Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-01
THg BANNOuR WAR.

A. the Indian war talk still seems 10
be q subject Of Importance, a few
figures ~ 10 the numerical strength Of
the opposing forces, should a conflict
occur, may Hot be without interest.
Roughly estimated, says q corrcspOn.
dent Of q Chicago paper, General Cop
pingsr, commanding the department
Of the PlAiie, can concentrate 200
oavslty and ., 400 Infantry at Market
Lake. The Indians, n they were 10
break away from their reservations In
order 10 act In concert could In tho
came length OF time gather $500 war.
riors to oppose tho troops In the cam
yons
Al Fort Hall reservation there are
supposed to DO s3T warriors. The
Wind RlVers, Shoshones and those on
the BAnnock reservation are estimated
at l,O0S. The Tetons would swell the
number with 200 more. These tribes
rave friends and allies among tho
piniah Utes and Uncompaghres. The
brmet could send 5000 warriors 10 the
Gene OF trouble, aud the latter 500. II
:, however, not thought probable they
iould do 40.
To quell the disturbance, should any
take place, General Coppinger has two
gsrtlsons In Wyoming, from which he
can summon tfoors. At Fort Russell,
three miles from Cheyenne, there are
ave companies Of this Eighth Infantry
aud three Of the Seventeenth infantry.
Fort Washable, commanded 10y Major
Adam KIaomet, IL southwest Of Jack.
sons Hole, on the Wind river TesetvA'
ton Of the Sho,honcs, but no has only
on. company Of the Eighth Infantry al
the post. Al Fort Robinson, Neb.,
near the Southern DAkolA line, the
company consisted OF eight troops Of
the Ninth cavalry, four Of which Gen
srAl Coppinger has taken with him TO
Market Lake. At NiobrAra, further
east Ia northern NobrAsks, there are
four troops OF the NiHth cavalry and
the Twenlislh infantry. The second
infantry IL quartetcd al Omaha. In
his com mAnd General CoppinRer has
but ons regiment Of cavalry at his dis
posal. Other troops, however, In
noighboring Department., are accessible
and can be- brought by rail 10 Market
Lake. Four companies OF ths Twenty
ffih infantry (oolorsd), Colonel Andy
Burt conimAndlnE,A are stationed at Fod
Minoula, Mont, on the Northern
Pacific, aud can bs transported 10 Gar.
ti.on, thence over the Utah Northern
W Market Lake, q distance Of 500
miles. Fort Custer, Dakota, 10 distant
B22 miles by rail from the Market Lake
rendezvous, aud ~ garrlsoned by four
troops Of the Tenth cavalry (oolored)
and two companies Of the rwonty.n,th
infantry (oolorsd). Lieutenant Colonel
Perry Is In command; the Sixteenth
infantry nj Fort Douglas, Utah, Colonel
W. II. Pentose, commanding, Il also
available. the railroad distance being
1854 miles, and, according TO n special
dispatch lust received, 1t Ia expected
that those troops will DO called out
shortly.
Notwithstanding the alarming ru'
nioTa sill circulated, It IL hoped that
the trouble may be settled peacefully.
The real cause OF II lie well understood
by this time. Some BRnnOcks we're
hunting In Wyoming near JSoka3U's
Hole. They had left their reservation
by psrmlssion Of their agent and ne.
lieyed to be In lheir rights, Gs they
understood the treaty with the govern
mont. Yet some Of them were killed,
and the white settlers were panic
stricken. A. far rs reliable iniorma.
lion has breu obtained, that seems 20
10 all there Ia 10 the present Indian
war.