THE GREELEY COLONY OF COLORADO 



have, but I believe in Union Colony and you, and consider this a 

 good investment for my children." 



To N. C. Meeker Mr. Greeley's death was, indeed, ca- 

 lamitous. Depriving him of necessary income from news- 

 paper sources, as well as of financial backing in the col- 

 ony operations, it made it necessary for him to seek 

 employment in the public service, and this was directly 

 responsible for his death. He was massacred by the 

 Indians while serving as agent on the White River 

 reservation. His work for the colony had been entirely 

 unselfish, and his name deserves high rank among the 

 founders of western civilization. 



