Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-04
The INDIAN SCARE.
Sslll,rs Building a Stone Fort For
Their Protection.
PHILIP BADGES CONFESSION
yoo,sr Was Shot Just For Fun, and
Kill,d In Order 10 End His
SUI rings.

nrsvsR. June 3.-A special to the
News rom Miles CITY, Mont, sayt;
c.pt. Reed, commanding the Fort
C,ster poldiers at the reservation, has
ssnt a lengthy document for publica-
,,ar falling the families TO return,
mat they are sure to protect both the
Indians snd white people. This state
,oent is claimed by the whites to be
.,snrd. for 1t ia q fac, that 200 Indians
mia of the reservation and not under
submission. Toe settlers are mostly
aid liners, blu ffalo.hunters, and believe
they know more about Indians than
CANT Reed. From reliuDie source
II IA learned that the settlers In otter
creek, east OF Tongue river, are gather-
inc at the Circle Bar rs. oh, and are
builuing u stone fort, IN which to pre-
Iect their wives and children from the
Indians, Capt. Z. q. Holmes, a
totmer marine officer anu man OF
reliable Judgment, 10 at their head,
and they will so0n he In position to
withstand an attack by the indiana.
II was learned touay that the three
Indian runners sent over TO the Sioux
nj Pine Ridge, asking help, had re-.
turned, bringing the report that the
sioux declined to come and aid the
Cneyeupee. 1t 10 claimed that the
Indiaus are supplied with government
arms and ammunition and that the
Indian agent and his snbOrdinatea are
endeavoring to Keep the sheriff and his
deputies from going upon the reservs.
ton. which 10 necessary In order 10
secure evidence to convict the murder
ers when Ought to trial. ghis 10
causing q strong demand for the re-
movsi OF Indian Agent S.ouch by the
authorities nj Washington.
The Ipuians implics led In the muir
der of young Hoover are Philip
Badger, now under arrest; Sam Grow,
Standing Els, and q haif-bTother OF
Chief RED Bird. The latter three
are still at large, and unless caught
aslsep. like Badger, will not be
easily captured. Standing Elk, like
Bad ger, Is q graduate Of Carlisle uni.
versity.
The report that Sheriff Gibbs and
four OF his deputies had been killed Ia
not true. A settler brings in the In.
Formation that the indians attacked a
small squad OF white men on Otter
Creek, teversl ehots were exchanged,
aud as the Indians were seen assisting
Cripple d o0mrade, 1t is Presumed that
one OF tue bullets from the whits
men % rifles had taken effect.
Badger, si0ce his arrest, has CON-
fessed 10 the interpreter at the reserva-
lion. AS he, with the three others,
were travelling along the hills, they
Icame upon young Hoover and asked
hun for tobacco, which he was about
to give them, when Badger fired and
shot him In the arm. This wound
caused pain and, of course, he cried
Tor assistance, which enraged the In.
dians. They then ended mis- suffer.
ings by two more bullets in his body.
This confession 10 Undoubtedly cor.
rect, as Hoover had n large wound In
his arm and his tobacco sack, partly
full, was found by his side. When
aeked why he committed the Icrime,
he said he did 1t Just for fun. The
settlers viii not return 10 their homes
unless SOME permanent protection Ii
provided by the government.