New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-02
Troops NEAR THE INDIANS.
GENERAL COPPINGERs FORCE CLOSE TO
JACKsON's HOLE.

EVERYTHING SAID TO BE QUIET THERE-Gov-
, ERNoR RICHARDS REPORTS WANDERING
BANDS OFT IN WYOMING AND ASKS
THAT THEY BE RETURNED TO
THEIR RESERVATIONS
ALARM AMONG THE
SETTLERS
WASHINGTON Aug IA dispatch was received
| at Army Headquarters to-day from General Cop
| pinger saying that he had crossed the Teton
Range with his command. This puts the troops
| in the heart Of the Indian country and only
! twenty-five or thirty miles from Jackson's Hole.
| The dispatch came from Market Lake. to which
| it was conveyed by courier. AS nothing was
| said regarding the stus tion 1t Is inferred here
| that all Is quiet
Commissioner Browning of the Indian Bureau
| this morning received dispatch from Governor
| Richards of Wyoming. saying that he had In
formation that 200 Indians. supposed to be Otes'
were seen yesterday near South Pass, Fremont
| County Wyo.: also forty-seven Sioux on Bad
| Water Creek, In the same county. All were
mounted. armed. and without women and chill
dren The Governor said that the people Oh
Fremont County under arms and had teie-
| grained him for assistance. The Governor asked
that these and all other Indians in wyoming be
sent back to their reservations. Commissioner
Browning promptly telegraphed TO the agents Oh
the Uintah and Ouray Indians In Utah the
Lemhis in Idaho. the Shoshones IN "yo"iihs'
and the Pine Ridge Sioux In South DaKo'a' ui-
rectng them TO keep close watch oi 'he i"u-
ians ON their reservations and TO bring back all
absent ones He also advised Governor Richards
of the instructions sent to the agents NO Tou-
bic is expected by Bureau officials from the lhd-
ians reported by Governor Richards. 1t Is
liz Inn I.-i
to go to the scene OF trouble out of curiosity
Both bands about one hunured anu my
miles from Jackson's Hole.
No adyices have been received from captain
Teter who is with General Coppinger. but 1t is
thought that something will be heard from MN
soon by the relay courier service which mas oe.l
established between the scene OF the ba"i'00N
troubles and Market Lake.
Commissioner Browning. speaking 81 tne St"' .
ment made by Senator Allen, Of Nebraska 'nae
Congress would be asked to investigate me AZ
fairs OF the Indian Office In regard 10 lhe ien
der Neb. matter said that Senator Allen was al
liberty to have n Congressional inVesusatoh
made whenever he liked The COMMISSIONS -. ~,
added that all his official acts were open 10 M
snection. and 1t would be n trouble for any one
~ ascertain what he had been doing.
THE SITUATION NOT THREATENING
Jackson's Hole. Wyo. Aug. l-'Sy courier 10
Market Lake, Idaho)-The United Press repre-
sentative arrived here last evening ana 'he s'""
ton does not look threatening. strange 10 Say
the first persons spoken to IN Jacksons Hoe
were not frightened settlers moving out ou' a
party of Utah people coming in Ihere are 49,
twentv-iye men here now. the others being scout.
ing for the location OF the Indians. me se'''"
scouting parties numbers some thir'y-nVe. 49,,
Irving Wilson. young man VINO was WIN .,''
shooting party OF two weeks ago. sad 'ha' nv
| leader Of the party which arrested tweh'y ~"
Indians was Bill Manning. the Constap'e'
When the Indians arrested they were h"'
A., searched which Wilson admits was grave error.
| Manning anticipated an attempt to escape but
| took only the precaution OF telling MS men 10
shoot at the Indians horses. wilson sa'u n n
knew nothing OF the NUMBER OF nurseS S''"' al
| obedience TO his command in fact he Is not sur
| that any were There is some talk @. othei mo
ans being killed in the mountains. hut WIS n
dIscredits these stories. There are intrenchneh's
| here at Simpsons Postofice. five miles nortn' AZ
Cunningham. thrty-twO miles norm, anu al
! Jacksons Lake. fifty miles northwaru " ,,s
| are thirty or forty guns here. and some OF the
women say that they would be glad 10 use SOM W
| the extra ones The women are even more bitter
against the Indians than are the men
SETTLERS STILL IN a PANIC.
! Salt Lake. Aug 1-Dispatches from soda
| Springs Market Lake and other frontier set'fe-
| ments report the constant arrival OF ranchmen
| and settlers who are in wild state Of alarm
| over the rumor OF an Indian uprising. Inc
| refugees come in wagons and on horseback ana
| are In a condition which shows that they ie.'
| their homes in the greatest haste. Thus far
none Of these people report any outraRcs Oh thci'
own knowledge, their statements being thht 'hey
| were alarmed by the night fires they saw on 'he
| mountain peaks anG by the stories which reaehed
| them In the new spapers
LIBERTY BELL TO GO TO ATLANTA.