Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-09
OKLAHOMA.
General Hatch to March Upon the coloni....

A dispatch from Caldwell, Kas., says
General Hatch expects to move on Ok
lahOma early next week, probably Mon
day 1.-THE 5th inst.l with seven troops of
the Ninth cavalry and one troop of the
Twenty-fOurth infantry, one from Fort
Hayes, one from Riley, three from Fort
Sill, one from here and two from Fort
Reno. Forage stores for fifty days cam
paign are being concentrated here and
sent to the front. There is no particu-
lar excitement over the matter, as the
local boomers have given up the idea of
invading to force the country open.
They await congressional action. No
cOuriers have arrived from the seat of
war in the past few days. The last re-
port is that Lieutenant Day is close to
Crouch's colony ON the Cimarron, and
neither party is strong enough to cap
ture the other without a fight. The
child's play will close when General
Hatch strikes the colony If they do not
act more peaceably. About two o'clock
yesterday morning party of boys on a
lark. found party of boomers in sa-
loon, playing cards. The boys, to fright
en- the boomers, kicked ovvr the table.
The boomers skipped for camp, but one,
more bold than the others, returned
with his pistol. The boys gave him a
chase, and when nearing his camp, he
turned and fired upon them. Two balls
took effect in the abdomen of JakeWen-
dell, one of the boys. The boomer was
arrested and by request of the wounded
man turned loose, Wendell stating that
had he been in the boomers place he
would have killed the entire party.
The physicians removed both balls from
Wendell's body to-day. He is thought
to be out of danger.
CALDWELL, Kas., Jan. 5.-TwO troops
of cavalry arrived to-day from Fort
Hays, Capt. Duncan in command. The
troops will leave here Thursday for the
Boomer camp on the Saltwater, Indian
Territory, where Capt. Crouch's colony
of 300 men are located. This section
will be joined by the three troops from
Fort Sill and two from Reno. General
Hatch, who will command the regiment
was seen by an associated press CORE
spondent at his headquarters to-day,
and gave the following particulars: He
will have two HOtchkiss guns and skilled
men TO work them. He does not intend
to lose man in short range fight, but
will retire and open on the Boomer
camp with these long range guns. He
does not desire a fight, but his orders
are irOnefad and specific and will be ex-
ecuted to the letter. He hopes the col
onists will not resist when called oil to
surrender, but if they will not leave
peaceably there will be trouble.
A cOlonist direct from Crouch's camp
arrived yesterday. He says that they
obey Capt. Crouch's orders implicitly
and will resist the soldiers when he say s
the word. They are all well armed and
prepared for fight. They will not be re-
moved except by superior numbers and
force. They denounce President Arthur,
congress. the cattlemen and the war de-
partment in unmeasured terms. They
would have cleaned Lieut.. Days CON-
pany out if he had opened fire ON them.
There was no collision between Days
men and the Boomers as was reported.
He ordered them to surrender, they re-
fused and armed themselves. took ref
nge behind their breastwOrks and waited
his executing order to fire In FIVE min
ntes. His instructions did not cover
that emergency and lie retired, but went
INTO camp near by. Thus matters rest.
The weather is so severe that the SOL
liers can not move on, nor can the
boomers move out. They threaten to
Durn every ranch OH Oklahoma and the |
Cherokee strip.