Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-05-05
INDIANS GO TO WAR.
A Battle With Cowboys in Which
Eight Are EIled'
$50 NavajOs Start on Maraudins
Tour in Colorado.

despatch from Denver, COL, says Inc
lono-tb reatened war of the Navajo Indians
AGAINST the settlers of the country In the VI
cinitv Of their lands has come at last, ana
with il the death of eight settlers.
The startling news was received by Adult
mt -Gereral Kennedy in telegram from
Iieutenant Plummer, Indian agent ol Ino
Navoios. Eight white men had been mur-
dered by the Indians, who are now at war
with settlers. Lieutenant Plummer said. he
declared that the situation is very critical
one and asked that the troops be called QUITO
prevent further bloodshed.
Tientenant Plummer stated that the peo-
nle below Durango are in wild state Oh eA-
citament and grave fears are entertained less
the Indians should continue their warfare
along the valley. In his message Inc liou-
tonant states that two battles have peeh
fought already. ~
In the first battle fve settlers were killed,
-,hiIe ot another encounter three more men
,oet their lives. The Acknowledgement lor-
rvorded the information to the war depart
| roont ot Washington, and it Is not unnAey
thot orders will be issued from that sources
uniting in the field the troops now quarCeleu
at Fort Logan. ,,,os inolined to
raoord the situation with good deal OF con
cern. although expressing the beiiel t9aV III t4o
trouble would not extend very lar NoItn'
There are $50 bucks who are raising tne us
turbance. 5 oo,innad &,
cold he with the best repeating rifles ano
have ample supplies for a long war. IheS
orc had LOT and revel in plunder and muir
dor There has been ill-feelinS among them
for n long time and it has at last come u
head. ,roo;nitotad bv
tha resistance of the whites to the depreua'
tiors of a band of warriors who raldeo tne
stock of the cattlemen. o,..,.
n'They drove off large nero ol ,;t.I 1a..ie
which they took to the mountains. 1nls o
incensed the stockmen that they organlIeu
large posse Of cowboys and went W reoosJ u
The cattle. The Indians fed on the approaci
of ~ the cowhoys at first and the cattlemen
ot,or thev had secured their cattle, started u
return to their ranches. " a.
Thev had proceeded but very snoIt uls
tonoe however. when they were attacke'
from the flank as they were passing InrEuS
- sort of shallow canyon by the entire pan
of $50. A desperate encounter loIoWeu' =; ~ =
which five cowboys were killed ana IA ~ Is Eo or or
Iieved a number Of Indians. The req mel
had the advantage and the cattlemen, Mel @
fnalIv repulsed. The Indians then stal.e
on a marauding expedition across the coul
try" Novoioe ia n laro
ono covering some $4,000 square miles IN IN =
northwestern part of New Mexico ana NOItt ro,,tI
caste eastern Arizona and extends up to the soutl
ern line Of Colorado. On this there al
thousands th, m of Indians, who are leto 60
WI The band of $50 started from the reSefv, ~,
tion over in Arizona, crossed the line IN ln
New Mexico. going to the San Juan riUo
Tbev Tb" cantured Tom Whyte's trading Pc
mission at Hog Back. The homes o. o'n
settlers are surrounded by Indians, VINO a.
threatening to kill and burn. -,
Governor Thornton, Of New Mexico, oef
oranhed the War Department from SANTA !
sssIine that "military aid be cent lmmeoiS. "a O..
" to help suppress Navajos.' outbreak aon III %
man country. The lives of all our peop
are m in Immediate danger" soo
The War Department has tclegrapnou 0U oo,
eral Cook, Department Of Arizona, 10 Sc
troops Immediately to thescene Oh trou"