Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1891 — FEAR AN INDIAN OUTBREAK. [ARTICLE]

FEAR AN INDIAN OUTBREAK.

Qovernmont Authorities Much Disturbed. The Interior and War Department officials are not a little disturbed over there-, ports telegraphed by Mr. McCook of thq threatened Indian troubles in northeastern Arizona. It has been known for some time that many of the old men of the Moquis tribe were protesting bitterly against the Government school system in operation on the Moqui reservation, that until the receipt on Wednesday morning of the dispatch from Lieut. Brett, giving the particulars of a narrow escape from, a tight with fifty armed warriors near Kearn’s canyon, there had been no fear of hostilities. There are at least 3,000 men qn this and the Navajo reservation ad joining, and as the majority of them are young bucks an outbreak among them would be a serious affair. The Navajos are a peaceful and progressive tribe, and have hitherto given the Government but little trouble, but private ad vice* received here show that there are some malcontents among them as well as the Moquis, over the school question. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the War Department telegraphs Gen. McCook to take prompt and vigorous steps to prevent an uprising, and to afford al 1 necessary protection to the Governmen’ schools. It is presumed that he will draw on the troops at Ft. \yingat, N. Mei., am Whipple Barracks, Ariz., although no ex plicit Instructions were given as to whic* troops should be used. - Colonel Brett’s dispatch stated that sev era! Asevibes destroyed the surveyor’s marks and threatened to burn the schools. They oper ly declared hostility to the Gove.rnmcnt. He anticipated serious trouM* and urged the sending of a strong fore* with Hotchkiss guns.