St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-23
REDS ARE WARLIKE.
FLOURNOY COMPANIES ACTIONS
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.
AN OUTBREAK is IMMINENT.
Only the Goodness of Agent Beck
Has Prevented a Bloody
Clash.

OMAHA, Neb., April 22.-Two hun
dred and ten Thurston county set
tiers were summoned to appear in
the federal court at Omaha today
in the case wherein the Flournoy
company asks permanent injunc-
ton restraining Capt. Beck, agent of
the Winnebago Indians, from eject
ing the settlers on the reservat ton
who have subleased the Indian lands
from that company. The case has
been a feature of disturbance on
the reservation for months The case
will be tried on its merits tomorrow.
United States District Attorney Saw
yer, who has charge of the case for
the government, asserted that there
was danger of trouble from the In
dams unless the litigation is adjust
ed one way or another at an early
day. He returned from the reserva-
ton yesterday, and is inclined to
think the
DANGER IS IMMINENT.
|. Mr.. Sawyer says it was just such
a case as the present one that pre-
cipitated the outbreak among the
Winnebagos in 1862, when they were
on their reservation which was at
that time located in Minnesota. He
talked with one Of the survivors of
the famous fight today, and the aged
warrior frankly told him that his
story was liable to repeat itself, and
that with six hundred fighting men
available thy were liable to clean
out Thurston county some morning
if the question was not settled soon.
Conversation with others ELECTED the
fact that it was with real difficulty
the pacific members of the tribes
counselled and enforced patience and
obedience to the wishes of Capt.
Beck, who favors peaceful settle
ment of the difficulty. They We're
ready to fight at any time, and were
only held in check ~ the agent by
promises of relief from the present
trouble. AS Capt. Beck has authority
to commission every Indian on the
reservation a policeman, it is pre-
dicted that the authority thus vested
would encourage an outbreak. With
this fact in mind, Capt. Beck has
commissioned but sixteen Indian po-
lice, although he admits he will en-
force the government regulations If
it takes every Indian on the reserva-
ton.
Can't. Beck is in Omaha, and also
expresses the belief that trouble
will result if the case is not settled.
He believes that an uprising will be
averted unless the Flournoy COM
pany aggravates the Indians into
violent department. In the mean
time he hoped and believed the
Winnebagos and Omahas would
calmly await developments, and
peacefully abide by his wishes for
peace. He said the Indians had
good
CAUSE FOR GRIEVANCE.
Even the money collected for In
dian children had not been paid.
1t was clear violation of guardian
ship confidence, and when an In
dams child is wronged it generally
found resentment in the hearts of
the tribe. The Indians, he said,
were now developing a keen inter-
est in the case. They have lately
established a relay of couriers, and
as soon as information is obtained,
it is transmitted quickly, and in a
few hours all the Indians are posted
on current events. When asked why
the two Indian police now in Jail
were not released on bail, Capt.
Beck said he wanted them to re-
main in Jail in order to cinch a suit
for false imprisonment, which he
will bring against Sheriff Mullin
and others. AS an example of the
temper of his red-skinned charges,
the captain said one chief volun-
teeded 100 men to prevent the ar
rest of the two Indian police.