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Show 10S. COLORADO MAGAZINE ford. ed us.' 1 Tie- y had b.-.- n in the habit of coming into the town and " r u n n i n g it " - - i n their language- which consists of doing just as they pleas,-, riding into stores and through houses, etc.. and firing pistols. ( Mm ,];< y in December one of tlmni was shot and killed by tlm City . Marshal, audi his companions sought to avenge him. • They tuoi* possession of the town and the Marshal and Mayor fled t u ('< » !. Ibi'- l! for protection. They threatened to come and taA . li'- m, bin he sent ii,.- Marshal, over to my Camp, and after the whiskey was Olll of the boys limy left town peaceably, previotlsh burying their late comrade, from whose, funeral they returned iii full gallop- shouting ami firing- pistols. " VYe were however in ar, anxious isijilo of miml all the time. We heard all kinds of rumors a% to our prospects- at times we were ready to mar.- h ai a moment**; notice right into the mountains through the snows, and again we were to return to Fort I..- wis; so that we were kepi unsettled and excited. We were also anxious about Cenl. Hatch, who had endeared himself to us by his soldierly bearing am! uniform kindness to us. He was amidst the Indians as President of tlm Commission vAk but a small guard, and it appeared at- times from what we heard. he would never come away from there alive, a catastrophe seemed imminent at all times. On the 1st day of January JSS'J 1 received orders for my battalion to- proee. ed to Texas via Fort. Cibsou. This was good news. The orders directed that we proceed to Fort Garland if practicable; if not. to Santa 1A. where orders would be found for further movements. 1 decided at oime to move south to avoid the snows, and. (.'.• I. IUiell iss.-. ed orders accordingly for transportation. pn the morning of tlie - 4th we started, for tlie San Juan valley. ; i , ' d our pari of the threatened Ate war was ended. The whole proceedings had been disgusting, and was another instance of the want of a plan in our dealings with the Indians. He-,, was a ease of a tribe of Indians violating their treaty and committing several unprovoked murders, also of attacking troops while peacefully man- h-ing. Y.- l up to the time while I am writing1"' seven months afterwards, no Indian has been punished for these acts, and Congress is now talking about what is best to be done. In the mean time lawless miners ar.- preparing to occupy the country and n<> doubt will do it. h will !,,. tin. ,, 1,1, (, ld story over again: while the governmen: is talking, with a pretense of wanting to civilize the mass of the " Keirarding the cut Tie rain- hes. Major ITouj- h has- the following to say: ' There are but few inhabitants in the country lor there is very little rumii lor them. IJut every little valley with " a stream in it has its ranchers who soil their products to tlie miners in the Mountains west of here at a bijrh price." ( Alfred lloimii to Marv Hough from Animas City, Colonel... n.- to'b- r 22. INTO, ibm- h Pup- rs . :' Mav s. | v-. « i. |