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Indian Scares Used to Block White Settlement in Montana
A 1899 memo from Capt. J. J. Clifford disputes Indian uprising rumors around Tongue River. He cites Hoover killings, McLaughlin land sales, and Mantle bill fights as motives behind scare tactics. He notes settlers sold gear in advance and urges restraint while Congress later passes a relief act and implements McLaughlin terms.
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Montana
Lou” Grill
J. J. Clifford
Lame Deer
George H. Hyde
Mitesy
Hoover
Congress
Senate
Tongue River Agency
John Hoover
Barringer
Miles City
Little Whirlwind
Clifford
Merrill E. Gates
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Spotted Hawk
Stanley
Deer Lodge
Department of Interior
Maj
James McLaughlin
Department
Major McLaughlin
Sen
Lee Mantle
J. T. Brown
Joe Scott
Captain Clifford
Senator Mantle
McLaughlin
Hutton
Tongue River
Mantle
George Bird Grinnell
New York City
Crow Reserve
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Sam Gordon
Yellowstone Journal
Mantle Bill
Thomas Carter
Gordon
Carter
Helena
J. B. Collins
Missoula
Collins
The
Indian Bureau