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Show LXXX REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. reliable agency Indians to inquire into the matter, and to order Colorow and his partyto the reservation. It now appears that about this time indictments had been fodnd by a grand jury against two Indians named Cibilo and Big Frank, for steal-ing two horses. These horses, which had been found in a herd which two men named Tate and Woods had bought or gambled from Colorow's Indians in April last, had been claimed and identified by one Ham. mond, and delivered np to him, and the Indians had made good the loss to Tate and Woods. Nevertheless warrants for the arrest of the two Indians were issued to Sheriff Eendall, of Qarfield county.; and other warrants were sworn out by Game Warden Burgett, of the same county, against twelve specified Indians Lg and others" (among whom he had spent a week early in Angnst), for violation of the game lams of Colorado. With a, posse of seventeen men the game warden went to the oamp of Uuoompahgre Colorow, on the north fork of White river; found most of the men and women were absent, an4 without preliminaries of any kind seized a boy and started totake him oft: The boy's father inter. fered, was shot, and fell stunned. The boy's sister and another Indian woman made an attack with axes, .when the posfie a,gain fired, wound-ing the boy and also Big Prank and the son of Uncompahge Colorow.' Upon this the Indians abandoned all pro pert^, including a thousand head of sheep and goats, and fled to the camp of White River Colorom, about 20 miles from Meeker. This posse then joined forces with a posse which Sheriff Eendall had summoned a t ~ e e k ifror the serving of warrants, and went to the camp of Enny Colorow, finding there women and children. After insulting the women, who abandoned everything, including 300 sheep and goats, and fled frightened to the oamp of White River Colorow, the posse burned the entire camp ontfit and pursued the f~rgitives. In the pnr-anit one of the Indian boy~iired,killing a horse belonging to the posse. On the 14th of August, by an appointment made at his urgent re-qus$ Colorow met two prominent citizens of Meeker, and in alarm asked the meaning of these attacks upon his people. He was told that he might have fifteen 'days in which to get back to his reserve, 100 miles distant, whereupon, by way of preparation, he proceeded lo gather up his herds of horses andsheep. It was at this juncture that Enny Col-orow, with two of the agency delegation (NcCook and Nickeree), ar-rived at Colorow's camp;found the missing women add children, and delivered the message of the agent that the whole party should return to the reserve. Colorow pleaded that they had been given fifteen days' time; but nevertheless his people started immediately, leaving behind all the rest of their sheep and goats, about 1,000 head, and traveling as fast as their wounded wortld permit. . Upon reaching Wolf creek, they campecl for the night, and were there met by IfcAndrews, who had delayed at Meeker trying to induce the ex- |