The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-04
SALT LAKERS AT SODA.
THE LADIES WE'RE NERVOUS OVER
THE INDIAN OUTCRY.
How the HeraId's Special Cores
pendent at the Famous Resort
Views the Situation-How Assist
ance Can Be Sent, if Needed.

SODA SPRINGS, Ida, Aug. 2.-The
delightful intermingling Of squaws
and society has made Soda Springs
as summer resort a signal
success. The intermittent excitement
attendant upon the inception and sub
bloody rumors is as refreshing as the
dash of bitters spouted into the morn
ing cocktail. The old settlers hardly
take the trouble to listen to the actual
news from the supposed seat Of the
suppositious war, but the Salt Lake
contingent furnishes a long line of
eager ears, bunch of nervous wo-
men Qf / may be allowed to bunch the
modern womaD and few heroic
poses by the very young men who
wear gums" We have Indians for
every meal-several courses at dinner
and that we sleep with Indians-in our
minds-modesty forbids my mention
ing.
Deeming flight the better part of
fighting, the Salt Lakers at the Fox
ranch came into Soda Springs a week
ago, bringing host and hostess with
them. One urgent telegram after an
other from anxious husbands, evil
IDENTIFY sent in the interest of the rail-
road monopoly, made frequent passen-
gers for the down trains, till now only
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Niles are
left and they are enjoying Soda to its
fullest extent. Before leaving the
ranch, however, the Fox party had re-
ceived frequent visits from rowing
BannockS, who are certainly in none
too good a humor.
While fishing on the Blackfoot some
days ago with two other Salt Lake
men, your correspondent was inSpec-
ted by three bucks with Winchesters
carried jauntily in the lap of the
saddle. Shaking knees made a gentle
ripple on the waters, bringing the
trout to the surface as they had never
come before.
The first Indian news that caused
any excitement was brought by the
settlers from Gray's lake. who came
Scurrying into town on Wednesday, as
detailed in my dispatch of that day.
The lake people frightened everyone
along the road, and so far as can be
/ learned every rancher, dairyman and
pleasure seeker between the lake and
Soda, came into town in hot haste.
There was a single exception, however,
in the case of rancher Rasmussen on
the Upper BlackfoOt, who says that ne
/ is in the hands of Providence and if
] the SOOu lLOIu waits IllIll he VIZ Ildf Z
to go to the ranch to get him.
One woman who came in from the
lake said that friendly Indian had
come to her in the night and warned
her of the approach of hOstiles.
Doubtless the friendly Indian will see
to the putting away of her household
stores during her absence.
Whether or not there was any real
cause for alarm on the lake. the ranch
arS caT-fai r11U vJ-ica in Infringing
their wives and children here. as they
would have been utterly helpless in
their isolated homes.
On Thursday Driver Wintchell came
rolling in on the Cariboo stage with a
broad grin and a fresh story from the
lake. He had talked with Rancher
Brown. the man who interviewed the
camp of 200 Indians, and he had it
straight that the bucks had just come
out of Jackson's Hole and were
headed for the reservation.
In the language of Mr.. Buck him
self: "Gray's Lake people heap good
people, Indian he no killum.'
With a modest recognition OF the
truth of the first part of this sentence
and an abiding faith in the last
clause. many of the ranchers picked
up the few belongings they had
brought with them and started back
again.
Last evening Soda was aroused by
the news that $50 Indians We're
oamped on the Bear river just OUTSIDE
of town. This was followed by the
arrival of a dozen or more ranchers
from the country east of here. None
of these had seen the Indians but
! they had seen parties who had seen
parties who had seen them and IN
they came.
A man who was haying on Eight
! n6n q
name Misunderstanding the reds APP
preaching, rushed to the section house
near that point. The section men were
/ eating supper. At the mention OF In
,dians by the breathlesS rancher the
/ foreman shouted: Put the car on
,boysr' and, all hands aboard. they
began ITO jump for dear life. Instead
Of coming to Soda, however, tney
went in the other direction, not stop
ping until they reached Montpelier,
thirty miles away. They are there
yet, and positively refuse TO leave.
notwithstanding the scare, the
whites slept longer. if not better than
the Indians, for when the town aWoke
this morning Mr.. Indian was our
of sight, having folded ms wlcKluP
and silently stole away. This band
| did not come through town at all.
but kept along the river bank and
moved on west, the route that leads
to the blessed reservation.
The dispatches in yesterdays pa
pers suggest sending help to the peo-
pie north of here by way of Market
Lake. IL they need help, and doubt
less they do. it should be sent in 10y
way of Soda Springs. While the peo-
pie here are not working up scare,
nor bidding for troops. they realize
that Soda Springs is as near TO
Jackson's Hole as is Market Lake,
and all the country south of the
Hole is much more accessible from
this point than from Market Lake or
any other station on the railroad. The
upper Star valley where the people
are huddled together for protection is
within two days march; the same
may be said of Gray's Lake and Carl
boo. In fact there is not a consider
able settlement anywhere south of the
Hole that could not be reached from
here in from one to three days.
1 have arranged for reliable news
by special courier from Gray's Lake
and in case of any outbreak there,
will send the details over the wire
warm. j. Il. y.