The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-22


place, who claim to be friendly and on their
way to Fort Hall agency. These Indians
are no doubt scouts and struggling rein
forcements on their way from the East to
join the main body. now in the neighbor-
hood of STEMS Mountain. The are keep
ing up regular communication between the
lava bed region and the place OF rendeZ-
vous and watching the movements of the
troops,
Major Sanford, who is tonight at
Canyon Greek, forty miles east of this
place, will arrive here to morrow night and
go with Gen. Grover to join Gen. Howard
in the Malheur country. Gen. Howard,
with about 400 men, will proceed to- morrow
in the direction of STEMS mountain. where
it is understood the Indians have concen
trated and decided to make stand.
YANKToN, ID. T., June 2l.-The young
men at Spotted Tails camp are just
concluding their annual sun dance, and
the barbarous festival has been one of
more than ordinary success. Forty eight
candidates passed through the terrible
ordeal of self,torture and are entitled to
full diplomas as warriors of unquestionable
bravery. The candidate for honors cuts
two longitudinal slits down each breast
OGe end of a lariat is passed under the
strip of skin and flesh left between the
incisions and tightly tied, and the other
end is made fast 60 the top of high poe
The candidate then throws himself back
wards with his weight upon the lariat and
the dance goes on until the flesh gives
way. Should he fail to break loose in the
manner prescribed, or should he faint
during the operation he is forever
disgraced. The sun.dance just closed was
held about fifteen miles back from the
Missouri river and was witnessed by about
1000 Indians and about twenty-five
whites. Old Spotted Tail was master of
the ceremonies, and from the manner in
which he performed his Incantations and
hourished his mystic wand, from which
dangled the scalp of white woman, one
would not suppose him to be the civilized
red man who is carried upon the govern
ment pay rolls once year. Spot has his
fun. The sun-dance has closed aud
Spotted Tails Indians are now ready for
the government to move them to a new
agency.
John Gemmill. Is years of age. residing
in Yaukton, was kicked to death by an
Indian pony Wednesday.
dispatch: The stage road between here
aud Winnemucca is clear of hostiIes.
Jerry Winnemucca and other friendly
recently say the Bannocks claimed that
they had then killed thirteen whites and
had three of their owD Indians killed.
Three white men we're killed and burned
| in cabin near Stein mountain recently.
/ The Malheur reservation Indians were
behaving worse than the Bannocks, slaugh-
teriug every animal that came within their
reach. Gen. Howard is still at Malheur
City.
MADISON, Wis, June 2l. Nothing
has been received from Burnett county to.
day and the general opinion is that the
officers of that county had very little
foundation for their sensational kilograms
of the past two days
ST. PAUL, June 2l.-The best informed
persons here have been utterly incredulouS
as to the serious Indian trouble in Wis
cousin from the first, ard the opinion i;
confirmed by the report OF the Pioneer
Press representative, wEO went to Grants
burg, and telegraphs, after a full iDvesti
CATION of the matter: The panic is great
Many houses in the country are beinj
deserted, and the towns Of St. Croix Falls
North Branch and Rush City are filed will
fugitives. but no ground OF alarm can b
discerned. No hostile Indians can be ioun
or heard of. The report can be traced chi
to the personal q1arreis of Indians with tn
whites, in which the former have suffered
One Iudian was killed by his companion
I for spreading rumors Of trouble. Th
Indians are in desperate panic, fearin
e punishment 1t is evidently groundies;
0 fne paOic is on large scale.
I Gen Forsyth, Of Sheridsn's staff. wer
+ to Rush City to ight He makes light
the whole matter.