The San Francisco call., 1895-08-01
OF A SCARE,
Continued from First Page.

Jacksons Hole men, Simpson, Crandall
and Tebbell, that if the troops did not
'clean up" the Indians the settlers will
the moment the troops depart, if the
Indians come into the Hole again.
These men also said that if Indian
Agent Teters had remained another day
in Jacksons Hole when he made his 1nyes-
tigation two weeks ago a party of set
tiers would have hanged him because he
took the side of the Indians in this trouble,
and SAID the settlers who killed the In
dians on July should be punished
Colonel Randall says he believes that
the fact that the troops are going into
Jacksons Hole will only settle the present
trouble for the time being, and that the
settlers will attack the Indians if they re-
turn, no matter what their errand be, and
the Indians will retaliate. The Colonel
further says that before the troops leave
the Hole some settlement will have to be
made by the Department, and if the Gov
ernor of Wyoming would send some one
into Jacksons Hole to take care of his
white trash" he added, there would be
no trouble. :
Great uneasiness is felt by the whites
who killed the first Indians and IL is now
believed by high authorities that the
arrest and conviction is the only thing
that will appease the wrath of the Indians
and prevent continuous bushwhacking
war being carried on against the whites.
1t is learned that the Indians are waiting
either for the legal authorities or the
troops to take the first step.
The arrest of the settlers would enrage
their comrades to a point that would
almost turn them against the United
States troops. If the settlers attack the
Indians, as they threaten, it is said that it
will be the fault of the representatives of
Governor Richards, Adiutant-GeneralS Stit-
zer and Colonel Foote, who rejoined the
command at Mill Creek, after being lost in
the mountains, instead of pressing through
to Jacksons Hole to warn the settlers not
to attack the Indians and restrain them by
their presence. These gentlemen have
been severely censured by the military
authorities and Agent Teters.
Captain Smith, the man who killed an
Indian July 81, was overtaken by the
troops to-day. His version of the trouble
is that he met two Indians carrying dead
elk calf. Captain Smith, who had been
fired upon by Indians the week before and
shot through the breast, opened fire upon
the Indians and killed one of them; the
other escaped. Captain Smith says he will
kill every Indian he meets. This Indian
is the only being either red or white, who
has been killed since the original trouble.
The troops are experiencing the greatest
difficulty in getting through the swa amps
and morases of the Teton Basin, in which
the wagon wheels sank until the hubs
were covered. A guide who directed tine
command over the wrong trail caused a
delay of three hours. Many bridges are
found broken. The head of the column
reached the Teton Pass at 1 o'clock Mon
day, and after following the pass two
and half miles to Moose Creek, went into
camp until this morning.
To-day as the officers say in their Off
cial dispatches, the troops will descend the
worst trail in the United States. The first
part is twelve miles long and it is so steep
that no four mule teams can haul more than
1900 pounds on the upper trip. Stephen
Leak, THE CALL correspondent, Frederick
Ames and Boston party are among those
who will follow the troops into Jacksons
Hole. The two scouts who were supposed