Show pete dillman tells tell s aej story L 0 ry of the I 1 he meeker uprising N ma 14 4 11 t 0 4 1744 4 A V A W A alf 44 1 4 i V 9 I 1 tr r bere rere pioneer indian scout st visita meeker with vernal scout delegation and relates thrilling story of indian uprising 0 on n a sagebrush I 1 lp a overtook overlook ina the historic settlement ip atle ment of meeker colorado and a short distance from the exact spot of the IN meeker massacre ma pete dillman re the thrilling story ot of iiii hl hazardous 0 trip into the hostile bands of white river to rescue the meeker taken captive by t the he ned skins alper they had murdered meeker and nd eleven coital ot of his hi men the party had journey from kernaa tuesday afternoon over the historic Ea calante trail from jensen to Itar gely and then followed wed the winding naf white cr er to the life meeker eker settlement in the party besides mr Dil dilligan linan were A A anderson of scout ex pout ve of council wallace calder ray duke bichard jenson jersen jen jer son sen L C wilson mur nv scout executives df 61 uintah d a brict county commissioner W II 11 Biddow ay and W 13 Aa balits lits before leaving Vert vernal ial the party had nade a trip to mckee draw r und nd selected a alt sitt at deer lodge for tiie hie summer scout encampment aich will take place july 1823 picking melting up tip the trail of father rather F IcI lante at jenen the party tol fol lowed it back to hanttu hie ti all of father escalante colante Ea continue continues jensen on down orcen aher to the j junction unction ot of the oleen and the duchesne and from thare up tip the duchesne Du chesno and strawberry rhem crossed the summit and descended the spanish foar river to the we settlements tle ments of ue tte in diar on the eastern ehor of r utah lake where they made camp sep 23 1778 A copy of the diary ct of rather escalanti Esc alanto was ua fo tollof llotd cd and landmarks mentioned by him were located by the party arriving at meeker about 6 in the evening the party droe to an elevation ir the th settlement and sifter sundown a camp tire fire made and the pioneer er scout related his interesting etory story as follows at the time of the meeker mas ocre and fles heard beard of disaster I 1 was working as farmer for the uintah indian re ne er when headquarters were ere at whiterocks Whit crocks 3 in the year 1879 the tragedy occurred september 29 and t WM was a few days before word reached the Whiterock White 3 pot past the massao e occurred about our miles from we present ent town if f meeker colorado about nilea miles east of vernal malor major meeker urd eleven men were murdered and eleven men were murdered and mrs price and her daughter and a flu 2 meeker were vere kidnapped by the indians the women were taken about 80 miles south by the gunnison lson river near grand junction I 1 black hank k a white river indian brought ft letter to malor major critchlow written by 1 meeker for help helix she said that if white men came the indian indians would d deliver them into bands hands bhe she said they had endured artense suffering suf ferin major critchlow called for men to po go at once and a one mcclain volunteered his services sers s the se hos hostility tUttY of the indians had tm put t I 1 fear into the people of the uintah dasin and very few desired to undertake the perilous trip at last I 1 asked major critchlow if I 1 could accompany mclain and he consented to my request said wd mr bir dulman after some difficulty procuring horses borses we ue persuaded black hawk to 0 o be 0 our ur guide the party set out for or the camps of the white rivers the indian indians called roe me black whiskers whisk a and warned arned me of the undertaking they advised roe me not to carry a g gun as the white river rivers would O 0 id then more readily believe me to be their friend he continued on the journey they were told a great ecal cal about the habata and lm language of the white huvers by their guide they were ere given much information alch perhaps saved them from death later on at the hands of the white river in deans after reaching the vicinity of the white rivers black hawk said sald he would eo go on ahead and if the indians were hostile he would not come back when black dravk tailed to return they journeyed along douglas creek and reached the indian encampment an indian came out to meet them and took their horses he ire turned them loose and they were ere never neer again wen seen by the white men tha men were ere taken into a tent and glen glien food by a squaw later in the evening ahlet jack the war ar chief of the whit rh e come in and dillman was introduced us as I 1 the MOTI mormon TIon from fion whiterocks maybe heap liar ilar one of the indians came to mr dill r nan to converse but dillman dill man irve him to understand under td that he did not talk the wh 1 te ta buier language mr dulman had taken corns some r arrs alth him bud he le bo be pan brading vc lo 10 ciet cief jack v 0 he ile read the account that general merritt was dAer di minei to subdue the indians before snow mow fell that year he ile referred to the suffering euf terin of the equals and pap powes the 1 l S I 1 indian were in hostile tale state alter after talking for or a loner long time the indians saw that the white men were friendly and the peace pipe was brouett out mr amman found some m e in the st ron g tobacco of the big pipe and nd it made him very uncomfortable chief chic f jacic jack asked dallman where hu his mother was and he replied in iowa chief jack then called him low iowa pete the indian told of at his aa visit visits to the cut of having lived in cities along the river that new york wua was a city of build ings like deep canyons after smoking the large peace pipe for sometime a smaller clay peace pence pipe was filled with strong er or tobacco and brought out thia thu was more distaste distasteful full than the tint mt later two other chief chiefs came and another powwow pow wow ww was held and more peace pipea smoked clr dill man inhaled the fumes until he be come quite tick sick later in the evening same en on ranged indiana anted to take the prisoners pria out end and kill tham there lied been a number of indiana indians killed in an encounter with white men nien and the hed red skins thought tho tight to their vengeance on dulman dittman and mclain the white men were not molested that night but were f constantly filled with dread of in idian dafin torture they hal had learned of 1 the intense BUt crint caused by l eo to their toes cju ati t touched the ground or win Ilir cran or dragged naked through bedi of pr ickley pears the axt day chief douglas head of nil all the band bands came to the boners toners tent and held a powwow pow ow S the pipe of peace and Us its bening to the arti articles clep in the pipers he ile told te vie white rien that he had come to them when they were in trouble and they could feel safe in ie returning to themi the home homes that they n be allowed to so go through the coin country ary without any further trou brou ble during the day a peace commas lioner appeared tn in camp and asked astad the white men if they realized their dinger in belne being among ahr hostile indians he ile alv also informed Into nned them that the white women had been returned to their homes the commissioner mi also tried to tell them that the mormons were urging the Ind tari to hostilities lie ile told mr dillman that he would be lucky it he got out of the country all alive e they ther attended another powwow pow biow and the chiefs wanted ranted to eee see general Arc they also wanted waited the white men to remain in their cus tody until peace was made aid RI 4 in the meantime go with them to the military post at meeker alo tl Y decided to make a trip to the thel meeker agency the pirty party started tard the orani with to indians riding ahead of alii ni finally the indian guards disappeared chief jack who them then nen told how unjust meek continued on page four iram PI IfAN antony OF or atsma OF INDIANS I 1 continued from irani pape one erb cr 0 to th thi indian 1 that he a did not let them ap pp able and hed had plowed d up tip their race rate track from tho the x viewpoint meek r v vis ak reng t ape pe of man for I arnt and did not the Tn dlana costion lon or desire this omer gAtion took place foll following ming upper the first day out the nie dext mor riling they stara tart 41 out toward meeke after vc rg ome d kanep chief jack emred the th palt end and disappeared 11 oti off the rall into A thicket where the ihbe men know ew an indian picket mal aa pout the thet t pillets ft were 7 disked at ten mile internals Int inte nals tind from one part he be country to another with perd peed aati err sent bv by alp il P almost as ai ripsi its 1 nuit oges are sen fodali V ii lien chi chlof f ji returned I 1 e in 1 riched ocla n to arv rd ahead ettli ith a ahille flag ile 1 intended to t s top mcl pin at the ret ridge bt bit t clr pot rot out cf a hearer and could not bf bo by the calls of the aben mclain Tc Likin did not turn tum th 4 p chief was quite emed lip lie hotd the pare pace of 0 the party a and mate camp early that n he ile did not break durf tte evening orill to grant mr dillman to pot a note on the trail so mci ain in va bild at id not ests pe t hem should ie ir rf re turn tra aie had camped tome some distance off ac lie tra U tir fr dulman dillman coalts fel frol the mim rawer ot of the and avi cred his time had come he lie bent ant to loov 1001 at the horses and md 0 wo o indiana hold ne rig lariats one told mm tim to make P a tire fire lie ile um instructed to ft ot meal alth alth the pre Lions U ue e indiana AU all the thee instruct on ons v w ia th mich r cauton mid and snaking bat fr ery little nole nol no e mr n N fred ced the in dar t if it there vi ere other indians ne but wit as R ana anter ered cd in the motte he ile knew then that the indians aird not p mir truth and felt tire tart they ocre jd by hostle host ie ra 1 skin aftic carina mr nir marirn colini up in his blanket near the II tle e and nt to deep sleep ite awe f r in the T P flit thiner thi nr the tle I 1 fief irr had cone M mt t but found one of te tle Int lians copin h a 3 ted t ed al ard tie tle far 1 HP I rot ip tp end and mad made up the fire with scrub oak artil the heat aoe tho the indian a road distance ikc and then mr mir dournan resent IM ed mi Hs ret reil julns vis vi s time mr nir oilman rd a cartt many indian s annl matda 1 like 1 the of a an ru owl and the call 0 oi aoa th the next doming he vert to troll trall where the message tor for mclain had been lett left ife found that t me laan had passed ei on I 1 Is nr bark torno tini duelm durar B the he night and had mused missed the note rather uin U nn in loop lone u an more mom time mr adlman and the derided decided to in RO go on to the tit 1 ury twi pit and talk ciui merritt ke he hid ht l mi med ed 1 that a setu bett mant could be ar between the induk and the bedorr soo sum nr fell tt i there woud fot not be so VA imich ich guf i ferent 1 sn ainone az the omm td children el of the indium IQ in I 1 order O 0 er I 1 to entrum the tb ira indians wu af a his cretu f be to fare chat alk LUTO S art ro le had amt bi eli att with ani from IA I to A A I 1 leav em ng rig the indiana indians at tone to ne dL arce he vert ert into the mil trill tary tx x t he lie a jw j w clo cly que questioned bv by the guards and finally taken to the officer lie ire lold told his m assion 1 P incur the indian indians and why by tc lind bw come to the post lie ile urged he dd of aoi wen trin ment for the ind on ans the ne officer requested dill man to remal at the end and let the indians settle their own oam difficulties without ther ibex interference mr mir Dill mii informed the officer mr he had tv a indan indian chiefs who ho des red to talk with him he ile a ra nt n t granted this request after spending ending tp some urne ct tit the pott post mr up a dra thinking he run onto mclain ile was plugging mag on an it 0 pony es as he called it hen he heard a number of shots instead of burning around he kept on his soon he heard another amther shot nearer and turning he aw saw tor neone not loning to hen lie acted w lilted alted anil and han hen the per son ame a nearer he recognized melain mclain said sald he had icet track ot ol mr daiman man but had p eked ip hie his trull and found P t I 1 two chief chiefs they tiley directed hin bin to where mr dillman vas at first he thought perhaps the incubi In cUri hod had killed mr air ald said threaten eaten et ed han them but after afu r talling with them for torne time he decided the were viere telling him the truth the IT told melahn that dulman dillman had bad front to soldier camp to wk with white men after some time at the post mr me dillman went to rau haan I 1 nt n t and took the train from there to rock from rock nock sprints he started out on foot for vernal he ire went tnt three das alth without food habing lot his way number of times and suffered w se merely from exposure F molly he reat reathell heLd a cabin where here he be P ared food and at A second place ft a hore horre on which it proceeded to vernal |