The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-08
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.
More Troops for Fort RenO-A Request for
the Disarmament Of the Arizona Reds.

WAsHINGToN July IA dispatch was received
at the Interior Department to-day from the
Indian agent at Fort Reno, Indian Territory,
asking that more troops be sent to that post, to
be at hand, should the Cheyennes go upon the
war path The Secretary of War directed Gen.
Anger to send all his available troops to the
Territory.
ExDelegate Ouray, of Arizona in a letter to
the Secretary of War, says. in part:
"There are no people under the sun who so
much desle peaceable ana effectuai solution OF
the Indian question rs do the people of Arizona.
or who will 60 further to attain that end; but,
while waiting that solution. let the Indians be
disarned, and rendered powerless to do harm.
The people of Arizona ask the President to issue
an order requiring that all arms be taken from
Indians on the reservations in the Territory and
earnestly request your cooperation IN the prem
ses."
Mr.. Ouray says that the only true solution of
the Indian problem is to be found in their re-
noval from Arizona and their settlement in the
Indian Territory, and concludes his letter as fol-
lows
The people of the Territory ask President
Cleveland to recommend, in his message to Con-
gress, the removal of the Indians as above sug-
gested, and hope your department. recognizing
the justice of the move, will heartily indorse It,
The Cheyennes Said To BE On the War-Path.
WICHITA, Kan, July IA special dispatch
to the Daily Eagle, dated Kingmann City, Kan,
5 p NJ, to-day, says: ~. B. Wilson, living
three and half miles east of Lawndale, Pratt
county, and whose character is vouched for by
the president of the bank at King
mann, arrived at that place this after
noon, and says that a man was killed
nine miles west of Lawndale, last night, by
band of Indians. A son of the murdered man,
about twelve years DID, who escaped and came
into Lawndale, brought the first news of his
fathers death. The boy further states that he
passed four wagon loads OF women and children
feeingin the direction Of Kingmann, atwhich point
the excitement was very great. The men are
arming and getting ready to proceed to Lawn
dale tonight
A later special to the Eagle says three
families had just arrived from settlement
beyond and that they report that
riders are passing rapidly through the
country, warning settlers that the Indians are
moving swiftly north and burning everything
before them. The special further says that the
Governor had oeen notified by telegraph.
No special was received today from the Terri
tory by the Eagle, which paper has complete
arrangements for news touching every move
ment made by the Indians 1t is the general
belief that the Cheyennes could not have reached
Pratt county without a general alarm, even
though the worst has occurred at the agency, or
the agency at Cantonment.
A Topeka dispatch says: EARLY this evening
the citizens of this town were considerably
aroused by the reported reception of kilograms
announcing the arrival of Cheyenne Indians
in the counties of Pratt and Comanche,
and that they were doing great
damage to life and property. At P. NJ. Gov
ernor Martin received the following from
Colonel Quif, of Santa Fe: The day
operator at Wichita says that an out
break was reported in the southern part of
Pratt county day. Several persons were
killed and the balance Of the people driven Off
Stock was all driven out One man came into
Pratt to-day who says he is the only
one left in his family, and that the
balance were killed; but the operator does not
know how many were killed" All possible
ertlons are being made by the Governor to
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