Evening journal., 1895-07-22
STUDENTS m DANGER.
Fears That Princeton Geolo-
gists Are Held by Indians.
THE PARTY FAR INTO THE WILDs.

ILL LAhl All 4NlO lHb w lLDns
ahe Expedition Is In the Wind River
Country, Where the BannooIss and the
shoshones, Who Arc Very Bad Indians,
Have Gone on the warpath.
PRINCETON, n. j., July 22.-The party
of Princeton students reported to be cap
tured by the Bannock tribe Of Indians ia
| Wyoming is thought TO be the Princeton
expedition which left Princeton for the
Bad Lands ON June 20. The object Of tho
expedition was to collect geological FOSSILS
Professor j. B Watcher is in charge,
and is accompanied by the following stu
dents; J. II. Scheidc, SO, Of Titusvine,
Pa; A. G. MillbanlS OF New York city, Il.
r. Otheman, 90, of New York city; J.
W. Garrett, '95, Of Baltimore; l.. Il.
| Pease 95 Of Germantown, Pa; J. II.
Brooks, '95, Of Scranton, Pa; A. A.
| Brownlee, Seminary Of Indiana, Pa; Boy
er Davis, '95, Of Philadelphia; J. II.
Pierce '96, of Washington; a. H. p Den
mis- 96, of New York city; Walter Moses,
| 90 Of Trenton, ana A. II. Little, Jr., 'D0,
| of New York city
A special from Lander, Wy, says: There
is no way Of learning anything about tho
students except through settlers who may
arrive from the disaffccted district Ap-
! prehensions for their safety are based en-
| tlrely on reports which have been re-
ceived from hunters and the few ranch
mon on the borders Of the great reserya-
| tion There isno telegraphic communica-
tion, and their location is at least 800
miles from the nearest railway station.
There is good ground for any anxiety
that may be manifested. Arrivals from
| tho Shoshonc reservation, better known
as the Wind river country, are mostly OF
/ persons who thought the best plan wasato
yacate when the first alarm OF trouble
with the Indians was spread They say
they did not see the college party, but
there are no regular roads or trails which
n scientific expedition would follow. Ii is
| probable they entered the country and
| pursued some trail away from the usual
routes, as their object would best be
served by getting away from beaten tracks
and going 10 the most rugged sections,
where opportunity for Held work would he
increased.
Tho Students Plans.
Their plan was to make thorough sci
| ontitic exploration Of northern Wyoming
When they left here, there was no talk Of
Indian depredations, and they carried on
| ~ the usual field equipment suitable for a
camping party. The students may have
been supplied with arms but there was
no display when they were here on July L.
On the national holiday in this section
the celebration generally consists of a
noisy exhibition of all kinds of fireworks
and the fact that the students did not
take any part in the celebration indicates
that they had not mnny reyolycrs among
| them.
Including suffers, cooks and guides,
there are in the Princeton expedition not
more than 25 men, with the customary
outfit Of wagons and tents. Il is known
that there were at least three rifles in the
equipment for killing game and for de-
fense against the big game that abounds
on the reservation.
They arrived hero on Sune 30 and spent
the week QUILTING for the mountains.
They started on the morning of July 9,
in charge of Professor q. ID. Watcher Ey-
cry member was in good spirits, and the
students showed their mettle in baseball
game on the Fourth, when they played
with the local team and lost by score of
III to IA.
This was their last public appearance,
| and, owing to tho excellent impression re-
manning in the town, there is talk Of send
ing out relief expedition.
Wiser counsels have prevailed, however,
for there Is absolutely no proof of any trou-
bic in which they might be involved be-
yOnd the fact that they have not sent back
oourers with information concerning
their movements and instructions for for
warding mail or dispatches, a custom that
has always been followed in previous
years.
Fort Washaki is the nearest military
post, but the force there can hardly count
for any service i'm such an emergency ow-
ing to the scarcity Of men. AT best it is
useful as a base of supplies.
The state Preparing For Fight.
Governor Rickard was notified in Chey-
enne week ago Of the serious situation,
and he informed the department i'm Wash
ington without receiving any satisfaction.
The state is now preparing TO enlist SOW
eral companies of scouts and prospectors
TO take the field against the Indians. Each
man will contribute his own arms, and
as they will be selected for their knowledge
OF the country IL is believed they viii be
more effective force than any the gov
ernment could bring against the rebollious
Indians.
The nearest military post Of any impor-
tance is Fort Russell, in Cheyenne, 600
miles from here, but advices from that
quarter say there is no movement for
sending additional troops into the region
where the Bannocks and Shoshones are
said to be holding high revels
Professor Lindemann has just returned
from Il trip to Jackson's hole, and reports
that the Indian situation there is much
more serious than has been reported, and
he is afraid the redskins have cleared out
all tho whites in the valley.
~ do not think there are 10 exceed 30
f0milies of white settlers in the valley +"
said Professor Iindemann, "and they are
beset by at least 800 Indians, made up Of
Washakies, Arapahoes, Cheyennes Ban
nOcks and Sioux.
"They are all banded together for the
purpose of fighting the whites, and make
no secret of their intention to exterminate
them all. They say they win clean oUs
every settler.
The settlers have all they can do 90
protect their lives though they have been
making efforts TO protect the game They
arrested 10 Indians and five squaws while
/ was there, fined thom all and made them
fux tho ftnas