Show THE dad dle AND ARD thi JHB INDIANS IN our telegraphic dispatches dis s today will be found a most absurd statement said to have been made by ouray chier chief 0 of f the ute utes to the effect that secret emissaries of the I 1 Mor mens mons 21 outbreak 0 of o f the white river indian India nw and have erdl prolong 0 I 1 hostilities by promises of arms andam audam and aud ammunition at a certain point on grand river niver so jong aa as they would night W the story atory Is GO ridic ridiculous albu 1 S 1 that h atit it won would id seem a work warl of supererogation to tb make any denial or offer anything by way of disproof yet there are people so prejudiced agaline t the mormons Mor mons mona that they quickly receive any faise false falsehood hodd h aw ever even unreasonable which reflects unfavorably upon this cor cot community hratin aratin it Is a matter of strong doubt whether chief ouray ever made any such assertion as telegraphed to the denver tribune by some reporter who wished to make a sensation sia ria tion if he chief did ie a statement in aej any y way beaning bearing on this question qt jesion jt was probably more as a tk rumor repeated than a definite charge and has been exaggerated after the fashion of some come newspaper correspondence correspond corre spon di ence in any event it Is very VOY vey certain that the mormons Mor mons haxe have nothing to gogain gain by inciting any one else to acts of hostility what benefit would accrue to us by the death I 1 of agent meeker what good would result to ua us from the murder ot of any ol 01 the whites at the agency wherein should we or our cause be assisted by the uprising of a tribe of indians to go on the warpath karpath war path and spread destruction and dismay certain to be followed by swift retaliation and the subjugation of the hostiles ho stiles why should we waste arms er or ammunition on sucu a futile and useless and barbarous em tsuta isula the very idea seems too outrageous for any sensible person to entertain for a moment the influence exercised by the mormons cormons Mor tilMor mons wherever obtained over the indians has baa been to turn them from their bavage savage deeds and wild life and teach them in the spirit of the gospel to be at peace with all both white and red and labor honestly tor tot self support ask any indian who has yielded to tho tha instruction of our elders it i he is a mormon His answer will be yes me mormon me ca mo me no fight me ca steal me ca je lie me work me wino good injun 1 wherever our brethren have been unmolested d in their work of conversion the indians indiana under their care have been changed in dib die position disposition the plainest esl est evidence of this being shown in their willingness to work which is something foreign to indian lan lau tastes and habits they pray to the great spirit express a dealie deare to live at peace and shed no human blood either of americana ameni Ameri cata cats or of red men and to assume the obligations and receive the privileges orlain american eri ori to incite the ind indiana lans inns of any tribe to warlike soth acta or murderous treachery would be in direct contradiction tra ira diction to the spirit and letter of our revealed religion and in opposition to the policy we are pursuing ia in our oar endeavors to bring the ravages savages under the influences of chiv and divine and human law anything different from grom this purporting to come or really proceeding from a person peirson claiming to be a A mormon lormon ignot is nol not only unauthorized by this church and community but is in violation viol atio n of 0 our doctrines teaching policy and practice and cannot canned of right be chang chargeable eabie to our people or our leaders we desire the conversion of all the indian tribes to the rell religion glon of jesus christ thein thelt enlightenment as to a knowledge of thair their forefathers and their redemption from darkness dint diLt devlon idu ida lou and bloodshed that they may many come into the lavor favor averof of heaven ad and a remnant be saved and exalted with the highest and purest rades races ot of men who have sprung from the flone one blood from which the father of all has caused the upon the different countries of the earth therefore such euch accusations as have been hinted at by our enemies since the outbreak of the utes and more plainly charged in the alleged statement of ouray are manifestly untrue proceed irom from Xan malice lice ilce are fostered foste redby by prejudice and will only be received by ignorance rance and evil desire |