The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-01
REDSKIN WAR NOW RAGING
INDIANS MURDER 4 PoSTMASTER
 AND ATTACK U. $. CAVALRY.

Crows.
 Helena, Mont, May S1-The Chey- enne Indians have gone on the war path, and are said to have killed almost a dozen men, including five United States soldiers.
 The Indians have no reservation of their own, but roam over the southern part of the state, near the Crow Indian reservation.
 The white settlers are lip in arms, and the women and children are being sent into the northern towns for safety.
 The Cheyennes make the Lame Deer agency their headquarters Hoover, a shepherd, was recently shot while herding sheep, and it was proven that Indians did it. He was killed because he caught several Indians killing sheep.
 This so incensed the stockmen that they armed themselves, and will fight to protect their homes, help and stock
 The two companies of colored caval- ny from Custer were ordered to the agency Wednesday, and on Saturday courier arrived from the agency with the information that George Walter, the postmaster, and Lou Alderson, stockman, had been shot and killed; also that the Indians had shot into the cav- airy and killed five and had sixty cow boys surrounded.
 The cavalry from Fort Keogh and Company D of the infantry, left Satur- day for the scene.
 There are certainly grounds for fear. The Cheyennes are determined ana they are being reinforced by renegade Crows. Rosebud ranchers received a consignment of rifles and ammunition at this point to-day. Settlers have moved all their families from near the reservation.
 Ranchmen and stockmen have organ ized at Cheyenne agency and demanded the Indians who killed Hoover. The names of the Indians are known and they are protected by fifty bucks.
 Sheriff Gibbs and Coroner Bateman have returned from Barringer's ranch, in the neighborhood of which the fn- quest was held on the body of Hoover. The verdict charged the Cheyenne In- dlanS With n1S murder.
 While the inquest was proceeding sixty men, under James Brown, a men1- Der of the legislature. arrived on their way to the agency. The sheriff pleaded with them to return, and told him that sixty of them again 400 or 800 Indians, armed and such fighters are the Chey- ennes are, would be helpless.
 The sheriff learned that the crime was committed by three of the band led by White Bull, who said day or two previous that his heart was bad that he wanted to feat white mans heart" The agent said he knew one of the murderers, and thought, with lit- tie time, he could arrest all of them.
 He said he had a sufficient number of soldiers to surround the Indians and would cut off their rations till the mur- derers were turned over.
 Though there was much dissatisfac- tion at the turn affairs had taken the ranchers agreed to disperse for two weeks to allow the agent time to make the arrests. If not then done, the orig inal plan of attacking the Indians Is to be carried out.
 On the way down on Friday a courier overlook the sheriff and his deputies, saying that White Bulls band had, during the night, escaped from the agency; that the force of settlers was being re-assembled; that he troops of cavalry from Custer had been sent over, and the Indians had killed some of them and that this band of Indians was liable to do much damage to ranchers, white men and cattle.
 Deputy Sheriffs Smith and Kinters have arrived at Miles City after hav- ing been ordered off the Cheyenne res ervation by the military agent, Stouch. They report that when the negro troop CTS while riding over to the agency from their ranch for safety were att tackled by young bucks who would have killed them but for the pleadings of an old sauaw. They, however, spat in her face and offered her insults.
 The trouble with the Cheyenne In- dians dates back to 1885, when they were removed to the Rosebud Agency, in Montana, after being subdued by General Miles, but the latest raids were made in 1890 The agent who first had charge in that year reported that the Indians were self supporting, and on the strength of this their rations was ordered one-half There was no game in the country and they were forced to kill the settlers cattle for food. Agent Upshaw reported that the Indians were starving.
 A succession of raids followed. To add to the trouble five Indians were arrested for the murder of Robert Fer guson, a stockman, and although the Indians were plainly guilty, hordes of them at once donned the war paint and began killing cattle and terrorizing the settlers throughout Montana
 Colonel Curtis and the troops from Fort Keough had hard time in subdu- ing the Indians and pac1fying their chiefs, Two Moons and White Hawk. Little Wolf was the greatest offender, and most frequently led the Indians when on the warpath.
 Washington, May 31.-The Indian trouble in southern Montana, reported from Helena, was made known to the authorities of the war department last week and in the opinion of the officials it is not likely to be followed by seri- ous results The first news of the af- fair came to the department in a tele- gram from Colonel Sheridan, the ad- jutant general of the department at Doyl raooiued Ia Gt EriC1aU which