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Show INDIAN WAR IN WYOMINQ. Sheriff's Posse and Indiana Engagt In Second Sklrrrlsh. A second battle between the Bloux Indians and tho sheriffs p sso was fought Mon lay on Horseshoe creek, northeast of Lusk, Wyo. Ten Indians were killed, several wounded and nine raptured. It la known that (he Indiana In-diana bavo been reinforced and a'so that Iho country la swarming with ranchmen and ither whit. -a who are determined that nono of tho Indians shall escape. (iovornor Chatterton la Investigating this Inst report and If It la true and the situation Is as alormlnrr as indicated, indi-cated, he will at once lend troops Into Iho field to suppress (r.'j Indiana. . Tho governor has made formal demand de-mand on tho commissioner of Indian affairs that tho Ind'ana be surrendered surren-dered to the civil auth irltles at once. Full retains fn m Iho balllo of Hat-nrday Hat-nrday evening on Llghtnleg creek between be-tween flhorlfr Miller and twelve depu. Ilea and a band of twenty five Indiana show that thn In Hans resisted arrest snd opened fire on Iho officers. Sheriff Sher-iff W. II. Mllr. of Newcastle, and Deputy Louis Kalkenbnrg. of Douglas were killed. Four Indians were killed and were burled on thn field. Four others, one a snunw. were so seriously weiinrted that they will die, snd were taken to I usk. A number of Indiana were captured cap-tured and were taken to Newra lie. The Indiana were led by Kagle Feather, alias Charlie Rmlth, a fu'l blooded Rlous Indian, who Is a gradtt-ate gradtt-ate of tho Carlisle Indian schiol and who formerly played on the Indian football team Kngle Feathers wa sorb nusly wounded, being shot hnugh both legs lllack Kettlo. a notorious Bloux disturber, was among the killed. |