St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-13
TAKE AWAY THEIR ARMS.
The Best Way to Bring the Reds
to Terms.

to Terms.
Special to the Globe.
MILES CITY, Mont, June 12.-At
conference this afternoon between Col.
Swayne and committee of citizens. at
which Col. Curtis was present, it was
determined to send petition to the war
department requesting the government
to disarm the Cheyennes and return
them to their reservation. All the
bucks are now away, the closest to
agency being fourteen miles distant
Mai. Carroll has three troops of cavalry
at the agency, and Col. Swaynes
has sent three troops of cav
airy and one company Of infantry
to the threatened points. This settlers,
regard as insufficient. as the people are
so scattered that the Indians can swoop
could prevent 1t. Col. Curtis goes toE
the agency tomorrow to look over the
situation, so as to make a report to
the governor. The Indians are burning
signal fires on the hills and no one
knows what the result will be. Already
| five families have come into Miles. leava
| ing all their property behind. The set
tiers do not blame the Indians as much
as they do the interior department..
Much disappointment was felt when
| it was found that the arms brought by
Col. Curtis could not be issued to citi
zens. They are for issue to settlers to
protect their homes and families
scattered over this broad country,
five. ten, twenty miles apart.
Soldiers are Of no use to
protect them unless the families congre-
| gate where troops are. but if they have
| guns and ammunition they can take care
| of themselves. AS an instance Of the
| condition of affairs in this state it may
| be we'll to cite the statement of small
cattle owner in vicinity of Ashland. this
county named Lum Holt. He lives
about mile and half from Ashland,
and has lived in that locality since the
| fall of 1886, and in the vicinity
of the Cheyenne Indians ever since.
| They have been on the present
reservation. He never before felt any
fears for his safety until now. About
| three weeks ago he noticed change in
the manner OF the Indians, and on
Tuesday, June 8, Old Crow. a friendly
| Cheyenne living near him, came to him
and advised him to take his
wife away as there was going to be
| trouble, Though the warning was evil
IDENTIFY given in good faith, Holt was so
situated in regard to business that it
| was almost impossible for him to leave
| just then. He thought the matter over
| that night and next morning decided to
| take his wife as far as Ashland, hoping
| to hear when he got there that there
| was no necessity of leaving. Getting no
| encouragement at Ashland he left his
| wife there and returned to his ranch.
That night he was visited by a young
| Indian who had worked for him several
years previously, and who was al
ways regarded as trusty., This
that the Cheyennes were going
to fight, that two of the tribe had been
sent to the Sioux agency at Standing
Rock to get the Sioux to come and help
them; that they were going to take
Agent Upshaw's scalp sure, and
in doing so they would have
to take some soldiers scalps
| as the
| SOLDIERS WOULD DEFEND UPSHAM.
He said the Indians had plenty of
ammunition and would get guns enough
before they commenced to fight. Up
sham'S scalp they we're going to take
way down low, describing the action by
making motion across the back
of his neck, as all Indians
want piece of it and it would have to
be big scalp to cut I'D and pass around.
| He also said there were siXty-fve bucks
with sixty-eight guns then at the mis-
sion near Ashland. At this time it was
not known that there were any bucks
1 at the mission. The next morning
Holt decided to go there and ascertain
| if Joe was telling the truth. On his ar
/ rival at Ashland lie made known his err
rand to Sam O'Connell, who promptly
told him there were no bucks at the mis-
sion, and nothing but women, children
| and old men in camp. Holt decidedly
| however, to walk over and see
1 for himself and on reaching the camp
found the bucks and guns there-just
| the number 10 had stated-though the
people at Ashland, only a short walk
| from the Mission, did not know it, and
| people at Mission had only become ac-
| quainted with the fact all hour or two be-
fore. Being convinced of there1iability of
Indian Joe hut still indisposed to quit
the country Holt brought his wife down
to Barringer'S about eight miles further
| and again returned to his ranch, but
after thinking the matter over he de-
cided to take no more chances and
brought his wife to town yesterday.
! No more troops can be sent
from Fort Keogh, as they have no
transportation. The probability is that
the arms brought by Col. Curtis will be
left here in charge Of the sheriff, in
which case the sheriff will cut all red
the settlers, placing each rancher
and cavalry on war footing and then
look out for dead Indians. The settlers
| are not afraid if armed. but peace has
! reigned so long that swords had been
| turD ed into DlOWShareS