The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-10
Indians Sign
Paper
TO BE LOYAL.
Seventh InfantryWill Leave
Montauk at Once.

Walker, MINI, Oct 9-When the
troops reached the agency they found
that the friendly Indians had maintain
ed picket line covering the whole line
of woods which surrounded the settle
ment. AS many as 80 Of the Indians
have done picket duty. Now that the
troops are on the grounds, the formal
preparations for defense will probably
be abandoned, but there will be Indian
scouts out all the time, ready to bring
prompt warning of anything that even
looks dangerous. 1t is said by those
who know them that these agency In
dams would not hesitate to kill hos
tile as quickly as would a soldier. Last
night Ma,h-Ge-Cay-B Bow one of the
head men of the Bear Island Indians,
arrived on the agency point with 27 ca
noe loads of Bear Islanders, COM
prising those of them who are for
peace. There were IS or 100 in the par
ty, men, women and children. They
went into camp about five miles from
the agency, and Mah-G Coca Bow
called on Gen. Bacon at once
He said that he had told the hostiles
on the island that he could not go with
them; that he and his friends were for
peace with the white men, and that
they were going to the agency.
''All right" said the host, laconically;
tell them what we are doing" and
they allowed Nah Ge-Cay- Bow todepart
in peace. He did say that so far as he
knew, none of the hostiles was killed
in the fight. AS to how many Indians
were actually on the Warpath, the
agency Indians were disposed to hold
the number down to something under
100, and many of them say that there
are not more than rs or 30.
AZ
which the Indians are being asked to
sign as fast as they come into the
agency. 1t is already signed by more
than 100 Indians, including a dozen or
Is of the chiefs and head men from
Falmouth down. 1t reads as follows:
To the great father, Washington,
we, the undersigned, Chippewa Pilla-
ser Indians of the Leech Lake reserva-
ton in Minnesota, deplore the outbreak
of some Of our brethren upon this res
ervation, and believing you to desire
that Justice shall be done in your
dealings with us, we have, therefore,
resolved in council assembled, to re-
main loyal to the United States and
friendly to our white brethren, and we
agree to use our influence with our
friends and relatives, the Bear Island
Indians. to lay down their arms and
quietly submit to the authorities of
the United States"
Washington, Oct 9.-Adjutant Gen.
Corbin has issued orders for the 18th
United States infantry to leave Camp
Wikoff for the department of the
lakes, with headquarters at Fort
Wayne. This will leave at Montauk
Point only a small detachment of en-
gineers under command of Col. Young
St. Paul, Mimi. oct. s..-Gen. Bacon's
orders for the movements of more
troops to the vicinity of Leech Lake
took 80 men from Fort Smelling on a
special train last night. Two compan-
les of the 18th Minnesota volunteers
are held at Duluth ready to start for
points along the Fosston line of the
Great Northern, where the two bat
teries of militia artillerymen have re
coded them, and tonight another COM
pany of the 18th, made up OF 80 men
from Company E of Merriam Park and
so from the guard station in charge Of
Capt. Van Dusee, was ordered to take
the 8 o'clock train tomorrow morning
for points along the ~. le road The
government is pretty angus about the
danger to the dams at the headwaters
of the Mississippi, only a small guard
having been stationed there since trou-
BILE with the Indians came on BY to-
morrow night over 700 soldiers will be
scattered all around Leech lake pro-,
tecting settlers and property from thta
possible attack of the uncertain num-
Der of Indians now in arms against the
government, because they objected to
Ne taken to court as witnesses in pros
ecuting for illegal selling of liquor to
Indians.