Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-10-10
THAT INDIAN UPRISING
Governor Clough Takes a Hand In
the Affair.
SHARP MESSAGE TO CORBIN.
Enys Icech Lake Indians We're Not
Beaten-Tells the War Depart
ment the Stnte VIII MAN.
age Its own Affairs.

st. Paul, Oct. 10-The Minnesota In
dian war was shifted from Bear island,
Walker and Cass Lake to this city.
Hostilities were precipitated by Major
Sturgis, adjutant general of the depart
ment of Dakota, who appeared at the
state capitol with an order from Adju-
tant General Corbin revoking the order
calling out the Twelfth and Fourteenth
regiment volunteers, now being muster
ed out at New Ulma and st. Paul.
Governor Clough directed his voice
loaded with supplementary language
at Major sturgis, and the latter
quickly withdrew. Governor Clough
then ordered his pretty stenographer to
advance and dictated this dispatch with
the fury of South Dakota gale:
III. c. Corbin Adjutant General Wash
ington:
mo one claims that re-enforcements
are needed at Walker. I have not been
asked for assistance from that quarter,
though I don't think General Bacon has
won the victory he claims. Other peo-
pie do not say so. The Indians claim to
have won and that is my opinion The
people all along the Fosston branch
railroad are very much alarmed, and
are asking for the protection which I
have asked of the war department. The
soldiers are here and are willing and
ready to go, but as you have revoked
your order of yesterday you can do
what you like with your soldiers. The
state of Minnesota will try to get along
without any assistance from the de-
partment headquarters.
I'D. M. CLOUGH, Governor"
VIII Raise n Regiment.
Having finished this scorcher. the
governor turned upon the representa-
tives OF the press and made this state
ment:
IT won't fool around trying to unwind
government red tape any longer. We
will have another regiment of state
militia just as soon as I can organize
it. l shall take steps toward its organ
ization at once. I would do so this min
ute but that General Muahlberg is up
north with troops. When he returns, 1t
will not take long to have that regi-
ment organized. Then we won't have to
depend upon the federal government
when our people call for protection.
Another thing. / don't propose to
waste more time in asking the govern
ment for troops If the situation grows
worse I shall call for volunteers, and we
win get plenty of them. l cannot send
arms to these people now, because we
have them not, but if we must have the
volunteers we will get them, and they
will be armed.
II am not an alarmist and do not
want to paint the situation worse than
it is. I do not really look for more Sc
rious trouble, but I know just how those
people feel. l have lived among those
Indians. I was there in 1861 81 I know
just how my mother felt at that time,
and every mother in that northern
country must feel just as my mother
did then.
without fully expecting a massacre,
they feel that an outbreak may occur at
any time while they are unprotected.
don't understand the attitude of Cen
eral Bacon and the government in this
matter. The people up there want pro-
lection. We have the troops right here
on hand to protect them. They can be
sent up there without a cent of cost ex-
cept their transportation.
Soldiers Anxious to Go. |
1.-THE soldiers are now idle under gov
eminent pay and are anxious to go to |
the front Why in the name of COM
mon sense should we not furnish these |
people the protection for which they
ask? In dealing with Indians the safest
way is to act quickly, and the safest
way is always the best. l will organize
a regiment of state militia at once
General Bacon may be all right, but
he was sent up there to quell the uprs-
ing and arrest those rebellious Indians
What has he accomplished besides los
ing six good men and having IL more
He reports that the Indians
are whipped. but where are they? He
has returned to Walker and presumably
is about to return home. Did he cap
ture the Indians he went after, or are
they still roaming the forest?
However, I want it understood that
am not interfering in any way with
General Bacon. 1t is not for Walker
that l want troops, but for the protec-
ton of the country to the north Of that
point. I would place soldiers at every
station from Deer River to Bemipdi.
Even if there should be no uprising in
the end and the federal officers should
laugh at us, what of it? We will have
lone our duty by those citizens of the
state living in that district. They will
EEL that they are protected-that they
Ire safe-and the moral effect upon the
people and the Indians alike will be ,
good. The Indians will realize that the .
state is not to be trifled with, and the {
settlers will feel that their homes are J
afe'' {
Two Batteries Sent Out.
The two batteries of artillery, A and l
3, under Major Libby and CAPTAINS I
larson Of st. Paul and Bennett of Min 6
leapolis, went to Deer River and Cass Y
lake on the Great Northern's Fosston
ranch. Adjutart General Muehlberg
accompanied them. The men had two
iatling guns and 100 rifles, besides ]
abers and other arms. The state has I
10 authority to punish Indians on the !
r
That can only be done by the federal i
authorities, but the state can raise &
roops and protect the settlements near
he reservation. State troops can sur
ound the reservations, and if the In
ians leave and commit depredations s
he state volunteers can shoot them h
own. There is no question that the 4
attlers in Cass and Itasca counties are Il
repairing to do that very thing. The s
My regret heard from these settlers is
nat they have not larger supply of
rms and ammunition. 1t is said that
hey Will soon have these supplies If Il
he uprising is not suppressed.
A. regiment Of the national guard can A
organized in a very brief time. In tt
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