Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-22

Doctor M|cGiliicuddy soon made his
appearance and THE Bee nan was
coFdlsliy grooted by a gentleman Of
medium height, spare in stature, head
slightly bald, long mus.ache aud
goatec a Ia imperial, n q1tck eye and
of free address He paid \ ccmpli.
ment to THE BEE for the fairness
shown him and it's general position In
the Iudian causel lie proved a very
Interesting conversstionalist, who had
method and discipline down to u fine
regulation, and at once gave me the
impression that he was u man whose
force of character fitted him for the
position Of Indian agent.
THE PINE RIDGE TROUBLES
The outgrowth of the Pine Ridge
troubles, which manifested themselves
August 10 last by old Red Cloud and
his blowers attempting o raid upon
the agency, in war paint and naked.
ness, began o good many years ago,
until finally Freddy" was approached
by one Tom Cowgirl, Indian trader
and postmaster, assisted by vatious
| other Disconnected white followers,
| with the wicked advice "Now Is your
| time to strike !" The occasion of this
advice was due to the fict that when
the Sioux City u Pacific railroad vas
completed to Thatcher the Indian
freight came that way instead of the
Missouri river, cutting the cost Of
Transportation from 81 90 to 81 80
per 100 pounds. This Indian freight
Is hauled exclusively by Indians. The
first outfit of freighters who started
out last August for the railroad we're
demanded by Red Cloud to stop. For
a few days there was q blockade, IN.
til finally the agent Issued al order to
the commissary clerk to issue only
beans and baking powder en- a certain
day. 1t 50 happened that that was
the day on whion Red Clouds band
drew their r~ations. The blockade was
allowed to break away and Rsddy's
band was fed In due timo. He was
terribly offended, however, and the
letter signed by many chiefs was sent
to the department demanding the re-
moval of Agent McGillycud1y in sixty
days, or he should be removed from
the reservation quietly il possible and
forsibly If necessary
ALMOST A WAR;
THE BEE,l.oon after this disturbance,
was given a detailed account of this
matter. McGillycuddy ordered Red
| Cloud to make his presence known,
which he refused to do until after
Yellow Hair brought him, when he
was told by the agent to ''go-he
wanted to hear nothing from him.
This was the end.
POLLOCK AND MCGILLYCUDDY.
Indian Inspector Pollock came after.
ward and made a thorough investiga.
ton as far as he was concerned, but
found nothing good to say for the
agent. While he proved nothing of a
criminal character, he found some
irregularities that were at ono admit
ted by the agent, but were not detri
mental to the government. Major
Pollock's report was from beginning
to end prejudioed against McGilly
cuddy. This was shown In the fact Of
his not obeying orders and his being
suspended by Secretary Teller. HI
was determined to see the agent sustet
If he had to be himself. Thus far
has resulted to the advantage Of Nc
Gillycuddy.
AGENCY ECONOMY.
TLo e~nk oe kko ro.kko. l. thoS D,,
Ridge agency has the best record c
any In the service. The agency 1
we'll located; the buildings unique bu
not costly, the management stric,
each employe being held responsible
for his work; the police force tn
most thorough and the economy {
his administration remarkable. Wit
the exception of the beef on hooF, h
has during his four years administra
ton saved sufi ,ient, and has that sul
plus on hand, to run Pine Ridge ager
cy for one year. This he shows In hi
annual report, and he strongly urge
the department to let up giving Pin
Ridge any more during that tim
The question now is, Will the depar
ment take good advice2 He has sine
beginning this correspondence bee
called to Washington to face Re
+. Cloud aud his stories, and he wi
= make a clean sweep of the whole stoy
20 Secret Try Teller, and show up II
: spector Pollard In his true light.
DOWN oNlrHE WHITES"
:, AS Is usual on tho frontier, and @.
pecially on Indian reservations, thel
: are large numbers OF mon who hay
/. married Indian women. Some Ct til
y men are good and others bad. Tt
agent has demanded that they OBJ
his orders against gambling, bringip
whisky on the reservation and break
ing laws generally. The departmei
has given him certain rules to enforC
r and he has done .he best he coul'
d Your correspondent is informed thu
when he took charge drunkenness
@ shooting, Sabbath. breaking gsmblir
. and general ~wickedness were all pc,
erful. But he has forbidden the Il
! diam to danes on Sundays, the storI
TO be opened on that day, NJ shootir
e or carrying arms is allowed witho.
: permission, intoxicat,on il punishe
Q by imprisonment, and he is the agel
d and none of the Indians, traders
d employees, He knows everything tn
d is going around, and a mar must ev,
!: get permission to 60 off the reserv
l tlon or forfeit his privilege to returi
> Such atrict niles IA these mako hi
Q unpopular with the non-law.abidin
whites.
sIBERIA IN DAKOTA,
Is The recent troubles will no dou'
cause the agent to order off the di
turbing element The agent thin
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