Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-05-11

NOT A SHOT HAD TO Be FIRED

st, Paul. MINI, May 5.-A Pola n
D.. special to the Pioneer Press save.
The half-breed uprising has basr
squsIched without loss Of life. Marshal,
came here Saturday night from 81
JoAn III consequence OF information -.
celFed that an attempt might be mao
To rescue Laspeiie Languan. who MS
arrested Saturday noon. Pickets v-ar-
ie1t on duty all ntght but no bosT;la
move was made. Marshal Cronan d.
elced that further efforts for indlIeins
i peaceful surrender would he ,,sala.s
| claiming that il they would not s.r-
| render their fort at Laugan he wgs11a
| storm It.
Inc posse lett here in wagons and
/ 1fcFe III miles TO the haIf-bread fa3.-
| II was known that the Indians hal
mounted scouts watching the rcsg1.5ar
'uaQ, and the officers struck east. com
/ 'ils upon the Indians at an nnexpecte6
9uln 50 they had no time TO eathe, rhafr
men from outlying districts. The half
| ofeed fort was reached at $50 t7a
wagons being LETT half a mile ia The
| Gear ana the deputy marshals advanced
9pt7diiia@ out So as 10 command raa
i9fth and west sides, those being easi-
@sG u access, Spades had beap broual7t
'nu the lnarsaals began preDari7,r
shallow rifle pits.
-a@fsilai Cronan and Indian Agent
t1atf, leaving their rites behind gya}l-af
1p - The FORT, tile deputies nt,4.. J.
>haFp lookout Tor any hostile f17cyf.,r1at}r
The uaf-breaJs refused to tan, ,7sfl5
-foHtIl, bat told Hail they wanted fur
.hEF time 10 hear from W4efi1g7a.
~r4h#n tel0 them To make rp fbafr
minds d3lick, as he meant to attack
shtIG Al once.
~ 3g:59 1arahal Crouan was raaa4, /
60 tt5in, " men tile half-br.afIz s,.,,t r,t,t /
message that they wanted ia seq him
He returned Wor3 tnat they could SEND
}ut one OF their chiefs, and they Sent
s.. .hasseur lie Potreau, who was ~
3%&ueT Of the raid on ST Johns hard
ware store Thursday night. when rI3.sq
'toie all their guns and amnuntftnf3
Is i"Ieau wanted time to hear from
w NaShinGton. but was told it was ton
sate. lie then offered to surrender an
'he men Who the warrants we're out for
except red Thunder, but Cr0nau would
give them no conditions They ngt5e5
surrender absoluteIy and give IN all
their arms and ammunition ana he
would arrest all he wanted. If fhav
lid not Like these terms the tnarsbafs
4ad come there to fight and were ready
All this time the deputies had been
working nearer and nearer and noyy
lad a temporary cover provided within
oV yards, at which distance Winchester
outlets would easily riddle the logs.
soon after II o'clock the half-brceds
Internationally. though il
vas nearly : q clock before the prisoners
we're loaded III wagons. TifIy-four guns
we're found. Most Of their W-inchesters
lad been hidden, but they can be found
afor. Each man was required to write
us name o1 his. Only those for whom
variants were already out were taken
" town, the others being allowed to go I
o. the present, The Indians arrested
1e: Red Thunder, Joe Langdon, Joe
Chasseur lie Fotreau Fran t
ois Langan, Alex lie R0uque. Daniel G
hort. :
Red Thunder made d desperate re- +
stance when arrested, attacking Depu- I
IaSgett with his knife. ana it took i
lfee men to handcuG him He is 81 s
ears OF age, but is almost crazy, and /;
much strength. While nego- Q
ations we're pending he had tried to a
Ill one OF his haIf-breeds for favoring a
The prisoners We're brought "
ItoiIa this afternoon. Chief Little II
hell was arrested on the Reservation =
ad brought in tonight. II