Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-05-06
INDIANS GO TO war.
A Pa'tls With Cowboys in Which
Eight Are Killed.
$50 Eavajos Start en- q harauains
Tour in Colorado.
NO. 81.

A despatch from Denvcr. Col. says The
long-threstensd war Of the Navajo Indians
against the settlers Of the country IN the VI
entity Of N az lants has cone q last, and
with II the death Of eight settlers
The starting news was received by Adult,
ant-oeLeral Kennedy In telegram IRON
Lieutenant Piammer. Indian agent Of tho
SavOjos. Eight white men had been mur~
dered ~ the Indians, who are now al war
with settlers. Lieutenant Plummer said. He
declared that the situation Is a very critical
one and asked that thetroops scaled out TO
prcvent further bloodshed.
Lieutenant Piammer stated that the peo-
pie below Durango are In a wild state of ex-
citement ald grave fears are entertained less
the Indians should continue their warfare
alon; the valley. In his message the lieu
tenant states that two battles have been
fought already.
In the first battle Ave settlers were killed,
while at another encounter three more men
lost their lives. The Acknowledgement Tor
warded the information to the War Depart
ment at Washington, and it is not unlikely
that orders will be issued from that source
putting in the field the troops now quartered
at Fort Logan.
Adiutant- General Kennedy was inclined to
regard the situation with good deal OF con-
Germ, although expressing the belief that the
trouble would not extend very far North.
There are go bucks who are raising the dis
turbance.
They are all mounted and equipped"
said he with the best repeating rifles and
have ample supplies for long war. They
are n bad lot and reyel in plumber and muir
der. There has been ill-feeling among them
for a long time and it has at last come to a
head.
.The present conflict was precipitated by
the resistance of the whites to the depreda-
tions OF band of warriors who raided the
stock OF the cattlemen.
'.They drove off a large herd of cattle,
which they took to the mountains. This so
incensed the stockmen that they organized
large posse of cowboys and went to recover
the cattle The Indians fed on the approach
of the cowboys at first, and the cattiemen,
after they had secured their cattle, started to
return to their ranches.
They had proceeded hut very short dis
taice however when they were attacked
from the flank rs they were passing through
a sort of shallow canyon by the entire band
OF ESQ., desperate encounter followed, in
which five cowboys were killed and, it is be-
,.syed. number OF Indians. The red men,
had the advantage and the cattlemen, were
finally repulsed. The Indians then started
on marauding expedit. n across the eoun-
try"
The reservation Of the Navajos ia largo
one covering some $4,000 square miles IN the
northwestern parS OF New Mexico and North
eastern Arizona and extends up 10 the south
ern line OF Colorado. On this there are
thousands Of Indians, who ara liable to go on
the warpath.
The band OF $50 started from tn" reserya-
tion over in Arizona, crossed the line into
New Mexico, going TO the San Juan river.
They captured Tom whyte's trading post
mission at Hog Back. The homes o. other
settlers are surrounded by Indians, who are
threatening to kill and burn.
Governor Thornton, Of New Mexico, tele-
graphed the War Department from santa 70
asking that military ais be sent Immediate
ly 10 help suppress Navajos' outbreak in San
Juan country. The lives OF all our people
are in immediate Danger"
The War Department hastclegraphed Gen,
eraI Cook, Department Of Arizona, to send
troops Immediately to tbescene OF trouble