Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-29
ON THE WAR PATH.

| Navajo Indians Have Killed Eigh
| White People and are After Al
| White Settlers-Thousands OF Indi
ans Liable to Rise.
| DENVER, Col, April 2S.-This morning
Adjutant General Kennedy. received tele
gram from Lieutenant Plummer, Indian
agent of the Navsjos, in which he stated
that eight white men had been murdered
by the Navajo Indians, who are now OF
the warpath against settlers. He declared
| that the situation was very critical and
asked that troops be called out to prevent
further bloodshed. Lieutenant Plummel
also said that the people below Durango
were in q wild state of excitement, and
grave fears were entertained lest the Indi-
ans should continue their warfare along
the valley. The message stated that two
battles had been fought
Adjutant General Kennedy was inclined
to regard the situation with good deal of
concern, although expressing the belief
that the trouble would not extend very far
north. He would not give out copies of
kilograms received by him, but said:
1.-TWO hundred and fifty bucks are rails
ing the disturbance. They are all mounted
and equipped with the best repeating rifles,
and have ample supplies for long war.
They revel in plunder and murder. There
has been i'll feeling among them for long
time. The settlers down there and the
Indians never could get along in peace.
1.-THE Indians are continually plundering
and stealing from the whites. The present
conflict was precipitated by the resistance
of the whites to the depredations of band
of warriors who raided the stock of the
ookk1apoor Tbau drauo of q Iowa borJ 10
the mountains. The stockmen organized a
large posse of cowboys and went to re-
cover the cattle. The Indians fed on the
approach of the cowboys, who secured
their cattle and started to return to their
ranches. They had proceeded but short
distance, however, when they were at
tackled from the flank as they were passing
through a shallow canon, by the entire
band.
ga desperate encounter followed. Five
cowboys were killed, and 1t is believed a
finally repulsed. They took with them a
portion of the cattle and retreated. The
Indians were now thoroughly aroused and
started on a marauding exedition across
the country"
The reservation of the Navsjos covers
$4,000 equsre miles in the northwestern
part of New Mexico and northeastern
Arizona, and extends up to the southern
line of Colorado. On this there are thous-
ands Of Indians, who are liable to go on the
war path. A band of $50 left the reser-
walton over in Arizona, crossed into New
Mexico and went east to town called
Jennett and thence on the Juan river, and
are now in that vicinity.
A dispatch from Durango says: s'Three
hundred Nsvojos have captured Tom
Whites trading post mission at Hog Back,
ON the San Juan river near Weloh's rancho.
The homes of other settlers are surrounded
by Indians, who are threstsning to kill
and burn. James Hand arrived from the
ecene of action, which is about seventy
miles south of Durango, this morning, and
after securing ammunition for the settlers
returned at once. Agent Bartholomew wired
the Indian department regarding the stu
alton, but as the Navsjos are beyond his
jurisdiction he can do nothing"
Owing to advices tonight from Du
range stating the Navajo Indians were
moving rapidly north from Pennington,
N. NJ, toward the Colorado line Cover
nor Waite ordered special train over
the Rio Grande to carry two hundred
stands of arms and $4,000 rounds of am
munition to the local military company at
Durango, which is ordered out. The en-
tire ten companies of the Colorado Nation
al Guard have been ordered to report for
duty ready to move at once to the scene of
trouble. The special will reach Durango
early tomorrow.