New-York tribune., 1894-04-06
BR1VES AND PALEFICES BATTLTNG.
MANY KILLED ~ THE FIGHTING ALONG THE
wAsHITA RIVER. INDIAN TERRITORY

MANY KILLED ~ THE FIGHTING ALONG THE
wAsiurA RIVER. INDIAN TERRITORY.
Il Reno. O. r. April The military authorities
Mt Fort Reno have received further Information
OF the Indian outbreak in & County In oklahoma.
Tho number Of killed ana wounded In the fist en-
counter IS given two whites and one Indian
Killed and one Indian wounded Information from
other and Trustworthy sources does not agree with
these figures and is at least twelve hours later.
william Dclesdcnier. trader at Sener. "A point
thirty-nve miles from the origin OF the trouble
came In to-day to purchase ammunition 10 take
out 10 the settlers. He states that the hrst re-
ports came TO his place by the Indians on Sunday
night when they purchased 5000 rounds Of ammuni-
tion and took to the band in the fight The settlers.
Delesdenier says. collecting at Sener. ana they
have now "a company Of about 10 men under arms
and several bands Of them have gone 10 the scene
Of the trouble. The Indians engaged are not OF
tho hand of WhIrlwind as at first believed but are
followers Of Red Moon The location Of the fight
is on the Washita River. about ll5 miles west or
FL Reno.
DeIesdener and n party OF settlers went to the
scene Of the fighting Monday night ana found
that fifteen Of the Indians and about as many OF
the whites had been killed 1t impossible to
get the names OF those killed. The Indians are all
armed with Winchesters. and have plenty OF
ammunition The Indians from other parts OF the
reservation have hastened to join Red Moon In ms
contest and he now has a1oqt b '2 Wnshta s River
i"h skjrmish occurred between n band OF Indians
and some white men at a point about thirty miles
9r1u Snr JI rhc "antonment the Indians being the
move TO join Red Moon. me bodies OF @ t"o - -
men who had been killed in the encounter W%Ie
brought In. but the number OF Indians killea ,
or wounded not known. This Information va, whS
brought in by Clarence Trent. horseman. who
has lust arrived from that point having ridden
nnety-live miles to bring the Information, me ,e
strongly guarded By the the wn2 from that To-
are nearly all former cattle owners ana cowboys; M
Troop has followed Troop to tes n seem 2n rns
When Troop B reached the scene nor sRlrniiSn n n
in progress The epe added h To- d the list
OF dead The latest rumor Is that the INDIANS ar ar
gathering in large nHnDeps @ II is ca,mad that il
the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, VINO number dd w az
ns tn oge9 agehcS Sy Wsee fhe PaRe and Kow
who number several thousand colonel peVrse ua aui
OF the outbreak was the killing of an Indian py
two white men in n quarrel over the ownership
OF a pony. ,,
washineton April 5-The Commissioner of Indian
Affairs has received the following telegram from
Captain A. F. Woodsen. acting Indian agent at I'll
Reno Oklahoma. regarding the trouble between the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians and the cattle
Courier arrived with report from Upper Washita
etatinr that on the lst inst in an alteration be-
v,S fweenS the Indian Chief Hill and W. S. Breeding
creek Gree chief Hi was shot twice by Breeding and
mortally wounded He then got his gun ana ,o, sho,
Ar Carrier breaking his arm. The Indians are all
peaceably disposed. and were at the time living
fears are now entertained that this affair will cause
them to collect again in bands. Troops under com
,,'s the scene OF the trouble Whites greatly
cited. and newspaper reports OF the aHair are
greatly exaggerated
Commissioner Browning does not believe the
trouble will be continued. such affairs OF fire.
quent occurrence between the Indians and cattle
men