Omaha daily bee., 1895-08-01
INDIANS WANT MORE FOOD
Demand to Be Made on the Government for
Increased Rations.
OUTCOME OF THE GREAT BANNoCK WAR
No White Men Killed and None
Likely to lie If the Red Mans
Hunger is Appcnsed at Pub
lie Expense.

LANDER, Wyo., July 3t.-(Special Tele-
gram)-There is little or no Indian news
here today. The latest dates from Jackson's
Hole are yesterday morning. This came
through the special correspondent of the New
York Herald who has arrived here. In
answer to questions he would only say that
no white persons have as yet been killed in
Jackson's Hole. This is a great relief to
many here who had friends and relatives
living at that place.
The Indians tonight are encamped near
Oregon Buttes. The people of Dubois are
stll keeping sha, lookout. 1t was talked
loudly today among the Shoshones that they
were starving and that they would rather
die fighting soldiers than live and starve to
death There is an agreement among the
Bannocks, Utes, Lemhs and Shoshones that
at the proper time the government will be
informed that peace can be secured only by
increasing their rations.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 31.-(Special Tele-
m.)-No news of Importance has been re-
ceived at the governors office from the Jack
sons Hole country today. The following
despatch was sent by Governor Richards to
the commissioner of Indian affairs tonight:
II have reliable information that 200 In
dans, supposed to be Utes, were seen yester-
day near South Pass Fremont county; also
party OF seven Sioux on Red Water creek
same county. All were mounted armed and
without women and children. The people Of
Fremont county are under arms, and wire
me for assistance Cannot these, and all In
dians in Wyoming, be called to their respec-
tive reservations?"
MARKET LAKE Idaho, July 31.-(Special
Telegram)-A number of disquieting re-
ports were received here today that show
the travelling bands heading toward the Hole
country are becoming more annoying to the
settlers along the trails. Lieutenant Penn
OF the Second infantry, who is stationed here,
received a telegram today from Idaho Falls
informing him that the settlers in Swan
Valley eighty miles southeast of here. on the
east side of the South fork of the Snake
river, had massed themselves in stockade
for safety and sent an urgent appeal for
troops.
SALT LAKE, July 31-A special from
Pocatello, Idaho, to the Tribune says: A
courier is expected at Soda Springs with i'm
portant news of Indian troubles. About forty
families passed through Soda Springs after
dark and they are still coming. A number
of tourists are leaving Soda Springs tonight.
believing 1t safer at other places All settlers
In Star valley have fed to the upper part of
the valley and are fortifyng themselves at
Alton, Wyo. This leaves all their property
at the mercy of the Indians.
SETTLERS NOT ALARMED
SiiiSENbo, July Ol-lHe RECORD s C0rre-
| spondent with the troops on the way to Jack
| sons Hole wires tonight that very few of
the settlers in the upper Teton basin, the part
OF the country through which today's march
| mas been, have been frightened One house
| at the entrance to the Moose creek canyon
was barricaded with high fence of corral
| poles and during the period when exciting
reports were being brought out from Jack
sons Hole the neighboring ranchmen and
| their families spent the night at this house
| Thls precaution, however, has been aban-
! doned since Sunday when news was received
| that troops were coming. Other ranchmen
| IN the locality were not alarmed at any time.
Seven of the twenty-five JaCkson's Hole
men forming the guard which killed the Ban
mock Indians who tried to escape while being
| taken to Marysvale for a hearing before thu
| local justice Of the peace, have left the
| Jackson's Hole country for Montana and
| the others are now anticipating prosecution.
The representative Of the Chicago Record
was put in charge of the Indian scouts to-
day. They will 90 into the mountains south
| of Marysvale when the troops reach Jackson's
| Hole, and If there are any Indians in the
| region will hold a conference with them.
| The officers of the command are convinced
| that no Indians will be found. Several of
| them who have considerable experience in
| dealing with the Indians, say that the diff
| ference must be settled at once or a border
| warfare fatal to both settlers and Indians
| will be inaugurated,