The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-10-14

The Herald of Friday morning contained n report
Of trouble between Indians and frrighters,
thirty miles east of Los Pnos the 3Oth Of Septem
her, in which one of the Indians, the of n chief
was shot and killed by young man Imed jackson.
This jackson proves to have been son Of widow
Jackson, living at Bellemont. Kansas. Ills mother
received telegram on Saturday night announcing
tina: her had been given up the Indians, and
that on Friday night they had burned him at the
stake The history of the entire afair as learned by
n Herald reporter yesterday, is as follows:
On the 18th Of September the wagon train Of j. II.
Jackson, Of Bellemont, and his three nephews ns
drivers all of the place, reached point thirty
miles east of Los PinOs, and went into camp Soon
after two Indians came whooping into camp. calling
the freighters Villains. and acting though they
tended TO shoot, and one Of the Indians fired one
shot, at which A. I. jackson fired the Indian in
return, apparently wOunding him. when the Indians
left the camp. This wounded Indian, who proved TO
be the son of q chief, afterwards died
Next day, as the train was htching MP to pull out
the camp was surrounded by band of Indians forty
o fifty in number, who demanded the man who did
the shooting the day before. which YVES refused.
While this state of things existed, Indian Agent
Berry, Mr.. Marham and Capt. Sicily arrived with
fifteen soldiers and at arrested the freghters.
They were put under guard for the night of two sol
ders and fifteen Indians.
Before this body of soldiers arrived and while the
Indians were moving on the camp, J. W. jackson
guested protection from Major, whose nome is un-
known, who had two hundred men under his COM
mand. He replied that he could render assist
ance-that he was not there TO protect the whites,
and he left them to their fate.
The morning after the arrest the whole party was
marched to klines rancho, where tho soldiers, by
Older of the commanding officers, disarmed them,
even taking their pocket knives, after which they
were dismissed, the agrnt and officers stating that
they were not in their jurisdiction. Agent Berry
then told jackson to obey Capt Klines instructions
and they would be unharmed. Kline then attempted
to force them to proceed towards their destination
which all knew would result in certain death. Those
five denied protection from thu oSCeers of
the Government, who had ample force at their com
anand and all of whom knew the teamsters had
acted in selfdefense. Beaumont however, at the
risk of eensure by his superior officers sent out with
them sufficient force to escort them to Saguneh.
The men requested arms to protect themselves, but
were refused.
In the meantime, young jackson, who did the
shooting, gave himself up to Messrs. Kline, Hoyt,
Holmes, and one Indian, to be taken 10 Gunnison
City for trial. These men, without a guide, started
with Jackson for GuunisOn. They soon after re-
turned and reported that after they had gone out
three miles they were surrounded and overpowered
by Indians, who took jackson from their custody.
1t is, however, asserted by man who heard the par
ties in conversation before they started that Kline,
Ioyt and Holmes intended to give jackson up to the
Indians.
The Indians then took their prisoner about twenty
miles to their village gave him a trial before the
chiefs of the tribe, who decided that he should be
burnt at the stake; this sentence carried into
execution on Friday night The prisoner was chained
TO the stake pile of fagots heaped about him and
fired while the wretehes drowned his cries with their
demonac yells and shouts ofjoy.
The Jacksons well known to many of the citi-
zens of this city and vicinity. They have lived at
loE iuaNl nave III
sections of the country who will deeply regret to
hear of this tragic death. The dispatch reached his
mother Saturday night, and gave her the first in
timaton of the sad loss she had sustained.
II appears almost beyond doubt that this young
man. and perhaps the entire party, was sacrificed 10y
the Indian agents and officers in command of the
posts and soldiers Los Pinos. II demands
scathing investigation by the Government, and if
Jack sons life traded off, is limited at above,
the guilty parties should be made to suffer in no
ordinary manner for their conduct which is, to say
the least. closely akin TO the crime Of mur'ler.-S
Joseph Herald