Salt Lake Herald | 1890-06-13 | Page 1 | Exaggerated Rumors of the Indian Trouble

Exaggerated Rumors of the Indian Troub HELENA Mont Juno 12Reports of I threatened Indian hostilities in easter Montana are largely sensational The sensatonal account ac-count received here implicated tho Cheyennes in the depredations on cattle herds The only murderous rcime committed was the killing of Homer Ferguson foreman of the Ramsay Cattle company May 0 The guilty Indians were surrendered and jailed trial jaIed awaiting at Miles City and the recent movements of a band of Cheyennes led to the suspicion that they arc mailing ready to go on the war path The military took prompt measures to check t an outbreak meditated Exaggerated rumors Exaggerted rmors scared a number of exposed settlers and in re sponse to representations of danger the got ernor dispatched to Miles City some arms and ammunition Governor Toole said this after noon he cad an officer at Miles City who did not seem to share in the fears of trouble there There are soldiers enough t cope with any In dians meditating mischief in Custer county The opinion here i that the Cheyennes will be I kept in control without bloodshed i I