The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-31
SETTLERS TO BLAME
For the Recent Indian Troubles
". at Jackson's Hole.
THE INDIANS BRUTALLY TREATED

Arrested without Cause. Induced to Mako
al Effort TO Escape, aud Then Fired
Upon-omeial Reports ON the Afiair to
the Department Of Justice.
Of justice has rooeived from tho district at
toyney and marshal Of Wyoming the OH
einl reports OF their invosti CATION into tho
Bannook Indian troubles made by tho d.
rection of the attorney general. The TO.
ports are dated Aug 23
The district attorney for Wyoming re-
ports:
II have no doubt whatever that the
killing Of the Indian Timoga, on or about
tho 18th Of July, was an ntroclous, out
xaeeous and cold blooded murder, and
that II was q murder perpetrated on the
part OF the constable, Manning, and his
deputies in pursuance Of scheme and
conspiracy on their part to prevent the
indians from exercising right and priv
iege which Is, In my opinion, very clearly
guaranteed to them by the trenty before
msntioned.
should the prosecution on the part Of
she United States be determined upon, 1t
would be useless to commence IL before o
commissioner. As the law 10 now, we
Afe pound to bring prisoners before the
United States commissioner nearest to
the place of arrest, and in this case 10
would be before Mr. Pettigrew, the COM
missioner at Marysvale. I am informed
that he Is thoroughly In sympathy with
the 80 called settlers In that region"
The deputy marshal's report says that
after careful investigation Of the whole
AFFAIR shows that the reports mado by set
Tiers charging the Indians with whole
sale slaughter Of game for wantonness or
30 secure the hides Of the animals killed
have been very much exaggerated.
During my stay In Jackson's Hole, he
says. II visited many portions of tho dis
trict and saw no evidences of such slaugh-
ter. Lieutennnts Gardner, Parker and
jackson, Of the Ninth United States cav
airy, who conducted scouting parties OF
troops through all portions of jackson g
Hole, also found this to be the case.
II spent some time inquIring into the
causes for the unconcealed hostility OF the
Jackson's Hole people against the In.
dians. There was little or no complaint
among the settlers of offensive manners
on the part Of the Indians In no instance
! has there ever beon well authenticated
case whore settler has been moIested by
On Indian.
'If tho truth Of the matter can be
rsaohod 1t will be found that the captors
did not care particularly about getting
thsir prisoners safely to Marysvale, where
the same formality Of fining them and
: sAeh having tolet.them escape would re
suit, but on the contrary tempted the In.
dians to try to escape, first by making
them believe they were to be sent to jeil
or hung, and then by leading them TO be
aieye II they tried to escape their horse.
only, and not they, would be shot. When
they made tho attempt they were fired at
Timegs being killed and another wounded
"The killing of game by the indiana
and by the increasing number Of tourist
hunters threatens to so deplete the regioI
Of big game, deer, elk, moose, etc., as II
Seopardize the occupation Of the pro
xessionM guides at Jackson's Hole. Il
was decided at the close OF last season I,
keep the Indians out Of the region thil
year, and the events this summer are tn,
results Of carefully prepared plans.
"If O full investigation of the Jackson
Hole affair should be had the fact will b,
established that when Constable Man
ming and his posse Of twenty-six settler
arrested party Of Indians on July 18 ant
started with them for Marysvaie he ant
his mon did all they could to tempt tn,
indians to try to escape, In order tha
there might be basis of Justification TO
killing some Of them.
1.-THE whole affair was, believe, a pre-
tneditated and prearranged plan to xii
some Indians and thus stir up sufIicien
trouble to subsequently get United State
troops Into the region, and ultimatel,
have the Indians shut out Of Jackson
Hole. The plan was successfully carrie,
put and tho desired results obtained. I
would, however, be but On act Of simpl
Justice to bring the men who murdere,
the Indian Timega to trial"