Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-11-03
UTES ON WARPATH
CLAIM THEY DO NOT GET FOOD
ENOUGH IN UTAH.
Report Fronn Arsaoa. wyoming. says
the INDIANS Are intrenehsc ~ .
ssrong Position women ard Chiio-
rsn Sees Safe Places Soldiers Are
Net After tire SasaEeR.



We. declares that renegade TIE In
diaus are iutrenehed IN = strung posi-
tlon IN the bills adjacent g. AFvsda
and that the Tenth and sixth csvalry
tro0ps are reconDuiteFlnR the countTy
prspAraFory % closing IN on ahe red
stIus. Apparently the object q the
trooTs IL D. awe the Indians with die
play q sUperior force snd thus secure
the surrender 81 the Indians without
bloo6shed The Utes are determined
not g. give In D. the soldiers unless
they nave %. believinR n they would
lt viii mean their return o. Utah,
where they say they can not secure
enough o. eat The Ut@s have been
active In laying IN large supply Of
ammunition - Cheyenne and Gillette
together wifh provisions. and II the
temper % the leading trlbesmen can b.
tsksn ~ an indlcstion that they pro-
pose O. aght or a. least make a shoW
% resistance 90 secure concessions FROM
the soldiers and b. permitted O. maze
their Nsy O. the Cheyenne reservation
aud remain there pending tbeiE disro-
sitlon BY Washington.
"a edBesdsy night thu camp fires q
the Indians are blazing brightly End
the only evidence II life - the CO
cssionAI fitting q the shadow q some
warrior by fires The Utcs are not
painted nor aer they dancing.
IL u feared that In the event q a
clash between the soldiers and Indians
the redsEius will scatter and wreak
thelr vengeance upon the setf.ers
Ranches are belng converted into
fnrtresses and every ~ caution taken
q meet the Indians II they come that
way
The widest excitement prevails IN
the vlcinity 81 Moorehead. Mont on
account - the 6epreda1ions q the In
dlAns. NaRonloads 4 women and
children are bring driven O. pisces Il
safety IN fear 81 more serious trouble.
The spear ranch ~ being converted IN
% fortress ard well stocked with
guns and ammunition. The ranch
blacksmith shop, . log building i noW
heavily embsnked and loopho.es have
been bored IN the walls
The IniADs are becoming more bold.
Diek spar and l. II. Gottins. who en-
eOuntered = band OF so Indians. were
fred upon and one Of their horses kill
ed. The spear roundup wagon was
looted BY = hand q Utes. who left the
camp coca bound and gagged and car
rled on all supplies and bedding
Colonel Hensel. who was government
scout and interpreter In the battle az
Wounded Knee saws the Indians mean
hght, and gives IL as HE opinion that
they have seat messengers O. SEEK the
assistance Of the wsrllks Cheyenne
The IdniCns say they want President
Roosevelt O. give them the Powder
river valley Tor hunting ground and
persist In their determination not q BE-
tsken back % Utah.
Later Report.
Reports Of she first brush between
the troops and ties have reached
sheridan, Wyo via telephone from
Blrney. a troop Of the Teuth cavalry
rounded MP and attempted O. drive 81
SO head Of PONIES bring grszed BY the
fugitive Indians and the herders sent
the alarm O. the main band As the
soldiers were driving the ponies SWAY
= hand Of = hundred bucks came riding
up. and, eirollnE the troops. they sue
ceeded IN stampeding the ponies A. d
recovering all bat Eve. which were
shot hy the soldiers
The Indians did not FIRE. bEf their
determined rescue q fhetg ponies indi.
Gates their temper The soldiers felt
themselves unzble O. core with the
force. and the - q killinz the animals
were fired - the b, r3was being driven
awsy.
I The lndians are ontwiftlng tire rrnops
nov IN the heid. A troop q TIA Tenth
cavalry marched al Tuss day night IN
hope Il c. rturinz = small hand % Utes
on Bitter Cr~ek. arriving there only q
ind She band had moved. Later =
scout reported the Indians % miles
away. TIE truops then MADE 3 forced
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