Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-06-04
IS CRITICAL.
Much Uneasiness Over the Trouble
with Cheyenne Indians.
SETTLERS SEEK PLACES OF REFUGE.
Sioux Indians from Dakota Invited to
Join the UprisinE-Troops to BE
Asked for to Prevent Mas
sacre of Whites.

Helena, Mont, June 2.-Specials from
Miles City, the nearest town in Montana
to 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.
It is 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
as Stanley, graduate of Carlisle, who
admits the murder of Sheep Herder
Hoover.
White Bulls band of warriors, num-
bering 1875, 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 to the reservation. State Off
cials believe. the situation exaggerated,
but at the same time believe prepare
tions should be made to guard against
an outbreak by hot-headed young In
dams.
Report Sent to Warrington.
Washington, June 2.-The official re-
port of the trouble among the Chey-
enne Indians in Montana dated May rs
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 as to an illegal slaughter of
beef which he had witnessed. An in
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The agent reports that intense excite
ment exists among the settlers and that
there is liability to further trouble.
He says there are great many blood
thirsty young men among these In
dams, and that if 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.
Waiting for Information.
Washington, June 2. = Secretary
Bliss has wired instructions to Indian
Agent Stouch, whose reservation is the
seat of the Cheyenne Indian trouble,
directing him to Immediately notify the
department of the situation and to use
every effort to deliver the Indian flu
gitives to the civil officers showing sat
fsfactory credentials. This decision was
reached after a conference between
Acting Secretary Of the Interior Ryan,
Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Smith and Attorney-G General McKenna
and his adjutant general. The report
which Capt. Stouch mailed on May rs
and which reached here Tuesday was
read, together with dispatches to the
president and Senator Carter. The Of
ficials are awaiting with considerable
the report from the agent,
which he was peremptorily directed to
telegraph at once. The Northern Chey-
ennes are known here as warlike
band, easily inflamed, whose actions
cannot be too closely Guarded