Show Indian Scare I TOPEKA Ks July BTb following dispacfi was received this morning by the governor frou H R Nickerson Division Superintendent of the Santa Fe It was sent to Mr Nickerson by the station agent at Kingman NEWTON July 818S5 The agent Tiinginan sends the following lowing dispatch The Indian scare uhMinicd gigantic prop rtions here yes terday lIutlla night i hundreds of families fami-lies flocked into town from points as fur < west as loriy macs lor proiecuon iev oral tcoutinx parties have been out afar a-far as thirty milts and the further out they go the further off are the Indian No truce of Indians or evidence of their Laving been nearer to the Kingman county than the territory line and no damage 1 was done rhere is a general scare but its origin cannot be located A patty named Jone was down to the Territory line and heard that the Indians were on the move and on his way back to Pratt County he met a neighbor named Smith who told him that the Indians were coming bimfh i haw Brown and Brown saw his friend and thus the story grew and ilie excitement increased The settlers l have Marled back to their homes bigied i H R NICKKKSON The Governor has ordered 250 stands of arms to be sent toKiiiginin Lamed Dodge City and Garden City at once Theme they will be distributed to viiriims points in the bnthwest in danger of an invasion |