The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-28
THE CHEYENNE SITUATION.
Movements Of Troops After the Chey-
enneS in Eastern Montana.

Special Correspondence of THE MINER:
MILES CITY, Mont, November "a, 1885.
Troops left Fort Keogh yesterday for the
Cheyenne Agency on the Rosebud. Sensa-
tionalists Immediately scented an Indian
outbreak, and it was not long before highly
colored reports were passed around redo
lent of Indian atrocities and in some in
stances going SO far as to give the names OF
persons killed. Careful tracing OF these re-
ports to their fountain head resulted in all
cases in e~liciting the fact that they were
suggestions and depended for their exist
ence on the bare fact OF the movement OF
the troops toward the Cheyennes. camps.
While the military authorities are
REr1cENr AS TO THE cAssE
for the movement OF the troops, it has
been ascertained that they were dispatched
on Geographic orders from Department.
headquarters at Fl. Smelling. 1t is GER
tainly reasonable to suppose that had
there been any serious difficulty calling Tor
military aid and protection, there would
have been some word of it received here
during Sunday or yesterday. The Yellow
stone Journal says: Quite recently Bishop
Brondel reported to Gov. Hauser that
the Tongue River C%heyennes wore short OF
r%ations. and on the strength OF this repre-
sanitation the Governor carried the matter
TO Secretary Lamar, and secured an order
for
THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE OF RATloNs
to the band named. As soon as TINS pc
came public, Agent Armstrong, OF the
Crows, telegraphed the Secretary statlng
that the Tongue river Indians were well
s,nn,;ed with rations and in no danger OF
starvation. but that they harbored a mum,
hsr ri renegades from Pine Ridge who had
M clair on the Montana agency Tor sue,
s;stence-which is a cold fact-and had
nrohablv been refused ratlons oy the
paaont This state of affairs has probably
lion deemed critical by the humanltarlans
~ +be Fast. and on the strength OF thelr
ranrese nations an order has been secured
for military interference. me oeoa.n-
ment that left here was "a T;ftb
mand of Major Snyder OF the fl1th
Tnfa n+rv' and consisted of troop e., Seventh
E,r, lry and a small detachment OF the
E;fth Infantry. L~ieutenants Brewer ana
NJ On with the Cavalry n Lleutenaht
I M accompanies the expedition as u
s"~rternaster It is expected they WIZ
qa ua three companies o%fCavalry rom fpr.
H,,star Late on Sunday nisn' anE
taioora m was received from forI n"1 hn
,sh;ch was Immediately dlspatcneo ~ ~
courier to overtake Major HmsuI' Ivo1f tha
| tents were not dlscioseo; o"annes and by
! Chief ofthe Tongue RIVER oheS
many regarded as
BAD INDIAN,
..s;, town and at the post during Ine
Ma a,tar mart OF last week, and II Is ho' p ,v,
grea.I HE that his band would MAKE any al,
su'aI leak in his absence. In TACT the rue rue
. Dan whatever it was, was news W Sun
tion' storted with the expedition on ount
anu morning for his camp, bnt Ill., t4 tra vel.
gay Them Company, as being it lagde ' them.
pea order he was enabled to Pr.ceae ' Ark'
my yo;or !. N. Walton. OF Conway 1r1 +
.% Mayua by L. c. Lincoln "a ana the ., city
ace",np 10 the same place. wee In tne a ru3
ysst ere SySrts Mr5Nc5h SS'sn and is S e. route s;s
for the mef his official duties. WIN W.T. v n.s
TO a assa1 Messrs. Lincoln and Moore, n nc yV q
ir, 'dav made the acquaintance Oh ma9 on NJ
teroay yominent citizens and lnspec Iatt this
u Pto little town. The party ie no+b;me
bright ai for the agency at Muddy no'n anG
mor nta5 hy the direful rumors o. trs %s YES
blo9dsheIM .ior Walton is a man a 10 hor IS.
terday =, ace possessing, a iun ano @ onahe,
years al and is not i%nocula at dn with the te H the de-
.alonment OF the "eeo'