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Show OFF FOR SUN JUAN Colonel Tatlock Departs with Guns and Ammunition. AN INSULTING TELEGRAM la Eeceived from uava Day by Governor West It ia Foiwarded to Washington and Help From There is Demanded Brisham Young on the Situation. The situation in San Juan county is critical. To a Deseret News reporter yesterday Governor West eaid. "I propose to afford all the protection possible, Oar people are exposed to great danger, but none of them shall lose their lives or their property if I can prevent it. They are without arms or ammunition. J3ut their wants in this direction will be supplied at an early hour providing . steps are not taken byjthoBe to whom this matter has been referred. It might as well be said, .nd with as much reason and propriety, that flax added to the names will not burn or augment the fire, as to declare that there is no danger in the ban Juan,or that the present condition of affairs can continue there without terminating in a tight and the shedding of the blood of the citizens." Asked as to whether he would call out the militia and send them to the scene of trouble, the Governor replied, re-plied, "That is a matter for further consideration and action. It depends on developments. But I repeat that we must take care of settlers at all hazards in case of a conflict." Thus it is presumed that if the gov. ernor finds it necessary he will order enough of the companies of the. National Na-tional Guard to the front to nuell the disturbance and drive the 'Indians back to their own reEervatiOD. The governor hopes that the authorities at Washington will be convinced very soon, however, that they are being deceived de-ceived and imposed upon by Colorado officials, who are interested, apparently, in dumping the Indians of their state on Utah when it is their plain duty to recall them. The governor yesterday issued an order or-der calling upon Captain Cannon, of Troop C. National Guards of Utah, to return at once to the executive mansion man-sion the forty-lour carbines in pcsses-sion pcsses-sion of his men. A similar older waB sent to the captain of the troop at Spanish Fork and the captains of Borne of the infantry companies may receive like instructions at "any moment. T1m o-.-r ii-oi-, j.r-' tlf- Grande Western last night bore Colonel Col-onel Tatlock, two or three of the delegation dele-gation from San Juan county, 100 guns and 8,000 rounds of ammunition, the latter to be used, if necessary, by the settlers of the invaded district in the defense of their nomes, families and property. Brigham Young, gwho is in the San Juan county, wrote President Wiltord Woodruff on the subject of the, invasion. in-vasion. His letter is dated, Durango, Colo.. Deeemb. r 1st, and says that he had met Colonel Day. Indian agent of the Ute reservation of Colorado, in regard to the present invasion of the Utes into San Juan county, and that during the conversation the following questions weie aeked by Mr. Young and answered by Colenel Day: "Can the Utes leave the reservation without your permission?" "JSTo," 'Did you give them permission to go to the Blue Mountains in Utah?" "No." "Then you can order them back on their reservation?" "No, because I have referred the question to the department at Washington, Wash-ington, and they are the responsible party now." Apostle Young goes on to Bay that Colonel Day suggested that Messrs. Hammond, Nllsen, Jones, Lyman and others who lived in the county when the United States commissioners took an inventory of their possessions for which they were to receive remuneration remunera-tion from the povernment provided it was decided that that country should be given to the Indians, send him a written statement of the facts and the situation, and he would forward the same to Washington. Apostle Young was about to leave Durango for Bluff City by team to carry out his suggestion when he wrote the loregoing. Bishop Mons Peterson of Moab, County Selectman Silvey of Monticello and J. Mi Cunningham, who have been in Salt Lake on Indian business, re turned to their homes last evening. Late last night Governor West received re-ceived a telegram from Dave Day which was intended to be funny,but which in reality was insulting, impudent and blackgaarding, saying that Utah, who loaned congress a Cannon, should arm a sufficient number of Tuscaroras to go down to San Juan and protect his squaws and papooses and infirm warriors, war-riors, who seek only grass upon unsur-veyed unsur-veyed lands for. starving herds, from the avenging hands of outraged cowboys cow-boys who havo for succeeding years robbed the reserve of all save trails and sagebrush and wno have moved the boundary stakes and section corners down into Mexico. This telegram was forwarded to Washington. |
