Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-22

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MANY WHITES In DANGER.
At the Mercy of Montana Red Skins.
SNEERS AT THE FRENCH CABINET.
CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY
A Palace Gar for the President-elect.
NO ESCAPE FOR THE WHITES.
MANY WHITES In DANGER.
At the Mercy of Montana Red Skins.
SNEERS AT THE FRENCH CABINET.
CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY
A Palace Car for the President-elect.
NO ESCAPE FOR THE WHITES.
Seventy-five Families at the Mercy OF
Well.armed Kooteuai Savages.


Well.armed kootenai Savages.
MIssoULA, MoSr., Feb. 22.-The excitement
over the threatened outbreak of the reds on
the border is growing hourly more intense.
Dispatches have been passing between General
Ruger at 81. Paul and the officers of Fort As
sinabolne and other posts in this neighborhood,
ana II Is understood troops have been ordered
ready 10 move at moments notice. John 3.
Roberts, partner of the late ]. E. Clifford.
killed at Flathead lake by the Indians. is here
and says of the fight: The savages laid in wait
for him and shot him. They feared him too
much to do it openly. The Indians who did
the deed are Kootenais and not Flatheads, as
stated. The Flatheads are allies Of the whites.
and their proud boast is that they never KILLED
q white man"
The place where this all took place is known
as the Upper Flathead country, and is COM
posed Of the small settlements of Selfish, Egan,
Dewersville and Ashley. Thirty miles beyond
Ashley Is the place known as Tobacco Plains,
where the Indians live, and that is but forty
miles from the Canadian line.
AT THE MERCY OF THE sAvAGEs.
There are about rs white families in all and
about 1900 Kootenai Indians. The Indians
are all armed with Martini-Henry rifles, and if
any outbreak should occur the whites are ut
terly defenceless. They are 120 miles from the
Northern Pacific road at Ravalli. At this time
there is an abundance of snow, and travel to
the railroad would be almost impossible. They
would be butchered before getting one-third Of
the way. In the summer they could take the
steamer on the lake and thus escape The
men are prepared in a way to resist an attack
II they can get their wives and children out of
harms way. The Indians get their ammu-
milton from the Canadian line, and are always
well supplied.
Dewersville, where Clifford was killed, is a
miserably small place. 1t consists of Grigg's
cabin the cabin occupied by the ferryman, and
the United States lGnd-ofice, Clifford's store
and hotel and liquor store The place is a
verltable trap, and if an outbreak occurs the
whites cannot escape. Frequent appeals have
been made for company of soldiers.
TROUBLE AT AN IDAHO POINT
Great excitement also prevails at Pocatello,
Idaho, on account of the closing of all places of
business on the reservation by order of the
Indian agent, acting under instructions from
Washington. Special notices are being posted
on business houses, declaring them closed,
and the buildings erected since September /,
1883, subject to confication, thereby rendering
1000 people homeless. That it is the deter
minatlon OF the citizens to prevent the Indian
police from destroying their property is very
manifest. Strenuous efforts are being made To
settle the difficulty, and if that is not accom-
pllshed there may be trouble.