The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
ALL SIGNS INDICATE A RENEWAL
OF HOsTILITIEs AT hear
ISLAND
THE EXCITEMENT Is
RAPIDLY INCREASING
WHITES WARNED BY FRInNDI,Y
INDIANS TO SEEK SHELL
TER IN TOWNS
OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE
MUCH LESS REASSURING

Gen. Bacon, When Informed That
the Duluth Troops Were Not
Ready to Take the Field, Said No
Delay Could BE Allowed and
Asked for Men From st. Paul
Conference at the Agency a Fall
ure-Bear Island Braves Say
They Are Ready to- Fight the
Soldiers at Any Time-AIarming
RumOrs Abundant
Staff Special to The St. Paul Globe.
WALKER, Mimi, Oct civilian
Aspinwald, post trader and assistant
postmaster at the agency, came over
to Walker at o'clock this evening and
brought four large trunks Aspinwald
had been given a tip by an acuuatn-
tance from Bear island that he had
better not remain at the agency over
night. A double guard, one Of citi-
1ers and another of soldiers, will do d.
duty here tonight. Col. Harbach, In
command Of the detachment at the
agency, was advised of the expected
trouble and will take extra precau-
ttons.
The excitement here is increasing
hourly, and the indications are that
within a few hours the Indians will
have commenced to get their rights,
as they put it, with rifle balls. John
Olson, contractor in charge of the
grading on the Park River & Leech
Lake extension, from Akley to Foss-
ton. came in this evening with a crew
OF sixty men. The men were at work
six miles from here. Information from
friendly Indians caused them to stop
work and come here Immediately.
TOLD TO SEEK SAFETY.
H. P. Frey, a cruiser for the Tenny
Lumber company, Of Minneapolis, ar
rived at noon from a camp near Bay
lake. An Indian, whom Frey had be-
friended, advised him that Walker or
some town would be a good place to
visit, and Frey accepted the hint
j. f. Kennedy, who came from Por-
tage lake, nine miles north Of Bear
island, reports seeing eighty-four
squaws and number Of children going
IN the direction of Winntbagoshish
lake. This Kennedy claims, indicates
there Is to be fighting, and the squaws
and children were sent out Of the way
of harm.
,. T. Hopkins, a clerk in Warren &:
Fairbanks lumber camp, FIVE miles
from here, saw 200 bucks pass the
camp Thursday morning at o'clock
going in the direction of Bear island
The Indians were in canoes and loaded
up with supplies.
Gus Beaulieu reports that a friendly
Indian, named Mongonse, saw the Bear
island hostile band at Black Duck
Point, on Bay river, seven miles from
the scene Of Wednesdays fight. The
leader Of the band said they were not
going to fight women or children, and
would not leave the reservation. If the
soldiers came again, they would not
run, but would stand and give them
battle.
Gen. Bacon today received a message
saying the Duluth companies had no
camp outfit and answered that there
should be no delay. He says probably
the st. Paul companies will be used
Supt. Hart has Informed Gen. Bacon
that teams had been sent out six miles
to bring in those of the Bear island
get away from the hostiles. When the
teams arrived there was no one at
the place but few squaws and chill
dren. The men from Bear island who
had been for peace had returned.
OUTLOOK WARLIKE.
The prospects for a peaceful solution
of the present Indian problem are not
a
was a council at the reservation this
afternoon, but Falmouth, recently
from the Cass Lake reservation, was
not present. He had promised to be at
the agency at noon. Mah-Ge-Gah-B Bow,
the leader of the peace part of the
Bear islanders, giving the officers this
assurance Saturday.
At 8 o'clock Gen. Bacon, Marshal
O'Connor, Col. Harbach, Supt. Hart and
Indian Agent Sutherland met with
the Indians at the council. Col. Har-
bach informed the Indians that he was
not there for war, but to protect them
against bad Indians. DR.. Hart, Of the
agency, explained the presence of the
marshal and the troops. and stated that
peaceable and good Indians had no rea-
son to fear either branch of the gov
ernment.
Maj. Sheehan thrilled those attending
the council with a description of the
battle last Wednesday, and wound up
by saying the forces would remain un-
til the twenty-one men wanted had
either given themselves up or had been
captured.
Diu-Wha- Quab-Aun, from High
Point, advised that the council be post
poned one day. All present favored
peace, and especially on account of
having children and desiring them to
grow up friendly to the government.
David Butcher, an agency Indian,
said that with two churches the braves
on the reservation should have no
trouble. He advised the officers OF the
soldiers to have guards put on duty
at the Narrows, which separate Agency
Point from the north end of the lake,
to prevent the hostiles from attacking
the agency.
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