Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-07-09
THE INDIAN SCARE.
THE INDIAN SCARE.
The People Of Western Kansas Greatly
Excited Over Reports Of Seri-
ous Outbreak.
Hundreds OF Families Living In the
Country Fleeing to the Towns for
Protection:
No Apparent Cause for the Panic Beyond
Some ThOughyIess Talk-Latest
AdYices.

Topeka, KS, July S.-The sheriff of
kingman county states that news has
been received there that Nescaturga, a
little town of $50 people, is in the posses
sion of sixty of the Indians and that
Coldwater, some miles further west, is
surrounded with them. . The sheriff
says these reports may be sensational,
but he. requests Gov. Martin to send
arms that he may, be prepared.
The Governor has ordered the military
companies at Larned, Winfield, yelling
ton and Sterling to be ready to move at
moments notice, aud has directed the
sheriff Of Finney county and the mayor
of Dodge City TO organize tbrces and
send out rlniiers to notify settlers.
Gen. Augur teLgraphs Gov. Martin
Reno of an outbreak there, but he has
ordered three companies of cavalry to
Barbour county. The general superin-
tendent of the Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad has been directed by Quarter
master Gillis, at Fort Leavenworth, to
send cars to Fort Riley at once to trans
port troops south. A force of men was
at work at the arsenal here most of last
night getting State arms ready for ship
ment. A report comes tr5m Pratt Center
y :. a large number Of settlers had ar
rived there, fleeing Iry.., the lnolaus,
who were reported mosing north. Iney
also report the massacre of a family
named Schofield, on Spring creek. Great
excitement prevails.
THE SCARE ASSUMING GIGANTIC PRO-
foI.rI0Ns;
The following q spatch was teceived
by the GoEerner fsom III: r. Nicketsou,
division superintei dent of the Topeka
and Santa Fe railway. 1t was sent to
Mr.. Nickerson by the station agent at
Kingman:
NEWTON, July 5. 1885.
The agent at Kisgmap sends the fol-
! lowing dispatch The Indian scaTe as
| sumed gigantic proportions here yester-
day, and last night hundreds of families
| fiocked into town from points as far
west as forty miles, for protection. Sew
eral scouting parties have been out as
| far as thirty miles and the further they
go the further off the Indians are. There
| is not a trace of an Indian or evidence Of
| their having bees nearer Kingman
county than the Territory line, and no
| damage done there:
| There is general seafe; but its origin
cannot be located A party named Jones
was down to the Territory line and heard
that the Indians W re on the move, and
on his way back ttsPratt county he met
a nelghbor named Smith who told him
the Indians were coming Smith saw
Brown and Brown, saw his friend, and
thus the story grew and excitement in
| creased. The 7ettlers have all started
W. R. MCPHERSON.
The Governor has ordered 250 stand
of arms to be sent to Kingman, Larned,
Dodge City and Garden City at once,
therce they will bt distributed to vari-
ouG points IN the southwest in ease of
al invasion.
] N,ght-During The past twenty fur
hours Gov. Martin has sent and received
more than 100 kilograms. 1t turns out
that the scare of yesterday had very lit
murders by Indians. Not an Indian has
come into the State, but dispatches from
Maj. Sumter say about 100 young braves,
with Chief Magpie, have left the Chey-
enne reservation and are now on the
head waters of fCimarron river, southwest
OF Kansas. 1t is we'll known that
for time the Cheyennes have been
guarding the soldiers, and not the
soldiers the Cheyennes. Gov. Martin
will issue arms to the people. The arms
are Sharps rifles. Demands for arms
come to the Governor iron every part of
the southwest, but they are not here.
That part of the State has several good
military companies aud thousands OF
veteran soldiers but are destitute of arms.
Cause of the Scare.
WICHITA, KS, July 9.-The Eagles
special from Kingman (6 o'clock pm.
says: A reliable party, who was sent out
last night, has just returned. He had
ridden over the entire southern and
western portions of Pratt and King
man counties, and reports no Indians
and nobody hurt, and the further he
went the further away the Indians were
reported to be. The usual number Of
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians were
hanging about Medicine Lodge and Other
smaller towns, trading, Some of these
small bands had, no doubt, been seen
crossing the prairies. which gave rise to
the terrible scare of yesterday.
No News OF an Outbreak Received nj
ieavenwOrfh.
KANSAS City, July S.-A dispatch
from Leavenworth states that no new'
of an outbreak among the Cheyennes ha
to relieve the anxiety of settlers on tn,
frontier, four troops were ordered tt
| Kiowa, near the southern border of Kan
, sas, to do scouting duty and afford pro
lection against any threatened invasion
t | These, with other troops, are already es
tablished along the border, and reserves
are held in readiness, which can b.
quickly conveyed by rail from posts il