| Show j jar I 1 C is 18 UP U I 1 colorado utes fold their tents and thir kiy way homeward GOV GOT MISSION prompt and persistent Act action on eda edly y Aver AYEr teil terl blood bloodshed abed A agent gent day disgusted y 14 1 defeat 4 after an absence in san juan county governor west accompanied by inspector general and lieutenant lieutenan t west act returned u reed homo home on the rio grande western at 1135 saturday night the governor shows the i effects of long ion 0 rides in a rough 0 country but looks hale and hearty he left here with full information as to the situation of affairs in san san juan and his mission to end the ute ule invasion was entirely successful ks As a result of his trip and the preliminary work done before leaving the indians are by this time on the way back to their reservation in in I 1 colorado much to the disgust doubtless of agent day A herald reporter met the governor bov irn immediately m on his arrival arri val last night and obtained a brief outline of the situation in san juan 1 I have been away just eight days said his excellency and things were in excellent shape when I 1 left san juan ovi on wednesday last ag agent c nt day daiy colonel lawton and myself had a confer ertee enco with the indians they C still till i persisted in n abat they had been il een saying sayin all alone along tb the efel eu et that it was their country thai hat they had hadj authority au 1 to st a and thau i ra r a 04 evening eveni all g colori 01 0 lawlon aw tofi mizing I 1 the fact that troops would probably be needed to move them sent a dispatch to general mccook after sleeping on it how hov ever the indians changed their minds reind and by thursday noon ex pressed their willingness to return to their reservation if given C iven the opportunity to do so and furnished with supplies telegrams were sent by myself myse if to the secretary of the interior and abid by colonel lawton to gen general eral mccook I 1 represented that economy and humanity both demanded that the agent be authorized 0 to incur the expense of removing movin the indians As a matter of fact fa et the invaders had simply been a burden to the people deop I 1 e up to that thant time after these arr arrangements anee ments had bad been completed dispatches were sent out by couriers as the indians were scattered all over the country and signal fires were lighted indians at once begin P to ass assemble erable and are now on their way back P on oil arriving in san juan I 1 consulted with president hammond bishop jones and other leading citizens und and made independent observations ions and both myself and colonel lawton found the situation to be exactly ns its represented to tit me before I 1 left this city on oil thursday night 0 a large meeting me etino of citizens was held at the I 1 j church at monticello and resola t ions fion s were bossed thanking us for our efforts and speeches were made on reaching the railroad line governor we west S sent the following C tele telegram raen to general mccook cCook I colonel laitone law Lai tons services of great value trust be will be ordered to remain until the indians are restored to their reservations r e a WEST AVEST governor all ol of the information that has been received makes it reasonably cc certain that but for the prompt action of the M governor in the beginning and the persistence with which lie he has followed the matter up there would have been serious trouble and probably bloodshed in sin san juan |
