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Newspaper
Cheyenne Weekly Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1876
Page
15
The issue mixes weather jests, ads, and frontier gossip. It notes cold season wants like handkerchiefs and overcoats, urges churchgoing, and recalls Indian activity with reports from Swan's ranch, Chugwater, and Sitting Bull envoys en route to the Indian Territory.
Government message to Sitting Bull declares peace only if he surrenders and is treated as a prisoner of war. Rations to be issued only after surrender and once it is ensured the Indians can be held at the Agency. Military to cooperate as far as possible. Signed 5S A Galpin Acting Commissioner.
Red Cloud Agency faces a crisis as the chief refuses to receive issued rations and signals a return to war. General Crook orders no more rations until the tribe enters the Agency, with troops under General Mackenzie held ready for immediate duty.
A man wielding a giant umbrella caused chaos at a depot crowd. He toppled a baggage truck injuring several, punched a man with a hat, trampled children, and injured a woman. After chasing bartenders from the Railroad House, he fled on a train, collapsing under the umbrella as witnesses restrained him.
Ile slowly recovers and vows to avoid carrying an umbrella again. Information requested on John W. Reed who has lived near Cheyenne for two years, active in hunting and trapping, now believed to be in the Black Hills country. Write to this office or to Carter in Madison Wisconsin. 013-d6t-w4w
The sheriff announces public tax collection hours from October 2 1876 in the Laramie County court house, with day and evening slots to enforce payment. Also notes legal consequences for late payment and advertises sermons and law volumes for sale, including compiled Wyoming Laws and related items.
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