Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-06-03
AN INDIAN KILLING
A Dozen Men, Including Five
Soldiers, Killed.
SOLDIERS In PURSUIT.
Cheyenne Indians Go on the War
Path and Are Very
Desperate.

DENVER, Col, May 3l-A special to
the Republican from Helena, Moutsns,
says: The Cheyenne Indians have gone
on the war path and are said to have
| killed dozen men including five Unit
| ed States soldiers. The Indians have
40 reservation but make the Lame
! Deer sgenoy their headquarters. Hoo
YER, sheep herder, was recently shot
by the Indians because hs caught sew
ersl OF them killing sheep. The settlers
have armed themselves to protect their
property. Two companies of colored
cavalry from Custer we're ordered to
the agency Wednesday. Saturday q
courier arrived from tie agency with
the information that George Walters,
postmaster and Lou Anderson, q stock
man, had oeen shot aud killed, also that
The Iodians had shot into the cavalry
sod killed five men and had sixty ARM
ID cowboys surrounded The cavalry
from F 1rt Keough and Company E In
tsntry left Saturday for the scene. The
settlers have moved their families from
near the reservation to Miles City.
Rauchmen and stocgmen at the Chey-
enne agency demands the Indians who
killed Hoover. The names of the In
dams are known and they are protected
by fifty bucks.
The excitement continues 90 the
Cheyenne reservation and the settle
nents i1 that vicinity. Rsnchm en- on
the upper Rosebud have ell deserted
their homes Six companies OF soldiers
from Forts Keogh aud Custer are en-
route to the agency as is also the sheriff
of Custer county with a large number of
deputies. The sheriff has q warrant
for the arrest OF Indian Agent Stouch,
charged with interfering with officers in
the discharge of their duties and also
for the three Indian murderers. The
sheriff will probably arrive at the reser-
vstion with his deputies tomorrow and
endesvor to arrest the murderers of the
sheep herder.
WASHINGTON, Msy 31-The authori-
ties OF the War Department discredit
the report of the killing OF the United
States soldiers by the Iodians in Mon
tsns. There is disposition here to
attribute the trouble to the encroach-
ment OF the whites upon the Indians.
HELENA, Montana, June l. News
from Cheyenne agency is mesgre. The
arrest Of the Iodisps by the civil
will be attempted today but
the result will probably not be known
before tomorrow. A genuine scare no
doubs exists among the settlers in the
valleys contiguous to the reservation.
State officials believe all preparations
should be made to guard against an
outbreak by hot headed young To-
dians.
The reports in regard to the killing OF
settlers sent out by special correspond
ents are entirely without foundation.
1t is reported that Sioux Indians from
Dakota have come TO she agency and
that runners have been sent to invite
more Sioux to meet them on he wsr
trsil Senator Garter will ask Presi-
dens Mckinley that Indian agent
Ssroth be instructed not to interfere
with the sheriff's posse and that mill
tsry authorities support them in case
the Cheyennes resist arrest OF the In
disn al tile Whirlwind," known as
Stanley, a graduate of Carlisle, who ad-
mits the murder of Sheephsrdes
Hoover.
Whitebulrs band of 125 warriors who
escaped from the sgency Fridsy night
are 10 the hills on the Tongue river
near Ashland and this will be the scene
of the first bloodshed should there be