The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-23
TROUBLE WITH THE REDS.
HISTORY MAY REPEAT ITSELF IN
NEBRASKA.
FIOurnoy Land Company's Lessees
Are in Il Very Bad Fix, and But
Little Relief is in Sight.

Omaha, April 22.-Two hundred and ten
Thurston county settlers were summoned
to appear in federal court at Omaha to-
day in the case wherein the Flournoy
Land company asks a permanent injunc
ton restraining Captain Beck. agent of
the Winnebago Indians, from ejecting the
settlers on the reservation who sub
leased the Indian lands from that COM
pany. The case will be tried on its merits
tomorrow. United States District At
torney Sawyer, who has charge of the
case for the government, today asserted
that there was danger of trouble from the
Indians unless the. litigation is adjusted.
one way or the other, at an early date.
He returned from the reservation yester-
day and is inclined TO think that danger
is imminent Mr.. Sawyer says it was
just such a case as the present one that
precipitated the outbreak among the
Winnebagos in 1862. when they were on
their reserv alton, which was at that time
located in Minnesota he talked with
enc survivor OF the famous light the
other day, and the aged warrior frankly
told him that history was liable to re-
men available they were liable to clean
out Thurston county some morning, if the
question was not soon settled. CONVEX
salion with others, elected the fact that
it was with great difficulty that the
pacific members of the tribes counselled
ana enforced patience and obedience to
the wishes of Captain Beck, the indian
agent, who favored a peaceful settlement
of the difficulties They were ready to
fight at any time, and were only held in
check by the agent by promises OF reilet
from the present trouble.
AS Captain Beck has authority to COM
mission every Indian on the reservation
a policeman, it is predicted that the au-
thority thus vested would encourage an
outbreak. With this fact in mind, Cap
tain Beck has commissioned but sixteen
Indian police, although he admits that
he will enforce the government regula-
tons if it takes every Indian on the res
ervation.
Captain Beck is in Omaha and also ex-
presses the belief that trouble Will result
If this is not settled. He believed that
an uprising would be averted unless the
Flournoy Land company aggravateS the
Indians into violent department.. In the
meantime, he hoped and believed the
Winnebagos and Omahas would calmly
await developments and peacefully ABIDE
by his wishes for peace. de SAID the
Indians had good cause for grievance.
Even the money collected for Indian
children has not been paid. 1t was a
clear violation of guardianship CONN
dence, and when an Indians child IS
wronged it generally found resentment
in the hearts of the tribe. The indians.
he said, were now developing a. keen in
terest in the case. They have lately es-
tablished a relay of couriers. and as
soon as information is obtained it is
transmitted quickly and in few hours
all the Indians are posted on current
events. When asked why the two In
dian policemen now in jail We're not re-
leased on ball. Captain Beck said he
wanted them to remain in Jail in order
to cinch a suit for false imprisonment,
which he will bring against Sheriff Null
lin and others. AS an example of the
temper of the redskin subject, the cap.
tain said that one chief volunteered 100
men to prevent the arrest OF tie two
Indian police.