Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1882-10-09
THE INDIAN poLlcE.
An Outrage Commtttedlby the Red BrIgand
of the plains


An Outrage Commtttedlby the Red Brigsnd
of the Plains.
Correspondence Deadwood Pioneer.
Crook City, Sept. 27.-l send you the
latest Indian outrage, which 1 would
like to see put forth in its best light. I
am acquainted with ali the parties, and
believe the story they told me was not
exaggerated. Something ought to be
done to prevent blood-sLed, for the hun
ters will congregate and clean out the
Indians il the government don't inter.
fere and see that the hunters rights are
respected.
About two weeks since, party of
farmers and hunters from Whitewood
vicinity, left here for . buffalo hunt.
They found buffalo eighty miles north
west of here, on> Grand river, at Short
Pine bills, On the 10Th they had their
teams loaded with meat, and ready to
start back. While hitchlng up their
teams, they were approached by party
OF twenty Indian police, who stated that
they wanted to talk. In few moments
after the boys. Who were busy with their
teams, on looking up. saw Indians on all
sides, approaching. with one party upon
them, and in less time than it takes to
tell it, half dozen Indians seized each
hunter. taking their guns from them.
The Indians told them that they had
lost two men. and believed the hunters
had killed them. The capture was we'll
planned, five Indians being stationed on
9 bluff forty yards distant, where they
could easily pick off the boys should
they make any resistance. They march
ty miles below, on Grand river, where q
council was held, to decide whether to
kill the prisoners or take them to the
agency. The.camp consisted of about
400 lodges. Ali night long the boys had
the pleasure of listening (two of them
understand Sioux to the del,beration.
Finally it was decided to take them to
the agency. This pleased the boys, as
they thought they might get some re-
dress. When twenty miles off to the
agency, they got word that the two miss.
ing Indians had come in. The boys were
then taken back to camp, and after
being fed on filthy slush, without guns
ammunition, blankets or cooking utensils
minus two OF the best horses in the out
fit; with meat for two days, and little
"red-dog" -four one knife, which one ol
the boys had concealed, guard of five
Indians to see that they went across the
reservation las miles instead,,of their OWL
route, the captlves were started bacl
home.
| During the council, squaw belong
ing to one OF the absent Indians, made
for one of the boys with a knife, saying
she wanted to kill white man, and was
not stopped until she was near enough
to the captive to make his hair stand.
This is not the first outrage perpetrat
ed by the Indians this season.
The men we're not on the reservation
nor had they been. One of the party
Mr.. Porter, has thorough knowledge o
the country, and he says the l03d pnsal
lei is between thirty and forty miles eas
of Short Pine Buttes, and buffalo ar
plenty at this point. The Indians wer
from the Cheyenne river agency, unde
Chief Bull Eagle. The police, as the
are called, did nothing but capture an
turn the prisoners over to the tribe. Tw
F1enchmen and Mexican did all the
could to incite the Indians to cruelty
The party made the l45 miles in thre
days, arriving here at noon to-day. The
went to Ft. Meade this afternoon, to Sc
if they could get any redress there
. They are all sober Industrious men, th
farmers being after meat for their fam
| lies this winter.