San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-30
THE INDIAN TROUBLE.
FIVE COMPANIES OF INFANTRY
ORDERED TO GO TO JACK
SONS HOLE.
Commissioner Roosevelt and Sheriff
Ward Both Talk-General scho-
field Thinks the Indians
Will Soon Quiet Down.


COMMISSIONERS ROOSEVELT TALKS.
NEW YORK, July S0.-In speak
ing Of the Bannock Indian trou-
BILE, Theodore Roosevelt, president
OF the board of police commission
ers, said that the worst calamity
that could befall an Indian was to
allow him to kill game. Speaking
from wide experience, Mr.. Roose.
welt said the Indians salvation
lies in his becoming civilized, and
consequently he should be kept
from wild sports as much as pos
sible. Mr.. Roosevelt said the Ban
mock Indians generally were con-
sidered to be a friendly tribe, and
not by any means "bad Indians"
such as the Sioux and the Arapa-
hoes. They are very brave and will
fight like fiends when cornered.
According to the commissioner,
they have a great desire for fame,
but the only fame they under
stand is to be gained by gathering
scslps and stealing horses.
Mr.. Roosevelt was out in Jack
sons Hole in 1891, and mixed a
great deal with the Bannocks and
the Shoshones. He says there has
always been more or less friction
between the settlers and the In
dams over the shooting Of elk. The
Indians, he says, have the right to
shoot game under their treaty, but
the state law forbids the killing Of
game, and this Is where the trou-
BILE begins. The Indians slaughter
the game in a wholesale manner.
They surround herd OF elk or cat.
tie and kill every one in sight.
Mr.. Roosevelt explained that the
outlawed bucks are the greatest
danger threatening the west set
tiers. These are young Indians,
ranging from Is to % years old,
whose fathers declare they will not
be responsible for their acts.
When hunting game, Mr.. Roose-
Welt says, they stretch out In line
and use peculiar whistle to lure
the elk within range. They then
surround the frightened animals
and after closing in on them
butcher them by hundreds. The
commissioners says that game
abounded in Idaho. Even as late
as his last visit to Jackson's Hole
he had seen elk in such tremen-
dous herds that their antlers re-
sembled forest Of bone.
THE SHERIFF TALKS.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 3d.
Sheriff Ward, Of Uintah county, is
in the city. He denies the charges
made by Indian Agent Teter that
the settlers at JaCkson's Hole had
shot down Indians without provo
cation and that the shooting was
not less than murder.
81 have been sheriff OF Uintah
county for ten years and know the
settlers personally. They are thrift
ty, law abiding people, who are
building up a thriving settlement
in that valley. Constable Mining,
who made the arrest, is conscien.
tious officer and only desired to
discharge his duty. IL the pris-
oners had been white men
instead OF Indians and they at
tempted to break away as they did
he would be compelled to
shoot them. The fact OF
the matter is there has been no
lawlessness reported at my office
from Jackson Hole except what Is
laid at the door Of marauding
bands of Indians. These Indians
have been encouraged in their law
lessness by Agent Teter who has
insisted that the state game law
was imperative as far as the In
dams were concerned.
"Acting on his advice the Ban
nocks have slaughtered thousands
OF head OF Elk and larger game
and defied the officers.
ALL FOR JACKsoN's HOLE.
MARKET LAKE, Idaho, July 3d.
The five companies OF infantry
that arrived here last night have
received orders to go to the front
at once and will leave today for
Jackson's Hole. A band OF 200 or
300 Indians were on the trail OF the
troops when they struck camp and
FASTENED toward Jackson's Hole.
WHAT GEN. sCHoFIELD THINKS.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Speak-
ing of the Indian disturbance in
northern Wyoming General Soho.
field has expressed the opinion
that with discreet management
the Indians would soon surrender
and return to their reservations.