The San Francisco call., 1895-07-29
MUST BE STARVED OUT.
Bannocks Occupy an Impreg-
nabIe Position in the
Mountains.
SETTLERS TO BE PROSECUTED
The killing Of Captured Indians
Denounced as a Brutal
Massacre.

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ket Lake,, July 2s.-The United States
troops on the way to Jacksons Hole
reached the South Fork of the Snake
River at 1890 o'clock last night. Camp
was broken at daylight and Rexburg was
reached at S:30A. NJ. by the advance troops,
the main body arriving two hours later.
The camp tonight will be made on Canyon
Creek, twenty miles from Rexburg.
General Coppinger has engaged Deputy
Sheriff Hawley as chief OF scouts, and also
John a. Carnes, an old Indian scout, to
guide the troops through the mountains.
Hawley and Carnes both say that the kill
ing Of the Indians three weeks ago was
simply a massacre perpetrated by the
whites. The leaders of the twenty-seven
white men who captured the sixteen In
dians were: Steve Adams, William Craw-
ford, John Crawford, Frank Peterson,
Frank Woods, "Billy" Belvue, Joe CAL
houn and William Stannings.
1t is now extremely dangerous to reach
the point where the Indians are encamped.
Twenty miles OF dense forest lie between
the main body of settlers and the Indians,
who are esconced in the most rugged por
ton of the Rocky Mountain system, rival
ing in ambush facilities the lavabeds of
the Modoc war. If the Indians are in
clined to be hostile it will require several
thousand troops to dIslodge them, and the
starving out" process is the only one that
will be successful. According to the scouts
who accompany the troops, Indian scouts
well acquainted with the country where
the Indians are encamped fear the present
quiet of the Indians means that trap has
been prepared for the troops, but every
precaution will be taken to prevent repe-
'tition o. the Custer affair.
a large body of Lemhi Indians, prob
ably 15O, has joined the Indians in the
Jacksons Hole country. a large party of
Indians at Camas WIS observed on the
night of July % to be picking route by
means of fires and signal arrows (arrows
TO which was attached flaming material
shot in the direction the re-enforcements
were to take). On the morning of the 26th
the Indians were seen to have changed
their course to the direction taken by the
flaming arrows during the night.
The settlers in Jacksons Hole are greatly
incensed that Agent Teters should have
taken the part of the Indians against them
in the present trouble, and his life would
not be safe minute in Jacksons Hole if
unprotected. He is with the troops.
a telegram sent out by courier from Gen
eral Coppinger to the War Department at
Washington reports all quiet. Indians are
pouring into the Jacksons Hole country
from all directions, though they are not at
present molesting the settlers. Agent Teters
also wires the Indian Department that
many Indians are joining the Indians in
Hoback Canyon, and that they occupy a
position that is practically impregnable.
1t is evident from the present Indian
situation that there is danger of clash of
authority and that the present field move
ments will be followed by a lively battle in
the courts. Governor Richards of Wy
oming insists in very strong terms that the
indians will be taught that when they are
an Wyoming they must obey the State
laws. He objects to having the settlers of
Northwestern Wyoming harassed and
frightened by bands of Indian hunters
from other States. Indian Agent Teters,
who made an investigation for the Govern
ment, claims, on the other hand, that the
Indians are in the right and have author
ity to hunt in Wyoming under their treaty
OF 1868. These are differences that cannot
be settled by the troops.
THE CALL correspondent learns from re-
liable sources that there is a surprise in
store for the settlers in Jacksons Hole, most
of whom believe the troops are only going
to that region to "clean out the Indians"
It is stated that indictments will posi-
lively be sworn out against every one of
the settlers who was connected with the
killing of the Indians who tried to escape
while under arrest. This is in line with
the Recommendation made by Indian
Agent Teters in his official report of the
original trouble. The settlers will be put
on trial for taking these lives and in this
way the long-mooted question of authority
in Jacksons Hole will eventually reach a
settlement.
From number of towns north and south
of here reports have been received to-
day that the white settlers who live away
from the railroad are coming into the
towns, to remain until the bands of rowing
Indians have returned to their reserva-
tions. Ali the Indians, even those far
from the scene of trouble, have absorbed
some of the spirit of war, and are trans
formed from the meek and lowly beings of
a week ago to surly and ofttimes dangerous
brutes.
Late last night word was received from
Fort Hall Reservation that the few re-
naming braves had just departed for the
Jacksons Hole country in warpaint. At
Idaho Falls, twenty miles south of here,
three immense signal fires could be plainly
seen on the mountain peaks to the east
ward. At this point a great glare, that
lighted the clouds like an aurora borealis,
attracted much attention. 1t was at least
fifty miles distant, and whether it was a
forest or prairie fire, or a gigantic signal
fire lighted by the Indians, has not yet
been definitely learned. The fire was on
direct line between this point ana Jacksons
Hole, and will probably be reached by the
troops at an early hour tomorrow
morning.
No mail has been received from Jacksons
Hole this week The stare which hriD %