Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-10
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
several Iiandred Armed Hacks said TO be
on hear Island chief. boycott the
Council st Agency.

Minneapolis. MINI. Oct "a special
10 the Tribune from Its stan CORE
uponicn az Walker says The sltua-
tion tonight IL more ominous than ever
AZ the agency tonight a council was
held between the Indians. Gen. bacon.
Col. Harbach. Indian Agent iithefland
and Marshal o'connor. The result OF
the conference was not In any way like
that Of those previously held. except In
the fact that not one of the leading men
Of the different bands were present.
There were. however, representatives
present from Dear Island. Cas- lake.
Otter Tall point and Pine point, hut
the trlbeunrn, Tho only conclusion 20
be drawn Il that the leaders OF the ar
fcrcni bands sent men there merely a.
stool pigeons and that others OF their
number ate now preparing for the war
path.
"a most significant fact II thlsi SAT-
urday thirty canoe loads u Bear Island
Indians and their families, protesting
% be peaceful, arrived at hic agency.
To-day every one uf the bucks In the
party iefi. but where they have gone H.
only % be- uurnlaUd. There Il little
doubt. however. that they have loft Tor
Bear Island 20 Join those who are al
ready prepared 10 Tight There must be-
by this time several hundred armed
men on the island. ana from what can
BE- learned today. many more are ON
the road.
Two or three Of the Bear island men
who are atlll on the agency. have been
questioned 10 regard % last Vcfnea-
days battle, hut they positively stated
that they know nothing whatever IN
regard TO the dead and wounded among
the Indians, and HAD seen none Of those
who wer In the nFhL
Gen. Bacon announced that the last
council would be held Monday. and the
Indians dispersed"
1T il reported tonight ON the author
ity ~ cltlzcn who has cOnveraed with
a hostile Plllager Indian, one who was
In Wednesday, battle ana who has sat
In all the councils of the Plllnscrs, that
the Indians have sworn 10 an agreement
10 accomplish. II possible. the follow
Ing; Thcy viii attempt In a few days
10 drive from the reservation all o. the
troops already there. They VIII, N auc-
cssaful 10 the above. not allow any
United states authorities or United
States troops ,hgrelilr, 10 land upon
the reservation. n troops land upon "a
point not inhabited by the hostile In
dians. an attempt will Doe made TO drive
them on an soon as possible.
THE man who gave this Information
o. believed 20 be thoroughly reliable. lie
had an extended conference with Den.
Bacon tonight.
THAT the Indians have been gather
ing for several days is a well known
fact. ana Il seems PERFECTLY Reasonable
o. suppose that they are gathering Tor
an attack upon n body " troops NJ least
200 strong. nH those 80 the agency are.
Up 10 date the hostile Indians have
made no attacks upon white settlers
There are no Indications that they will
o. 30 and this bears out the fac( that
thoy win connne their hos,llitles to the
reservation alone"
Falmouth and his band OF forty
Chippewa Indians may be on the War.
path before another day has passed.
Al the council % be held at noon to-
morrow he will deliver a message ask.
ing that the troops be taken away from
the agency, and Informing the authorl,
lies that ln the event 90 q refusal TO a.
this ~ VIII join the hostile Plllager In
dlans,