Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-19
In PERIL
Small Body of Soldiers Surrounded
by HOwling Mob OF Red Devils.
4 Soldier Runs the Gauntlet ard Gives the
Alarm and Assistance is Sent, But
Fifty Niles Is to Cover.
BEsIEGED BY RED DEVILS

DENVER, Col. Dec. lS.-News from
the camp on the Cheyenne river via
Rapid City al l 80 this morning saws: A
courier Is just in and has arouse | the
camp. He states that a party OF fifteen
men are Sesieged fifteen miles from here
on Spring creek on DAILY ranch. tbs
Indians have made three attempts to
fire the ranch. One of the occupants Is
Hon. NJ. Il. Day, aid -de-camp TO the
governor of this state The courier who
brings the news had to make break
through, the Indians firing pistols both
right and left. One OF their bullets
penetrated his Overcoat. Gen. Carr has
sent Maj. Upper with 100 men to the
rescue. Should the com mand meet these
Indians they will make short work OF
them, as Maj. Upper is very deter
mined.
GREER FIXING HERSELF.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, Ten, Dec. lS.-At the re-
quest of the authorities in Greer county
Governor Rose sent them this evening
fifty oarbines and 10 200 rounds of anu
milton for defense, if needed, against this
Indians. Nothing new or Interesting
bias been heard from them to-day.
SOME UNEAsINEss IN GREER COUNTY.
Correspondence OF the Gazette
MASGUM. TEX, Dec. l5.-The Indians
along the border OF Greer county are be-
coming infected with the Messiah craze,
and are begi ming 10 manifest some hos
tility. The people living along the Dor
der aud even here are becoming quite
uneasy, in consequence of which the cit
liens met here to-day and organized
home guard or militia company, made
application to the governor for $50 guns,
ammunition, etc.. and also requested
that the rangers be stationed along tho
North fork of Red river to hold the In
dians OH their own side. We hope there
will be- no trouble. but they are very
sullen ana have thrown out the intima-
ton that they are going to make raid
during this moon.
TIE INDIANS NEAR CHILpRESs.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
CHILDREss, TEX. Dec. II. Our local
Indian scare has subsidized. The report
was brought to town last Saturday that
a band of 500 Comanche bucks on tho
war-path we're camped on the Red river,
the boundary line between Chlldress
and Greer county, about twelve or If
teen miles from town. which created
quite n feeling of apprehension on the
part of some Of our people. The report
was not at all credited by the larger
part of our citiZens, but to allay any
feeling of uneasiness that might exist
Sheriff Matthew's called upon Capt. w.
T. Levy, commanding our local cavalry
company to repair with his command to
the locality designated and ascertain If
any hostile Indians were there, and if SO,
what was the object of their visit. As
directed the captain and his gallant
SO ldier boys Inc Immediately visited the sup
posed lacality of the Indian camp, but
found nix He divided his COM
mand into squads aud thoroughly
secured the country up and down the
river for some twenty or twenty
miles each way and for some distance
into Greer county, and was unable to
find any Indians or any sign OF an In-
dian, or to find any person who had
seen one either in Childress, Greer or
counties for twelvs months
past.
1t is difficult to find the origin of the
foolish report, but if the author could be
positively spotted he would be dealt with
to the full extent of the law. as he has
done the Childress country a damage
Il ON which It will take several months
to fully recover.
sEMI-MoNTHLY BEEF ISSUE.
RUsHvILLE, NEB., Dec. l8.-The
regular semi monthly beef issue took
place at Pine Ridge agency yesterday
and was participated in by the usual
number Of indians. There was no dis
turbanoe.
The report that three marauding In
dams we're killed by white men two or
three days ago, near French creek, Is
They were Cheyennes, who
were trying to run of cattle.
The news of the death of Sitting Bull
has not reached the Pine Ridge Indians
yet.