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Memphis Daily Appeal
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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The Sioux City Register reports reliable information of preparations for a general Indian war involving principal tribes on the upper Missouri, Platte, and Red River of the North, set for spring, urging immediate defensive measures.
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Des Moines, Iowa, January 30.—The Sioux City Register, of the 24th inst., says it has the most reliable information that a general Indian war is in contemplation on the opening of spring. The intelligence comes directly from Fort Pierre and the different rendezvous on the Red river of the North, Platte, and upper Missouri. Persons connected more or less with the Indians, and whose opportunities for knowing are unquestioned, concur in the representation that preparations for a combined movement of all the principal tribes are being made on an extensive scale. The Register thinks the danger imminent, and recommends that speedy and vigorous measures be taken for defense.
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Fort Pierre
Event Date
The 24th Inst.
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preparations for a combined movement of all the principal tribes are being made on an extensive scale; danger imminent
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The Sioux City Register has the most reliable information that a general Indian war is in contemplation on the opening of spring. The intelligence comes directly from Fort Pierre and the different rendezvous on the Red river of the North, Platte, and upper Missouri. Persons connected more or less with the Indians, and whose opportunities for knowing are unquestioned, concur in the representation. The Register thinks the danger imminent, and recommends that speedy and vigorous measures be taken for defense.