St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-27
The Rosebud Racket.

Special to the Globe.
MILES CITY, Mont, Nov. ga de-
tachment of troops started from Fort heogh
Sunday, for the Cheyenne agency on inc
Rosebud. Sensationalists Immediately
scented an Indian outbreak and 1t was lloV
p long before highly cOlored reports were
passed around redolent of Indian atrocities
and in some instances going so Iat DIS W
give the names of persons killed. CdieIul
tracing of these reports to their fountain
head resulted in all cases in eliclting the
fact that they were suppoSltlons ana ue
pended for their existence on the pare TACT
of the movement OF the troops Toward the
q CHEYENNE camps. While the military au-
thorities are reticent as TO the cause Tor the
movement of the troops. 1t mas been aScer-
tanned that they were dispatched on tele-
craphic orders from department headquar-
fers at Fort Smelling. 1t Is certainly rea-
sonabe to suppose that had there been any
serious difficulty calling for military aid and
protection. there would have been some
word of it received here. The Yellowstone
Journal says that quite recently Bishop
Brondel reported to Gov. Hauser that the
Tongue river Cheyennes were
SHORT OF KATIoNS
md on the strength of this representation
The governor carried the matter to Secre-
tary Lamar, and secured an order for the
immediate issue of ratiOns to the band
named. AS soon as this became public,
Agent Armstrong, of the Crows. tele-
graphed the secretary stating that the
Tongue river Indians were well supplied
with rations and in no danger of starvation,
but that they harbored number of rene
gades from Pine Ridge who had no claim
for CnhSiSfRnnp--
which is a cold fact-and had probably
been refused rations by the agent.
This state of affairs has prob
ably been deemed critical by the
humanitarians of the East, and on the
strength of their representations an order
has been secured for military interference
The detachment that left here Sunday
morning was in command of Mai. Snyder
of the Fifth infantry and consisted of troop
q, Seventh cavalry, and small detach-
ment of the Fifth infantry. Lieuts. Brewer
and Mann 90 with the cavalry and Lieut.
I,iggett accompanies the expedition as
uuartermaster. 1t is expected they will
meet three companies Of cavalry from Fort
Custer Late on Sunday night
ANOTHER TELEGRAM
was received from Fort Smelling which was
immediately dispatched by courier to over
take Mai. Snyder. Its contents were not
disclosed Black Wolf, the chief OF the
Tongue river CheyenneS, and by many re-
garded as a bad Indian, was in town and at
the post during the greater part of last
week. and it is not presumable that his band
would make any bad break in his absence.
III fact the ruction. whatever it was, was
news to him, and he started with the eXpe-
ditiOn on Sunday morning for his camp, but
did not bear them company, as being III
light travelling order he was enabled to
precede them Maj. J. NJ. Walton, now
agent for the Northern Cheyennes, left
here this morning to assume the duties at
the agency. He was undaunted by the war
rumors and was accompanied by Col. l.. c.
Lincoln, newspaper man, and y. +.
Moore. The Walton party are all from
Conway, Ark.
Later-Maj. Snyder and command,
which left Fort Keogh Sunday for Cheyenne
agency on Rosebud, was met by White
Hawk, a courier from Rosebud, with dis
patches that four companies OF the First
cavalry from Fort Custer had arrived and
difficulties were over for the present
Troops returned, reaching Keogh tonight
The trouble was that the Pine Ridge visit
ors wanted rations, and, with few North
em Cheyennes, fired into the agents house
on being refused. Then the Pine Ridge
fellows stole large bunch of horses and
skinned out" The latter break will
probably make further news. The troops
at Keogh are all ordered to be ready for
marching