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Show 150 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. pressed great joy, and pointed out to him the tent where her mother and Mrs. Price were. The General went there, but they were not in. Then the occupants of the tent and Sapavanaro held a very excited colloquy. The chief seemed angry and indignant. Turning to General Adams, he informed him in Spanish, that the women had been secreted; also that they had sent for Douglass, who was at his camp, about sixteen miles distant, and nothing could be done until his arrival. After, perhaps an hour's delay, the anxiously awaited chief arrived. He shook hands with the General and the party, and then turned away and became absorbed in conversation with the chiefs who had escorted them. He told General Adams, through an interpreter, thai he wished for no war, but the white troops were advancing upon them. The General said, " that he had been sent by the Government to say ' it did not want to fight, but the white squaws must be returned to their friends."' He then declared his willingness to give up the white squaws on condition that they be allowed to remain there until General Adams returned from White River. " No," replied the General, " I will go to-day to White River, but the white squaws must start home to-morrow." Douglass was far from satisfied. He said: " You come in." The General followed him into a tepee, which was soon filled with Indians, and then commenced a council which lasted five hours. The chief Sapavanaro stood by the General, who formally made known his errand; then one after another of the hostile chiefs spoke, the majority of them refusing; their consent to the surrender of the prisoners. The pipe |
