Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-12
TROOPS ARE At AGENCY.
Gen. Bacon will Take $50 Soldie RS
to the Reservation.
SUPPORTING MARSHAL.
Gov. C1ough Does Not Wait for Gov
ernment to Act-Sends Ma
tiouaI Guard.

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extra has the following Indian news from
Walker, MINI: At the Indian council
held at the reservation a demand was
made by the government through Indian
Agent Sutherland that the men concerned
in the killing of soldiers near Bear island
be given up to answer the charge of muir
der.
Marshal O'Connor and go troops COM
manded by Gen. Bacon, will move to the
agency on the reservation at 10 o'clock
this morning. Boats were chartered last
evening and another effort will be made
to apprehend the twenty Indians for
whom the marshal has bench warrants.
When the troops arrive at the agency
runners will be sent out and the men or
dered in. In case they do not respond
Marshal O'Connor, backed by the troops,
Will go after them.
Nineteen Bucks in the Battle.
Information given out by one of the In
dams at the council yesterday was that
nineteen young bucks composed the force
which engaged Gen. BacCn's command
near Bear island. Gay-She-G won-Ay-
1osh, or as the English version would be,
Strong-V oice-of-the-Wind, was the leader
and directed the plan of battle. The band.
excepting the killed, are now on Bear
island and refuse to come in or take part
in the council. 1t is likely that such rem
ASNOOS as l4Cy a. l1IuCS " JOlA l1GIl
will make things lively for several
months, combining themselves to depreda-
tons on small settlements. The report
that Bog-A-Mah-Ga-Shik was killed by
one of the sh~arpshooters is denied, the
chief refusing to take Part IN the attack.
Thirty-fve Indians put in an appearance
at the own of LOthrOp, nine miles south
of here, last evening. The women and
children were gathered in q building and
the citizens are guarding the town.
j. II. Beebe, a sQuaW man, while walk
ing along the Brainerd & Northern track
from Walker to Lothrop, was shot at
near Lothrop. The shots, Beebe claimed,
We're fired by Indians who were in am
bush along the track.
a Pioneer Press extra says it is re-
ported that the four Indians whom Mar
shall OConnor wants have surrendered.
Gives Troops an Advantage.
Walker, Mimi, Oct. Seen. Bacon re-
ceived from United States Marshal O'Con-
nor this morning a request in writing to
move his entire force to Leech lake reser-
Vatlon to reinforce Lieut.. Humphrey
there.
A great many reds are gathering around
the lake and the troops will be in a better
situation at the agency 20 pursue those
who are the cause of the present trouble.
It is a mistake to say or think that trou-
bic is over or the end is in sight. G.. H.
Beaulieu, who has all along taken the In
dian side of the controversy, this morn
ing said that the Indians are far from
pacifed. Boh-Gan-Ah-Muh Ge-Shig.
chief of the Bear islanders, told him last
night that he feared the withdrawal of
Gen. Bacon from the scene of the fight
ing would make it impossible to control
his young men, who were responsible for
the trouble. The Indians can drive the
troops away from the woods and prevent
them from pursuing the Indians into the
forests.
The chief of the Bear islanders say he
fears his young men will go about in
bands of two or three N do a great deal
OF mischief to settlers, even if they do not
get sufficient force of Indians together to
attack the soldiers. Gen. Bacon was al
lowed to leave with his force yesterday
because they could use it as an argument
with other tribes to join with them, claim
ing it was q retreat.
Gen. Bacon will keep his Headquarters
at Walker and Col. Harbach will be in
direct command of his forces in the field.
He will keep control of the three steam
ers on the lake. Four Indians were
turned over to Marshal O'Connor at the
agency this morning by Gus H. Beaulieu.
Today the Indians at the agency began
a conference among themselves and will
keep it up for three days.
People Considerably Frightened.
Indians frightened the people of
Lothrop last night. Similar conditions
are expected tonight at all the small set
Elements in this section.
At 1:3O a. N. O men Of the Third in
fantry under command of Col. Harbach
went aboard the steamers Flora and Leila
II, with a large barge in tow for the
agency. 1t will take about one hour to
make the trip. The entire command will
go into camp and watch developments.
Gen. Bacon has placed sixty men of Co,
No. l for guard duty in town. Gen. Ba-
con says that while the Indians retreated
to Bear island after the fight be is not at
all satisfied that thew nave enough. In
case of a general uprising he will inaugur-
ate a winter campaign against them. He
says that it may take 1000 men to final
ly subdue the savages. He believes that
the Indians would not put up much of a
fight during the cold weather aud could
be subdued or captured.