The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-07-31
THE WAR IN THE WEST
SEVERAL COLLISIONS BETWEEN
WHITES AND INDIANS IN THE
TETON COUNTRY.
ALL QUIET AT JACKSON HOLE.

In View of the Peaceable Character of
the Reports From the Seat of the
Trouble Officials Thinks that the
DiEaculty can be Soon SettIed--Flve
Companies of Infantry are Now on
Their Way to Jackson HOlc--TrOOps
May Protect the Indians.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 30.-A special from
Salt Lake, Utah, says: Information re-
ceived in this city is to the effect that
several collisions between Indians and
whites have occurred, not, however, in
Jackson Hole, but nearer the Teton
country.
Troops Ordered to Jackson Hole.
SALT LAKE, Utah, July 30.-A special
from Market Lake says:
The five companies of infantry that
arrived here Sunday night have received
morning for Jackson Hole. 1t will take
ten days to make the trip. Cavalry went
twenty miles yesterday. Every effort
will be made to induce the Indians to
return to their reservations peaceably.
The troops have received word that the
settlers are going to attack the Indians.
A band of 200 or 800 Indians were on
the trail of the troops when they struck
Camp.
Troops on Their Way.
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 30-Late
this afternoon a dispatch was re-
ceived at the War Department from the
the army headquarters at Omaha stating
that the battalion of the Eighth infantry
composed of five companies from Fort
Russell, in charge of Major Bisbee, had
left Market Lake, Idaho, this morning
at $50 o'clock for Marysville They had
80 days supplies for the entire command
which includes the squadron of cavalry
now on its way to Marysville.
The dispatch was dated to day and
said further that Gen. Coppinger had
not been heard from. The cavalry are
due at Marysville to night. Army Off
cials estimate that the infantry can IN
der forced march reach Marysville in six
days. In view of the peaceable charac-
ter of the reports from the seat of the
trouble, such hurry, however, would not
in the opinion of the officials here, be
necessary.
Conflicting Reports Received.
MARKET LAKE, Idaho, July 30.-A
courier has arrived here from Goods
Lake, Idaho, and says there is no fight
ing going on in Jackson Hole and very
little danger of any taking place. The
troops will not be pushed by hard
marches and it will be Wednesday or
Thursday before their destination is
reached.
No authentic reports of warlike
character have been received by Gen.
OOppinger from the Jackson Hole coun-
try. On the contrary reliable informa-
ton has been received that not single
white person has been molested by the
Indians.
The reported shooting and wounding
of Capt. Smith, prospector, by an am
bushed Indian, has not been verified and
it is doubtful whether the shooting was
done by Indians. The uncertainty that
exists as to the number OF Indians in
Jackson Hole country render it impossi-
BILE to say whether the troops will be
called upon to fight the Indians or pro
tect them. Agent Teter and his Indian
police insist there are no more than half
a dozen Fort Holland Indians in Jackson
Hole country.
An Early Settlement Expected.
WASHINGTON, D. O., July 3d. General
Schofeld to-day received the following
telegram from the headquarters of the
Department of the Platte, at Omaha,
dated July 30:
ga courier, arrived at Market Lake
this morning, reports when he left Gen.
Ooppinger's troops, last night, that in
formation had been brought from
Marysville that all is quiet there.
The Lemhi agent telegraphs that
only three of his Indians are sup
posed to be in the Jackson Hole country
and that there is no indication that
others will join the uprising there"
The army officials regard this informa-
tion as favorable, to an early and peace
full termination of the Jackson Hole dis
turbance.
MILL MEN COMING SOUTH.