Show 4 t H H forgotten HEROES CY eimo elmo scott watson t l t held captive by the lutcs 14 ISM the tie ute indians on theft 1 reservation in western colorado turned hostile murdered N 0 meek or er their agent and mery man they could find looted and burned the agency buildings and carried into mrs airs meeker bleeker her daughter josephine meeker eker mrs brice the wife ife of the agency blacksmith and hr lit little three cearold year old daughter troops vere ft ere ordered toward white ther but rea realizing lizino that the arrival of the soldiers might precipitate the murder of the cap capthens thes secretary schurz schutz of the department of the interior telegraphed to gen charles adams a it former agent of the ulis feho was then special agent for the post office department in denver to go at once to the ute reservation an and d use his influence for their release fearful for adams safety his wife tried to dissuade dis sonde him why do you go I 1 the asked I 1 you are not a soldier now and they have no right to ask you to risk your life because the state of colorado can not afford to ime those women in the hands of lie ito indians he replied simply 1 I would consider it just as much a shame and disgrace dl grace to refuse my influence in rescuing them as it would be if it I 1 should desert in the hour of battle so adams ent by train to west ern colorado tiro flon by three other whites and a party of friendly utes sent with him by the great chief ouray he mide m ide a NO mile ride through the mountains to the camp of chief johnson and chief douglas here where the were held A cD council lasted all night follo followed Ted the Ind indians lant were in a mood at one point la in the courcier he beird a muttered threat to 1111 him springing to ahls hi feet he declared you can kill me if it you want to I 1 am a soldier and std a soldier expects to die dle in the discharge of his duty daty I 1 hae haie been a good friend to yon you and you know IL it now if it you want to kill your friend jou you can hut but remember this the soldiers of my people are as the leaves on the trees if it yon you kill me or harm these cap wes the great white aither will send his soldiers and leave not one of you alive impressed by this bold statement and by his refusal to smoke the pipe with them so long iong as they feld the women cap tive the indians finally agreed to discuss terms adams refused to antl mike ke any tor for the government which he could not keep but told them that he would use his bis influence in their behalf As a result the captives were allowed to leave the camp with nim him the paul revere of 1812 TUB it happy chance cliance of hiving biving a poem written about his ride has made the name of paul revere im mortal in history few have eer eier heard of billy phillips of his marieloui mane mari tous elous ride of miles in nine days and of his cry of alarm knafl war 1 war aar with alth England Eng landl ll which echoed through the night just a did paul revere llever esless s less than 40 years before billy phillips was a jockey a lit tie tle chap who had ridden truxton a race horse owned by a lawyer named andrew jackson in nash ville tenn to victory in the most noted race ner run in the old southwest in june 1812 billy was visiting in washington D a 0 on the first of that month th president james madison sent to congress his mes sage telling of british aggressions upon our rights on june 12 billy phillips started for his home in nashville war was not officially declared until the but it vins as a foregone conclusion that congress would tale me that action there nere ere no telegraph or telephone lines in those days and the only means of communication was by express couriers A dozen of them set out on fast horses an hour after congress bad had pissed the war resolutions and the president had bad signed them but billy phil lips was already on his vay carrying his message through a country where he kte knew it would be received with from washington to richmond nich mond he rode to and salisbury and mo blo vin and ns as he be sped through gli the scattered towns of the wilderness country past inn or tavern he swung above his head bis LIS wallet containing the momentous news and shouted war warl I 1 war with an fn bandt wake up cupl I 1 war to the finish lie ile bad left 11 washington ashington at tit nightfall on june 12 on june 15 as he after nard viard told 14 it he tore through lex ington N 0 like a streak of greased lightning and on the I 1 tore into nashville still greated and going strong he ile had traveled miles in nine days DO 00 miles for every 24 hours I 1 historian john trotwood moore has said als ride in daylight and in to dark over mountain across gianelly gia velly rall cys cyr through swamps and dense woods across creeks rivers and miry morasses with such sheep sleep us as he got surpassed the heroic and borders on the wonderful 11 A 0 lill union 2 b |