COBWEB CORNERS: Another terrible summer  By Mel McFarland
 In August 1868, a large band of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
traveled up Fountain Creek and camped about where downtown
Colorado Springs is today. The folks in Colorado City were
uneasy about the situation, as there had been reports of Plains
Indian raids in eastern Colorado and Kansas. A telegraph message
from Denver identified the band as a group generally friendly to
settlers. The Indians said their purpose was to raid an
encampment of Utes in upper Ute Pass, and that's the direction
they finally went.        However, in late August and early
September, raids started occurring in areas northeast of
Colorado City, including the killing of Henrietta Dieterman and
her 5-year-old son and the theft of several dozen horses from
the Teachout Ranch.        On Sept. 3, the violence moved
closer. Charley Everhart, 17, was herding cows on the mesa east
of the Garden of the Gods. From up over the side of the mesa
came several braves. He tried to escape