The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-07-01
REDSKINS CAUSING TROUBLE
THREE HUNDRED OF THE BAN
MACK BRAVES HAVE WANDER
ED FROM RESERVATION.
TROOPS ASKED FROM washington
The Governor of Idaho Fears Seri-
Gus Trouble If the Indians Are
Not Returned-Gen. COppin-
ger to Investigate.

| Washington, June 29.-Three hundred
Banpack Indians have broken away from
the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho, and theil
/ actions have alarmed the settlers in the
| adjacent territory.
The request of Idaho people for troops
| to protect them against the Bannacks did
not reach the war department until rath-
! er late in the afternoon. Secretary Alger
held a consultation with Acting Adjutant
Peck and some other officers who are eX-
perienced in just such instances as this,
and their conclusion reached was that the
itself the exact situation in the Fort Hall
country. Accordingly n telegram was
sent to Brig. Gen. Coppnger at Omaha,
Neb., the headquarters of the department
of the Platte, in which the reservation is
included, instructing him to send one or
more officers TO the secene of the trouble to
report on the state of affairs there. The
department officials have no doubt thar
the difficulty will easily be Oversome.
While there are no troops in the vicinity
of the Fort Hall reservation and those
nearest, at Fort Douglass. outside of Salt
Lake City, are not cavalry, and are so UNI
suited for quick work, the department has
ample force at other posts if an emergency
may arise.
News of the outbreak among the Indians
from the reservation came today III DIS
patches from the governor of Idaho. He
teegraphed Secretary Bliss last night and
ons fn
Heitfeld. Senators Heitfeld and Shoup
Immediately went TO the interior depart
ment. where they called attention to the
situation, and the dispatches were also
promptly forwarded to the secretary of
war. Secretary Bliss carried the tele-
grams to the cabinet meeting. where they
were discussed. A formal communication
also was made to the secretary of war ask
ing that orders be issued for whatever mil
itary assistance may be necessary to ald
Lieut.. Il. G. Irwin, United States army,
in preserving order and protecting the
lives and property of the settlers and to re.
turn the Indians to their reservations II
they are absent from there, as reported
The agent was notified to make further
report.
Following are the kilograms from the
governor of Idaho:
Boise City. Idaho, June 29.-To the
Secretary of the Interior. Washington, ID:
G.: Three hundrd Indians from Fort Hall
are causing great anxiety among the set
tiers of Camas Prairie. If the same are
not Immediately returned trouble will en-
sue. (SigneD Frank Stuenburg, Cover
nor"
"Boise City, Idaho, June 29.-To Senator
Heitfeld, Washington: Settlers, from
Camas Prairie, near Haley, are alarmed
over the action of 300 Bannack Indians. If
the same are not returned to the reserya-
ton Mt once fear trouble. Counsel with
the war department. My information IS
from the sheriff, and is settled. (Signed'
Frank Stuenberg, Governor"
These Indians are the ones who figured
in the Jackson Mole affair some time age,
and had several skirmishes with the sol
diers. The commission has worked for
many months but the Indians generally
have been found not to favor the scheme,
and the commissions work, so far as it has
progressed, has not been successful Inc
Bannacks reservation is is located down IN
rhe southwest corner of Idaho, near the
Wyoming and Utah boundary lines,