| Show MONTANA INDIAN TROUBLE Cl h Retwes Vnderal and aunt Amlhot lien tteeelopn Salt Lake City May 31A rcnl to the Tribune from Helena Mont ony Last HeporU from Lame Deer agency 10 the extreme southeastern portion of the State are to the effect that only one man ha been killed during the present Cheyenne ware Ha wa a sheepherder named Hoover and wa killed several days ago fide act no nrrn < l the stockmen and Millers that they armed themselves and pro yrr < to light Indian The women and children wcro rein trod to place of safety and tho men fully armed col laOle1 near thin agency Tho aim crlR of CUtLer county nnd a largo force of deputies and two companies of cavalry from Tort Cutter hastened to the scene of Impendlngcontllct Tho sheriff and his deputies were promptly r1 off the reservation by tho ggrnt Cnpt Stench who said ha would be able In A few days to effect the arrest of the Indian who murdered Hoover The civil ofllcer protested utronaly against tho order of the agent but finally i obeyed and returned to Mile City Then they tccured n warrant for tho arrest of the agent for Interfering with officer In the discharge of their duty and also warrant for the arrest of one Indian known to hare participated In Die killing of Hoover and two other blank warrant for unknown Indians They Immediately atarled on their return to the agency Other troop were hurried forward to Lame leer and there ore now six companies lit that point There I Is no doubt that high excitement prevail but It li I not likely with so many soldiers on hand that anything like a aMacre or pitched Latllo Ill tako place |
