Show captives general donhoff secretary of the german legation who accompanied general adams to the camp of the hostile atea to recover the captive women and children lias returned to washington and gives an interesting account of his experience the sur sender of the white women and children is thus described by count donhoff Don hofT tho camp ol 01 tho hostiles ho stiles was readied on bet and a council was held at which fifty chioffi present adams mada known tho object of his mission and demanded that the prisoners should ba surrendered chiefs and sha vana who were sent with tho commission by auray ad a campli anco with ins demand each of the hostile chiefs spoke jn turn and all expressed themselves against tho surrender some advising that the prisoners should bo held until a treaty of was concluded between the government and lie hos tiles tho pipe which plays an important part in all indian councils was passed around but gen adams bhavana and refused to smoke until tho surrender of the prisoners was agreed upon finally chavana became angry at the persistent refusal of the indians to civo up the captives and bounding to his feet told adams it was useless to parley lurther lurth pr and left tho council tont mutt threats against the hostile band after loft the council stepped into tho circle of hostile chiefa and boado a powerful speech in which he threat enad the hostiles ho stiles with the vengeance unless they to surrender the ers ho inform ed tho council that ho bore theman dato of ouray for the immediate and unconditional surrender of alio captives and if thin was not obeyed the hostiles ho stiles would not bo recognized by that they would bo shut oft from communication head chief and not allowed to como to his camp further informed tho hog that if they did not comply with the demands of adams ouray and ha chiefs would join with the white soldiers and force cheur render or doivo the rebellious atea from the country this speech caused great excitement among the indians and was followed by an angry and discordant powwow pow wow after considerable sid erable co if orenco among them selves an old uintah chief had a private talky rith douglas evidently urging him to agree to alie surrender after which douglas approached adams and requested him to go to general merritt and have the further movement of tho troops slopped promising thai on his return irom merrita Merr Hta camp tho captive should surrendered adain refused to do anything until tho prisoners in hia charge when douglas yielded reluctantly to the demand and was followed in urn by tho alius alio llio cap nivea without conditions or pledges of fany kind whatever count has no doubt clial the consisting of ouray ge adma and hatch will abc aeed sn tho surrender of the mabi creat tho anoy and ht is ed to the from tho groat respect which all the uta manifest mani fet for tha authority tho count that doug and jack are lad men that they are unquestionably biblo for tho outbreak and should put io death my if said count Dun liou that after three chiefa are surrendered it would be better for tb n authorities to turn them oter to wha will quietly to th happy hunting ground |