The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-21
CAMP AT ADAYON.
What Constitutes the Make.up
of a Frontier Town.
EDITOR OF THE FARMERS HOPE.
Indians Who Drink Red Ink and Flavoring
Extracts With a Relish-The Nebraska
Dude Militia and Their Troubles.

CAMP AT ADAToN, Neb, Jan. IT,
ltrom our Special Correspondent in the
Field. mo doubt many of your readers,
notlng our being encamped near Adaton,
have oftentimes wondered what sort of a
place this is. To relieve their minds of
any anxiety or curiosity, 1 shall devote
some space in describing as accurately as L
can the embryo city of Adaton. Get map
OF Nebraska, scan the northern part and
you will find a town named Chadron.
Trace line from Chadron running in
northeasterly direction and you have fair
road to Pine Ridge agency. The agency is
about thirty miles from Chadron and about
two miles from the Nebraska state line.
About midway of this road you can find
Adaton. After residence here well nigh
Two weeks, have ascertained what
constitutes the town. 1t resem-
bles some of the Southern California
poom towns Of few years ago.
One stable built after the fashion of the old
time Mexican adobes, really more shed than
stable; one residence built of frame, used
as caravansary when required; and one
other frame devoted to postoffice. print
ing office and scantily filled store comprise
the entire "city." Since the troops arrived
more business has been transacted il that
semi weekly pony affair from Bordeaux,
a railway point eleven miles distant.
Awhile ago, during the height of
THE INDIAN EXCITEMENT,
the mail carrier forsook his post for fear of
losing his comely scalp. Our arrival re-
stored confidence, and as result we have
curing our stay tri-weekly service. Of
course the postmaster is making some
extra coin now, as he gets every stamp he
cancels, which at the present time amounts
TO quite deal.
The portion used for store has tobac-
cos, candles, candy and fiavoring extracts
with few bags OF flour, all articles being
such as would strike an Indians fancy. The
proprietor of this establishment tells me
that IN peaceful times, Indians by the hun
ored come to his place to trade. He says
the Indian has craving for any liquid,
that they
DRINK RED INK WITH RELISH
and that he sells many bottles of f1avoring
extracts to them. l fancy an Indian swllI-
ing down two or three bottles of Warmers
safe cure or some other compound liable to
weaken their anatomy. This store carries
no medicines whatever as they claim the
health OF the community would cause their
supplies OF such to mildew with age
When the troops arrived berry pies were
sold by the wholesale at % cents each,
but since the price has been reduced to 10
cents. Changers from the distance come
IN every day or so with chickens, butter,
eggs, pies and cakes. 1t seems that every
resident of this northern country for miles
around, believes the soldiery their legit-
innate prey, and l have actually paid 10
cents Tor copy OF an Omaha daily, the
cost OF transporting such from Chadron
being 100 per cent. As to the printing
office part Of Adaton, must briefly note
n forx- Of
Mann hand press of an old-fashioned de-
sign, all OF which is used in getting out a
little patent inside,n named The Farmers
Hope. This little dispenser Of hope to the
horny-handed sons of toll
sUsPENDRD PUBLICATION DURING THE Ex-
CITEMENT
of November, when the typo left for rail
road point where he could get militia pro-
lection. The editor of The Farmers Hone
is an aged physician of the old school, DR..
Houston by name. He is strongly lmbued
with the Farmers Alliance idea and be-
leves but little in either of the dominant
parties. Since our arrival here the editor
has written to Crawford, Neb., for typo
aud expects very shortly to again revive
hope in the farmers breast OF course
this single habitation is the rendezvous of
all the settlers for miles around and be-
tween them and the soldiery many warns
are spun and discussions are in progress at
all hours, the main topic being the Indian
question. Many dollar has been trans
ferred to this storekeeper's till within The
past two weeks.
Lieutenant Ballou, Sixteenth infantry.
is just back from the agency. He
went over this morning with Corporal
Klaproth, company E, Sixteenth infantry,
as escort and returned late tonight The
hostlles are really between US and the
agency, but encirled by
= STRONG GORDON OF INFANTRY,
cavalry and artillery. The situation is but
poorly depicted in the kilograms. A great
many representatives have come in here,
and in the absence of genuine news have
invented some Of the most ingenious thrill
ling escapades with the Indians known
Ihat may be called progressive journal
ISM but is very damaging to the military
Whilst the reds have signifled their willing
ness to lay down their arms and become
good Indians, yet no attempt to disarm is
being made up to the present writing 1t
Is rumored that some five hundred young
bucks among them do not favor an uncon-
ditional surrender, but would prefer fight
ing the soldiery to a finish.
The agency presents an appearance of
warfare IN fact. The Indian with his rife
and belts OF cartridges lntermingles with
the soldiery who move around with loaded
rifles In their hands. l am now more hope
full of an amicable settlement do not be-
lleve in unnecessary spilling of blood, but
the settlers are emphatic in their declara-
tons that this surrender of the hostiles is
Tar from being in good faith. understand
that 1t is the present opinion at the agency
that we
WILL BE AT FORT DOUGLAS
before the end of the present month. We
are not in love with this Inactive camnlifa
would prefer to move to the agency CIR
somewhere else, yet we are satisfied that
our lot is not as hard as that which has he
fallen many Of our comrades of the cavalry
arm Of the service. From a brother of our wa
gonmaster learn that when Gen. Rrooke's
wagon train passed through the hostiles
going into tho agency, an Indian claiming
TO be lone survivor of the Big Foot band
was about to raise his rife to shoot SOL
der teamster to partially avenge. as he
averred, the death of his friends at
Wounded Knee. Quicker than thought.
another Indian grabbed his rife and STAYED
shot which would have terminated in
wholesale massacre of the hostiles. These
Indians occupied the better part of four
days in coming six miles on the way in to
surrender. The reason was, that they had
abandoned their transportation (wsgonsl
at the outset and between trying TO nacl,
huge loads on their ponies and holding
pow-wows IN re a surrender, the time was
taken up. This large band from four or five
different reserves
DO NOT ALL AGREE
on the surrender idea and this fact
has caused many fights among them.
wrote you in my last that the worst phase
OF the difficulty is now facing US. / still
adhere to that until every Indian lays down
his arms. True, it is argued by the press
that Indian vyifhOnf