Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-12
TROOPS READY
To QUELL TROUBLE
Sheriffs in Eastern Nevada
Counties Notified To Be
Ready With Armed Deputies
Situation is Well in Hand
Today, Arrest of SquaW as
Spy Starts Trouble

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Preparations were completed this !
morning by United States Attorney |
Woodburn to have a company OF !
to be sent into Nevada at moments !
notice to quall any uprising of Indians !
that may occur in the eastern part of |
the state.
Shcriffs in Lincoln, White Pine and
ElkO counties and the Utah counties
bordering on Nevada have been in.
structed TO secure plenty of armed
deputies and be in readiness to Qucll
any outbreak. The state has also
! been asked 10 have state police rcady
to send into the district around Ely
at once.
| Situation Much Better
/ Tho situation which assumed
( threatening proportions yesterday ap-|
pears to be well in hand today accord
ing TO information received from that
section by Woodburn and by Col. L.
a. Dorrington Of the Inndian agency
here.
The sheriffs have sent warnings out
to all settlers and ranchcrs that are
scattered over wide area and in case
an uprising does begin it will be i'm
possible for the 500 Indians living in
the district to concentrate their
/ forces.
squaw Held as Spy
Though the trouble at Deep Creek
about a month ago appears to be the
underlying cause of the plot for a
general raid, the situation was
brought TO a head last week when 1
squuw was arrested at Lamoillc IN
Elko county on suspicion of being a
spy, according TO information rccciv-
ed today from a special government
Iagcnt who is now in Elko county and
who has been investigating the trou-
BILE for several days.
: That some white man, apparently a
. German, is melting the Indians to re-
volt with promises of securing land
d. and money for them Is now believed
i to be certain and 1t Is known that
{ arms have been furnished the Indians
>. who few weeks ago were without
!, them.
II Oorrington Going TO Ely
p Col. l.. 4. Dorrington, head of tn,
Indian service in Nevada and Utah
. will leave tonight for Ely to conduc
!: an investigation. He has been il
!. close touch with the situation through
!: Indian agents in that vicinity and sal,
!. this morning that he believed lin
i trouble would be effectively chcckcD
:; before the Indians succeeded in doin
! any damage.
! The latest information TO be rccciN
Z ed here by federal officers is to tn
i effect that the raids were started q
:! the Deep Greek reservation in Uta
Z and the raiders were to be Joined b
I Itnu banIs at Indians in the Ruby an
: LamoiIlo valleys in Elko county an
! that they would then move southwaT
J. and be joined by the bands frOI
+ Phoebe and Lincoln counties wi
! would make a raiding expedite
: northward.
) May Arrest Leaders
I Just how extensive the plans We
I is not known but IL Is expected Tn
! several leaders Of the Indians in Il
i different districts will be arrested
i day or tomorrow, thus breaking
! what IL said to be well organic
! raiding expedition.
:! Five Indian leaders who were
Effectively blocking the operations
J. the draft law at Deep Creek rcsor
Z ton will he examined by n fcdC
+ grand jury in Salt Lake on Mond
4 Four OF these men were released
! their own rccognizanCc and one Is
Z on $500 bail They were sent back
T tho reservation pending the calling
! the grand jury and two OF tho II
! have left the reservation. Whoi
i they are on their way to Salt Lake
T are out stirring up more trouble
. ! mot known The other three men
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