The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-07-17
NOLAN NEWS.

Go 70 the S0o00 OF tine Indfan Trouble
and Take Charge-Movenent OF Troops
The Arizona Eight-A Disa Dpeinted DsS
eGseion.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE President
has addressed the following letter to Gen.
eral Sheridan: "In view Of possible dis
turbaDce that may occur among the Indians
now in the Indian Territory and the con-
tenpiated concentration of troops in that
locality, I deem it advisable that you pro-
coed at once to the location where trouble,
Is to be apprehended and advise with and
direct those In command as to the steps to-
be taken to prevent disorder and depreda--
lions by the Indians and Is to the DISPOSE
tion Of the troops. Your acquaintance
with the history and habits and customs of
these Indians leads me to request that you,
invite statements on their part as to any
real or fancied injury or injustice toward
them, or any other causes that may have
led to discomfort, and to inform yourself
as to their condition. You are justified in
assuring them that any cause of COM
plant will be fully examined by the au--
thorities, and if any wrongs exist they shall
be remedied. l think / hardly need say
that they must be fully assured of the de-
termination on the part of the Government
to enforce their peaceful conduct by all the
power it has at hand to prevent and pun
ish acts of lawlessness and any outrage
upon our settlers" The Indian troubles,
As looked upon from Washington, are be-
coming more serious. General Sheridan
left here last night for Fort Reno, /. T..
The General desires to be at the scene of
the conflict. A telegram has been sent to.
the officer in command, saying that the
outbreak should be suppressed even IL the
Cheyennes should be wiped out of ex--
istence. General Miles is expected to ar
rive in the Indian Territory not later than
the first of next week, and the hope is
expressed that he may be able to quiet
the disturbance without bioodshed He is
well known to the Indians, and is said to-
have considerable influence with them. In
a trouble with the Cheyennes some years
ago they surrendered to him voluntarily.
Prior to that 1t was their custom to refuse
to surrender. The Indian Commissioner
had not received any kilograms from the
scene of the disturbance up to the close of
the office hours to-day. In answer to an in
quiry as to whether it was the intention of
the Government to disarm the Cheyennes,
he finally declined to give any information.
He declared that great harm might be done
by premature publication of intentions of
the Government in such cases as it enabled.
the Indians to prepare themselves for resist
ance. Nevertheless it can be stated that
the Interior Department is strongly in favor
of disarming the Cheyennes and that In
spector Armstrong has recommended the
adoption of this precaution.
LEAvENwORTH, KAN, July 11.-Adju--
tant General J. P. Martin is in receipt of
telegram from General Schotield at Chicago.
stating that he has ordered fifteen compa-
mics of infantry from the department of the
Platte and ten troops of cavalry from the
department of Texas to proceed without de-
lay by rail to Crossfield, kan., the present
terminus of the Southern Kansas Railway,
and await instructions The troops.
from the Platte will probably be
drawn from Forts Omaha, ID. A. Rus
sell and Sidney, consisting of the Fourth,
Ninth and Twenty-frst Infantry and the
cavalry from Texas will be the Third and
Eighth. When the troops arrive there will
be fighting force of $500 men, composed
of tweDty-eight troops of cavalry and
twenty-nine companies of infantry. GEN.
eral Miles will be here in day or two and;
at once assume command of all troops in
the field. 1t is the determination of the
department to make quick work of what
ever there is to be done.
TROOPS FROM TEXAS.
SAN ANTONIO, Ten, July 11.-Eight-
hundred troops from the various forts i'm
Texas are to be massed here in the next
three days. They will be forwarded to Kan
sas to meet any emergency that may arise
from the present restless state of the Indians
IN the northern portion of the Indian Terri
tozy. The objective point of the troops is
Crossfeld, Kan. They will be under the
of Colonel K F. Bernard. Colonel.
Bernard, commanding Fort Mcintosh, re-
,eived telegRphic orders to forward immedi-
Itely by rail to Kansas the Eighth Cavalry
TOMBSTONE, A. T., July 11.-From Sam
1el Brannan, Jr., who arrived yesterday
morning from Sonora, are learned the fol-
owing facts: Tho afternoon of July g.
eouts, under command of Captain Chaffee,-
anne upon q band of Apaches near Qua
abus, on the Opurto River in Sonora, and
spirited fight ensued, In which forty Indi-
ms were killed and three bucks and eleven
quaws captured. The loss to Chaffee was
tut one soldier and one or two scouts hurt
The prisoners have been sent to Sam
'arlos in charge Of sixteen In
o-day, if nothing happens. The same
ay one hundred Indians crossed the
,oonaps Valley and entered the Sonora
fountains. They killed fifteen head Of
attic while crossing the valley and took the
arcasses with them into the mountains
where 1t is evident they intended to stay
,haffee, with his soldiers and scouts and
SO Mexican volunteers, are in pursuit and
Till try hard to exterminate the entire band.
'rannan got these particulars from Ozo-
Iaria Torres, brother of Colonel Torres,
rho had Just returned from the scene Of the
ght
WASHINGTON, July 11.-Representative-
ohm T. Heard, of Missouri, arrived yes
erday and will remain long enough to see
nat some post-offiees in his district re-
Give attention. One of these will be the
edalia Office. The first change made in
ne Medical Boards for Missouri, has.
lready gone into effect In Mr.. Heards dis
,ict he having secured the appoint
lent of Democratic physician In
Iickofy County. When he presented this
lss the officials told him they were occu-
led with something more important
But" urged Mr.. Heard, there can't be
pythng more important to the Democrats
{ Hickory County. They don't know and.
ont care who Is to be made Minister to-
.Dgland, but they do Know that they want
Democratic examiner down that way and
icy want him right away" Mr.. Heard
carried of the commission,
nd when he had gone the officials resumed
re consideration of their more impoztaA.
uSiness.
A Narrow Escape.
WABASH, md, July 1.-THE connectins
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