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The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
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The War Department orders Gen. Hugh L. Scott to hasten to the Navajo agency to confer with Indian chiefs and pacify excited Navajos defying authorities at Beautiful Mountain, N.M., over eight renegades. A squadron of Twelfth Cavalry from Fort Robertson, Neb., will escort him.
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WAR DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZES MOVE WITH CARE.
Envoy of Amity Sent to Navajos Accompanied by Troop of Cavalry.
Washington, Nov. 18.—In the hope that the excited Navajo Indians who are defying the government authorities at Beautiful mountain, N. M., may be induced to surrender the eight renegades sought, the war department today ordered Gen. Hugh L. Scott, commanding the Second cavalry brigade at Fort Bliss, Texas, to proceed in haste to the Navajo agency to confer with the Indian chiefs. Gen. Scott is singularly influential with the Navajos, whose language he speaks. He has always been regarded by them as their best friend, and it is believed that he will be able to placate them. To back his mission with a show of force, orders were also sent to Fort Robertson, Neb., to entrain and dispatch to the Navajo agency a full squadron of the Twelfth cavalry to serve as Gen. Scott's escort.
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Navajo Agency
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Nov. 18.
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hope to induce surrender of eight renegades; mission backed by cavalry escort.
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War Department orders Gen. Scott to confer with Navajo chiefs to pacify excited Indians defying authorities at Beautiful Mountain, N.M., over eight sought renegades. Scott, influential with Navajos, speaks their language and is seen as their best friend. Squadron of Twelfth Cavalry from Fort Robertson, Neb., to escort him.