, 1890-12-11
TOO MUCH RUM
Renegade Colvilles Get
Insolent.
SETTLERS AROUSED
Desperate Fight Which Re-
suited in Murder.
KILLING OF FREIGHTER COLE
He Was Shot Twice Because ZIG
Refused TO Give His Muir
derers Tobacco.
KILLING OF FREIGHTER COLE

From various sources 1t is learned
that the Indians are becoming
Troublesome TO settlers along tie
borders of the reservation in
Okanogan county, aud that even
as far south as Chelan fears OF
serious troubles Mt an early day are
entertained.
Particularly In the more remote
ana isolated districts are the In
habitants alarmed at the impudent
and threatening manner OF the
renegades from the reservation, ana
settlers are constantly on their
guard, fearing the worst If vigilance
| Is relaxed.
The Messiah craze Of Eastern
Indians has nothing to do with the
sullenness and moroseness exhibited
by the Colyilles, and their conduct
is unexplainable, considering the
season of the year, but for the fact
that they have no trouble in obtains
ing all the whisky they wish, and
to this can probably be attributed
all the trouble.
They are not offensive to the
whites only, but quarrel and fight
among themselves, aud at least one
murder and number of seriously
wounded Indians have been the re-
suit of these fraternal wars.
A correspondent OF the REVIEW,
writing from Chelan, says on this
subject:
"The Indians removed to the res
ervation by Agent Cole some months
ago are coming back, wearing an
air of independence that few whites
would dare to assume. Report has
1t that they intend to kill some of
the settlers. Such an action ON
their part would make short work
of them. They are being melted
and encouraged in this action by
disgruntled white men who, II they
hsI one spark of love for the race
which they so poorly represent,
would never have encouraged them
In returning.
1.-TWO of II band Of Indians, while
under the influence of whisky last
week, engaged in fight which re-
suited In one killing the other by
crushing his skull with rock"
That the same state of affairs ey-
lists farther north Is shown 10y the
following, taken from the Okanogan
Outlook, published at Conconully:
'Settlers along the boundaries of
the reservation are constantly COM
planning against the hardships and
annoyance to which they are being
subjected by bands of drunken and
renegade Indiars from the reserva-
ton. Their petty thievery and pes
tering insolence renders life for the
isolated settler and his family IA
dreadful and unhappy existence.
They appeal to the local authorities
for relief and protection from the
prosecutions and annoyances Of
these drunken and lawless brutcs,
but they are powerless to rem
der any assistance unless some overt
act of violence Is committed. Uncle
Sam is their guardian and response
ble for their behavior, but he appears
to exercise little care or concern over
the actions of his dusky proteges.
They have had two fighting scrapes
in the last three weeks which result
ed in the death of one and in dan
gcrously wounding two of their
number. There would be no kick
coming If they would coniine their
nisdeeds To fighting and killing
among themselves, but it is the in
nocent and inoitensive settlers who
suffer most from their depredations.
There appears to lie no relief from
this deplorable condition of affairs
until the government takes steps To
suppress the Wholesale traffic of
whisky with Indians which is being
by IA lawless and de-
graded element among the whites"