The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-08

ing had no difficulty about landing of boats. He reports that at several points along the lake were seen white flags, indicating general surrender.
 Washington, Oct. "A dispatch from General Bacon received by the adju- tant general, dated Walker, October z, via Brainerd, October z, says that the Indians have scattered in their canoes to various islands in that section. He adds: Have accomplished all that can be done here at this late season and will return with my command to-mor- row."
 St. Paul, Oct. "A Walker, Minn.,
 special to the Dispatch says: General
 Bacon thinks that one of the Indians killed by sharpshooter was Chief Blu
 Go-Kay- Ka- -Shig. He says that they are completely whipped Indians. The
 name of this Indian Is apparently in
 tended for Bug An Nah Go-Shig, who
 was the cause of the whole trouble,
 other Indians having taken him by
 force from the deputy marshal when
 taking him to Duluth as witness in an
 illegal liquor selling case"
 St. Paul. Minn, Oct. "A Walker,
 Minn., special to the Dispatch says:
 There will be a big conference of In-
 dians to-day. There will also be twen-
 ty Bear Islanders at this conference
 and they will urge the Leech Lake h.
 dians to take the opportunity to re-
 venge themselves for the killing of
 members of their tribe the day before
 yesterday. There will be twenty-four
 Cass Lake Indians at this pow-Wow
 They came In last night. The Winne-
 bagoshish Lake Indians will also be
 represented About 400 braves will be
 represented at the conference. If the
 troops were to leave here before the
 trouble is fully settled, not a white
 family would remain in all this coun-
 try. Indians by the dozen and the
 score are gathering about the lake and
 they are in an angry mood. Godfrey
 Zeigler, one of the wounded privates in
 the hospital, says the fight was very
 hot for thirty minutes. One Indian at
 the right of the line seemed to hit a
 soldier every time he shot, and when he
 fired another at the right let out a
 whoop Zeigler says this Indian had a
 fine gun. It was he who shot Sergeant Butler through the head making three holes in his hat The hat is preserved by Zeigler, who is wounded in the light arm He is quoted as saying: You ought to have seen the reporters leg it when the fight began. But they were mighty kind to the wounded after wards" He says there were not over fifty Indians engaged in the fight, and in this he is supported by the state
 ments of several others. Two or three
 Indians seemed to do all the damage. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. "A special to the Journal from Walker, says: A conference between Indian Agent Suth- erland and Chippewa Indians at the
 agency is going on and matters are
 again assuming threatening aspect.
 Mrs Colby, who is employed at the
 agency school association as instructor,
 was this morning ordered to leave the agency by Indians and has just arriv- ed here. She fears serious trouble within the next few hours and says that the pretext of the bucks who are constantly arriving at the agency from all directions that have come in to sign rolls is manufactured for the occasion. Minneapolis, Minn.. Oct. "A special to the Journal from Walker says Gus
 Beaulieu, who knows the Indians in and around Leech Lake intimately, is con- fident that they will at once ask for terms of peace. Beaulieu arriving in Walker late last night brought word that four of those for whom warrants have been issued have given them
 selves up to the chiefs of their respect i've tribes, by whom they will be given up to-day. As proof that the inten- tions of the Indians are more friendly, Beaulieu points out that all Indians coming into the agency are bringing their wives Chief Gay-Gwa- Way Bing-Ning of Bear Island, who has | been one of the most active In endeav- bring to repressing the rebellion, as-
 sured Lieutenant Humphrey yesterday that everything would be amicably set i tied within the next tWenty-four hours and that his tribe was anxious for peace.
 A courier came in this morning from | A point twenty-five miles north, and said that during the past forty-eight hours more than 250 Indians, all armed l with Winchesters, have been counted | by him alone and that they are going 1 in the direction of Bear Island, One of the hostile chiefs, who was spoken i to, boasted that he had seen armed men as thick as leaves in the forest, 1 and defied those on board the boat to 1 fire a shot Dr Hart has brought his 1 family into Walker and all of the white 1 people at the agency have followed his | example with single exception-Mrs. i Smith, one of the teachers People in | and around Walker are apprehensive of | the outsome and are demanding that 1 the Redskins be pursued until they are
 broken in spirit and thoroughly cowed. They say that if the trouble is allowed to drop now it will be but a short time before they again become defiant and that life and property will not be safe Sunless the Indians are exterminated.