| Show provo vo CITY aug augg iari I 1 editor despret aws mews sir I 1 started this morning in company with prest smoot and gen pace race for springville Spring ville at 11 the indians indiana comins to arrive at half past 11 the talk commenced L LS SW woods Esq having baving made mado the necessary arrangements arrango arrange menla menta in front of his r residence present gen morrow col heath bupt supt dodge major critchlow prest smoot gens gans pace iud kud and ind thurber bishops W miller W Bring bringhurst hurst burst and M U tanner also jos tanner grover of nephi obas chas D evans evana L S woods interpreter and your correspondent of the indians tabby douglass and judge of white river indians indiana antero togo boona son let leb Waunda roads son aon of Peteet Poteet neet joe of payson john of kanosh baud and some others gen geu morrow said 1 I 1 am glad to to meet so many of my indian friends today to day the utes and the white people have been together and at peace so loog jong thitu thau they should by this time feel abone as one people the great father has bas heard that this portion of his bis children have cause of complaint ile he does not know what it is for and ha has sent me here to have a council with you I 1 want you to tell me all your troubles tae toe great father is standing with ope nears nemra 0 hear all you say all you tell me rhe a shall shail I 1 be reported word for word io to he great father 1 the country below betow here has his bad lu indians diati s in it 1 I want these good indians 1 round hero to return to the reservation so that they may not be confounded with the bad indians the stores for douglass dou don glass have been for some time at fort steel and they are now waiting for him until it to is known whether he will return to the ees bes er or not so far as tabby is concerned I 1 we have already sent cattle and flour for him after you yon have told me all in your our complaints which I 1 want you to do in an open manner not to keep anything back then i if you want to send any of your leading men to washington I 1 will see that they go and isyou if yon want me I 1 will go with them I 1 will give you all rations of flour and beef to help yon you to get to the reservation and those who are to go to washing ton if they will go to camp douglas I 1 will provide for them until I 1 return slid alid then go back with them to washington or you can all go home and then come to camp afterwards if it suits you best I 1 would advise you by all means and these men now here will all advise you to send some of your leading men to washington so that you can tell the great father himself im this is all I 1 have to say and now I 1 want to talk douglass said A long time ago we had bad among us ns big chiefs who made many good treaties with the americans I 1 with these indians indiana desire to live with the whites as friends now to be friends while we live and be friends hereafter here liter titer would like that the earth should be white all the time no blood to ruit ruu on it that all should travel and live in peace I 1 want j the general bishops captains and the boys to see that a good peace is now made and that it be not broken the ind indians lans ians do not want to be crowded and as it were tied down but so that they can live associate and laugh together they want brigham and washington to feel and nud know that there is no nothing othis hidden bidden under their feet anere is a good deal of talk at bridger and other blaces places that makes them feel bad and they do 0 not receive what washington sends to them they have heard that Washl washington agton has boucht lands from other indians they do not want to sell their lands it makes them feel bad to think of selling their land this the general is a good man he be is getting graer kra gra he has come a long way to do us good the agents at the reservation have not treated the indians goad good but bat now this man will see that they ghey have good agento an agent at white river named adams would take the papers sent from irom wa wahington washington hington and would not let leh the indians have them but would bury the papers in the ground so they the y could not get them they h hive lva lve heard beard that papers davd have been sent from washington in their favor that have lain in the ground so BO long they could not be read now the women and children will feol neol glad at this peace we have come in with our squads squaws and have no desire for fight tabby has always advised the indians not to steil stell or kill anybody any body but during the last moon there wele has been some trouble in sanpete tadpole San SaD pete pele andee and he tabby is ashamed of it 1 I 1 do not know of any mormons cormons being killed but bui maybe some of the others do it is iii not indians who have horses that steal and kill hul but they who are poor and like squaws they live in the south and there are not many of them all the land with the exception of a small piece near and east of is at peace joe said 1 I think there has not dot been much blood bloodshed shed in sanpete San pete and that has haa been done by plates from the other side of tho the colorado colerado river want that no blood shall be shed in Sun pete that it shall be all right do not want the general to anker after indian meat too much it is only a few mean indians and their dogs who do this killing do not want the good indians who may be hulting hunting in the mountains for deer to be killed there are some good indians also hunting in the mountains near fish lake and north northeast east ol of sanpete San Sau pete in pleasant valley we are poor xou you can see we are poor washington bays says do not steal have heard beard there has been sent from washington for the indians a large amount of money but the indians do not nul get it may be the agents have put the money in their pockets and it has hau not nol been given to Washington lB boys the indians I 1 want hat that no blood shall be shed donot do not want abig abug a big mad there has only been a few killed and it is not so bad as it may have been told am glad that the general isberg is here bere becan he can see we are poor we have brought our s and children we all look alike we want to livo iivo in peace with the bior ilor mons mona americans and all together tabby on seeing superintendent dodge writing at the tabie table asked the general if he was writing good the general said he be was tabb Tabby bald baid said that when they met at Fairview he talked too harsh barsh to them and made their hearts heartsey cry if he be now feels better towards them all right they formed a very unfavorable impression or of him J when they are at the thie reservation and have something to eat and are treated right they like it very well weil and if the doctor feels better to them now all light right 1 I have not thrown rown up going to uinta am here on EL isit visit when did I 1 throw any of you dway away when did I 1 steal from you I 1 hawe have not liven given iven up my country I 1 like it I 1 always feel well my heart is goad towards 1 all mankind mankin 1 I 1 consider all mankind are arg of one flesh and should have fe lingi alike whom have I 1 lied 0 1 o achen when have havn I 1 hidden anything som gom 0 m you U or deceived any of 3 on ot lot done it the boys and all have heard tahe the general talk and they now fegl fegi well 1 1 I do not lie ile and I 1 believe the general tye tae ked as I 1 now am talking I 1 desire that all the mormons cormons Mor mons miners and everybody shall travel these mountains in peace work and he lle down in peace we do not know anything about the minerals we want the deer and game and want the miners to get the minerals and do not want an any trouble on the roads in or to and arou abou around this countr country in sanpete is all the trouble but none ave have been killed in my land at any time the indians down there do not have many old men among them they are all young As to going to washington I 1 do not know what to think about it we will have to have a meeting about that suppose we will go by the iron road we have some indians out hunting I 1 am niad riad to receive blankets provi provisions ions lons etc riven rive n by the government yet some do not feel teel well in receiving them as they think it is for their land A bolg time ago the whites came to this country and traded for furs etc brigham came and has dealt with them indians did not think of killing whites until after the whites killed the indians but now the general has talked and we believe him he has talked good and our hearts boarts are one want the general to give some of the chiefs a recommend that they have hive h lve ave attended this meeting and they are good I 1 suppose the bishop got scared seared and haa baa reasons jor for out the cattle from the mountains but I 1 do not know of any reasons if agent dodge had come here alone the indians indiana would have all left the country but now the general has come COMO it il is ait ail right I 1 feel well that these bishops bih bit hops are here to hear bear what the general says and if the agent has any pov powder der dec to give us all right if not all r right joe said the indiana had good In instructions and everything they should have in the country on the other side of green river riven near denver and the indians indiana wanted it to be so in this country douglass wanted general morrow to send word to agent thompson at denver that he is good aud and attended this meeting he is now travelling tra velling with tabby will soon cone eone co no ne home some homo of the indians have gone home general morrow said with the whites we say it ib is good to settle one thing at a time where we have more than one thing to do thell tbell we pass that we have made arrangements to have provisions meet you at strawberry valley and more from heber city as ahyou you proceed when willylu be ready to start so that we can make the necessary arrangements when will douglass be ready to start with his men douglass said he be did not know general morrow murrow when will tabby be ready to start with his hla men tabby in three days daya buu bud but we want something to eat now gen morrow I 1 will get geb you something to eat can you not go the day aften after tomorrow tabby yes gen morrow you you yon shall have beef and flur flun ur to last you to strawberry valley anen you shall have more as you go along but all must go I 1 do not want to confound these indians with the bad ones this being settled we te want you to talk of your grievances or of sending your youn indians to washington if you do 0 not conclude about going to washington llo tio now W you cau can talk it over when you get to the agency it if yoa you conclude to send them let them come to my friend bishop smoot and he will send them do down wn to camp douglass Dou glasa tabby said they would wait till they got to the agency to talk this thia over he asked geu gen morrow to obtain authority from washington for them to goto soto go to washington so if they concluded to go it ii would be ali ail all pall right general morrow said while you arai ara are consulting at the agency I 1 will write to washington and on reo rec receiving iving an answer I 1 will send to you at the agency so that you deed need not come to bishop smoot until after hearing bearing from me antero said he felt good and wouldga would go to washington the general gener al sala saia he wanted tabby to go tabby answered he must stay at home and take care of his mea med Waunda roads wanted to go and on the way vilt vt vl it his bis brother at school in chester ca pennsylvania general morrow said he be heard the indians claimed this thib land and wanted rent for it that he also heard beara that a treaty bad been made at spanish fork which was not satisfactory and you should tell all about it to the great father also heard that tomta was nota nou a good place for farm ing ink Waunda road baid said sad it was tabby said that at the spanish fork treaty cil cli G 1 ii irian istl ishi told them that if they would go to uinta he would give them bee beef flour guns guna powder shirts and oTery everything thing they needed we went over and I 1 have been oh ob guard ever since some three or four years but I 1 have nou nod seen been it come yet you need not take my word for this there are many here no now w who hear dilt and I 1 know I 1 tell the truth it has his been so long ago we have almost forgot he told u but it was big ile lie the general remarked they would pro bably find it when they got back I 1 tabby said no all that irish said lias has gone to the grass we do not want to remember it and that he be would send the most of the indians to camp and he and some others would remain and meet the general in the morning supt bupt dodge having prepared it a repast the indians bat sat down to dread bread beef coffee etc at 2 pm council adjourned till 10 am am t to td tomorrow morrow respectfully ii lohn jonn nuttall |
