The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-07-31
IT'S SPREADING.
Indian Scare Moving south and People
Say They Are Alarmed.

Denver. July 3o-A News special
from Cheyenne says: The Indian
scare Is spreading 10 the south and
east Of Jackson's Hole. and settlers in
Fremont county are becoming
alarmed. Governor Richards tonight
received the following dispatch from
DR.. ". Lovejoy OF South Pass. In the
Miners Delight mining district:
There is a band OF from 100 10 300
Indians within a half days ride OF
here. They are all bucks. and things
look shaky here. We have plenty OF
ammunition and men, but need guns.
Can you send a few stands Of arms"
Shortly after the receipt OF the above
the following was received from Lewis
ton m the same district: Can you
send us guns? Indians are near here"
The governor says these Indians are
no doifet Utes from Duchsne, who are
hanging around In the hope that there
will,tvk, big light with Bannocks,
whQh Will give them an opportunity
TO make an attack upon the settle
ments and get back 10 their reserva,
tion before the troops could Interfere
with them These settlements are
about 50 miles south Of Lander. The
governor does not believe they are In
any danger unless there should be a
fight In Hoback valley. He referred
the dispatches to X. d. Woodruff of
Rock Springs, inspector general OF the
state militia. with instructions to use
his discretion in the matter.
Another News special from Cheyenne
says a private dispatch from Mar
ket Lake tonight states the Ninth
cavalry are now encamped In Teton
basin. 10 miles from Marysville. The
troops will not be moved into Jack
sons Hole until the return OF the In
dian police which was sent ahead to
try and induce the hostiles TO return
to their reservation The reports from
Marysville show that the excitement
is dying out and many OF the settlers
are returning to their homes The
news Of the near approach OF the
troops has created better feeling
among the settlers.
The dispatch states the settlers had
arranged to make an attack upon the
Indians In force with the intention OF
driving them from the country but
after receiving the message from Gov
ernor Richards advising them to act
only on the defensive they changed
their minds II Is claimed that II will
be necessary to keep the troops In the
field all summer. as the Indians can
only be held in check by the presence
Of the soldiers. even II they leave the
country without fight.
Chicago. July 3o.-A special from
SaN Lake. says: Information has been
received IN this city of several COLI.
s.ons between Indians and whites.
These did not. however, occur in Jack
sons Hole, but nearer the Teton Basin
country
Washington, July 30,-General Scho-
field to-day received the following tel
egram from headquarters department
~ the La Platte. at Omaha. dated July
80 "A courier arrived at Market lake
this morning. and reports that he left
General Copplnger's troops last night.
Information has just been brought in
by runner from Marysvale that all was
quiet there. The Lemhi agent tele-
graphs that only three of his Indians
are supposed to be in the Jackson Hole
country, and there Is no indication that
there will b. an uprising there. The
army officials regard this information
as favorable to an early peaceful ter
mination ~ the disturbance.
Washington, -. e., July 3O-A tele-
gram received n army headquarters
from, Mator Gighan In command ~ the