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TO PREVENT MASSACRE.
Troops Asked for 10 save whites from
Indians I'm Montana.

Troops Asked for 10 Save whites from
Indians I'm Montana.
Helena. Mont. June 2.-Specials from
Miles City. the nearest town in Montana
10 the Cheyenne Indian troubles. say
the situation at the agency continues
critical. Families who resided near
the seat of the trouble continue to flock
to Miles City.
1t reported that Sioux Indians from
Dakota have come to the agency, and
that runners have been sent TO invite
more Sioux TO join them on the war
trail.
Senator Carter will ask President
Mckinley that Indian Agent Stouch be
instructed not TO interfere with the
sheriff's posse. and That the military
authorities support them in case the
Cheyennes resist the arrest of the In
dian Little Whirlwind," known also
MS Stanley, graduate of Carlisle, who
admits the murder of Sheep Herder
Hoover.
White Bulls band of warriors, num-
bering les. who escaped from the
agency Friday night. are in the hills
|-on the Tongue river near Ashland, and
this will be the scene of the first blood
shed. should there be any. The set
tiers are not as well armed as the In
dams, though arms and ammunition
are being forwarded as rapidly as pos
sible.
A genuine scare no doubt exists
among the settlers in the valleys con-
tiguous 10 the reservation. State OIL
Gals believe the situation exaggerated,
but at the same time believe prepara-
lions should be made to guard against
an outbreak by hot-headed young In
dams.
Washington, June 1.-The official re-
port of the trouble among the Chey-
enne Indians in Montana dated May 20
have reached the Indian bureau from
Capt Stouch, in charge of the Tongue
river agency. 1t confirms the Wash
ington dispatches attributing the
trouble to the murder of sheep
herder, and indicates that the motive
was TO prevent the herder from giving
testimony us to an illegal slaughter OF
beef which he had witnessed. An in
vestication will be made Immediately.
The agent reports that intense excite
ment exists among the settlers and that
there is n liability to further trouble.
lie says there are great many blood
thirsty young men among these In
| dams, and that IL the settlers and the
young Indians should meet trouble
would be the result. For the peace and
safety Of all concerned he advises the
stationing of two troops of cavalry in
the neighborhood.
Washington. June 2. - Secretary
| Bliss has wired instructions to Indian
Agent Stouch. whose reservation is the
seat of the Cheyenne Indian trouble,
directing him 10 Immediately notify the
department of the situation and to use
every effort to deliver the Indian flu
gitives to the civil officers showing sat-
isfactory credentials. This decision was
reached after conference between
Acting Secretary of the Interior Ryan,
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Smith and Acknowledgement McKenna
and his adiutant general. The report
which Capt. Stouch mailed on May %
and which reached here Tuesday was
read. together with dispatches to the
president and Senator Carter. The Of
ficials are awaiting with considerable
uneasiness the report from the agent,
which he was peremptorily directed TO
telegraph at once. The Northern Chey-
ennes are known here as n warlike
band. easily infamed. whose actions
cannot be too closely guarded.