The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29


ERNEST A. DARLINGTON
First Lieutenant and AdJulant Seventh Cavalry.
A DIscOuRAoINa RUMoR.
JUDITH BASIN, Sept 20,
Via Helena, Montana, Sept Is, 1871
As We proceeded route through Judith Basin q
rumor reached frem the stating that Sturgis
supply train had been destroyed, aud that heavy
artillery firing heard In the neiphborhood OF Bull
Mountain Wednesday. Since then sturgs' train
has arrived ssfsy, the reported artillery firing
was only heavy thunder shower
THE CHIPPEwAs AROUSED ON ACCOUNT OF AN
AGENCY QUARREL.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ST.. PAUL, Mimi. Sept. 90, 1877.
Letters from White Earth Agency to Wednesday
evening report imminent danger OF boodshed Indian
Super ntendent Kimbal having ordered Father Toma-
zn the Catholic missionary, TO leave the reservation
He finally gave him one hour Ia which
to pack up and start, whorcupon Father
Tomaxin, refusing 10 leave except ON the order
of his Bishop, took refuge the church
and ruug an alarm boil, which brought to his aid
considerable number OF Indians, armed with guns,
clubs and farm TOOLS Then Kimball tecgraphed for
military aid In response company Of infantry
was scot from Fort Smelling Wednesday morning,
The III feeling there has been Increased by. Row.
Mr.. GilHlan, Episcopal missionary. The whites arc
circulating petition asking tho Indian Bureau to re.
move from the reservation G. II. Beaulicn, an iniu.
entail habrecd, who advised she Indians TO ask
that all tho principal partes to the quarrsl--bcinR
agent stowe; the priest, Father Tomazin. and Rev.
Gilhllan-should be taken away and who has also
himself preferred charges against Stowe.
DANGEROUS EXCITEMENT
The feeling high that the lives of Stowe and
family and Gillian undoubtedly In DANGER but
for the influence OF Bcaulien aud Rev. Mr. Johnson.
Episcopal The Chippewas in favor OF peace.
xIxBD
Mr.. johnson sides with Beau lier against his white
associate. The presence of the troops will probably
prevent any outbreak, but It will DO necessary TO
keep them long Stowe remains the agent,
aud troops will DO needed 10 watch the unruly
piagers OF Leech Lake, who will be aroused by tho
White Earth occurrences. Kimball's action thought
here to have been unnecessarily arbitrary.
noLE-IS-TgE DAYS oRPHAxs
The immediate cause of K,mbals order to Father To-
mazin TO leave tho iatter's taxing away orphan
daughters Of Hoe-in the Day place them In tho Caho-
Tic school In Stcarns county, but Father Tomaziu
legal guardian Of Days children who have
estate outside OF the reservation Ho has, how
evon taken several other children away without the
temporal affairs OF the agency Mucn anxiety felt
bore regarding the outcome OF the affair
MURDERS AND oursAaEs By THE APAcHEs-
THE INHABITANTS PREPARING FOR DEFENCE
NECESSITY FOR THE INCREASE OF TROOPS.
sILvgK CITY, n. NJ. Sept Is, 1877
After three years. comparative quiet pandcmo-
mum has broken loose In Eastern Arizona and Western
New Mexico Before this the telegraph has informed
you OF tho Apache outbreak from the San Carlos
walton. But meagre has boon received hero
regarding tho immediate cause. The outbreak must
have occurred last Thursday Friday, from 400
600 warriors reported to have left reserve
besides which they have taken with them squaws and
pappooses.
MURDERS THE sAvAGEs
Along the ella River, at Knights Ranch and In the
Burra Mountains tnear this place., they to
have killed twenty persons, women and children hav
Ing been mercisssy beaten to death with clubs and
some women children having been carried OF cap
tvcs Ranches and trains have been destroyed they
to have scattered In different bands being
reported going northwest into the White Mountain
country, some south into tho Chircanua Mountains,
and others have by herc evidently steering
Chihuahua.
and must have been directly in the path OF the
savagcs. Doubtless many OF them are "taken in"
The together with about sixty persons lately killed by
Apaches about Casas Grandes, In chihuahua, the
boundary, and some twenty persons killed by III m
during the past twelve months IN southern Arizona,
is indeed, terrible loss OF human lives considering
how very sparsely this country is settled And what
may not now be expected since hundreds Of those
devils are out on the warpath
PREPARING FOR pEFExcE
When the news received bore the widest OK
element prevailed Arms scarce, ammunition
gcarcef. An immediate for the stores was mado
10 buy up the ammunition. Right hero where silver
CITY stands used TO be tho home Of the notorious
Apache chief, Mango Colorado, and a liner country
could not be iragn ned by tho fancy OF an Indian.
Mountainous, we'll enough watcrcd for Indians, and
hurts his feelings to find himself driven from It. And
the San Carlos reservation. with extent OF ono
hundred by seventynvc miles, together with govern
mont ratIons, can longer contain the discontents
Of 4, 600 Indians They must need spread
themselves, must clnow room.
Now, this government should not rest till these
murderers are cxterminaed, FOR murder aud not SIM
pie robbery seems their object In former times,
when they could steal without Killing thoy used to do
So bun THIS occasion they have shown mainly thor
appetite for human blood
Nine OF the victims were buried horc to-day, tho
tounspeople tnrning out en- nassa Tho others were
buried NJ The scene OF murder
OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS
party Of about thirty armed citizcns have gone
from the Clifton Arxona) copper mines 20 meet tho
savagcs. AZ many moro have Rons IRON here. More
would have gone but for want OF arms and horfes
sixty moro men have volunteered 70 20 from hero
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