| Show PIUTE LEADER DEAD OLD POLK SEEKS HAPPY HUNTING an AP dispatch of recent date leports the serious illness of old polk at towaoc colo later anfor nation states that he has passed anav chief polk was he badet tv oj ri I 1 bard of renegade clutes who caused j considerable trouble in san juan county utah and in western colorado several years ago the fiery old chieftain was 78 years old it Is slid said that his later years were vere filled with suffering and sorrow due to illness and blindness ills one time I 1 devoted old squaw finally left him ill b and nd is now living in blanding his name will ever be linked with the he early history of san juan county along with that of posey and tse ne gat due to their defiance of united states troops and U S marshals rim chals and to their reputed devilment and thievery old polk and chief posey were however outstanding characters of considerable mental agility who may have had legitimate 1 cause to t 0 seek revenge upon the white men men who invaded their terrestrial hunt bull t ing grounds and forced them ever back into tle th s less desirable wilderness of the country may their bones lie unmolested and their spirits soar to places of greater spiritual enlightenment |
