Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1890 — SETTLERS BADLY SCARED. [ARTICLE]

SETTLERS BADLY SCARED.

The Indians Making Hostile Demonstra. VAU D AVCtS lIVAII. The Indian troubles are causing much alarm to the settlers in remote places west of Dickinson, N. D. Citizens of Belfield, twenty miles west, were surprised on the ! 30th ult. to see settlers with their families coming in from all directions. They were all very scared, having heard that the Indians were camped on Grand river, fifty miles south. This situation was so alarming that a leading citizen arrived here from Belmont last Sunday to consult with the authorities and learn the truth of the situation. There is good authority for saying that bands of Indians are congregating on the Grand river and are acting suspiciously. The alarm among the women and children at Belfield is such that they will not be comforted only when the man keep in bodies to watch. A mass meeting was held there on the 30th, and a delegation will be sent to confer with the Governor. This place is contiguous to an extensive stock country, consisting of ranchmen several miles apart. Should the Indians begin depredations they could cause great havoc. Another mass meeting has been called to take action looking toward protection.