St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-05
Inspector Mclaughlin Is Or
dered to Scene Of Turtle
Mountain Troubles.
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED
Canadian Troops Held in
Readiness for Instant Use
at Boundary.
BREEDS ARE GROWING UGLY.
Strong Force MasSing at
Their Fort--Cronan Makes
No Move.

NO MUVSs
WASHINGTON, May A. 4.-SecTetary
Smith this afternoon sent the fol-
lowing telegram to Indian inspector
Mclaughlin at the Omaha and VIM
nebago reservation, Dakota City, to
proceed at once to Turtle Mountain
reservation, assist the agent in the
troubles now existing. Agent Hall,
the agent at Turtle Mountain agency,
was also notified that Inspector Nc
Laughlin had been ordered to the
scene of the trouble.
Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man, May 4-The Man
itoba Dragons, the Ninth rifles, the
Winnipeg field battery and the Royal
Canadian Dragons regulars) have
been notified to hold themselves in
readiness to proceed to the Turtle
Mountain to prevent the Indians and
halfbreeds from crossing the boundary
SquaWs and children are already cross
ing. There is great activity in mill
tary circles tonight.
ST. JOHNS, N. D., May 4.-The sit
uation here is far from showing any
improvement. Indian Agent Hall, Or
dered by the department to come here
and report whether troops were need
ed, drove out at noon to parley with
them. He returned later in the after
noon. When he drove up he was
stopped by their picket, and sent in
message saying he wanted to talk.
They replied that he must come with
out arms. Hall went in, told them
there was no good in their trying to
fight the United States. They might
be able to fight for a few days, but
it would all end in their being wiped
out. The United States court had
issued its warrants and meant that
they should be served All who helped
to resist were equally guilty. He re-
turned with no apparent result. He
reports they seem very bloodthirsty
against half the residents in town
and against the marshals. Their posi-
ton is a very strong one unless the
attacking force has artillery. They
are expecting another telegram from
Bottineau in Washington, and asked
for another conference this afternoon
after they received it. Joseph Ian
gan, whose house is fortified, is the man
who was rescued when arrested by
SCHNEIDER ten days ago. He has al
ways refused to file on the land that
he holds, claiming that it was his
anyway, and he meant to keep it.
BREEDS RALLY.
That the number of half-breeds has
increased rapidly during the night
is shown by large strings of ponies
there last night. A string of over
thirty Red river carts joined them
this morning, coming from the north
west, probably from the Pembina
mountains. Several tepees are to
be seen today, indicating that In
dianS, how many cannot be told,
have joined the hostile breeds at their
little fort at Langan's buildings on
the edge Of the big timber. The
breeds have been coming into town all
this morning, getting flour and sup
plies at Martineau's store, and evil
IDENTIFY preparing for a long siege.
He is a strong symp9 .hiZer with
them. Hardly any of them pay for
the stuff they get. Single carts have
been passing all the morning from the
south and west, and all contain men.
One of these carts was stopped by
a patrol at the railroad crossing be-
low town. In it were half-breeds
from the reservation, who said they
were going to join the rest, and that
they believed they were right. The
land belonged to them, they said;
the whites had no right here.
Settlers continue to come to town
from the northwest. They report a
large band encamped five miles north,
supposed to be Canadian breeds from
Deloraine.
RED THUNDER TALKS.
Yesterday afternoon Marshal Gro
nan sent half-breed to the breeds at
their camp with message warning
them of the consequences of further
resistance, and asked whether they in
tended resisting the arrest of the men
with them. In reply they sent the
following:
"Mr. Cronan: Why are you so scared
to come to see us? You have come to
see US, and you don't come to us.
Don't be scared. Come with one of
your men or alone, but no arms with
you. We are not going to give up our
men. Wait until we get an answer
from our great father. We wait for
day by day. Yours truly,
RED THUNDER"
The attitude of the deputies, how
ever, is not explained by motives of
fear, as inferred by the Indians, but
is due to the great need for pre-
caution lest disaster should come up
on white settlers in this vicinity
through some ill-advised action of
theirs. Any attempt to take the
breeds prisoners this afternoon would
have been inevitably futile, and would
not only have amounted to suicide
on the part Of the deputies, but
would probably have melted the
breeds to make raid on the village,
and they would then have been able
to fee across the boundary line.
The Canada patrol of mounted police
has been removed from the boundary
in this section, and there is nothing
to prevent the hostiles from making
a retreat into the timber over the
line in Canada whenever it may
verve their purpose to do SO. The
marshal has detailed patrol or