The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-10-07

7 Bacon would have sent back some Of
| fetal communication had 1t been pos
sible to do so. No word whatever has
come from him. Neither has it been
possible to confirm the report that the
entire detachment has been wiped out.
The outlook at this hour is that the
agency Indians may go on the war
path at any moment. They have been
holding a council all night and reports
received every half hour by runners
describing the condition of al
fairs. Two of the old chiefs
want war, but there are others
who are trying desperately to stem
the tide of discomfort and to prevent
any conflict with the troops. The two
correspondents, who are still in WAL
ker. started for the island Wednesday
night, and hope to get back in time to
give some idea of the situation and as
to whether the other newspaper men
and the soldiers still live.
WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-Seeretary Bliss
received a telegram Wednesday night
from Indian Inspector Tinker, an
nouncing a fight with the Pillager In
dams in Minnesota Wednesday. 1t
did not say how many were killed.
Marshal O'Connor wired Attorney Gen.
eral Griggs that general Indian up
rising was imminent
On receipt of these adviceS Secretary
Alger ordered reinforcements sent to
the scene at once on a special train, if
necessary, and with a Calling gun if
needed.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. Cor ders
were issued late Wednesday night for
additional troops to go to Leech lake
and 200 soldiers will leave for there on
a special train early in the morn
| ing, reaching the scene of trouble
early Thursday afternoon. This is in
accordance with telegram from Adjt
Gen. Corbin to Lieut. Col. Sturgis, as
sistant adjutant general for the de-
partment of Dakota.
The Pillager and other neighboring
Indians of the White Earth reserva-
ton claim to have many reasons for
their present outbreak, although the
direct trouble with the Pillagers comes
over attempts to bring in some of the
Indians to the United States court at
Duluth in connection with liquor sell
ing cases.
Their grievances go back through
many years and there have been legis-
lative and other attempts to settle
them, one Of the latest being the Nell
son law regarding the sale of timber on
the Indian lands. However the Indians
claimed that the method of dispos-
ing of this was both cumbersome and
expensive and that they were the
sufferers In regard to serving as
as witnesses in illegal liquor selling
cases, they claimed that the deputy
marshals left them to find their own
way home from Duluth without hav.
ing paid them the proper mileage.
This is denied by the deputies.
The leader in the trouble with
the Pillagers is an old warrior
Bog-A Mah-Ge-Shig, not chief, who
: recently returned from court and was
= soon afterwards sought again by the
deputies. He alleged ill-treatment in
being turned adrift penniless in
Duluth and aroused the other
! Indians to protest against the way
he claimed to have been treated
= The United States marshal insists
. that the old mans story is unfoundec
: but the reds had been stirred up t.
. such pitch that trouble apparently
! became unavoidable. in view of the
. deeply seated feeling of general i'll
. treatment in regard to their timber
LANDS and their lands and rights il
. general.
g MINNEAPOLIS, Oct GA telegram re
e ceived at midnight from Walker, MINI.
n says fierce fight between the INDIAN
IS and the troops is still in progress
s. Marshal O'Connor reports several ia
IS talities among the soldiers, but doe
Y. not give the mum Der. A special trail
e is coming from Brainard with a hun
dred armed citizens
If WALKER, Mimi, Oct. 6-With tn
E. single exception of Santiago there wa
r not as bloody land battle fought dur
i ing the Hispano-American war as tina
lie which occurred around the hour o
is noon Wednesday away off on tn
lie border land of Minnesota civilization
lie Bear island, Leech lake. There are dea
lie Indians all over this island Wednesda
g night. There may be half dozen @
a. them, as reported in the early evenin
ly bulletins, and there may be 40. TIL
d. place is so isolated, IS miles by waite
ID east of this point, there is so niue
lie confusion, and the people are in sue
d, a state of fright that it is difficult t
~ get any further information than tina
a fierce fight, lasting over three hour
err has occurred; that lot of red me