New-York tribune., 1895-07-28
ANOTHER TNDTtN WAX.

Dun,ors and counter rumors come from The Ind
Ian country Some are ho'rifying. All are dis
ou,atInr A wholesale massacre ~ white settlers
NJ Jockson's Hole has been reported. and then
con,radlcted. All that ~ this writing seems I"
ho ert,re,v ccrtoin il that the Bannocks are on
,hc Warmth. perhaps with some allies Of other
tribes. that Federal troops are being rusii'h i"r
ward 10 sub,lue them and that meanwhile the
lives Of many settlers are In danger II th'y nave
not vet been actually destroyed. We are. in
hrief an the verge Of another Indian war. Prob
ably II will be n short one and there is reason TO
hone The loss of life will not be great. lhe Han-
nocks are. however fierce and resolute tribe
when once aroused, and Will not yield 10 hhli-
hearted measures. \ strong force, acting
promptly and dccsivey. is what j. needed 10
restore peace and safety. Such force no doubt
will soon be- on the scene.
II there he doubt concerning the present status
Of the trouble. there Is little or none concerning
It's origin The Blnnocks went into the Yellow
stone Park for game. They claim that they ha'
right 10 do so under their treaty with th' / 'h-
eral Government That right was denied not
by Federal authorities but 10y the local au'hoF'-
ties of Wyoming. These latter had no J"r's"''
,ion in the case, since the Yellowstone fark Is
Federal property But the people of that part oi
wyoming had been In the habit themselves "i
poaching upon the park preserves. In unau's
toned violation ~ law. and they wanted 70 Keep
for themselves A monopoly ~ so doing 80 th'!
had n number Of the Bannocks arrested ana
taken 10 ial On the way 70 jail some "' Inc
Bannocks tried TO escape. or were suspected ''
an inteniion fo do SO. which amounted 10 ih"
same thing. Their white clptors Therefore
openel fire upon them and Killed several Nh'h
word Of this massacr. reached the TlDc 'n''"
was great excitement. Some Indians th"lGh' III"
whites were coming 10 massacre them All anu
sought either 10 defend Themselves or 10 Nee.
Others wanted 10 avcnge the Killing or 'h'lr
comrades. and promptly took mp arms "nd set
out upon the warpath. And now villages u''
In danger, and troops nre being hurTi'u ior""u
10 suppress an Indian uprising
These APPEAR from all Information as YET iur
nIshe,l. 10 be the simple facts of The case. lhey
. are not particularly novel. Other Indian wars
have had similar origins. and II u probapi" 'hi'
vet others will In future II IL all very wei 10
cay ,he Indians are bl0odihrsy sayng'S. That
| f. true Quite true Is II. also. that on the
frontier there are many white men who con
cider the Indian has no rights they are bound
% respect They swindlc him. fhey oppress him.
they infringe upon his rights. They even pick
ouorrels with him and provoke him 10 open In
eurrectlon. knowing full we'll the inev''apie ehh
OF 1t will be loss TO him and gain TO them. 10
have troops sent ihithcr for campaign means
trade and profit TO them; 10 have permanent
army post established there means great pros
pcrlty And. Of course. there Is always chahce
that the Indians will be removed from 'he
reservation and the land thrown open TO the
| whites 1t Is an old story. Of wicked greed on
one side and savage fury on the other and IT has
been retold In half the Indian wars on this con
,lnen, or cours. 1t IL too lato now to tax" snrh
matters into consideration at the front The one
| duty Of the hour Is to restore order with Il strong
hand But when that Is done. there ought to be
some sort of reckoning with The real authors
] uf The trouble.