAM AND SOLD WITH ALL ITS BUILDINGS tab tah agency could tell teU who Tabby tabb was w when hen ho waa old and telling to his sons lions his hili escapades es in the fifties Men lien wh are up there bore now recognize In the young oung Tabby a 11 son SOli worthy of ot his Ills fath father tather er and Just as liS full of spirit as ho lit was The Walker the tho long lon feuds I with and tho the In lu I through Utah of or tin Ill which called to 10 o many man Utah Into tho the ranks of ot the tho and caused cu ed the tho death of or many man of or those thoo tho o who lived In remote nil fill originated In iii tho the country und and un were settled by agreements with Iho dhe he In lit Indians calling Balling on all them t to return to lu that section These ran mil from 18 0 to 1870 In Ih Utah rind and nt It the same Mine time over the tho theline lint line In settler were suffering In tho the same lame way WIn anti and the Indians were I gradually being hn forced westward to tu I fah as nil s they 1010 s being forced t east cast I ward In Utah U out t tnt of ot Sanpete Pluto and nn S counties TRIBES IN I IT ITIn ITIn In tho the movement seven seen distinct tribes of at Ute Indians Most Important tent tant in Colorado WHO were the AShl hi i r Indians under un el Chief Nevada Novalia who were moved mOle into lilt Utah In ISH 1691 after atter tine tho th rind Meeker er massacres massacre Along 1011 the till Utah bowler border r th grog under Chief prom prominently and anil n tho Southern under trader Chief were also al lI n a po tribe west wort of ot the White Whitt the Uteri Utes held tin s country now embraced In the reserva lion llon Those TI YIO seven comprised the Uto tHo nation which bold hold the country count I wo OIt t of oi tiN the clear over aver to thin the Sierra Nevada X Their traditional ene enemies mice mies were tire the Chey and aril Arapa hoes hm of ot the plains with whom they continued In lu incessant warfare which called coiled for tOl the Iho exchange of ot cattle C and scalps nt lit every meeting Altogether their thela strength was was about souls soul and In civilization and lameness I they were most backward of ot the t Ie tribes s for tor or orthey they the had como come least In contact with tho tiro Indian agents and troops of ot the gov government government government The Th Sioux anti rind had engaged the attention of ot the army arm from ISO 1860 until ISO ISSI when It came ClIme to he lIe the tho turn of or the Ut s urn UTH TROUBLES S The trouble In Ute affairs began Juall among the tho Indians themselves died and ami 1111 his iris suns bons Antelope Johnson Colorow Color Jack and Bennett 1 as ns to who vho should hoUld be Ito first t In lu the Ute Uti nation hv hy becoming head henr of ot the White While The rhe government scents however heer ap liP appointed pointed nn nil outsider OUn of ot the t g to and Ia td F For savo aS c him hint n a l NII 1 rl t S or of 1011 lo iO rt 1 i year jear lIr to date front from A decade Inter later tills this till same Jame Colorow son of ot Navada left lect bin hie hi photograph In the tho hand of ot th the dead body bod of or MaJ laJ Thorn berg bers to let the soldiers friends know by b whom he had iw come como to his bIN hi death In a n conspiracy against Oura by h the tho young oung chiefs of ot White While Rivers reached torn form when Ouray was charged with Ith holding out government supplies from the tho White Rivers HIer The fire result wan runt not the overthrow of at ataura aura Oura but hut nn nu outbreak in which white men were tho the chief victims A 1 White WhiteRiver River hirer Indian named Chief Jack patched up 11 affairs with tho the and nod and joined joiner them In n a i Ill nil ll laging expedition Into Wyoming Ouray then lived on all the rc river near the present town of ot that name none anti near his home wan the thu agency ogency I enc In charge ehan e of or the tho venerable N C G Meeker who ho with 12 1 others was Torts massacred ll rafter attempting for Cor several year to teach tench tilt rho Indiana how hiss to farm and live Iho In it houses houes hou es Meeker had trouble with tho tiro Indians not all of Ot them It is b true but especially with one named Johnson Johnon who wanted tho the land Meeker was breaking up II for tOl farming as ft Il pasture for or his iris ponies Tho The Indian limned long loner possession gave him hire the land and figured the tho good liu Iw would do the line Indian him him In starting the farm arm Johnson attacked tl Meeker personally one lily day driving him out of r r his hlA house und and beating him in to a Oat list light Meeker sent for tor troops tc to help holp him Copt Payne started with n a of ot colored cavalry from Fort ort Garland and Mei loft lutt Fort lort Stele for the tho reservation with vUth ICO 1 0 cavalrymen When Whon the news that thit the tiro troops troop were coning coming reached Meeker wire not nut not by h tho the III 11 II but ho ire learned It III In the excited hostile actions of time the e Utes U t sT who surrounded surn his hlA house std OUI killed both hath hint him and Ir twelve t e of or hl iris hili subordinates the tho women and girls of ot v the tho liKelier agency being curried off the tho tit to o be later b py tents The rite bull buildings huts Were vero robbed inn In I bunted ana 1 the tho th coming nn m ambushed ot at n Il on Milk troops gyre Here 3 creek elek ot of ot the II K e KI KILLING OK OI down The between Indians skillful In III w r ami rii hll hU paal ba gage rear train tIn In which to torce his In h lie Ire was Vay ba while la ot of his men eU with him d nUn t i nearly halt framing ot lien were 1 the h Payne Panic ot of the tire Fifth cavalry Ia the command devolved upon whop Ih reaching baggage train with ith over ncr 40 WOunded Including the tiro surgeon were The made trenches of ot leal that were in mud th the bUilt nt of or lanes home hor e The hu Ills lire tired Cur brush bruh und rind It burnt burm burned d down to 10 the Ih dens dori ot of l l the ie stockade lo 5 a where hero they par i It ex er w with t h t named nankin Rankin slipped arnul a awtry ay In night and carried carrol the th h news to Vh Fori Fon the th Rawling mlle fishes distant Th Then Theil famous tn forced march ilia reh of ot Col M Ib the with a force orce of or BOO men began the sixth day da the olire was 1111 Jiu m on O Only y a few fow w of at the moil men wore were cre and t j and the colored troop of ot Capt Cap D pod DOd which hurl hUll come corne ui rib on the thin dap had only added U its Ill member to th the dy ft nn of ot killed The Iho only wily Ot fit tot tor d duly 5 when relief arrived WM L Jut S Cherry of at the tho Fifth who t Ported what hat hid hall happened to IJ the p If force oree ThornberR ber was rl fl much loved IO d rind and since that mm ma m n memorable n Inn his bat bl been a n name held in III reverence by ty men mell and women Merritt after burying i him bun quo rud taking the photograph 0 of oC Col Co out of Ot his hand hund pressed ell 01 on to h the tire agency and burled hurled the dead deall and his companions companion They found agent that thai the women and children were tm Nil pris In the Ih India camp and t through negotiations were entered tats bj by which they were secured TIlE THE UINTAH H In this tins It wm was that Ihal tb th reservation us ns such ruch had it first conception Col Cl Merritt mi Oil tWI pointy 1 und and they Were weN that thi th h Indians must move to same outside au of Colorado trial and that hat I thi Ih men engaged In III the Meeker massacre must he bo surrendered Ten days Were consumed In parley nt fit the end of oC Which MCh time several chiefs gave Ives u up end and were taken to Washington On March 0 u WO 1980 the tiro Ute Its nta tive In tit entered Into Inlo an as agreement to give up nit nil the criminals find Imd for tor the line to To more i over oer on Oil to 10 the thc a Grand rand river near its Ihl mouth of ot the In tuh l ah an ani Colorado lo The White Vt were to 10 move over oer into via tah lah and were each to b be iv iven en ICO 1 0 acres of ot land lant for tor pasture mother another acres for with h SO acres for tor each child Tin The Indians were to receive an an am nUll until they thoy should become became self pelt supporting but hut the tho White River chief were to tn have this held out on them until the lira conspirators In it the tiro Meeker massacre were turned tinned over The mot across the line Into the coun roun try along the Duchesne and ry riv rivera cr era en and farther down on OH the riser began hegan nt lit once The Intal re reservation had already ahead been laid tai ort off by Congress In ut 1561 and previously by bynn bynn byan nn an executive order In inn 1 63 Including In lulng the th headwaters hea of ot nil all the tine streams stream tow Mol MolIng towIng Ing Ins Into Inlo the Duchesne extruding extending down Jom the Duchesne to the preen river TD To T this was wall udder added the White agen agency g n ncy cy er and the thc and the th came curn In to found Coun Fort ort In the Iho desert near ouray The rhe former station hall had b heen en here litre and nl hail bail afterwards been heen moved t far up in into Into into to tile lIIl Ashley valley alley near Its Ita heal iVi Rite move moo this hue was in up the river of ot to Ashley Talky v and tho Alto troops settled down don upon th thO v pres plU present stint ent site alto of or Tort Fort Duchesne WOON ROADS ROADS TO Their first task was waR to open ollon the gov government Oy wagon to Price rind Ii a Iila later inter la ter tusk of nt was waa to ron con construct u IL telephone relict telegraph s slem tent lem Into tine the reservation This wagon road load lq Price afterwards became 1 t lending reason renson ren on for tor the 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