Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-03
THE INDIANS.
Gen. Stanley Ordered to Prepare the
Fifth Infantry to Move.
Gen. Niles Irtervirwed-He Declares the Out.
look 10 Alai ming, and Gives His Grounds
for 70 Thinking.
ORDERED TO BE READY.

ORDERED TO BE READY.
| Special to the Gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX. Dec. 2.-Gen.
d. s. Stanley, commanding the depart
! ment Of Texas, to-day received a tele-
| gram from Gen. Schoheld to prepare the
| Fifth infantry at once for q cam
prign in the Northwest, and to
transferthem 10 the department of the
| Platte. The Fifth is Gen. Miles old
regiment. It is widely scattered along
the Rio Graude, and several days will be
required to mobilize the regiment for
fantry practically dvests the frontier of
| 70 pes and will leave Americans on the Rio
Grande at the mercy OF the marauding
Mexican bandits.
INDIANS EAST OF GUTHRIE.
| Special TO the Gazette.
GUTHRIE, .. T., Dec. 1.-Two men
reached this city this morning, and re-
| ported that the Messiah craze is taking
| hold of the Indians east OF Guthrie very
| fast, and that there is some unraSiness
| manifested by the settlers on the Eastern
| Oklahoma border.
GEN. MILES REVIEWS THE SITUATION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Ger. Miles,
| who has been here since last Sunday
| night in daily consultation with S-cre-
| tary Proctor, Gen. SchOfield and Secre-
tarv Noble upon matters relating 10 the
| Indian 81. uation i'll the Northwest, left
| for Chicago to-day. The general be-
lieves that danger is imminent. The
situation, he says, has not been exag-
| gerated. Trouble ia more widespread
than 1t has been at any time for years.
! Conspiracy extends to more different
| tribes that have heretofore not been hos
| tile, but that are now in full sympathy
with each other and are scattered over
| larger area of country than in the whole
| history of Indian warfare. 1t is q more
| comprehensive plot than anything trans
| PRED by the prophet TecumSeh, or even
! Pontiac. The causes of this difficulty
are easy of location. Insufficient food
supplies. religious delusion and the in
| nate disposition of the savage to go to
| war must be held responsible.
"Are the campaign preparations on
| the part of the government cOmplete?'
| WIS asked.
Not quite,'' replied the general.
! "Ererythlng will be ready in few
days, though. Troops and supplies are
| en- route, and will be available very
speedily. All that is possible is being
dove to encourage and reduce the num-
| Der and influence of the hostiles. and in
this an outbreak may be avertpd l
sincerely hope there Will be no hostilities,
for general uprising would be a most
serious affair. -
"How many Indians will you have to
contend with!''
tAltoeethsr there are in the North
west about 80 GOO who are affected by
the Messiah craZe-that means fully
6000 fighting men. OF this number ut
least one third would not 20 on the war
path, so that leaves us with about 1000
adversaries. There are 5000 old Indians
who will have TO be watched if active
operations take place. Four thousand
Indians cnn make an immense amount
of trouble. But little of that number
were concerned in the Minnesota rnassa-
ere, yet they killed more than 500
settlers in very brief space of time. -
.What is the total strength of your
force?'
Gen. Miles avoided the question some
what by referring to the great necessity
which existed for more calvary. "Ai-
together, he said, 1--WE have about
II.
iufantry but you can't catch mounted
Indians with white fOot-soidiers. The
infantry had one or two good fights 10
1876 and 1877. but such engagements are
rare in frontier warfare.
els it not queer proceedings for In
dians to go on the warpath at the begin
ming Of wiuter?''
eyes, in some respects it is,'' replied
ia
though. They are better armed now
than they ever were, and their supply OF
horses is all that could be desired. Every
buck has Winchester rifle and knows
how to use il. In the matter of subsist-
euce, they are taking but little risk.
They can live on cattle just as well US
anything else, and numerous ranches
will furnish them fresh stock when cold
and starvation ruin their mounts. The
Northern Indian is hardy and Gun suffer
Il great deal. The hostiles have been
starved into fighting. Rather than
starve peaceably they propose to fight.
| hope the problem will be solved with
cut bioodshed, but such an apprehension
of trouble seems improbable. All out
break would cost the lives of a good
many brave men and the destruction of
hundreds of homes in the Northwest. If
peace is possible We will have it. -
THE CRAZE IN ALL ITS HIDEoUsNEss.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. "A special
from Guthrie, .. T., says the Messiah
craze is fully on in the Indian Territory
and the Cheyennes, ATapahoes, Osages,
Missouri and Seminole tT.oss are mDst
uneasy of any. The kicknpoos, twenty
five milss-south of here, tribe which
has always been more or less uneasy or
superstitious, are dancing. A number
of them passed through here yesterday
on their way to the Cherokee Strip to
consult with their friends-the Missouris,
Poucas aud Osages. Word was received
here last night at O'Clock by wire from
Ponca, Cherokee Strip, that the depot
agent, section hands and Inhabitants
would be compelled to leave there on
account of the menancing attitude OF
the Indians. This dispatch inquired if
troops could be had, stating that tribes
were becoming almost crazy IN their
ghost ianpe