The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-14
INDIAN UPRISING AVERTED
D4VID STANLEY, A CHEYENNE MUIR
DERER, CAPTURED.

haiTy Nleo ArTesteu-Eh Aaio AhS'hh '.aS
West Indicating That the Redman Yet
Possesses Many of His Old Instincts
Clever Ruse of Captain stoch.
Washington, June 13,-The Indian Of
flee has received from Captain Stouch
of the Tongue river, Montona agency.
detailed report on the recent trouble
there arising from the murder Of Set
tier John Hoover, by David Stanley, a
Cheyenne brave. After much diploma
cy on the part of the agency Stanley
and his two accomplices, sam Crow and
yellow Hair, are now lodged in Jail at
Miles City and will be tried by the civil
courts.
Captain Stouch's description of the
trouble is interesting in that it shows
the constant conflict between the fed
eral officers and the state authorities in
arrests of Indians. In this case the
presence of the sheriff and a large
posse came near causing a conflict with
the Indians
lie IepOIl States IiASbS ScoAi eAN~N
Hoovers body was found on May 70,
Captain Stouch sent for White Bull
and some of the head men, being salts
fed that it was his band which COM
mitted the murder. The old chief came
in response to the summons and ex-
pressed his regret at the occurrence
Captain Stouch told him to tell the
head men that the band would be held
responsible for the murder unless they
discovered the real culprit and brought
him to the post This they promised to
do, and an old Indian named Badger
was brought in. May Sheriff GLIB Of
Custer county and band of twenty
five armed men rode up to the agency
and informed Captain Stouch that they
wanted the murderers. The agent re-
piled that he was doing everything pos
sible to discover the guilty Indians, and
if not interfered with was confident
that he would succeed. The sheriff left
four deputies and departed.
That evening Captain Read with two
troops of cavalry also arrived. Soon
after this White Bull came into the
agency and told Captain Stouch that
Stanley had confessed to the murder,
but would not surrender To this the
agent replied that he would not allow
fight, but that the chiefs must COM
pei Stanley to give himself up.
carrier was sent to recall the cavalry,
which had started to the scene of the
killing. BY this time the news that
Stanley was to fight had spread and
the Indians became very restless. The
souaws and children took to the hills
away from the agency, while the bucks
rode in and stationed themselves on the
hilltops near the post buildings. They
were all heavily armed and had their
horses. They informed the agent that
they came to see Stanley fight. Cap
tain Stouch then says:
! Captain Read returned to the agency
with his command at about $3.50 in the
afternoon At this time Stanley was on
a high hill in the rear of the agency
and not at great distance from it;
he had his horse and squaw with him,
was in his war dress and paint and
was heavily armed. He was all ready
for the fight. 1t was the desire of Cap
| tain Read to charge and capture or kill
him. At this juncture a greatly ex-
cited Indian on horseback approached
with the information that Stanley did
not want to fight the soldiers but did
want to fight the citizens, meaning the
! deputy sherifls who We're here I told
him to go back and tell Stanley |
would not allow any one to fight him
and for him to come in and surrender.
Deputy Sheriff Smith told me he would
attempt his capture If I would guar
antee his safety from the other Indians;
I told him I could not so guarantee
and moreover there would be no fight
and that Stanley must be captured
without any bloodshed. I wanted this
done as an example for those amongst
the Indians who contemplate wrong do
| ing, and / know perfectly we'll that if
| he were permitted to fight and was
killed, he would be a hero and brave
in the eyes of the tribe, whose example
should be emulated by the young men.
Stanley followed in the footsteps of
Head Chief and Crazy Mule of whose
| heroic Deaths stories are told around
the fires, making every young man
anxious for a similar death. l believe
it was in 1891 that these two young
men killed a white boy and hid the body
in the hills, where it was found after
a search of several days; the murderers
were discovered through their boasting
of the deed and their surrender was
demanded, but was refused, though
they were willing to be killed and
would die fighting; their proposal was
accepted and the five troops of cavalry
stationed here were ordered to prepare
for the affray. At the appointed time
the troops took their station in the rear
of the agency buildings and each young
man took his position on a hill on
either side of the troops; the young
men charged down the hills on their
horses upon the troops, singing their
death songs and firing at the soldiers:
they were finally killed, they only
shooting a few of the horses of the SOL
diers. Stones mark the footsteps of the
horses on the hillside and the bodies of
the braves" were buried in a grave
prepared for them beforehand. The
squaws watched the fight; at it's close
sang the death songs and urged the
bucks to avenge the death of the
young men; the men became very much
excited and Notwithstanding the pres
ence of the five troops a fight was mar
rowly averted. These two young men
became heroes" and to prevent the
repetition of this incident forbade any
fighting.
Il did not think it wise and prudent
to make the attempt with but two