Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-25
WITH HOSTILE INDIANS
q. Situation IN tho Jackson Hole
Valley Critical.
90 SYMPATHY FOR the REDSKINS
v,,, suppiied with Arms Snd
ammuui,isn Nnd rrcp"redi TO
defend Ihsmseivss'

a,ssi Bplaih 70 @eNEw" /
porurLfO, July 25. '-AddilionsI
,,d.pcs Of tho thorough manner In
,b,en both the settlers aud the Indians
in m, JACKSON Hole valley nre prepar'
Inc for battle, continues TO arrive every |
I,y. Is, Hin, the we'll known travel
,,y man for the Symms Grocery COM
r,py. OF SILT Lakc, arrived In Poca'
,sIo last night having come directly
her. from trip through the very por'
ton OF the country south Of the hei-
rvttsne National park In which tue
ba,hShactlng campaign Is being car
rad between FABRICATED settlers anu
Inc ambusneI Indians.
Me- AIN, after careful inquiry,
lsfasd that there are 10 heads q
smilles IN tue Jackson Hole valley.
For iNo weeks they have, with rare
i5f,.Ight, been preparing for tbs con
often that nov eIisls. la order TO
ofe.,al, tho Indians, messengers were
cent 10 tuy up all tue ammunition that
tou,d uu obtained In that section Oi
the country, aud 40 well have they
iuegeeIci Ia laying In a
good stock before tle passes were
watched ~ the rcd men that they
now have on hand about 100 rifles and
every settler Is equipped with 1000
rounds OF ammunition. Inc reason
that there has not been mote deter
mined retaliation before this on the
part Of the Indians IL because they
ulBn0t prepare for var 20 quickly. Ia
the ffst place, they are from l6U to 200
miles from home and cannot NO easily
secure tue necessary ammunition,
met because IL viii not DO sold 10
them ~ large quantities Just now, anu
ugalu, because At this season OF the
year, after the money for their last
ytAf's hoy and skins has been used up,
they arc poorer than ut any other
time. The Indians have, however, the
test of rfles, furnished by the govern
ment, anu II has always been the case
10 40 Indian uprihiug, that they mas.
age TO "iig "" money somewhere anu
gJt ammunition,
II any further proof Ia needed that
the BauuUcks and Shoshonus OF this
frtfyauon are not on the reservation,
but In the betiUged county, II was pro.
VlieI here yesterday. There was a
lig circus In town that had
teen advertised Tor a month. Tho
lnilsns are passiOuatoly fond
o. such ashow, aud II II well known
that they would miss a weeks tAiiOns
% travel ility miles to see the perform.
hncr, and although II Ia seldom that u
tlicus here Ia not attended by at least
5ll Indians, not 20 buoks could have
been counted In town yesterday. The
Indians get no Eympathy here Ia tho
PRESENT trouble, unless II DO from those
WHO are directly connected with the
Indian agency in some way. The
unlvcfsal comment ~, 81 hope the -
Tei'kins will be- wiued OIL the earth,"
hnd II isAn equally general impression
that the settlers OF the Jackson Hole
country arc just the people to under.
lAae the lob, II they ones get started,
Tbs fear 10 now expressed that when
The Indians learn that the troops are
surely coming, they may en-
aud then make all haste for the
ltguihrs get here they will DO peace
t0ly lounging In their accustomed
haunH,
RumOn have beou received that
Trouble may be looked for today or to-
morrow hut as that country IL distant
twenty -four hours ride IJt the awift.
NInllan messenger, no exact facts
have yet been secured.
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
,,WAsmNuroN, July 2j. - General
vincent, acting adiutanI general, has
received Telegram from BrigadieI
usheral Coppinger, aaying he has or
Ivei'u four troops Of cavalry from Fort
N'ulnsou, Nebraska, 10 proceed AT
ohee 10 Jackson Hole, and na will 10
'up'e In person 20 conduct the military
lpsFAu0ns. Fort Robinson is the near.
Nv available cavalry station. Fort
russell and Wnshakie Hfe garTislusd
WIN Infantry. As loot iTooIS are mol
great service 10 Indian campaigns
II not believed they will he oallsl
nto action,
No EEw DEVELOPMENTS.
,, DENVER, July GA special to tn,
,,"'e' from Cheyenne sayG Governor
chAtls was wired today by AdIu,an
GENERAL Sirilzer, who ia u Make
Lahe' There arc no now development
Hole.
GENERAL Coppinger has requested
my1r ReyuOlu-, OF the Eishtu In
entry at Font Russell, 10 accompany
u'm on an CXurditilu. Iiuy,t re-
'th mulrs anu FIX packers VIII j1il
80 Fou Robinson troops who aIe tx
"c'eu TO paes here at . this evening".
a FRIENDLY wARNING.
WAsnnNGTON, July % &c mml,
Nontf Biuwuing has iorwarJed n uii
Ia'eh 10 Agent Teier at Fort Hal
"sly agency, instructiug him I