Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
INDIANS STILL DEFIANT.
Pillagers Flushed With Vic
tory and Troops May Take
the Offensive.
WARRANTS FOR LEADERS
ReinforcementS Are Heading for Bear
Island and the Situation Is
Becoming Serious.


lheIr Grievance Is with the Soldiers and
Deputy Marshals - Evidence That The
Friendly Indians Are Hesitating- There
Seems to BE No Hope of EHecting an
Amicable settlements.
Walker, MINI, Oct. 11.-There have
been no new developments in the stu
ton here for the past twenty-four
hours. Gen. Bacon's command is now
encamped at Leech Lake Indian Agen-
cy, and the hostiles are supposed to be
on the mainland not far from the spot
where last Wednesdays battle was
fought.
1t now seems probable that the SOL
diers must take the offensive. The
recalcitrant Indians for whom Marshal
O'Connor has warrants are still at
large and, although there have been
rumors that some of them would come
in and give themselves up, none of
+ them has done so, and probably none
Will The Pillagers are flushed with
victory, and the killing of several of
| their tribe has made them more de-
fant.
Runners keep coming in from the
woods north of here and all of them
tell of seeing Indians headed for Bear
Island 1t is impossible to estimate
how many bucks have been seen, as
all the reports are absurdly eXagger-
ated About the only thing that
is certain is that he situation north
of Walker is so serious that the lum-
bermen do not think it prudent to re-
| main there and are abandoning their
camps
So far no depredations have been
committed on the settlers or lumber
men. The stories of midnight attacks
on LathrOp and several other towns
are fakes pure and simple. One of the
| hOstiles told Gus Beaulieau not forty
eight hours ago that they were not
angry at the whites as a whole, but
only at the soldiers and deputy mar
shals. When the trouble first began
to assume a threatening aspect Judge
Wright, of Walker an old Indian
trader, here, offered to bring in every
enc of the men who are wanted by
| Marshal OConnor for 81 1000 There
are twenty-five of them and all have
families.
Judge Wright's plan was to go
among the Pillagers and promise them
that if they would submit to the mar
shall, he would employ counsel to 6e-
fend them and would support their
families until they came back. O'Con-
nor offered $500, which Wright re-
fused. 1t has al eady cost several
times the amount asked to say nothing
of the lives of one valiant officer and
six brave men. Gen. Bacon has been
defeated and the prestige the Indians
have acquired among their fellows by
their victory has added to their con-
fidence There seems to be really no
hope at present of affecting an AMIGA
BILE settlement.
Council was appointed for this after
noon, but none of the chiefs came in.
This is regarded as ominous and as
evidence that the friendly Indians are
hesitating. An effort will be made by
Father Aloysius tomorrow to COM
municate with the hostiles, but it is
doubtful if even he will be received.
He will be authorized to say that if
the men who are wanted will give
themselves up none of those who have
participated in the fight will be pun
ished. Upon the result of this visit
the question of peace or war will turn.