The record-union., 1898-10-09
Serious Danger Of Further Depreda-
tiOns at LeeCh Lake.
Greatest Danger Believed TO be to Scat.
tered Settlers and Lumbermen.
Fears That the Young Men of the
Tribe Will Do a Great Deal of
Mischief-Genera1 Bacon Re
ports That 1t May Take a Thou
sand Soldiers to Subdue the
Savages.

ST. PAUL, Oct. Sat army head
| quarters to-day there is an air of ex-
Pectancy but no movement. The first
battalion of the Fourteenth Minnesota
volunteers, Major Schaefer, has been
ordered to assemble at their various
company headquarters and await
orders to move and the Captains have
| reported all ready to take the trains,
| arrangements for which have been
made, SO that all four companies can
be placed at various points around
Leech Lake within five or six hours
A letter received at the army building
to-day dated Friday, from a reliable
lumberman near the Leech dam. SAYS
the Indians there are restless and there
is serious danger of depredations. There
are at this dam ten soldiers and four
or five civilians, armed and ready to
protect Government property They
have we'll protected quarters and can
hold their own against any ordinary
attack. The State will try it's hand at
helping to protect the settlers The
battalion Of artillery militiamen
reached Cass Lake to-day, taking the
place of the Fourteenth Regiment,
y
to reserve for use under regular army
orders.
The greatest danger is still believed
to be to the scattered settlers and lum-
bermen. Many have already reached
the towns, although some have sent for
additional arms and ammunition and
will try to- protect themselves and their
property from marauders. The situa-
tion is still serious.
Walker (Minn) special to the
Dispatch" says: General Bacon re-
ceived from Marshal O'Connor to-day
request in writing to remove his entire
force to the Leech Lake reservation to
reinforce Lieutenant Humphrey there
A great many reds are gathering
around the lake. and the troops will
be in a better situation at the agency
to pursue those who are the cause Of
the present trouble. 1t is a mistake TO
say or think that the trouble is over
or the end in sight. G. H Beaulieu,
who has all along taken the Indian side
of the controversy, admits to-day that
the Indians are far from pacified. Bog
GanAh- Mah-Ge-Shi chief of the
Bear Islanders, told him last night that
he feared the withdrawal of General
Pacon from the scene of the fighting
would make it impossible to control his
young men, who were responsible for
the trouble The Indians think they
can drive the troops away from the
woods and prevent them from pursuing
the Indians in the forest.
The chief of the Bear Islanders says
he fears his young men will go about
in bands of two or three and do a great
deal of mischief to settlers if they do
rot get sufficient force of Indians to-
gether to attack the soldiers.
General Bacon was allowed to leave
with his force yesterday because they
could use 1t as an argument with other
tribes to join with them, claiming it
was a. retreat. General Bacon will keep
his headquarters at Walker, and Colo
mel Harbach will be in direct command
OF the forces in the field. He will keep
control of the three steamers on the
lake Four Indians were turned over
to Marshal O'Connor at the agency to-
day by Gus Beaulieu.
To-day the Indians at the agency be-
gan a conference among themselves,
and will keep it up for three days. In
dams frightened the people of the lat
ter place last night AT 30 a. m. 200
men of the Third Infantry, under com
mand of Colonel Harbach, went aboard
the steamers Flora and Leila D. with a
large barge in tow for the agency. It
will take about one hour to make the
trip. The entire command will go into
camp and await developments. Gen
eral Bacon has placed 90 men of Com
pany / for guard duty in town.
General Bacon says that While the
Indians retreated to Bear Island after
the fight, he is not at all satisfied that
they have enough. In case of a gen.
eral uprising he will inaugurate a Win
ter campaign against them. He says
that it may take a thousand men to
finally subdue the savages.
A Walker, Mimi, special to the
Dispatch says: Mauk Wauk and
Bap-Dway- Web Dung, the two In
dians captured at Sugar Point on We'd
nesday, were taken to Detroit to-day in
charge of Deputy United States Mar
shals Morrison and Tallman to appear
before the United States Commission
er. The Marshals We're instructed in
case of an attempt to rescue the pris-
oners anywhere along the Brainerd and
Northern Railway to shoot them.
The citizens have held a meeting and
requested the County Commissioners to
appeal to General Bacon for military
protection by stationing a company of
regulars here for some time
The Commissioners will wait upon
the General before he leaves for the
agency.
Lothrop. station nine miles below
here, is apprehensive of an attack
Sheriff Hardy went there to-day with
rifles and ammunition to supply the
citizens.
Indian Agent Sutherland has received
a telegram from the White Earth
Agency stating the Indians had held
council and would not go on the war
path. The troops embarked for the
agency to-day.
CASUALTIES IN GEN. BACON'S
COMMAND.
WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-The follow
ing has been received at the War De-
partment:
WALKER (Minn.). Oct. S.-Adiutant
General, Washington: Replying to
yours of this date, report that / tele-
graphed you on the 5th 9th and to-day
forwarding details. 1 now report: Ac-