Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-07-27

nent. But 1t Is because of his arbitrary
seizure of public and private property, his
forcible expulsion from the Indian country
of men against whom nothing was proved
and his refusal to grant them a fair investi.
ton that VIC put him down as an unscrupu-
lous defamer of character and q person who
is operating for tie accomplishment of per.
soma endsl.
FURTHER ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES.
Investigation at Standing Rock Of Gen.
cral Carlin's Charges Against Agent
Hughes.
Special Correspondence Pioneer Press.
Standing Rock, d. T., July 2O.-The in.
%vestigation by Gen. Hammond into the
agency scandal here was inaugurated on
Tuesday by q general council with the
head men and wiseacres of the bands. A
large majority spoke against the agent, Mr..
Hughes, accusing him of sundry little
things. There were only three chiefs who
were inclined to speak favorably of Agent
Hughes. He took up the charges by Gen
eral Carlin against Hughes and summoned
the formers witnesses (squaws) who i'm
plicated the agent and his sons, Ben. and
ant business, morally speaking. Their
social relations were smirched. Friday it
was brought out In evidence that the agent
authorized the use of the Catholic church
for a ball and the priest afterwards declined
to use the building for church purposes, as
1t had been forever desecrated. Soldiers
were examined to prove that the indian
traders store, John Thompson's, kept and
ran gambling devices. The object, it is in.
ferred to draw trade.
John A. Stoyell, ESQ.,, of Bismarck, ar
rived Friday as the attorney for Agent
Hughes, and will do the cross. examining
The examination promises to be lengthy,
and to q newspaper man probably tedious.
1t will be thorough. and the whole business
will he shown up as far as possible.
The investigation is expected to develop
~embezzlement, loaning Indian stores to the
trader, Thompson, receiving money for
awarding q blowing contract to q favorite,
keeping back ratlons belonging to the In
dians and Mrs. Hughes financial interest in
the traders store. There are numerous
witnesses to sustain these allegations. 1t
developed to cause the removal Of Mr..
Hughes. The fight is so bitter that it must
result inevitably in his resignation, volun-
tarily or involuntarily. His inet1ciency
and unpopularity with the Indians could
be read in the situation by a blind man.
The agents interpreter, a halfbreed who
can neither read nor write, is absent. He
is supposed to have interpreted falsely at
the instance of the agent. That is: He has
been given a false reading of certain papers
that the agent wanted the Indians to sign.
1t is believed the interpreter could make
some curious disclosures. The Indians say
they never signed certain papers, but the in
terpreter told them it was something else.
The interpreter was a convenient "go-be-
tween" John Thompson, the trader, is alb
sent. He ought to be here. Also IN old
agency laborer. who went down the Nilsson.
ri on the steamer with the interpreter.
The recent raid on the agent by the In
dams was a lively affair. Some fifty or sixty
of them went to his home and started with
him to the river. Running Antelope and
| Kill Eagle acted as his body guard, each
holding an arm. The movement was quiet.
ly and determinedly executed. The agent
went down over the embankment in fear
and trembling; he shook in his boots. The
Indians made no noise but went on about
their business. The interpreter advised Mr.,
Hughes what the Indians were going to do
with him. 1t was in the river or across the
| river as his fears chose to understand their
explanations. Mrs. Hughes was frightened.
The sons took up the scare and n of them
rushed to Gen. Carlin's headquarters and
reported the scene. The general instructed
the adj utant to call out the troops and went
in person to the rescue. The officer of the
day hurried the guard to the river. Capt.
| McDougall stationed five sharp shooters on
. knoll, who had been through the Custer
fight on the Little Big Horn. They were
instructed to pick off the red devils if they
went to the agents gore. Lieut.. Mann was
in the commissary department issuing ra.
tions when the alarm was raised. He shot
forth covered with flour dust and placed
himself at the head of his company on a full
run for the raging Missouri. In going
through the gate of the stockade there was
q lauEhable crush and push. When at top
of the embankment sloping to the river,
one of Mann's men got his gun between bis
legs and tumbled headlong to the front
Three or four other soldiers rolled over or
top of him, and for q time it did look as il
there would be some necks broken. The
troops surrounded the smashers of the
agents peace, and, after a few words from
Gen. Carlin, the old mans rescue was ef-
fected. Carlin's influence with the Indians
and his strong backing of bayonets saved
the agent from q trip ACROSS the Missouri
to put In the mildest form. The Indians
were taken up to the parade ground and {
delegation dispatched to make up with thu
agent. 1t was bridged over, but no lastinl
friendship established. Now the agency
people charge that the Indians were put ul
to this unpleasantness by the military ant
friends. Ungrateful Hughes! Next tim,
the general had better let him 60. Goot
radiance to bad rubbish.
Running Antelope explained to Genera
Hammond in his council on Tuesday tina
the Indians intended to take Agent HugheI
to the ferry.boa and row him across til,
big river. They did not mean to drown
him. The great father told them that whel
the agent was bad they might take him BY
the hand and lead him kindly away. Tha
was what they were doing when they were
stopped by Gen. Carlin They had waitec
and waited for Gen. Hammond and his in
vestigation, and they had lost hope of biz
coming, since he had been there severa
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