Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1890-11-20
Indians Believe that the Red
Messiah has Come to EXter-
inmate the Whites.
This Superstition is the Main
spring Of the Outbreak Now
Threatened,
Report that the Braves in FUll
War Paint are Advancing on
Man(lan.
State Militia Called out and
Government Troops OH their
Way West.
Indian Outbreak Imminent.

Indian Outbreak Imminent.
Various sized rumors Of an Indian up
rising gained wide circulation Monday.
One of these was that the Sioux at
Standing Rock agency started on the
war path yesterday afternoon and were
advancing on Mandan several thousand
strong. All these rumors were taken
with considerable degree of allowance
While there is unquestionably great
danger Of an outbreak the telegraph fails
to BRING confirmation of any ar-like
demonstration and it is not believed that
any will occur. The time OF year is I'M
favorable. IF an outbreak should occur
a snow storm would bring it to speedy
conclusion and send the braves back to
the reservation to patiently await next
ration day. Then too, Gall and John
Grass, the two most influential of the
Sioux chiefs, are friendly to the whites
and the weight of their influence at
present would certainly be thrown
against an outbreak.
That an outbreak is imminent, how
ever, can not be doubted. The supersti.
tious nature Of the red man has been
thoroughly aroused and all his latent
hate of the white man has been kindled
afresh by the wild story Of the coming Of
the Indian Messiah. There is an Indian
maiden at the agency who announces
horcolf hc V1rfr1r Mo.,, fba how Of
the Messiah. She and her claims found
the ground work of the new faith which
is generally credited. They believe that
an Indian Messiah has come to right the
be annihilated; that the dead Indians
will be resurrected and the prairie again
stocked with buffalo and game In short
under the new order OF things the real
ization Of the happy hunting grounds Of
the hereafter is to be seen in this life
The degree OF frenzy with (which the In.
dians have been inspired by this rosy
story is not certainly known but if they
have full confidence in the new Messlah's
ability to annihilate the whites, trouble
may not be far off. Among the reasons
assigned for the uprising is this:
swell intended efforts on the part of
various churches to Christianlze the In
dian have led to the establishment of
numerous mission churches and schools
among the Sioux as we'll as other tribes.
From these institutions they have learned
the story of the bible, and in imitation of
the foundation of the Christian religion
they have constructed the ground work
If their faith. The story Of the bible, re-
plete as it is with accounts Of atrocities
that challenge the admiration of the most
murderous Sioux, seems hardly the thing
to feed an Indians fantastlcal magma
ton upon.
The story Of the death of Christ told to
Sioux Indian would probably suggest
q new mode of torture to which he could
subject some future victim, but he would
full to grasp the idea of the Saviour's
suffering for the sons of mankind"
From developments gradually occur
ring it is seen that the Indians have been
preparing for an outbreak all summer.
A Mandan telegram says they have
bought all the ammunition in that city.
The people there and all through the
west Missouri slope are leaving their
farms and ranches. Another report this
morning says:
A friendly Indian brings words of
warning from the Sioux reservation. He
says there is the utmost danger here and
that the Indians propose immediately to
take Fort Lincoln, knowing only fifty
soldiers are there, capture AMMUNITION
and guns and then make their way up to
Mandan and kill the citizens and burn
the town. He says this is their plan and
warns the citizens. The utmost alarm
prevails and the people are awaiting the
action of the war department to send
protection It Is reported that the In
dian police have torn of their badges and
revolted against the agency at Standing
Rock.
The government has been watching
the situation closely and has not been
idle The graveness of the situation is
appreciated and troops from north
western forts are now on their way to
Mandan to suppress the anticipated up
rising at it's first manifestation. 1t is
said that company from Ft. Totten has
been ordered west and will arrive here
this afternoon. Gov. Miller has called
Adjutant General DeVoy of the militia
to Bismarck, and the state militia has
been ordered to hold itself in readiness
to move on telegraphic orders. 1t is
estimated that at least 300 of the militia