The Portland daily press., 1895-07-29
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
The General Idea Seems TO Be That the
JAG kson Hole Settlers Are Still Alive,

Denver, Col, July 27.-There is more
excitement in the Jackon Hole county
today than since the opening of the In
dian troubles.
There are reports statingRthat all the
settlers who were strongly intrenched in
the Teton basin have been driven out and
murdered, all their arms and other
property being confiscated and their cab
ms burned.
Each succeeding report makes the sit
uation look more war like
That the settlers killed II Indians in
cold blood there!is no doubt, and it was
this act which caused the same settlers
to now be surrounded in jackson Hole
expecting every moment to have the In
dian warriors swoop down upon them
and take the life of every person. with a
white skin. Every day the Bannocks
add to their forces.
They have now enlisted the warriors
of all the tribes which can be summoned
and have surrounded the camp of the set
tiers. Ever avenue is shut and no person
is allowed to enter or leave the place. 1t
is exceedingly difficult to get the late
news from the scene of difficulty, but
there is no doubt that trou BILE of some se-
riouS nature has taken place during the
two days past The latest details, while
very meagre, appears to have no doub t
whatever that the whites have at last
been partly routed, their habitations de-
stroyed and probably several of their
number killed.
The settlers are wondering why the red
tape of sending troops from Nebraska
should be gone through when there are so
many troops which could have been sent
on the ground 25 hours after receiving
the order to march.
Washington, July ~ Commissions
Browning of the Indian Bureau this
morning received a telegram from Agent
Teter, dated Idaho Falls Idaho, saying:
II have joined General Coppinger en-
route to Jackson Hole. The Indian police
| who have just returned from jackson S
Hole state that the Indians there will not
| resist the troops. - The telegram was
received at s. 21 this morning, and was
evidently sent by Teter about 2 O'Clock.
| Commissioner Browning says the troops
left the cars at Idaho Falls because the
roads across the country from that point
afforded better marching than from any
other The telegram from Agent Teter
was at a later Z hours than the press de-
| spatches, and inasmuch as there is no
mention in it of a massacre, Mr.. Brown
| ing is inclined to think the couriers,
whose stories formed the basis of the
reports grossly deceived the officers.
| Salt Lake, Utah, July 27-A despatch
| from Market Lake at 1 o'clock this
morning said: "Pay no attention to wild
rumors about Indian troubles. All is
quiet at Jackson's Hole. -
Washington, July 27.-Up to O'Clock
| today the War Department had received
no official information regarding the
Bannock Indian troubles. While Gen.
| Coppinger has not been heard from, it is
| Thought at army headquarters that he
s O'Clock this morning. The dispatcher
| from Salt Lake, stating that all was
quiet at Jackson's Hole, and that there
| had been no massacres, was the only news
that reached the department
Salt Lake, Utah, July 27-The wild
rumors received yesterday that general
massacre OF whites occurred at jackson S
Hole appears to be without foundation.
In fact a short despatch was received
early this morning from Market Lake
| saying all was quiet at Jackson's Hole,
and no fighting had taken place. The set
| tiers are we'll armed and can in all
probability hold out until the soldiers
| arrive, who are due there tomorrow Three
hundred Indians are camped on the
grounds the fellows were killed on week
ago and are hungry for.vengeance. Also
| large bodies of Indians are scattered all
over Toton Basin and signal fires for
their assembling are burnt. They are
short of ammunition and cannot get
any through the passes as they are
stronglyE guarded
Market Lake, July PA United Press
| representative reached here this morning
with troops from Fort Robinson, Neb..,
consisting of a squad of of the ninth
cavalry under Major Chaffee. One hun
dred and seventy men started to make
forced marches into Jackson's Hole, 12O
miles distant to the relief of the white