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Show EXCITING TIMES AT BLUFF CITY. Resident of that Place Gives Interesting Inter-esting Details in Personal Let tei to Local Relative. Feeling that the people hero would be glad to hear something about the conditions in San Juan county, regarding re-garding tho Indian troubles, we havo asked permission of Miss Anna Bay-lcs Bay-lcs to publish the following letter written from Bluff, Utah, by her sister, sis-ter, MrsnEmma Scott: Bluff, Utah, February 25, 1915. My Dear Sister Anna. I am just going to givb you a short account of our trouble with the Indians. Tho Bluff people are all safo yet and wo think we will continue to be, though we cannot help feeling a little nervous. ner-vous. It is through trying to capture cap-ture Poko's boy, who killed a Moxican a year ago In Colorado, and it is the Colorado people who aro trying to take him. Thirty-nine men cam6 from Colorado to make the arrest. The Indians were camped across tho wash close to Sitzard's houso. The posse came in early Sunday morning, the 23rd Inst. They went and tried to take tho Indian. As soon as it was light enough to seo, the men who were on this side of the Cottonwood wash called over to tho Indians on the other side and told them they wanted Poke and his boy; thoy wanted to take them peaceably. 'Poke came out of his tent, gave a war whoop and went to firing. James Decker was standing by a Colorado man by the name of Atkins. James pointed out Poke to him. He said he thought he would just take a shot at him. Ho laid down on tho ground and was just taking nim at him when Poke fired from a distance of four or five hundred yards and shot Atkins between the eyes. Then tho bullets were flying thick and fast. They had Poko and his boy surrounded and could have gotten them had it not been for Posy and a lot of other Indians In-dians coming from Sand Island and firing on their backs. The men were .obliged to turn and firo on Posy and his band, and in the mean time Poke and his boy made their escape. There was one white man and a Moxican who was fighting with the whites, that were Bhot in the back. Thoy think the Mexican will live. Two Indians were killed, a squaw shot through both legs (thoy think it was Poko's squaw) a little Ute girl was shot through both legs; Savane, "Mike's boy," Joe Ham mond, Old Jodie and a Mexican who was living with the Indians, gave themselves up. They were shackled together by pairs, and confined up in tho hall with three guards. Savane got tho handcuffs off one hand and mndo a break for the northeast window. win-dow. The guards ordered him. to stop but he paid no attention to tho command, com-mand, so they fired, shooting him through the kidneys and bowels. He fell back on tho floor. It is now over two days since and ho is not dead yet. but tho doctor says he docs not think it possible for him to live Tho men asked him how ho felt, and ho said pretty good; that they had better put the handcuffs back on him. They, have six men guurding tho prisoners now. 'Tlintr Vintrn onnf TTrtf Wlwnpof .. o may nave sent io ron, wingato ior a regiment of soldiers, but they say it will be two weeks before they can get here. Tho Indians cut the telephone tele-phone line as soon as they could get away from tho scene of the fighting, but tho whites had already phoned to Monticello and Grayson for help. Grayson sent 18 men, Monticello 30 men, Some of tho Indian officials are here. The Attorney General, Nebi-kcr, Nebi-kcr, Chief Indian Agent Crele, agent of all the scattered bands of Utah, and the Ute agent of Navajo Springs, an Indian interpreter, Indian police from Ship Rock. The Colorado men were deputized and paid to como and take the Indians. Tho Grayson and Monticello Monti-cello men aro expected to stay around Bluff and protect the people hero. They stand guard at night and scout around some. Durham and Jess Thornell havo been staying with us. Jess went back to Grayson today. Durham is here yet. Ho has not had to stand guard. Joss stood guard last night and went back today. Annio wbb up home when they wore fighting. Wlllard Taylor slept up there that night. She heard the war whoop, all the shots, tho squawB crying and yelling, yell-ing, and the men, squaws and Indians running In the street I didn't know they were coming to try and take tho TnHlnnn until T Mi!a miner in hflfl tVin night before the attack; then Albert told me they were expecting the Colorado Colo-rado men early in tho morning for tho Indians. I asked if Annio had anyone staying at her place. He said yen, Perkins was taking caro of her. She stayed at their place Sunday. About this timo Mr. and Mrs. Robinson Rob-inson and seven children came rushing rush-ing in with two quilts and asked if they could atay here thut night that they woro afraid to stay koste. It is tho intention to leave 20 members mem-bers in Bluff to guard tho people here. Tliero may bo a few more stay, but tho most of tho men aro goiqg to leave tomorrow. A Navajo enmo into town today and said that ho had located or found Poko's camp. Ho said that Posy and the Poko gang were camped at tho head of the same wash and that Poke told him to get out of thero quick and to tell tho white men that he would kill every white man he saw. The officers think that he was telling tho truth, but somo doubt him. They want to get all of the Indians, squaws and papooses out of tho country if thoy can. I hope they can or I don't know how, tho pcoplo can live here. I will write soon again if I can get at it. A subsequent letter contained the following information, which has not appcaredin tho Salt Lake papers: Mr. Shclding, the agent from Ship Rock, camo down with 20 Navajo po lice yosterday. Shortly after he received re-ceived a telegram from government officials in Washington, D. C, telling him to take the Navajos back to Ship Rock; that they did not want them mixed up in this affair, so they went back today. I was so thankful when they came thought thoy would be the very ones to take Poko's tribe. I learn they havo sent for some very large guns that will shoot balls 3-in. in diameter, carry for a distanco of two miles and explode tearing up tho earth for CO feet around. They have two of these gunB here now. It is putting the men back with thoir work a great deal, but they have been told to stay homo with their families and take care of them. |