Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-29
The Flathead Indian Troubles
the Agitating Theme in
Missoula County.
THE SOLDIERS ON HAND.
But Rather Inclined to go Back
to their Barracks than to
Fight Indians.
THE REDS SEEM WARLlkE.

Sending their Wives and Children Back to
the HiIls-Conferences with Chiefs moi
satisfactory-Gov. White Notifies the
Territorial Militia to be I'm Readiness
for Moving at Any Time.
MIssouLA, Mont, June 26.-(Special
to The Miner .]-sherif Heyfron returned
from Ravalli, this morning, and re.
ported everything quiet on the reserva-
tion. The fugitives from justice are still at
large, and there is but little hopes OF cap.
turing them.
The chiefs refused to take any action in
the matter, though they were urged by
Major Roman and Captain Merchant to
do 80. They preferred to remain neutral.
The murderers were supposed to be
within a few miles of the agency, and
could probably have been captured. But
the troops had no orders to assist in max
ing arrests. and consequently preferred to
remain in camp.
The sheriff is rather discouraged about
the matter, and now thinks the only way
TO GET HIS MEN
is to offer q reward and wait for some OF
the halibreeds who know their haunts to
bring them in.
The troops had orders to return to Ft.
Missoula, tomorrow. but later this even.
ing Agent Gillett telegraphed that he had
information that he deemed authentic that
the Indians would make an effort to burn
q number of bridges along the line of the
Northern Pacific railroad and wreck train
No. on its way west. The woods on all
sides OF Jocko station have been fired and
the squaws and children are being moved
back into the hills, 80 things are assuming
more war.like air again. The presump-
tion is the troops will remain to await
further Developments.
The situation was telegraphed to Genl.
Ruger and Gov. White this afternoon.
Major John B. Coffin and Clerk R. String
stem leave here this evening to take charge
of the Blackfoot Indian agency to which
position the former was recently ap-
pointed.
Montana Militia Likely to be Called Out.
HELENA, Jnne 26.-[Special to the
Miner by the Rocky Mountain Telegraph
Line l-Governor White is in receipt Of the
following dispatch from Sheriff Heyfron OF
Missoula county:
81 am credibly informed that q party OF
Indians were intent on wrecking Northern
Pacific trains last night. The Indians are
now in the hills and will remain there until
the troops are withdrawn, which will be
sometime to-day.
Reliable half.breeds say that the Indians
swear vengeance on the railroad company.
as they claim that the Indians who were
killed were shot from the train.
"The Indians have sent their
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
to the hills, which is a fair indication that
the trouble is not over. The Indians have
fred the woods in the vicinity of Jocko.
&c. w. Dickinson, superintendent OF the
railway, asks for the proper protection for
his trains, track and buildings, and would
request that the troops be ordered to re-
main where they are until the trouble is
over"
Governor White has sent the above to
General Ruger. The Governor will leave in
the morning for Missoula to investigate,
and has issued orders for the companies OF
Butte, Helena and Benton to be ready to
move il wanted.