Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-08-01

NJ. ]. Gray, l.. Nj. Tart and Senator
Hamer of Illinois, and Il. X. Hamer, Of
st. Anthony, all left st. Anthony, Idaho,
Wednesday morning on fishing trip to
Jackson's Hole, taking no stock in the
Indian war. Friday they We're back to
Market Lake and report every man, wom-
an and child in Jackson's Hole murdered.
One of the News Couriers got far into
Teton basin, which is the present point
In danger of massacre, now that the Jack
sons Hole citizens are all butchered. He
reports that the smoke of large fire could
be seen several miles south of Grand Te-
ton, in the direction of Jackson's Hole.
There is no doubt that the redskins have
fired every house and cabin, and will re-
peat their work in Teton basin, and per-
haps after that all down the Teton River
valley in Idaho.
Two hundred Utes were reported to have
gone north to join the Indians in Hoback
basin early in the week. Small parties of
Lemhis have been slipping in daily across
the Conant trail, something they have
not ventured to do since the Yellowstone
National Park was enlarged in 1891.
People in St. Anthony, Rexburg and other
towns located in Idaho between the rail-
road and Jackson's Hole have been all
along placing no confidence in the ''In-
dian" scare, as they called it.
A Pocatello, Idaho, dispatch says:
William Ross, of the firm of Ross. Grey
& Wyatt, reports everybody at Jackson's
Hole killed. 1t is considered authentic
news and the excitement is intense. Cou-
rier Sargent left companion in the
int IaI 70, int ba nj
if possible and return with all the news.
Sargent reports all the passes guarded
and is afraid his companion will not be
able % obtain entrance.
G.. II. Nickerson, n civil engineer. ar
rived in Pocatello from the Big Caribou
mine, which Is located south of Teton
basin and not far distant from the scene
of the present hostilities. He says that
for many nights Indian signal fires have
been burning on the highest mountains in
sight Thursday the stage met four In
dians driving seventy-five ponies toward
Pocatello. They said that they were re-
turning to stay, as there was no hunting,
but the frontiersmen saw very different
intent behind their journey. In all the
drove of horses there was not one pack
horse and only one colt. There were no
brought from the troublesome district.
The explanation of the move is that by
night these swift ponies would be headed
the other way again, each one carrying
an Indian warrior.
Burned the Dead Indians.
An Indian from the Jackson's Hole
country tells of still another cause that
has highly enraged the Indians He says
that at one point, when several Indians
had been killed, the white men afterward
became frightened at what they had done,
and, thinking themselves unobserved. had
burned the bodies of the dead Indians.
The Indians, however, this messenger
says, watched the white men from high
bluff and soon the news was scattered
among their brothers and added greatly to
their desire for revenge.
Swift riding In liam courers with relays
of ponies secured the surrounding terri
tory, and couriers and signal fires resulted
in probably several hundred braves being
added to the forces massed at the south
ern entrance to Jackson's Hole. Thurs
day the Indians learned that the troops
were surely coming. and realized that they
must strike at once IL their revenge was
to be secured.
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Adjt. Gen. Sitter there were in Jackson's
Hole sixty-five men who are able to bear
arms, thirty-fve women and forty chill
dren. Opposed to them were the 25O to
300 Bannocks and Shoshones from this
reservation, who were the first to become
hostile; the 400 Lemhis, who Joined the
belligerents this week.; the fifty Ban
nocks, under Jim Ballard, and possibly
200 or 300 Shoshones from the Wind
River reservation and the 150 Utes from
Utah and Colorado. At the very least esti-
mate the whites must have been outnum-
bered six or eight to one.
The two special trains taking the four
companies of colored cavalry from Fort
Robinson, Neb.. were not able to keep up
with the time scheduled for them and it
was daylight Friday morning before they
reached Pocatelo. Considerable time
was consumed in getting started on the
journey overland and there was before
them 120 miles of travel, the last of the
journey being over the Teton Mountains.