Evening journal., 1898-10-07
THE INDIAN RISING.
No Word Received From
General Bacon.
LARGE REINFORCEMENT NEEDED.
Minneapolis Newspaper Men Recom-
mend IA Force of six Hundred.
Fighting All Dny-Maior VIII
sinson's Gallant Death.


Fighting All Day-MnIor VIII
Isinson's Gallant Death.
WASHINGTON. oct Up TO 10
O'clock last night there had been no in
formation received by the war depart
ment officials from General Bacon Dur
Ing the evening however the depart
ment received from the generals adju-
tant, now at st. Louis. the following
telegram, giving a summary OF condi-
tlons as far as that officer was able TO
obtain them.
In answer TO a telegram 20 United
States marshal at Walker MINI, have
received reply. giving location Of Cen
tral Bacon on mainland, southwest cor
ner Leech lake, and saying Commenc-
ed fighting at 1880 yesterday. Indians
seem to have best position. Not moving.
Major Wilkinson, five soldiers and two
Indian police killed. Awaiting re-en-
forcements.'
press dispatches and private West
ern Union dispatches seem TO support
these statements abour killed. Re-en-
forcements have doubtless reached the
command by this time. Reliable infor-
nation indicates Indians quiet In vicln-
lty Of Engineer dams to northeast No
report yet from General Bacon. only
one officer, Captain Gerlach, and 150
men for duty at Fort Smelling. Appre-
hend no need Of further re-enforce-
ments unless TO send 20 vicinity OF
Leeoh lake dam g cut off escape Of In
dams. Would suggest authority be gv-
en- TO utilize one battalion Minnesota
volunteers in case OF need. Report just
received Of arrival OF Colonel Horbach's
command at Walker about 4 o'clock"
The request TO use battalion OF the
Minnesota volunteers was promptly
granted. and the department command
er can have his pick from either the
Twelfth or Fourteenth state regiments.
One is at New Ulm and the other at
st. Paul awaiting their muster out.
General Corbin feels that there viii not
be any necessity TO use the men of
these regiments, however, as the regu-
lars VIII be sufficient for all purposes.
During the evening Secretary Bliss
received the following telegram from
Inspector Tinker, which indicates that
re-enforcements have reached Walker,
which Is 80 miles or less from the scene
OF the fighting;
1.-TWO hundred and fifteen officers and
men have just arrived with one Cat
ling gun. Have heard nothing from
the battle-ground since morning. Two
boats left to go to General Bacon's as
sistance and have not returned. VIII
wire fun particulars later"
The secretary feels gratined at the
concilatory attitude Of the Indians sur
rounding the Pillagers. In this connec-
ton he last night made public the fol-
lowing telegram from Chief Land Ex-
aminer w. Il. Selyo, now at Duluth,
and which had been received by Com
missioner Herman:
Just come from field near Cass lake
and WinnebagOshish lake. Indians all
quiet there. Shall return 10 the field
today. DO not anticipate any trouble
outside OF the Plllagers. There has
been some shooting between them and
the soldiers. All other Indians VIII
keep hands Off, believe"
Major M. c. Wilkinson and Mr. shee-
han, who are among the killed are well
known among the northwestern people
In Washington. Major Wilkinson was n
volunteer in the civil war; served
throughout that conflict and received on
Its close a commission In the regular
army. He had participated in several
Indian campaigns since the rebellion.
His regiment was stationed at Fort
Smelling for y years and was dispatch
war, but he was left at the fort on re-
rruitlng service He was over GO years
of age. and his family Is at Redlands.
near san Bernardino. Cal. where he has
for two years been building an orange
farm with view to spending his clos
Ing years there.
4. j. Sheehan was captain I'm the Fifth
Minnesota during the civil war and par
ticipated I'm the Sioux Indian massacre
in 1862. when he was placed in COM
mand Of Fort Rdgeley on the frontier
There, with a total force OF but 1926 men,
he withstood for two days the attack
and siege of over 1000 Indians. finally
repulsing them and saving the lives Of
his men. For 20 years after the close OF
the rebellion he was sheriff OF Free
born county, Mimi, and lately had been
United States deputy marshal. lie was
about 65 years of age and married.
The Leech lake Pillagers who are
fighting the whites, UP to this time had
been regarded as exemplary, and it was
this record which led the Indian bu-
reau officials here 10 believe the press
reports of threatened trouble were ox-
aggerated. The Pillager tribe number
l,l6O and have been reported by a num-
Der of successive agents at White Earth
as unusually progressive and steadily
advancing toward civilization.
Agent Sutherland, now at the scene of
the trouble, in his report TO Secretary
Bliss, Just received here, says: There
is no question as to the advance In
civilization among these Indians. Their
desire TO live i'm good houses, their at
tendance at church and their desire to
educate their children so to show their
advance toward civilization. / believe
there is less crime among them than
in the states among the same number
Of people"