Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-01
INDIAN WAR is BEGUN.
Eannocks Kill a White Family and
the Settlers Get Six Red
skin Scalps.


papers are received by the secretary of
war, and that troops will be ordered in
stantly to the vicinity of the trouble.
The action of the interior department
was taken upon receipt of the following
dispatch this morning from Agent Teller,
who was ordered to go from the Fort Hall
reservation. Idaho, and investigate the
trouble between the whites and the In
dams in Wyoming, and to endeavor to
induce the Indians to return to their
reservations:
Fort Hall. Id, July 24::-.Browning, Com.
have investigated the trouble between the
Indians and settlers in Wyoming and advise
ts Se T6e Wess nf
| among the settlers seems determined to
| cause conflict with the Indians.
The settlers have killed four to seven In
dams. which has incensed the Indians, who
| have gathered to the number of 200 or 800
near Fall River, Uintah county and refuse to
Indians have killed game unlawfully accord
| ing to the treaty of the Indians with the
United States, thus usurping the preroga-
| tives of the settlers. which caused trouble.
| Nothing but the interference of soldiers will
settle the difficulty and save the lives of in
nocent persons and the destruction of prop
| erty. TELLER. Agent.
Orders Troops to the Scene.
|
ordered Gen. Coppinger to proceed to the
scene of the disturbances and to make
| such disposition of his command as may
be necessary to protect the settlers and
secure the return of Indians to their res
| erva ton.
Later in the day Commissioner Brown
| ing saw Secretary Lamont. The secre-
tary agreed to give the matter imme-
| date consideration, but said that he de-
| sired to consult with Gen. Ruger before
giving a final answer. He Immediately
sent for the general, with whom he was
| closeted for considerable time. They
sent for maps of the country where the
| Indians are supposed to be and it is
understood went over the entire situa-
ton, especially with reference to the
availa bility of troops and the time nee
essary to get them to the jackson Hole
region. The nearest troops are at Fort
| Douglass, Utah, where regiment of
rose is stationed. There is also COM
pany each of cavalry and of infantry at
Fort Boise, which could be made avail
| able in case of need
The following clause of the treaty
whereby the Bannock Indians We're To-
Gated upon their present reservation
shows the right of the Indians to hunt
in Wyoming:
The Indians herein named agree that they
will make said reservation their permanent
| homes and they will make no permanent set
tlement elsewhere, but they shall have the
! right to hunt on the unOccupied lands of the
United States so long as game may be
found thereon and so long as peace subsists
among the whites and Indians on the Dor
ders of the hunting districts.
The treaty was made in July, 1868.
| The policy of the Indian bureau of late
years has been to persuade the Indians
| to use their hunting privilege as sparing-
ly as possible, but the existence of their
| sI.rl,f l,
unquestionable. Now that trouble has
broken out the hunting privilege is sus-
pended by the terms of the treaty, and
the Indian office has ordered the Indians
| back to their reservations.
War Begins in Earnest.
Chicago, Ill.,, July PA Pocatello
| Qdaho) special says that the Indian war
has broken out in earnest. Union Pa
citic Engineer Robert Fitzpatrick, who
pulled the north-bound freight into Poca-
telo last night, confirmed the report that
the Bannock Indians killed settler, his
wife and child in the Salt River valley,
and that the white men, pursuing the
Indians killed six of them before they
escaped to the mountains. Mail Carrier
| Vail. who arrived at Montpelier from Star
Valley. also told the same story.
| Cheyenne, Wyo., July 24.-Gov. Rich
ards has received the following dispatch
from Adjt.-Gen. Sitter. who is investi-
eating the Indian troubles. The gov
ernor will at once take action to put
state troops in the field should advices
make it necessary:
AIarysvile. Wyo;, via Market Lane Ia.
| the junction of Granite creek and Fall
river Ali passes into Jackson Hole are now
come in. wounded in the right breast by In
| dams. Prospectors are driven from the
mountains Pickets are guairdinS the aed yari
mount and everybody armed to the t., teeth
Ieton Basin, Wyo., July 24-Gov. Rlch,
trip. The settlers in the basin are very I'M
easy; 1t. is reported here that many Indians
mountains Indians from the reserve are
also reported to be joining them. Letters
and couriers have been sent out from Jack
for aid and settlers have decided to go into
the mountains to fight the Indians tomor
row. The settlers have given up all hope of
move their children and women ont Of Jack
! son Hole. SITTER.
The various companies of the National
guard at different points i'll Wyoming
| have been advised to hold themselves in
| readiness for prompt movement.
Denver, Col, July PA special from
| Cheyenne says that Gov. Richards today
| sent the following message to the secre-
| tary Of interior:
| Will the federal government take matters
| in hand of returning Bannocks to their res
| ervation or will Wyoming be expected to do
| so? Please wire answer quick.
An answer was received as follows:
| Your telegram and one from Agent Teller
transmitted to war department with request
| that United States troops be sent to protect
! settlers and return Indians to reservation.
JOHN NJ. REYNOLDS
| Acting Secretary.
Gov. Richards received the following
message from Adjt-Gen. Sitter:
Market Lake. Id, July 24.-Met Indian
! captain of police in Teton Basin yesterday
! with So horses. hurrying out with all possi-
| bic speed. Saw him again at IL O'Clock last
night He says he cannot control Indians,
| who will fight settlers at noon today.
]. STITZER
The general government having decid-
| ed to send troops to return Indians to