| Show UTES IN SAN JUAN the following received by the NEWS as a special from ogden at 4 p m saturday to is a letter which this morning came cacao to lo the executive office in this city and was immediately forwarded to secretary richards who to very ill at his bis home in IB abe junction alty city it is direct from the of war and of course to official SAN JUAN COUNTY wednesday dec 12 ron MOD C C richard richarde Rl charde territorial secretary salt lake city colonel law aon and day the in dian agent arrived at 3 pm today ater after a conference with the governor they had a conference with the indians at the schoolhouse after a talk of several hours no result was reached other than that the indians indiana refused absolutely to return reburn to colorado they professed prof eased to doubt the authenticity of the telegrams from washington etc eta when the question que atlon was put to them whether if the great father at washington told them to return they would go they would not answer me in regard to it C 1 lawton telegraphed to gen mccook the situation tonight saying baying they refused to return and that it if the orders of the department are carried ou out troops will be necessary the indans indians profess to be peaceable if they are allowed to rein remain aln they claim the country belongs belong to them as much as an to the whites your telegram transmitting me massage from rom the secretary of the interior received A special messenger will carry the telegram from colonel lawton to night to thompson thompsons Thomp sons a springs ar rivine there tomorrow at 1 pm H will await an answer there this letter te is sent by him all well sincerely CALEB W WEST private dispatches received in this city today and of later date than the letter iare re however of a different and far more hopeful ter these advice are lu in substance to too toe following effect the Ute have shave consented cemented to return to their own reservations in colorado wild ato even now DOW on OD their way back colonel lawton it is understood will remain personally upon the be ground until the invaders are wel oft utah boil oil and the orders orden of the government fully complied compiled with wilb the rho settlers of the whole of the ban baa juan county are extremely jubilant over the favorable turn of affairs and the ending of a condition which threatened to precipitate a destructive and costly indian war while the utes will go back very reluctantly it ii la Is firmly believed ba loved that their departure means absolute and perpetual cessation of hostilities between them and the whites on this side lids of the live hue it to is felt that there is great cause for congratulation in the trouble being terminated with the loss of life or abed ding of at one drop of blood that the of the difficulty has been eo 90 is due entirely to the firm arm conservative course maintained by officials and citizens from the beginning colo radians are entitled to no part of the credit mod and should take back th their eIrIn in claus with the best beat grace possible give them better treatment then than bere heretofore and remember that the dum dumping business is a game they havelt have loab every time when they have played 4 9 against this territory the is wholesome one and can be taka to a heart with profit profil |
