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Show XXXIV REPORT OF TAE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN A'FAIRS. property from uniswfnl and nuanthorised combinations of horwthieves and despera' does, as anything farther will nltimeteb end in disaster to all parties. OURAY. At the same ti&e the following meseage was sent to the agent of the southern Utes. 818: Ouray request8 that I should 8ay.m you, and throngh you to the whites and Indians, that they need not feer any dsnger from the trouble at White River; that he wants his people-the Utes-to stay st home and lend no baud or encouragement to thewhite River Vtw; thatthe troubles there will be over in a few days; that he has sent Sopeuevaromdothers to White River to stop thetrouble; andthat ontaide inter-ference will only tend to sggravste tend do no good. Very respectfally, WM. M. STANLEY, Uelted Statea Indian Agent. Upon this the Southern Utes held formal council and expressed their determination to take no part in the hostilities of tbe northern bands. On the 9th of October, Onray's courier returned with the report that the White River Utes had listened to the order, had stopped fighting, and had moved with all their eflects to Grand ~iver. This information was wnveyed to the office in the following telegram of the same date : EmployB Brdy and asoort of Indians smived froni White River, rdports Utes recog-nized and obeyed Ouray's order, withdrew, and will fight no more odless forced to do so. If soldiers are now stopped trouble oan besettled by peace commiwion to inws-tia- s to facts, snd let blame rest where it may. This will Have life, expense, and die-tress if it can be acoamplished. 1 concur and indome the sbovc. STANLEY, Agent. OURAY, Head Chi.@ Ute ~ k ~ i o n . In reply thereto the department telegraphed Agent Stanley, October 13, as follows : Your dispatch received. Tell Ouray that his effort8 are highly appreciated by the government. In view of the attack made upon the troops sod maeaaore of agent and employ& the troops mill have to proceed to White River Ageney. Onmy should en-deavor toprevent any resistance to thismovement. The troops arenow ingreat force, and resistanoe would result only in great disaster to the Indian~. The hostiles mill have to smender and throw themselves upon the mercy of the govenunent. The guilty parties must be identified end delivered up. We shall see that no injustiea is dam any one. Peaceable Indians will be pmteded. Oursy's recommendations for mercy in individual osaw will he respeoted as far ae the general interest m y permit. Speoial agents are being dispatched to Los Pinos with further instructions. C. SCHUEZ,'Secretary. These terms were in rtccordmce with article 6 of the Ute treaty of i868, which pmvides that: a If bed men among the Indims shall commit a wrong or depredat,ion upon the per-son or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject to the anthority of the United States ant1 at peace therewith, the tribes herein namedsolemnly a,me that they will, on pntof made to their agent and notice t:o him, deliver up the wrong-doer to the United Slates, to be tried and punished according to its laws. An inspector was despakhed to the Los Pinos Agency, and General .Charles Adams, former agent for the White'River Utes, was detailed as |