La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-15
SETTLERS ALARMED.
FEAR OF INDIANS INCREASING.
In .Harmosy and soIdtsrs Being Dis
tribatsd ae Strategic PolntsL

Minneapolis. Mimi. Oct. l0.-The fol
lowing telegram has just been re-
ceived from Superintendent +. c.
Blanchard OF the Northern Pacific nj
Barker, Minnesota:
Woman just in at McGregor from
Portage Lake. four miles west of here.
reports Two dozen Indians In war paint
drove her from her home. She thinks
her husband and father are Killed.
This is the first and only trouble re-
ported along our line. Will you notify
proper state au,horitiesr I will take
a deputy and a dozen men with guns
from Carleton"
Minneapolis Oct. l0.--Thc federal
and state authorities are now working
in harmony toward the luelllng OF the
Indian revolt.
General Bacon offered 10 come down
from Walker this evening TO confer
with Governor Ciough. but the latter
advised conference by wire. He re-
ceiyed the following message from
General Bacon. situation bad: CON
ference yesterday resulted in nothing
None of the Indian chiefs there. L,iin-
berTen are all coming into Walker.
Troops needed at Cass Lake.
Nevertheless the governor believes
that the situation is well in hand and
that the recalcitrants are practically
surrounded by the soldiers.
The construction crews on the North
west extension Of the Brainerd and
Northern TO Bemidji and northward
TO Call Lake have joined the refugees
At Walker and 1t may be necessary to
send them back TO work under guard.
as the-s. two extensions. in the event OF
a proIongation Of the trouble. would BIZ
OF great strategic value.
Troops may yet be placed Mt three
more points in addition to the present
forces at Fosston line points: these are
where the line crosses the Mississippi.
the Indian portage train. three miles
west OF Bena and Ball Club Lake.
With these avenues of escape cut on II
would be practically impossible for the
hostlles to escape.
From Park river the governor has re-
ceivcd personal statement signed by
Chief Ned Gay Bug Enanoway Rush:
pine Point. Oct. 9.-The Chippewa
Indians at Pine Point beg 10 state TO
the public that we are perfectly friend
ly TO the whites and have decided at
the council not TO take any part what
ever in the Le,sh Lake trouble"
\ special TO the Journal from Cass
Lake says that armed bucks are un-
doubtedly proceeding south.
Calls were received from Bemidii for
troops, but none were sent. as this was
considered the more crucial point.
There is considerable apprehension
and an uudoubted necessity for troops
to allay panic in the small towns along
this line.
At 1890 o'clock this morning the
Fourteenth Minnesota left FOR towns on
the Foss;on extension of the Great
Northern road on the northern border
of the Leech Lake reservation. Lieu
tenant Colonel johnson was In COM
nand and had with him Major Schaef-
fer, Captain Holmes. Adjutant Winnie,
Captain Dorsey. Lieutenants Baker,
Brisbin. Smiley. O'Brien and Quarter
master Coke. The men carried tents.
100 rounds Of ammunition and several
days rations. They are mostly from
Companies f and !, but all of the
twelve companies are represented.
They will be stationed mostly at Far
ris and Bemidji.
A special TO the Journal from Be
midi, Minnesota. says:
"A rumor this morning that the In
dians were coming caused n stampede.
The people We're greatly excited and
massed n; the court house. The sol
diers Were telegraphed for"
Adjutant General Muehll'crg of the
state militia wired to Governor Clough
from Deer River. on the Fosston line:
Have scouts out to get reliable infor-
nation. The people are much fright
encd all along the line. More troops
should be stationed west OF here. Be-
midi Is much excited