Show INDIAN TROUBLES by the dispatches which appear in another column it appears appears that chicago has received news from montana that the black blaek blackfoot fool indians are on the warp war p path ath and have commenced their operations by murdering destroying property and carrying off prisoners considerable uneasiness has been felt of late in some quarters about indians and articles upon the subject have appeared in the northern and cheyenne papers general dissatisfaction ion lon appears to prevail among the indians on all sides they are angry and would like ilke to vex tex the whites our people who live in exposed places should be more than usually vigils vigil ant at the present time the season reason is 18 approaching for hostile indians to make demonstrations stock should be carefully watched the precautions which have been enforced upon the people BO repeatedly respecting traveling between the settlements should be adopted and no pains be spared to prevent the wily and treacherous oud ous foe from ga gaining ining the least advantage the old adage that an ounce of preventative is better than a pound of aurely cure will apply to indian difficulties as well as to other matters strict and judicious vigilance will frequently save many valuable lives and much property and prevent a longani te tedious dious war but a few successes have the effect to ambold and they obtain a prestige which strengthens their influence with other indians and animated by the hope of plunder they rally around this has haa been the experience guined by our citizens in the late war with black hawk and his party he wab was an insignificant contemptible foe when he started upon his career of crime but his depredations and attacks were successful cess ful he rarely failed in accomplishing shing something even if he did not reach all he intended to in every instance we know the result his band increased he became a formidable enemy carrying with him in all his forays the prestige of success had h he a been promptly checked in the begin beginning ning I 1 black hawk would scarcely have been een known either among india indians or whites we again repeat vigilance should be exercised to prevent a repetition of such scenes as he and his party enacted if the counsels and orders which have been so frequently given to the leading men and citizens in the outer settlements be carried out there need be no difficulty life lioe ana and property will be safe this to our mind min is iury vury very ibry clear as it is to the mind of every one ond who has reflected up upon onor or is is conversant with the subject donot let ourselves be reproached pro ached for our carelessness and dis disobedience 0 bedi ence by buffering suffering ring such deeds to be perpetrated in our territory as we now rear tear hear have taken place in montana |