Evening journal., 1895-07-27
ALL MASSACRED.
Every Settler In Jackson Hole
Reported Slaughtered.
SEVENTY FIVE FAMILIES.
Hunting Party Brings In the Report
Of the Butchery.


settlement at Teton Basin Also Troops
Not Due 20 Arrive Until This Morning.
The Settlers at Jackson Hole HAD Been
Preparing For the Worst aud Probably
Fought Desperately but Were outnum-
berod- The Ncws Of tho Massacre Con-
sldcrcd Authentic.
PocATELLo, Ida, July %. William
Ross OF the firm OF Ross, Grey a Wyatt
has Just arrived nt Market Lake from st.
Anthony ana reports that everybody at
jackson hole was killed Friday morning.
1t Is considered authentic news, and tho
excitement Is intense United States troops
from Cheyenne viii arrive In this city this
morning and will leave Immediately for
Market Lake and thence by wagon road
for the Fall river country.
Courier Sargent arrived In Market Lake
Friday morning from the vicinity of Jack
son hole. He left "a companion in the
country who intended 20 get into the hole
n possible and return with all the news.
Sargent reports all the passes guarded,
and is afraid his companion will not bo
able 90 obtain entrance
DENvER, July 27.--Tho News has tho
following from it's correspondent at Mar
l,et Lake Ida:
Nj. J. Gray, L. NJ Tart and senator
Hnmrr of Illinois aud Il. II. Hamer OF st.
Anthony all left st. Anthony Wednesday
morning on fishing trip 20 Jackson hole,
taking no stock in the Indian war To-day
they arc back, and report every man,
woman and child in Jackson hole muir
derod
One of The News couriers, just returned
got far into Teton basin, which is tn,
present point in danger of massacre now
that the Jackson hole citizens are al
hutchered He reports That the smoke O
a large fire can ho seen several miles soutl
of Grand Teton, in the direction of Jack
son hole
Thore is no doubt that the redskins hay
| fired every house and cabin, and by morn
ing they viii be repeating their work thi
| side OF the Teton range, in Teton basin
and perhaps, after that, all down the Te
ton river valley ia Idaho.
Were seventy-nve Families There.
Two hundred Utes were seen to hay
gone north to join the Indians in llobne
basin enrly this week. Small parties Z
Lemhis have been slipping daily acros
the 0nant trail something they have ne
vcnturcd Go do since the Nellowstone M
tional park was enlarged Ia 1891.
People i'm 81. Anthony, Roxhurg an
othcr towns located in ldnho between II
railroad aud jackson hole haye been a
| along placing no confidence In the India
scare, as they called it
Ike Hall the well known travelling ma
for the Symns Grocery company of -
| Lake, arrived in poeatellO, having con-
directly here from trip through tho vei
| portion of country south of the yellow
stone National park In which the busl
| whncking campaign is being carried d
between barrieaded settlers and ambusht
| Indians. Hall, after careful inquir
learned that there are 70 heads Of familii
| in the jackson Hole valley.
For two weeks they had been preparir
for the condition that now exists. In o
| der to fOrestall the Indians messcnge
were sent 30 buy up all the amnunitis
that could be obtained in that section
the country, and they had on hand abo
100 rifles, and every settler was sn
piled with 900 rounds Of ammunitio
Tho fenr WIS expressed that when the /
dians learned that the troops were sure
coming they would cndcayor to make
sudden strike and then make All haste (
the reservations, and by the time the re
ulars got there they would be pcaceah
lounging in their accustomed haunts.