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Show I L LWHEN WHEN 1HE HE UTES UJES INVADED UIA UTAH I - ( By C L Christensen ChristensenIndian , Indian Interpreter ) In December , 1896 , , Harry Green GreenJudge , . Judge Puree Purce and Jim Nash went to toSalt toSalt toSalt Salt Lake City and leported eported reported 1 to Gover Gover- Governor Governor Governor - - nor Caleb W West that the Ute tribe tribeof tribeof tribeof of Indians were here in mass from fromColorado fromColorado fromColorado Colorado and Indian Agent Dive D1ve Dave Day Daywas Daywas Daywas was at their thelr head Governor West andCol and andCol andCot Col Cot Tadlock tame immediately to thescene thescene the thescene scene of trouble They brought fiftystands fifty fiftystands . stands of arms anus with them CountyCommissioner County Countyi CountyCommissioner CountyCommissioner i Commissioner John Loverldge Loveridge calledRobert called calledI calledIWbert calledRobert IWbert Robert Thomson and Bill BUl Hinton totake to totake totake take them to Monticello They nearlyfroze ncarly nearly ncarlyfroze nearlyfroze I froze to death Early ne next .t t " < . morning morningthey morningthey morningthey they met Sheriff "Dick Dick " " Willard Butt Buttand Buttand Buttand and John Duckett , , who escorted them themto themto themto to Monticello There was not yet much muchsnow muchsnow muchsnow snow which , no doubt , accounted muchI for forthe forthe forthe I the extreme cold The Governor on onhand onhand onhand hand , a meeting was called in the old oldlog oldlog oldlog log school and meeting house Col ColLawt ColLawton ColLawton Lawt Lawton < > n came representing the Govern Govern- Government Government Government - - ment , also the Army of the U USA S Aof A , of Colorado Dave Day brought asplendid a asplendid asplendid splendid man with him by the nameof name nameof nameof of Smith Smlth , . his interpreter interpreters interpretersHe ; He after after- afterwards afterwards afterwards - wards succeeded Dave Day as agentTo agent agentTo agentTo To my consternation , the Indiansnearly Indians Indiansnearly Indiansnearly nearly carried me to the rostrum , andsaid and andsaid andsaid said . "Here Here " is our interprctci interpretcl interpreter " " President F . A Hammond assuredthe assured assuredthe assuredthe the Governor and Col Lawt Lawton < > n that I Iwas Iwas Iwas was reliable , called by the church as asa asa asa a peacemaker . I was accepted and andchose andchose andchose chose a Ute called Blue Mountain MountainHenry MountainHenry MountainHenry Henry , who understood English fairlywell fairly fairlywell fairlywell well and Navajo as well as I 1 did He Hev Hewas Hewas v . was as always alays al\\ al al \ \ ays friendly to the settlers soI so soI soI . I can vouch both the Indians and thewhites the thewhites whites got a good understanding ofour of ofour ofour our dellUerations del115erations de1115erations During our meet mc"t- mc"t mct met- met meeting mc"tI mc"ting meting " - I ing a telegram came from Wasllington Washington Washingtonto Wasllingtonto to Col Lawton ' The Indians Indian Indiansere . : ; \ere ere sere \ ere toleave to toleave toleave leave in five days dlYs drys : Ignacio , h'ad had head Iv > ' ad chief.held chiefheld chief . , held up his five fingers fmgers , saying "Maybo Maybo "Maybofrom "Maybofrom "Maybofrom Maybofrom " from heaven , maybe fro f from r o m helI hell hell"Nothing hellNothing " Nothing came from the Big Chief at atWashington atWashington atWashington Washington , nor anythlncthe anything anythlnc- anythlnc - the IndIam Indians IndIamsent Indianssent Indianssent sent was ever interpreted correctly . , He asked the Chief If he \ would ould go goHe goHe goHe He answered "No No " " That brought the thecase thecase thecase case to a crisis which WhlCh I will hereafter hereafterexplain hereafterexplain hereafterexplain hereafterexplainThere explain explainThere There v , were ere three Ute Chiefs pres pres- presentIgnacio presentIgnacio present - ent-Ignacio ent Ignacio ent - - Ignacio , head chief , Marlano Mariano , not nota nota nota a bad man , and Binow Blnow He was of theold theold the old school schoo } He believed the white manwas man manwas was an Invader on the Indians , from fromthe the beginning , and white men had norights no norights I Irights rights to what they took by ley y force Hehad He Hehad ] had instilled instiIled the same Idea into hisson hIs hIsson hisson son , John Binow , who was no doubtthe doubt doubtthe the worst single Indian we had haa to dealwith deal dealwith with in San Juan county . He shot atJoe at atJoe Joe Christensen in Monticello Montlcello for tor dIs- dIs dIsmounting dismounting dis dismounting - - mounting him from a stolen horse horse.He horseHe . He shot close , too He shot at Sherif Sheriff Sheriff"Dick Sheriff"Dick SheriffDick ! "Dick Dick " " Willard Butt , also at his herder herderGeorge , . George Perklns Perkins , in Montezuma canyon canyon can- can caniyon - iyon yon , where they had a right to be I Iam Iam Iam am writing this to show you the thepatience thepatience thepatience patience of the pioneer It would have havebeen havebeen havebeen been easy to have shot Johnme Johnnie Binow Binowbut , . but what of the few scattered settlersand settlers settlersand settlersand and small towns in San Juan county ? We had another element to deal wlth- wlth with-- with withthe with withthe wlththe - - - the Texas cowboy Mr . Cro Croby Crosby ; . ) > by , . of ofTexas ofTexas Texas , was a large cattle owner Hismen HiS HiSmen Hismen men were numerous and had i 1 a . moralcode moral moralcode moralcode code of their own , which often con conflicted con- con conflfeted conflicted - flicted flfeted with Wlth Mormon Ideas What Whatwere Whatwere Whatwere were we there foi fOl for , , only to civilize clvilize andbetter and andbetter andbetter better the Indians Indian 5 s condition , and andma1.e andmake andmake ma1.e ma1e make . him a man of peace ? Ignacio often ften interrupted our meet meet- meetmg meeting meeting - ing mg by saving saying sl : : ing he had been to Wash Wash- Washington Washington Washington - ington , snook mook hands with President PresidentC1evebnd PresidentCleveland PresidentCleveland C1evebnd Cleveland , sat in his chair . Said he heis heis heis is the only man ever e\er e er \ sat in the presi-dentiil presi dentiil preSt- preSt presi- presi - preStdenthl presidential - denthl dential clialr chair . When 1.Vhen 1Vhen . president r P . AHammond A AHammond AHammond Hammond would \ \ ould $ jry ry to talk he wouldbattle would wouldbattle wouldbattle battle him Here Is the only privllesoan privile privilego privilegoan e ean an interpreter has He doesn't doesnt ' haveto have haveto haveto to tell all tliat that is said on either sidp,01 sidp01 sid side ! ' , 01 or he could never be a peacemaker.Governor peacemakerGovernor peacemaker . ) Governor West showed anger oftenand often oftenand oftenand and told Col Lawton if Uncle Sam did didnot didnot didnot not move moe motie mo\ mo \ e these Indians in five daysContinued days daysContinued ( Continued on last page ) , WHEN WREN THE TilE HTES UTES OTES INVADED OTAI UTAH UTAU UTAHI UTAUContinued OTAIContinued I ( Continued from first page ) _ ! he v . wou'd woud ou'd oud ' write for the tprritorial territorial tprritorialmUitia territorialmilitia t * rritoriamilitia mUitia militia In the meantime , , came this thistelegram thistelegram thitelegram telegram to Col Lawton which Ignacioignoicd Ignacio Ignacioignolcd Ignacliignoicd ignolcd ignoicd Lawton Lavton : sent a carrier for fortroops fortroops foi.troops foitroops foi.troopsI . troops troopsI I spent all night mght v . with ith the chiefs chiefsoiled chiefsoiled chiefsoiled oiled up sand and told them to count countthosc countthose countthose thosc those yr&ins yrins ' 'fains fains 'rains rains ' ' & , , and they might count countthe countthe countthe the Americans , etc Ignacio stood by byme byme byme/ byme bymeHe me / , . He had been to Washington , had hada ; a room up in a se\ se set seven-story seven story seenstory \ en-story en story - building buildingHe buildingHe buildingHe I He HeGrid Grid flid id people looked like ants milling millinground millinground millinground I round He said he knew they did didknew , , knew where they lived I told them themcolored themcolored themcolored colored troops troqps . were v.ere vere coming , ' ind 'tnd tnd and What Whatthey \ whatthey hat hatthey they " would "ould ould do He slid s1.id s1id said . , ' Go \ wake \ ake up upBlack upBlack upBlack Black Eve E\e E Etc \ Col Lawton Tell we w1l1 will w1l1go willgo willgo go in the five oays aays allowed us to move " Col Lawton asked me how I did itHe it itHe itHe I He said I was the most influential inIluential In-j In j Injterprete1 1n- 1n 1nterpretei in-terpretel in terpretel - ! terprete1 terpretei he ever saw He sent a aI acarrier acarrier acarrier I carrier to countermand the order fOl for forsoldiers forsoldiers ' soldiers and slid s'lid siid ' I hid h'ld hld had ' been the meansof means meansof meansof , of no bloodshed and said 'When When ' I Iget Iget Iget get to Washington Washmgton I 111 I11 11 see volt yoil oU never neverwill f i iwill fwill will need for bread " He VI went ent to the the'I thef thePhillipines thePhlllipines 'I I f phH1ipines Phillipines , , and was shot by snipers onaccount on onaceount onaccount ' aceount account of his white Vlhite gauntlet glovesAccording gloves glovesAccording I IAccording According to Dave Da\e Da e Date \ Days DayoS tally , , there therewel therewere thereweie Indians IndiansOne IndiansOne thereI I , wel were e eleven hundred forty One good thing about this invasion mvaslon "as as was wastheir " wastheir their e r scattering ca te1in Many st stayed d at I Plute P1ute Flute Springs to intercept ' _ L the deer deercoming deecoming coming from the La Sal mountains mountain , to tc tothe tcthe tthe the lower country countlJ . . Many went to DryvMley Dry DryvMley Drv&lley Drvlley , vMley & They were never to be moved movedHere . . , Here is the chief's chiefs ' ' story They were werenc werenet werenever nc\ nc net ncer \ er to be removed They were to tohave tohave tchave have all cattle , horses , houses , lands landsand landsand landsand and . .furniture furniture . in them Uncle Sam Samthe , , the Father at Washington Wasbmgton , would g1\e g1 e gne g1ethe gnethe givethe \ the settlers a sack of money , , , almost almostuncountable almostuncountable almostuncountable uncountable Who could tell them themsuch themsuch themsuch such a lie ? Who ? I IWhen When they leftl leftlAgent left . , Agent Day bought boughtseven boughtseven boughtseven seven tons of hay Day called itsebenty it itse itseventy se\ se seenty sebenty \ enty tons and when the department departmentenquired departmentenquired : enquired and complained . , Day told toldthem toldthem toldthem them if they made so much fuss over overan overan overan toldI I an Indian agent out west , , he v . would wouldexpose wouldexpose ould ouldexpose expose them in the theft of thousands thousandsfrom thousandsfrom thousandsfrom from the U S Indian Department in inWashington inWashington inWashington Washington , , and all along the hne line hneHe lineHe hueHe He lost his job fob , , and Mr Smith got itCol itCol it itCol Col Tadlock , of Salt Lake , corres corres- corresponded corresponded corresponded - - ponded a n long time Tadlock accused accusedD3e accusedDare accusedDave D3\e D3 e Dare . \ Day of the whole nefalious nefarious nefariousscheme nefaliousccheme nefariousscheme ccheme scheme ; Finally , , Dave wrote an anapology anapology anapology apology to Col Tadlock , , saving saying sa mg ro rodoubt rodoubt rodoubt doubt his life I1fe had been in great danger dangerv dangerwhen dangerwhen v . when hen he rooe roae tune behind behmd a pair of greyhorses grey greyhorses greyhorses horses in a sleigh with w1th MIS Miss M1 & emma L'mma Lmma emmaPeterson L'mmaPeterson : DmmaPeterson ' Peterson to Verdure , and met six sixsquav.s sixsquaws sixsquaws squav.s squavs squaws . Ta Ta Tadlock The chiefs chiefsI chiefstook chiefstook took possession of Mons Peterson sstore s sstore sstore store room and dwelling d\\cll1ng d cll1ng \ house It had hada hada a fine fme chimney in m it Theie Thele at that thatfireplace thatfireplace thatfireplace fireplace is where I and the chiefs de- de declced deciced de decided - cided clced ciced to move There " weie here e1 e enoughyoung enough enoughyoung enoughyoung young men left with the chlEto chicto chie/o chie o chlE/ chlE chic/ chic ' / . / to ter- ter terrIfy terrify ter terrify - - rify some of the " women "omen omen , , a/d a d aAd / , to eat eatnearly eatnearly eatnearly nearly all the food.they foodthey food . they had in 111 their theirhouses theirhouses thenhouses houses It \ was as no small scare fOI for fOIMontIcello foiMonticello foiMonticelloIn forMonticello MontIcello MontIcelloIn In December 1894 and January [ (1895General 1895General ( 1895 , , General John Q Cannon and Captain CaptainGibb CaptainGibb CaptainGibba Gibb , v . were ere sent to San Juan CPlmty cplanty CPlmtyto cplantyto countyto to ascel asceitain tain the situation of thEt thq the . In- In Indians Indians In Indians - dians and the settlers General Can Can- Cannon Cannon Cannon - non named the leaders by name andpraised and andpraised andpraised praised them for their patience In Inhlkmg Intalking Intilkmg hlkmg talking with them , , he comes to the theconcluslOn theconclusion theconclusion concluslOn conclusion that the Indians are more moresinned mOl moiesinned e esmned smned sinned against agamst thin th\n th n ' \ sinneis mneiS sinners . ' ' Theyhate They Theyhs Theyhave hs\ hs hse hate \ e to do as the agent tells them , or orthey orthey orthey they are threatened . with v.lth vlth soldieib soldleI soldiers and andoh andoil 011 oh hothey hov ho\ ho \ ' they oread aread to mee those thosecolored thosecolored thosecolored colored Ethiouian EthlOOlan Ethionian troopsCannon troopsCannon troops troopsCannon Cannon piaises plaises Sheriff ' 'Dick Dick ' DICk ' ' W11- W11 Wil- Wil W11laid Willard Wil-laid Wil laid - laid lard Butt for his brave bra\c bra c brace \ conduct and andHolbert andHolbert andHolbert Holbert McClure , , his intelpreter interpreter Intel preter . , , hLs his hLscompanions hiscompanions hiscompanions companions on this perilous trip tripAgent tripAgent tripAgent Agent Dave Day writes him to come comeand comeand comeand and see him General Cannon writes writesback writesback writesback back and t tells Ils him he has sense enough enoughto enoughto to stay on his ov own . n reseivation reservation resel vation The Thereader Thereader Thereader reader is asked to search in General GeneralCannon GeneralCannon GeneralCannons Cannon s account , , Era Vol 32 , , November Novem- Novem Novembel Novem-bei Novem bei - bel ber , 1928t\0 1928t 0 1928 , Iso ho : \ One You " will "ill ill find atrue a atrue atrue true description of Agent Dave Day DayThis DayThis DayThis This invasion of Indians in m 1894 and and1895 1895 was only a forerunner of what whatetas whatwas etas \ as to be m in 1896 Day was planningsomething 'Planning Planning 'Planningsomething ' planningsomething something that stirred the U USA S A |