Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-11-26
FRESH NEWS OF THE DAY.
Information Cleaned From All
Quarters Of the Universe.
LATEST INDIAN NEWS.
THE PRESENCE OF TROOPS HAS
QUiETiNC EJECT.

THE PRESENCE OF TROOPS HAS
QUiETiNC EJECT.
Ger. Brooke Getting Things In Readiness
I In Case an Outbreak Should Occur--Sot-
/ tiers Also Preparing emssivss-- Gen.
! Miles Will Tolerate No Nuisance.
/ RusHvILLE, Neb. Nov. ca--Word from
the Pine Ridge agency last night is to the
effect that matters there have assumed
more satisfactory shape. There is now no
/ immediate prospects OF conflict with the
! indiana. settlers at and near the agency
1 fsel peffectly safe IN tue presence Of the
troops now there. and do not anticipate the
/ promised annihilation along the Cheyenne
/ river In Dakota. Something Of IA stampede
occurred yesterday and settlers have aocked
! into Harrison aud Gordon. Their uncasi-
ness was caused by Ares along the Cheyenne
river the night before.
Gen. Brooke has sent an order to Fort
Robinson to have all ammunition stored
there for the Hotchkiss gun forwarded TO
Pine Ridge. His plan Is to have all In read
iness In case an outbreak occurs. Orders
| have been sent to all friendly In
dians TO appear at the agency ut
once They arc gathering In rapidly.
Then when the good and bad In
dlans are separated the Indian police will
| be sent out to stop the ''ghost" dances at
the various villages. II the police fail 10
accomplish this the troops will be called into
action. II is thought, though. that the
dancing will be stopped without bloodshcd.
Threats OF violence are not indulged in an
they were before the arrival OF the troops
aud but little Is now heard Of the Indians
Intention to annihilate the white race.
Red Cloud reached the Pine Ridge agency
yesterday. He came in order to join In the
celebration OF the return Of the ..Wild West
I Indians, who arrived the night before. lie
denies that he took part in the dance at
Wounded Knee or that he gave IL his coun-
! tenance. On tho contrary, he claims he has
been unable TO leave his house. and that he
| cOunseled his followers 10 desfst from dane
Ing. Little credcnce Is given tho willy
/ chiefs Story, us he IL known to be an invet :
crate liar. Jack Red Cloud, his son, says
! tho great father has broken faith by send
/ Ing troops on to the reservation. All lndi-
| cations are that the end of the trouble at
/ Pine Ridge is close at hand
Settlers Preparing Themselves.
! LINCOLN. Nov. ee.--Go1. Thayer said to-
day that he was receiving numerous Offers
Of service from Nebraskans IN different
/ parts OF the state for the prospective India.i
/ war, but at present he had no need Of them
and probably would not. as tho federal au-
/ thorities would be able to protect the bnr-
/ ders, as we'll ns suppress the outbreak. II
one occurred. Guns and ammunition have
I been sent to the towns along the northern
border, and all the Nebraska companies In
| that part Of the state have been supplied
with ammunition and instructed to hold
/ themselves in readiness for action ut mo-
/ ment's notice.
Excitement At Hot Springs.
Hor STRINGS, =. d.. Nov. as,--Thare is
great excitement hero over the arrival of q
body OF Indians claiming the Messiah, who
has promised to restore the hot sprIngs to
the Sioux nation. has sent them here to
await delivery. Citizens are arming them
/ selves.
The Whole Army In Roadiness.
! WAsurNGroN, Nov. 2.-Acting Indian
/ Commissioner Belt yesterday afternoon re-
ceiyad 4 telegram from Special Agent
/, Cooper. at the Pine Ridge agency, saying:
! "The Indians are still dancing The police
report that thirty Rosebud Indians have
I arrived at this reservation and 600 or 200
more are enrOute to the agency. We hope
! to settle this Indian craze without blood
shed. All kinds of rumors are in circula-
| ton"
1 Yesterday the following telegram was re-
! ceived ut the war department from Gen.
Miles: 1.-The number OF Indians going from
I the Rosebud agency to the Pine Ridge
agency Is increasing. Reliable adyices
I show that the Messiah craze is extending TO
our indians near the mountain border and
between the Sioux nation and the Canadian
border
/ Secretary Proctor carried the dispatches
to the cablnst meeting and they formed the
subject OF discussion. Secretary Proctor
says the suggestion made by Gen. Miles,
that tho troops In other divisions than his
own command De gotten in readiness to
reinforce him, has already been antici-
pated. Orders have been sent to the CONF
manding officers OF troops NJ far south as
Texas and Arizona and as far west as Cali
fornia to prepare men for immediate move
mont II emergency arises. In any event, 1t
Is the intention OF the department. to heavily
. reinforce the troops in the Dakotas during
tho wtntsr, and they will be moved in from
other divisions from time 70 time. In this
way 1t Is expected the department. will be
abis to man an overwhelming force 1T the
agensies wAerO the excitement Is Ut It's
height. so as " ereatually suppress the
Indian uprising In the speiug time.
1 MAI. Wright, who Was yesterday reip-
stated as agent at the Rosebud agency, has
loft Tor that reservation, He said ia his
opinion that II few OF the ringleRd ars Wern
locked up the excitement would be apt h,
die out, llo does not attribute the present
trouble entirely to the religious craze, al
though be thinks some OF the Indians have
been dsluded Into belief In the Messiah. He
Gays this story about the coming OF the
4 Messiah was started mainly among the non-
| progressive Indians, led by such men as
Sittine Bull aud Red Cloud. These men
we're deposed as chiefs because they opposed
tho recent sale to the government OF a
pAst OF tho Sioux reservation and any other
movement &hich was In the i ne Of progress
The religious craxc was oslgsnated BY them
to regain their control over the people. Bad
crops and short rations were also important
factors. II the leaders can be gotten out
Of the way the others may quiet down.
am. l9iles WIN Telerats No Nonsense.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.--Tn an interview yes
terday afternoon, Gen. Niles said he had
no further word from Con. Brooke, bqt hs
thousht the latter had bsyoud I'll do4bt
given the Indians to understand that ne Il
there for tho purpose OF protecting lives
and properly, and God help the arst Indian
who makes break.
1T IL not my Intention said Gen. Miles
ITO tolerate any nonsense. will tell you
f0fther thai 20 tar as regards the present
ample supply pf ap,mqpition ana the best
. pstterps of Winchester rifles with which
tho TuajAps are armed. that somehQdy "
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