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Show SCOn CAPTURES RENEGADE INDIANS INDIAN WAR IN SOUTHERN UTAH BROUGHT TO CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER BLOODSHED. Twent-seven Indians Accompany General Gen-eral Scott to Bluff and Will be Brought to Salt Lake for Trial for Misdeeds. Salt Uiko City. Tho Pluto uprising upris-ing In Utah was ended Saturday when Brigadier General Hugh L, Scott roturned to Bluff, Utah, with Chief Old Polk, his son. (Hatch) "Tsc-Na-Gat," Chief Posey, Posoy's oldest boy, and twenty-three other Indians, whom ho capturod on Douglas mean. Tho captlvoB, at tholr own request, are to bo brought to Salt Lako City. Tho capturo of the ringleaders by tho United States army officer and his email party of personal escorts accomplished accom-plished tho peaceful setltomont of tho robolllon by tho Indians, which htul roaultcd In tho deaths of six men nnd tho wounding of many others In tho early fighting between a posso and tho redskins. General Scott, chief of stn'ff of tho regular army, overcame many obstacles obsta-cles In adding this latest feat to his long list of pacifications of rebellious Indians. His mission to Utah, ordered by Socrotary War Garrison, -was considered con-sidered tho lust step beforo tho calling out of federal troops to combat the redskins. Goneral Scott, accompanied by his aide, Lieutenant Colonal Robert E. I Mlchlo, and Prlvato Paul Randolph, an orderly, got 1n touch with tho hos-tiles hos-tiles last Wednesday through friendly friend-ly Navajo Indian messengers sent out by General Scott to locate them. Tho Navajo mcBsongors told Chiefs Old Polk and Posey that tho big war chlof, representing tho "Great White Father" (President Wilson) hud come to smoke a plpo of pcaco with them and talk over their grievances. As a precautionary measure tho Pluto IndlanB carefully scouted the ground several miles In advance of their chiefs, as tho latter wont toward to-ward tho meeting place, Finally, satisfying sat-isfying thomsolves that General Scott 'was accompanied only by n small party, tho chiefs wont forward' to moot him. At tho end of tho powwow pow-wow thoy consented to accompany him to Bluff, bolioving that General Scott will seo that thoy will get Jus-ttoe. |