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CHAPTER XXIV UTE AND WHITE RIVER MASSACRE—THORNBURG'S FIGHT AT MILK CREEK—THE MARCH OF CAPTAIN DODGE'S COLORED COMPANY TO THE RELIEF OF THE BELEAGUERED CAMP—GENERAL MERRITT'S MOVEMENTS FOR SAME PURPOSE—ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE BY MISS SARAH E. DRESSER AS TAKEN FROM THE LIPS OF MRS. PRICE—ACCOUNT OF THE TOWN OF MEEKER AS GIVEN BY GEORGE L. SHEPARD—GEORGE W. EATON, ARTHUR THOMPSON, WILLIAM H. POST—FRED SHEPARD'S LETTER TO HIS FATHER—LETTER OF N. C. MEEKER TO THE AUTHOR SIX DAYS BEFORE THE MASSACRE—MR. AND MRS. PRICE—ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE FROM MRS. MEEKER—HOW JOSEPHINE MEEKER WAS TREATED—THE TREATMENT RECEIVED BY THE CAPTIVES AT THE HANDS OF SUSAN JOHNSON—CHIEF OURAY—RECEPTION OF THE CAPTIVES IN GREELEY—CONCERNING A MONUMENT TO N. C. MEEKER—PORTRAIT OF N. C. MEEKER IN HIGH SCHOOL N. C. MEEKER'S FAMILY—PENSIONS GIVEN TO THE RELATIVES OF THE MASSACRED—NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE INDIANS AFTER THE MASSACRE—POSITION TAKEN BY OURAY IN DEFENSE OF HIS PEOPLE THE GOVERNMENT'S INDIAN POLICY—RALPH MEEKER'S VIEWS ABOUT THE PROPER COURSE TO PURSUE WITH THE INDIANS—REVIEW OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF N. C. MEEKER—THE REASONS FOR HIS UNPOPULARITY HIS SUPPORT OF HORACE GREELEY MEEKER HAS A MONUMENT IN GREELEY MORE ENDURING THAN BRASS, IN SPITE OF HIS ENEMIES AND DETRACTORS.