Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-01
JACKsON'S HOLE QUIET
Newspaper Reporter Reaches There Ahead of the Troops.
SETTLERS LOOKING FOR INDIANS.

There Has Been No Wholesale Slaughter,
 and People Arc Moving In Instead of
 Moving Out-scouts Find Nothing to
 Alarm Them, and Peace Reigns.
 JACKsoN's HOLE, Wy, Aug. (by Gou- tier Curtis to Market Lake, Ida. ).-We are in the cnemy's country where the besieged settlers are. The enemy's country looks very mild. There are at least 35 babies in this one house that is called "Wilson's ranch" and 8 proportionate number of mothers.
 We arrived hcre-Sergcant Curtis and myself-a few minutes ago, after a tortu- Dus climb of Seton pass and long, dizzy fording of Snake river, and, strange to say, the first persons W Q spoke to in Jack sons Hole were not frightened settlers moving out, but q company of Utah people moving in.
 A quick ride across the plains at the foot of tho mountains brought us to the heart of the afflicted country-Wilson's ranch.
 There are about 25 men here now, the others being out securing to see where the Indians are.
 There is one company of scouts number ing six men in the hills to the north, 17 with Smith in the Gros Ventre country and nine in the Hoback region to the southward. Their purpose is to warn the settlers of possible hostile return this way by the Indians
 Although the reports of @ wholesale massacre in this country which have been sent out by persons who were too fright ened to realize what they were doing are untrue, still the situation is universally considered to be very serious, and the real | trouble is not yet fairly begun. The Settlers Are Fortified. At this writing tho settlers have forti- l fled themselves at two points in the hole. | The larger party is at Bishop Wilson's about five miles below Marysvale, and consists of about so persons all told, men, | women and children. The balance are | fortified in Cunningham s, at the lower end of Jackson's lake, about 15 miles from | Wilson'S and consist of about 25 persons. | A large number of tho settlers left the scene of trouble for the Teton basin, 50 | miles to the northwest, as Acting Indian Agent Teters of the Fort Hall agency and AdJutant General StitZer of tho state mili. tia had sent word for all women and chil- dren to leave the hole, as the Indians wero | determined to have revenge for the deaths of their comrades. All is quiet at this time, and no encounter has been reported since the wounding of Captain John l | Gros Eentro river. of which accounts have l already been sent out.
 It is impossible to get hold of more than one side of the difficulty which has brought on the trouble in this section, and that is the settlers side. They claim that they are acting under the game laws, and that every law abiding citizen in this country is determined to protect the game, and the law is equally enforced against the Indians and the white men.
 The settlers wear the appearance of men who are prepared for any emergency. Meet them where you will, and they have a rife, a sixshooter and two belts of car tridges, one on their person and another ou tho horn of the saddle.
 The fact that no Indians have been seen for several days is well considered an omi
 nous sign hcre, for it is well known that the country is full of them, and they arc continually being reported heading this way from ncighboring reservations.