Show U M I 1 H 17 I 1 P h whites in wyoming SEVENTEEN BUCKS SHOT editor ben eich declares it was a massacre huntine caused it MARKETIA KE Ida July 22 thirty men left jacksons hole to arrest all the indians breaking the game law of wyoming in hoback canyon they surprised a camp of seventeen indians took them all prisoners and started with them jacksons hole in the canyon they tried to escape and all alie indians were killed except one papoose who was brought into the hole there were fresh elk skins in this camp johenie games a equaw man and the oldest settler in jacksons hole has come over into idaho and says every settler in jackson will be butchered there were bannock warriors on the hoback river when games was there and lie bays all the aquada have joined the main band jacksina Jack sona hole settlers are now in trenched and awaiting the attack unless cavalry get there quick every bettler between Jac kiona holo and this railway station is in danger of massacre KES RICHS ACCOUNT BOISE ida july 22 special to tribune ben E E ich editor of the rexburg silver hammer is in alie city when asked about the trouble in jacksons hole between alie settlers and the bannock indians he stated that the indiana biad not been treated properly an indian who had returned had explained that lie had killed three elk and aia arrested while the white man arresting him had killed five the indians mr kich said could have been brought out without trouble if it biad been gone about right but alie settlers took matters into their own hands without appealing to the agent they descended upon the indians and arrested a number of bliem these were tried before a justice of the peace and fined heavily the aggregate amounting to some 1200 the indiana could not pay it and were herded by armed men in a manner calculated to arouse their resentment one batch were escorted by a body of armed men after leaving their guns taken away they were passing over a trail where alie indians had been accustomed to ride in freedom it was too much for the indian nature and the captives iada a break for liberty the guards at once opened fire at the fugitives fuga tives and killed several they reported mr kich said that they had killed only one but five horses went over the trail As a result the indians are very mad and they may make trouble A squaw man living in jacksons hole has come out into tenton basin with hia family the indians had gone to him and told him to take his family away aa they wore not going to stand the mistreatment to which they had been subjected and were going to fight were many rumors afloat mr eich said but they lacked verification it was a fact however that borne of tha were missing from the wyoming reservation and had avowedly gone to help the ban nocks mr kich thought the indians could be controlled but the matter would have to be handled with discretion |