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Show TROUBLE BETWEEN UTES I AND WHITES PROBABLE Indians Declare They Would Rather Die Than Be Taken Back to the Reservation They Deserted. Sheridan, Wyo. "Wo nro going to visit Chief Whlto Cow Dull, of tho Cheycnnes, nt nny cost, and will not bo tnken back to Utah to starve. Wo would rather dlo first," is tho sub-Btanco sub-Btanco of the nnswer of Chief Kannapp to the soldiers. Tho Indians aro getting get-ting bolder nnd pay no attention to tho soldiers. A fight was almost started Tuesday night whon an Indian encountered n sentinel of tho Twelfth cavalry. Tho Indian refused to turn out of tho path and rudely bumped against tho soldier. Only tho Intervention Inter-vention of somo cavalrymen provented a serious encounter, ns other Indians camo up. As the Utcs arc continually on tho movo In snioll bands, cowboys aro hired by tho soldiers as scouts to keep track of tho Indians. Tho latest report re-port from tho front locates tho main band In tho vicinity of Moorhoad, going go-ing rapidly toward tho Cheyenno reservation. res-ervation. A messago from Moorhcad, Montana, says tho wildest excitement prevails In that vicinity on nccount of tho depredations of tho Indians. Wagon-loads Wagon-loads of women nnd children aro being driven to places of safety In fear of more serious trouble The Spear ranch Is being converted Into a fortress fort-ress nnd well stocked with guns and ammunition. Tho ranch blacksmith shop, a log building, is now heavily embanked, nnd loopholes havo been cut In tho walls. |