Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-30
The INDIAN SCARE.
st4HU tIdbt alfH Va ee ge ia rtt
lot Believed 10 be Of Any Serious
MIte Nature.
AN INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Inc Dispatches s,n, by The Goyernor
OF Idaho 10 Washing'on--No
Troops IN the Vicinity.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-The re.
uuest OF the Idaho people Tor troops to
protect them against the Bannocks
did not reach tho war department un.
IN rather lats in the afternoon. Sec
rotary Alaer held consui,ation with
aetiug Adjutant. General Breeck and
toms OF the other OIL GERS who are ex.
periepced In just tuoh Indian troubles
as this, and the conclusion reached
was that the department should lake
steps to learn for Itself the exact stu
alton In the Fort Hall country. Ac.
coruingIy, telegram was sent To
Bri xauier. General Coppinger al
Omaha, Neb., the headquarters Of the
departme Ut the Platte, In which
the reservation 10 included, INSTRUCT
ing him 10 send one or more officers
10 the scene OF the trouble TO
ascertain aud report upon the state
Of affairs there. The department
officials have no doubt that The
difficulty Will be easily over
come. believing as they do that tho
Inuians arc not out with any hostile
purpose, but principally TO gather
some oil the roots that ripen about this
time, and which they find. Taere
are no troops In the iIumsuiste vicin.
lty Of the Fort Hail reservation, ana
those neartsl, at Fort Douglas, out
eide OF Salt Lake, are not cavalry,and
are unsuited for quick work; The de-
pariment has ample force at other
posts to meet any emergency that may
arise.
The news OF the outbreak Of the In
diaps from the reservation came Ia
dispatches to the governor OF Idaho.
He telsgraphed Secretary Bliss, wiring
urgent messages TO Senator Heitfeld.
Messrs. Heitieid ana Shoup went to
the interior Department., wnare they
called attention tu the situattou, aud
the dispatches also were promptly for,
wnrdeu to the secretary OF war. Bee.
rotary Bliss carried the kilograms to
The cabinet meeting, where they were
discussed. A formal communication
also was made 10 the secretary OF
war, asking that orders be issued for
whatever military ASSISTANCE may be
necessary 20 aid the agent Lieutenant
+. q. Irwin, U. b. A., In preserving
order and protecting the lives and
property OF the settlers and to return
the Indians to their reservations, II
they are absent therefrom, as repre-
sented.
The agent was notified to make
further immaculate report.
The dispatches were as follow:
BOISE, Ida., June 2s.-To the
Secretary OF the interior, Washing.
ton:-Three hundred Indians from
Fort Hall are causing great aDx.eiy
among the settlers on Camss prairie.
II the same are not immediatoiy re-
called, trouble will ensue.
FRANK STEUNENBERa,
Governor.
foIsE, Ids,, June 29--To Senator |
HeilieIi, Wssnington:--5ettie from |
CAmas prairie, near Haley, are |
alarmed over the action OF 300 Ban
mock Inuians. II the came are not \
returned TO the reservation al once, l |
fear trouble. Consult with senator
Shoup and war department.. My in
formation 10 from the sheriff and |
settlers.
FRANK sTEUNENBERa,
Governor.
q cured In the Jscksoa Hole affair |
ishes with Isettlers. A commission IL |
now negotiating with hem, as we'll as
with some other tribes, Tor q cessiOn |
OF part OF their reservat on to this !
United States. The commission hiss |
worked for many montns, but the |
Indians generally have bsen found to
favor the scheme, and the commits.
sion's work so lar as Is has progressed
has not been successful. The Ban.
nook reservation Is located down In
the southeast corner Of Idaho, near
the Wyoming and Utah boundary
line.
Cousul for Prague.