St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-12
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Special to the GLOBE.
HELENA, Mont, June 11.-Gov. Toole
this morning received dispatch signed
by ten prominent citizens of Miles City,
requesting that he send 1000 stand of
arms and 10000 rounds of ammunition
to that point at once. In reply arms and
ammunition were sent forward tonight
In charge of Col. q. o. Curtis. The
Cheyennes have left their regular
camps and are gathering in small
camps of from fifteen to twenty-five
and are firing at settlers houses aud
making the most threatening demon
strations. Ranchmen have been bring
ing their families into the settlements
all day. Cattle are being shot down by
the Indians through pure malice. as no
parts of the animals are used for beef.
Eighteen cattle were shot in one
bunch on Otter creek. One troop
of cavalry and two of infantry have
been sent from Fort Keogh to the Chey-
enne agency. The story of the trouble
with the Cheyennes is long one, dat
Ing from 1853. The Cheyennes a few
years ago were taken i'll charge by the
military and placed on reserve near
Miles City. The military have been
partially successful in controlling them,
though the reds would steal away from
the reserve whenever opportunity
offered, and
Kill Cattle On the Range
or murder an unprotected cowboy who
detected them in their raids. ALI last
winter they were running cattle and
horses off and boasting that any white
man who Informed on them would be
killed. The interior department has
been appealed to time and again by the
settlers of eastern Montana to remove
this menacing tribe of fighting Indians,
but III vain. The Cheyennes are the
bravest Indians in Montana to-day, and
will stand up and fight either soldier or
settler when the chances are even. On
May last Robert Ferguson, foreman
for Ramsey & Brennan, stockmen at
Rosebud, left the ranch to look for
stray horses, intending to return the
same night. He borrowed horse and
a field glass and set out on his trip to
the hills, from which
He Never Returned Alive.
No uneasiness was felt at his failure to
return until May Is. On that date,
however, a party led by Robert Fergu-
sons brother began systematic search
through all that broken country, and on
the oath ult. found the body of the
horse upon which the unfortunate man
had ridden to his death. The horse had
been killed by bullet through
its shoulder and all its trappings
removed. Their worst fears were
realized few days later when the mur-
dered mans body was found IN sand
draw loosely covered with earth, and
about GOO yards from where the dead
horse lay. The body was wrapped up
in saddle cloth and a rope tied
about it, and coat was wrapped about
the head. Ferguson's saddle, bride,
sticker and field glasses were also
found buried. There were two bullet
wounds in the body and one through
the left wrist, and the face Of
The Corpse Was Bruised,
showing that it had been dragged
some distance to the place o.
burial. Moccassin tracks in the sand
clearly demonstrated that Cheyenne
Indians did the bloody deed. Furguson
had ridden in search for horses to {
place where his horse could no
ascend, and dismounted and climbed
to a high point and was seated on a rock
as his foot prints indicated, surveying
the country through his field glass.
Below him and behind him was party
of Cheyenne Indians stripping two car
cassses which were found there. The
Indians seeing they were probably de.
tected crawled to a high piece of ground
opposite Ferguson and shot him and his
horse, as marks would indicate that he
fell from the point to where
his horse was. Ferguson was abou
twenty-seven years old, and has {
brother and sister living in this state
He was an exemplary young man, hay
Ing none of the bad habits which are 81
common among cowboys. His uncle
is a member of the firm of Shepard
Newell & Co., importers, of Boston
Three Indians, Black Medicine, Little
Eyes and White Buffalo,
Have Already Been Captured,
accused of the crime, and the presen
outbreak is the result of their arrest
and the desire of the CheyenneS to ge
back to their old stamping grounds
There was an effort made about yea
ago to have the Cheyennes removed t.
the Sioux reservation In Dakota, bu
the reds would not consent. The Crows
the nearest neighbors to the Cheyennes
are their mortal enemies ant
many a Crow has been sent to the happ'
hunting ground by the courageou
Cheyennes. About a year ago a Che
yenne chief killed three crow Indians
In sight of the crow reservation and 81
rapidly did he do his work that neithe
the agent nor police who were in sigh
could prevent it.