The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-07-25
Their Wild Actions Create Uneasiness
ALI Over the Country.
ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON
General Copplnger VIII Take
Troops to the Scene Of the
Trouble at Once - Army
Equlpages In Readiness.

tllS evening tNdI pentTdl SOpplnSeT
had been ordered to go to the scene Of
the Indian troubles with troops for the
protection OF the settlers, The COVER
nor also was advised by General Cop
pingeI that four troops of cavalry had
been ordered from Fort Robinson,
Neb.. to the Jackson Hole country.
Colonel Van Horn. commanding at
Fort Russell, this city. has been or
| dered TO have his command In readi-
ness and has seven companies Of In
fantry prepared to move. Col Thomas
Moore. chief train master of the ANY
of the Platte. stationed at Camp Car
lin. near this city. has two pack trains
and field wagon equipages ready to
move.
The only official news from the
scene Of the trouble received by Gov
ernor Richards to-day is the following
message from General Stizer Of the
| state militia, who IL stationed at Mar
ket Lake, Idaho, as the governors rep
resentative to keep him informed Of
the situation. He telegraphs:
Met Indian captain Of police In Te-
ton basin yesterday with IS horses.
hurrylng out with all possible speed
Saw him again at II o'clock last night.
He says he cannot control the Indians,
who will fight to-day"
Governor Richards says he thinks
a fight between the settlers and In
dians will take place before troops can
get on the ground; that If the settlers
are well provided with ammunition he
thinks they will hold their own until
aid arrives. There are IS able-bodied
men in the Jackson Hole settlement.
all skillful in the use of arms and ac-
customed to frontier methods. These
with 35 women and 40 children are all
at Marysville. the only town In the re-
gion. To reach this settlement the
troops will have to be taken in from
Markent Lake, Idaho. overland, a dis
tance more than 100 miles. Part Of the
way is through very rough country.
BY Associated Press.
Governor Richards received the fol-
lowing from Adjutant General Sitter:
Market Lake. Idaho. July 24,-Gov-
ernor W. A. Richards: Met Indian cap
tain of police In Teton basin yesterday
with 81 horses hurrying out with all
possible speed. Saw him again at IL
O'Clock last night. He says he cannot
control the Indians. who will fight the
settlers at noon to-day"
Sitter says the general government
having decided to send troops to return
the Indians to the reservation and pro-
tect settlers. the state troops will not
be called out.
Pocatello. Idaho. July 2i.-The Indian
war has broken out In earnest. A
Union Pacific engineer. Robert Fitz-
patrick. confirmed the report that the
Bannock Indians killed a settler. wife
and child in Salt River valley and
white men killed six Indians before the
band escaped to the mountains. The
settlers are leaving their ranches and
gathering at favored points for mutual
protection in case the Indians return to
seek vengeance. II the settlers are not
soon protected by the government
troops they will take the field In pro-
lection Of their homes and lives. For
aging Bannocks are seeking supplies
of government rations from reserva-
tions. Seven hundred Shoshone bucks
from the Wind River reservations have
started to aid the Bannacks.
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