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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 87 near Antlers. Twenty-five liilled, several rrounded. Can get no dispatches from Antlers. These telegrams were quoted for the iuformation of the ~ e ~ a ' r t m e n t iu office report of March 29, 1803, and on March 30 the following tele-gram from Agent Bennett was also reported to the Department: Reliable Antlers diapateh mports bohh factious Chootaivs disbanded. Fight yes-terday resnltsd, seveml rvounded, no killed. Marc11 31 Agent Bennett was telegraphed to ((proceed at once to locality of Choctaw troubles and telegraph situation, and what fur-ther, if anything, is to be done by the United States." On the follow-ing day tmo telegrzms, dated March 31, were received from Agent Bennett, one from Muscogee, Ind. T., advising the office that nn-less situation at Antlers changed he would reach there by first pos-sible train, and the other from Wagoner, stating that he was on his way to Antlers and that the United States commissioner of that place had wired him that opposing forces were encamped 4 miles apart preparing for a con0iot. In both of these telegrams he urged that military aid be made available upon his call to assist him in preventing bloodshed. These telegrams were quoted in a report to the Depart-ment of April 1,1893, in which it was recommended t h a t Request be made upon the honorable Seoretarg of War to instruct the proper military authorities to furnish upon the call of Lea E. Bennett soch military force es may, in the j~l~dgmeonft the rnilitaryofficer, be necessary for the pnrposercqnired upon suoh representations of the sitnation as Agent Bennett may make in his en11 for tmops. On the same day Agent Bennett was telegraphed that the War Department had been requested to furnish troops on his call, and he was directed to confer rritli the nearest military commander. The two telegrams to Agent Bennett containing the information and instructions above set forth were quoted in a second report of April 1,1893, to the Department, as was also a telegram of that date from Agent Bennett stating that the situation mas critical, large forces of armed Ohoctaws confronting each other likely to come in conflict at any time. April 3,18d3, the agent telegraphed: Temporary truce arranged yesterdw. .4rrned forces diebanding; sitnatioll yet serions, seemingly unoompromisahle under present Chootaw government. Full report mailed Son this (blonday) night. Pending your consideration nnrl aotion all hostilities oesse. While great relief erperienood at Uisbanding nrrnerl farces, feeling one of dread uncertainty. The report referred to in the telegram above quoted was dated April 4,1893, and contained a statement of the position of both factions in the Choctaw Nation with reference to the trouble. The situation as gathered from this report, aud from a letter from Governor Jot~est o Mr. Bennett, mhich TAS t rou~~ui t te1i l1 -ith it, \\-:IS briefly a~ fol-lows: Governor Jones in December, 1892, received R. written request |