The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-18

the point where the company must
eItner nave the protection OF the gov
or organise an armed force 10
to take.
In this emergency George Denison
ana David Crawford. jr. both OF New
YORK city. went TO Washington ann
urged some form of federal action to
protect the great investments they had
made In the railroad. and also to pro-
tect the public interests. They talked
with the president and with Secretary
OF the Interior Deiano. TIE treaty DIFF
hculties In the way of federal interfer-
ence were pointed out. Secretary De-
iano said he had been In correspond
ence with the tribal chiefs of h In
dams In the Territory in relation to
the matter. but had been unable to set
anything from them either In the way
Oh assurance or performance. The re-
suit OF the conference was that MIR. De-
n reluctant. like the president. to
AXE any action involving n violation
OF treaty obligatfons. proposed to &c
himself to Muskogee and see N he
could not by moral suasion or threats.
induce the terminus gang to leave the
territory. He was of the opinion that
the entire trouble could be settled In
this way Although Messrs. Denison
and Crawford aid not share the secrs-
tarys faith, they encouraged the pro-
ject. believing that a sight Of conditions
at Muskogee would be worth more than
all the representations or arguments
they could make
As IL fell OUT. a better course could
not have been taken to bring the re gn
OF terror to an end. The coming of the
secretary OF the interior and the object
OF his visit were known at Muskogee
in advance. but so far from putting
them on their good behavior the teT-
minus men prepared to defy the gov
m itself. AS luck would have T..
knowledge OF this feeling and intention
reached the secretary while on the
road. and In an amusing though some
what dramatic way. The night before
the party reached Muskogee, one of its
embers was taken seriously III. A IL
vision superintendent Of the Missouri,
Kansas a Texas, who was on board.
volunteered TO detach the engine. run
ahead to a point where he knew a ply
sician could be found. get the doctor
and bring him back to the special trair.
Before the doctors station was reached
the engine was stopped and the super
intendent taken out Of the cab. He
recognized several of the terminus
toughs OF Muskogee I'm the gang, but
they did not know him, inc were about
to shoot him under the suspicion that
he was a United States officer, who had
been sent ahead to make the road clear
for the next train. which IL was their
intention to rob. The railroad official
only saved his life by proving his iden-
tity. and protesting that nothing could
induce him to play the part OF a gov
rnmen spy upon gentlemen in pursuit
OF their calling.
When this story got back to the spe-
cial. along with the doctor and the rail-
road official, Is created a profound sem
sation. Secretary Delano was no less
impressed than the others. but he
wanted to know IL the outlaws were
aware that the train they were propos-
ing to rob had the cabinet party
aboard
"A knowledge of that fact must hove
been the motive for the contemplated
robbery said the superintendent. "fCr
they said 1t was hard luck to miss the
Washington tenderfeet, who might pan
out better than a railroad pay car"
III the secretary entertained any
doubts after this that the men he was
to deal with were not open to mission
airy work they were removed at Musko-
gee the next morning. when he was in
vited into a tent to view the remains of
a man who, he was informed by a ter
minus man. had been killed to give him
an idea of how things were done In
that country. While making the rounds
OF the canvas town the cabinet party
saw many exhibitions of the terminus
mans skill in craftsmanship, evidently
with the purpose of impressing the Sec
rotary. Any brilliant feat OF gun play
brought the loudest and most vainglori-
Gus boastings from the man who had
performed Ii. together with the asser-
ton that he had fought in the war and
was worth a regiment of bluecoats.
Shortly before noon the secretary held
a public reception in a tent. He talked
with every terminus tough in the camp.
To a man they refused to leave the ma
ton, as they called the indian territory.
This'refusa they voiced with many and
copious caths. and the threat that IL
anybody attempted to make them leave
they would be more killing than the
nation had ever heard of before. Then
they told stories of their murderous ex-
ploits. practiced at difficult marks with
their revolvers and seemed to be with
out fear OF the secretary as the visible
representative Of the power at Wash
ington. Much of this bravado rested
upon their conviction that the govern
ment was powerless under its treaties.
They were without understanding OF
how diplomacy deals with treaties In
emergencies. AS Secretary Delano had
seen the emergency with his own eyes.
he topped the special at the next tele-
graph station and from that lonely
office In the wilderness sent a long dis
patch to President Grant TO the effect
that he was convinced that the Indians
were unable to protect their soil against
the Invasion Of this awless element and
that Il was the duty of the United
States, as well as their right under i'm
piled or expressed clauses in the treat
les. TO use the army to put the terminus
men out.
About 10 days after the receipt of this
telegram the 10th United States cavalry
left Fort Gibson. and. making Its gen.
eral headquarters at Muskogee, made
flying trips all over the territory. The
terminus toughs organized for resist
ance at first, but the morning Of the
second day found many of them gone.
They were all caught in detail and or
dered to leave the territory under PEN
atty Of being shot II found again within
its boundaries Then Muskogee became