New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-06
UPRISING OF INDIANS.
pU,5OR THAT SOLDIERS HA We
REEN MASSACRED.
SEVERAL MEN KILLED IN A FIGHT
WITH THE PILLAGER BAND IN
v1vNEsoTA-MEAsUREs TAKEN
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,,,osn,re,on. Oct 5.-ofcial dispatches re-
.,,..d here tonight brought to the authorities
-. s,asen realisation OF an Indian uprising OF
.non ordinary dimensions. Tie dispatches
,o~an coming about p. m, two OF them coming
=. cacretary Bliss. who, as head OF the interior
,.nort,nent. has charge Of Indian anaTs' anu
.,,-d 70 Attorney General Grisgs. from one oi
-.,,aa States marshals at the seat or the
rha erst dispatch to Secretary Bliss
was as follows
Walker Mimi. october D.
.cocretarv OF the Interior. Washington
..r,a Indians twenty-five miles from here on
o,,,ord q. North Bear Island opened nre
,roons under command OF General Bacon
.-,,,out warning this morning al ll:oo' iea'
-. army in the field is not strong ehous" u
..ssre the Bear Island Indians. How many
., on their side cannot now tell. A iarse
80 sboulS be sent here at once IL Is n'"
ma, and the Government must protect ''' p'0
- have a slight scratch on right arm anu
-, lac Please wire me instructions.
'' TINKER, Inspector"
rr,.r1oN EXTREMELY GRAVE.
Another dispatch from Inspector TINKER '''
,o,,sd soon afterward. as follows;
,.e...a..rv Of Interior: Trouble was caused
,ua,ors firing up troops first: situation as
can be feeling among Indians nost''e
and mean TO fight to the end. More troops N'e
..oasa At once They cannot get here 100 qul'N'
he'''N TINKER"
,ad,otA,v on receipt OF these dispatches
.o-,. p,,ss went to the home Of Secretary
A,ger and had a talk with the mead OF 'ie val
Dorartment as 10 the military steps WHICH
.,o,,,a bc taken While they were toge'heI
.ooortar called and handed to them the us
match giving more extended details OF the ei'
sogement between the troops and the moiahs'
eoo,e,srv Aleer read the dispatch aloud. punc'-
Mating # with his own observations on the gar
,o,,rv OF the men and the efficacy OF the feo
Cross the latter being mentioned as caring Ior
some of the wounded. The two secretaries
agreed that the situation had reached stage
ubAn energetic steps were needed turning 10
HE military aid Major Hopkins Secretary Alger
said:
SECRETARY ALGER ACTS PhOMfILA'
Take those dispatches 10 AdJutant-Geherai
corbin and tell him 70 have ample REINFORCE
uents sent immediately. II need be. have
.nec,al train secured and the reinforcemehts
tent forward without delay. If 1t seems to be
desirable to send along Gatling gun. let that
be done also"
MARSHAL FEARS GENERAL UPRISING.
Major Hopkins went TO the War Department
and delivered the message to the Adjutant'
General The latter IN the mean time had re-
ceived from the Attorney-General a dispatch re-
eeived from the United States Marshal. as fol-
lows:
walker October 8.
ITO the Attorney General: Have more troops
sent here Immediately. Battle begun at Bears
Island Look for general uprising OF Indians.
General Bacon in the field.
"O'CONNOR, Marshal"
The War Department had received no dis
patches from General Bacon or from any OF
the military authorities in the department where
the UPRISING had occurred. This caused some
surprise and doubt and it left the question as
10 the list Of casualties entirely open.
General Corbin was inclined to believe that
The reports were magnihed. He felt that there
was no need for apprehension, in view OF the
large number OF troops within easy reach OF
General Bacon and Immediately under his COM
mand