RED INDIAN RISING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 274, 29 April 1915, Page 6

RED INDIAN RISING.

FIGHT,IN KOCKY MOUNTAINS. ;■: I K ...'„' ~ 1 .."Ths'iirat pitched, battle between InI'dia'iis,'.anil', vVlM.ie.'iV.pn, ■ tliat ■■ the.,\VVst 'Jias' s'een '■ since that ,iu, l 9ccii l vred in, a ; \vi'd rtlj;- ~%, ,ot 'the ~R|',j e l;y'..,\!;oui}fainß ,jiot far ■ t'ploradq |S : iates,liiifl.|' , , ; , , , ;/ ' , ■'. 'jvVi .•V^r !, Vl u ' l,;c f! -Mm. ,t\'9 .attuiapt of ~( rluijrjdia.]] .\"e,Wker. to.-xir- . rest|Ts^ : na,-gat, pj- Ilatfli/a ,]'iute.indkin ,v;'i..i:t|'d,;in Xlofciado, ,fori,-:tnurder. Tsji-;ia-gat, ,a, hevt'!lifeijy.,thief of' thcPiiites Pf:£rea,tipeysoual'iisfluoiwu, la .siwpectcdiof, •hay'ui&.min'.dereil.-; several r,ivals;,ia',the,!tiiihi(.j ,::WJicrf ho lunircl ,for: hihi he'lled ,tp,i i!|<!i ■ liiil|i/.-jAvhci'e:'iai;(Jolorarl6 'jposss 1 ,se.a,T,cbi'd ,;fer .hino in severai weeks. IW. arithftritios learned that-Tee-na-fat had been joinpfj in the mountains by his father, and that the; ; ;picit! y^a? ; fflalving " war iiiedicin'e?' a'n'd sending a summons to all voiing men to...,join...them on the wafpatTi. 1 .':•! if poise of fifty men, all skilled riders, and .expert 'marksmen, a«d 'with- 1 this ; fore'e'lie 'set off into the mountains. Two or thrcje (1 , n .y*.;*SP> tliey, cainj?. Into : touoi'ii wit)l the Indians, \ylio' imiiibered bctiwecn lop :Nvd'2<)p;;ii,en,l.a«ited with Winchester rej-.fftf.tjngi,rifles,lind,;roT-olvers.'' "i. > /•■ 1 ,■> The jtafliansroecupied■».sl*oiig'ii(bburall positioni im. a auirrbfr flanyon.' 'JMars'lial iNe.beker, rode forward waving*al'iuTiidlter. ■ chiefj andl shouting:thai:lW wisWed 'to .prtiley.; The only: reply from:'the"rn-,-dians :was their rifle fir* when 'the niarr :shal was nvithiij' tv few': lliiiidred - .of :them. This was the prelude to 1111 action whidi la'stcd foi 1 several lioiirs, the Indians gradually retreating and tlie. white vnteu» pressing" steadily oh" 'WalKls. "' l "H": '■:■' 1: >■■•?. »'• ■ " - ' "'■ ■ ■,;-'Ak a;'res{ilt;oft'lri* orin whi'to 'l'.nuv and two : ''ln'diii'n'3 •we l fe"ki)li'd, seVefal :men oil both ; si : des were :: severeiy ■wclundeil, 'anil Six Indians 'were taken prisoners. "'' ■ ' The Indians are now encamped in a, small gully .by the police posse. .Which, had hec'n reinforced. An attempt to break through the police lines "resulted in three more' Indians being killed.,, ~■ , :: -.,... Further reinforcements are lieing sent to tlie police, and, it, is hoped that the who!e'bann"of In'diniis wFll lie captured.