New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-11
THE INDIAN SITUATION.
.x,nrTIoN OF AFFAIRS STILL BAD ON
THE MINNESOTA RESERVATION.
,rpa1 AND STATE AUTHORITIES WORKING
roGETHER-soMB OF THE CHIPPEwAs
PROFESS FRIENpsHIP-PLANs OF

rocrTuER-soMB OF THE CnIPPEwAs
PROFESS FRIENpsHIP-PLANs OF
THE HosTILEs
,,sanols oct lO-The Federal and State
,,or,ties are now working in harmony toward
re ouellng Of the Indian revolt. General
n.oor offered TO come down from Walker this
.venirg TO co lfer with Governor Clough. but
~. latter advised conference by telegraph He
r.celyed the following message from General
Bacon
~stuaton bad; conference yesterday resulted
., nothing None of the Indian chiefs were
here The lumbermen are all coming into
walker Troops needed at Cass Lake"
Nevertheless. the Governor believes that the
.,,uation is well in hand. and that the recalci-
rants are practically surrounded by soldiers
The construction crews on the northwestern ex-
,spsion OF the Bralnerd and Northern Railroad
"a Bem!dt. and northward to Cass Lake. have
,o,ned the refugees at Walker. and 1t may be
r.cessary to send them back TO work under
srard as these two extensions in the event of
a p-olongatlon OF the trouble. would be Of great
Strategic value Troops may yet be placed at
three more points in addition TO the present
t,rces at Fosston line points. These are where
the line crosses the Mississippi and the Indian
nortage trail three miles west Of Ball Club
lake With these avenues Of escape cut off, II
would be practically impossible for the hostlles
10 escape northward.
SOME or THE ChIPPEwAs FRIENDLY.
From Park River the Governor has received
personal statement. signed by Chief Ned-Gay-
Bug Enanoway- Rush;
Pine Point October 9.
We the Chippewa Indians at Pine Point. beg
10 state 10 the public that perfectly
friendly to the whites. and have no in-feeling
or are in any way hostile. We have decided at
the council not 10 take any part whatever in
the Leeeh Lake trouble.
This morning 100 men OF the Fourteenth Mn
resota started for towns the Fosston extern
sion Of the Great Northern road on the north
err border of the Leech Lake Reservation. Lieu
,.nant-Colonel Johnson was in command, and
Ne had with him Major Schaefer. Captain
Harts, Adjutant Whine, Surgeon Dorsey, Lieu
tenants Baker. Br!sbin. Smiley OBrlen and
ouartermaster Cox The men carried tents, 100
rounds Of ammunition each. and several days
rations They are mostly from Companies
and l. bu. all the twelve companies repre-
Nnted. They will be stationed mostly at Farris
and Benidj
Adjutant-General Muehlberg Of the State
Militia telegraphs 10 Governor Clough from Deer
River on the Fosston line:
Have scouts out 10 get reliable information
The people are frightened all along the line
More troops should be stationed west Of here
Bemidj is much excited"
dispatch to The Journal" from BemidjL
MINI, says
a rumor this morning that the Indians were
coming caused stampede The people were
greatly excited and messed at the courthouse
The soldiers were telegraDhed fof"
WHAT THE INDIAN PLANS ARE.
dispatch to The Tribune" from Walker
says:
II is reported on the authority Of citizen who
has conversed with hostile Pillager Indian,
one who was in Wednesdays battle and who
sat in all the councils OF the Piilagers, that the
Indians have sworn TO an agreement 10 accom-
plsh II possible the following: They will at
tempt In a few DAYS 10 drive from the reserva-
ton all of the troops already there They WILL
II they are successful In this. no. allow any
United States authorities or United states troops
thereafter 20 land upon inc reservation II
troops land upon a point not Inhabited by the
hostile Indians an attempt will be made 10 drive
them off as soon as possible
That the Indians have been gathering for
several DAYS is a well-known fact and it seems
perfectly reasonable 10 suppose that they are
gathering for an attack on body Of troops at
least 200 strong as those at the agency are
Up to date the hostile Indians have made no at
TACK upon white ScttlfTS' lHele are AO lHuISa-
tons that they will do so, and this bears out
the fact that they will confne their hos,ilties to
the reservation alone
Another dispatch says.
Falmouth and his band Of forty Chippewa
Indians may be on the warpath before another
day has passed AT the council TO be held at
noon to-day he will deliver a message asking
that the troops be taken away from the agency,
and informing the authorities that In the event
Of refusal 10 do this he will join the hostile
Pillager Indians.