Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1879-03-01
RED.RAsCAls ON the. E.RAMPAGE.

nLU nHOOhkO aUIy y IL NhlvlF AuL.,
sEARTLING,ACCOUNTS OF 5INDI.
i.sa sssANOUTRAGES.
They Attack sulphur Springs Sta
tion, Kill One Man, and Drive on
Three Head of StOck.-The Attack
On Cedar Canyon en--lIiscellaneousI In
dian News from all Sources. Il.
4.., RED SKINS. s,s 4; &
During the past week s'the Indian has
made himself notorious and somewhat IN.
popular Every person in the city has had
AN Indian story to relate, and some Of them
have been more truthful than entertaining.
Every teamster on the line of travel to the,
various stations and posts up and down
the river has brought in Indian "news,"
and the clustering winds from every di-
rection have whistled the tune of an!In-
dian war dance through the key-hole of
every double barred door in town. 5-s..r
Last Monday came to light the first evi-
dence Of the existence of red skins in this
vicinity. s1sg zatEHa& orr ll 500
.. - THE VICTIM.
Louis Nessit. "a young Swede, about
twenty seven years OF age, employed in
;lriving a grain wagon for the North
western Stage & Transportation Company
between Csdar Creek ann Sulphur Springs,
belonged to an unlucky crowd. Several
years ago party of four swedes arrived
in Dakota direct from the old country.
'Mr. Ness1t and another of the party ob-
tanned employ of the stage company,
and the other two obtained work from
another source. The latter, becoming dis
couraged, started back to their native land
last year, and were drowned with the rest
of the crew, in terrible storm at sea.
Young Nessit's partner was soon after
killed. by the Indians, and during the past
year Nessit's dreams have been anything
but pleasant During last week he was
mere superstitious than ever, and once or
twice told his associates that his time was
coming soon. He attended to his gun
constantly, and was always on the lookout
for Indi ans
HIS LAST DREAM.
Tracks of Indians had been noticed
about Sulphur Springs for several days,
and about three O'Clock Saturday after
noon messenger found the body Of young
Nessit about mile and a half from the
springs, cold 8, inaadeath with a bullet
through the breast, another through the
head, and a terrible cash cut in the back
Of the neck. His gun had been taken and
another Of the same make left in its place.
One horse had been killed and cut up,
while the other three were carried of. The
body was brought to this city Monday by
Messenger .Sturman, and dispatches sent
cast in search Of friends. Nothing having
been heard from them, his remains will
today be properly Inferred. Mr.. Nessit
had been long in the employ OF the stage
company, and had acquired \ rather fat
purse. .., r. a'ts5 g,55r 80. s,g,g. .,s,s,
THEATTACK ON CEDAR CANYON.
Sundoy afternoon firing was heard on
the bluffs surrounding below Cedar Can
Yon, and the messengers supposed that
the Indians were after their stock. They
turned out the poorest, but the Indians
coming up and shaking hands with them,
said that they did not want the horses;
they were hungry and wanted something
to eat The young bucks had blood in
their eyes but the chief would not let them.
harm the three messengers. @, They opened
pork barrels took what crackers, cheese
etc, they could carry and left. Oneof the
intruders took watch from one of the
men, but the chief thinking that it was
some keepsake, handed it back to its
ARMS TO THE FRONT. 5
A detachment of infantry was ,immedi-
.ately dispatched to the various stations
and nothing startling has been heard
since. The Indians are supposed to- be
hostile Cheyennes enraged at the recent
Indian massacre. s;s 5s 5.g,
:. Sulphur Springs is about 200 miles
southwest from Bismarck on the line of
the Black Hills route. 4ss; ,s ss
THEIR DESTINATION.
81 1T is now said that the sayages are on
their way to the Yellowstone, and dis
patches have been sent warning the troops
of their movements They are keeping
well away from the river through fear of
the Bertheld InIli ians. av.ho who would tear
them up by the roots lat ,s moments notice.
Bismarck ,has been full xf galinors, but
sifted down they amount to nothing fur
asAer than above stated. The stages are
nuaning regularly between this point and
lDesNlWood and the trouble has passed
INDIAN ENCREAsE-
Est Louis Times
We are in the habit Of sympathfzlng
with the Indians on general principles
since it has been generally supposed that
1he race was fast dying out and we could
afford to talk little soft. An examina-
tioR Of official statistics at Washington.
however. has developed the curious fact