The critic., 1890-12-27
THREATENING INDIANS.
The Situation IL Growing More War
like Daily.

like Daily.
A special from Creston, S. D., to the Ne,cs
says: Things which few days ago under
the policy of General Brooke tended to
cessation of hostilities are just now the
reverse. General Carr received a telegram
late last night from Colonel Sumner that
the Indians from Humps and Big Foots
camp whom he had supposed to have been
held as prisoners had escaped and were
heading for the Bad Lands. At daylight
General Carr and six troops pulled out
from here to intercept them or capture
and destroy them, but so for no word has
iecn received from the General.
The Indians are still carrying on their
del relations as usual and are growing
much bolder, having stolen three valuable
hon ses and ten head of stock out of
corral last night at Il ranch of aMr, Burns,
situated only ten miles from this camp,
an the Cheyenne River. The halfbreod
who came into camp and was interviewed
says that he left Pine Ridge agency few
days before the 800 friendly Indians left
there for the Bad Lands to induce their
hostile brethren to come in, and he de-
clares that the number of frlendlies Is
greatly exaggerated, and that they did
not number over 100 in all. lie says he
was in one of their tcpees outside of Pine
Ridge agency, where Il number of bucks
MtTt anu lllul lilt SAluuMS
We're crying and saying that they would
never return, and commenced singing II
death dance around them.
He says there are at the least calculation
from 800 to COO warriors among them all
well armed (a number having Springfield
carbines, the same rs is used by the sol
diers in the Army and all declaring that
Il young Indian whom they had put to
death by torture u few days before
because he came to try and induce
them to return TO the agency. lie says
he knows this to be true, as the young ln-
dian left Pine Ridge agency over week
ago for the Bad Lands stronghold and
has never returned,
lie also says he entertains great fears as
to the 135 friendlies who went out, as he
is almost sure that the majority, if not all
of them will be killed. He says that they
have an immense stock of provisions, and
that their stronghold is skillfully fortified
and is almost impregnable. He counted
over one hundred tepees on the side near
est the Pine Ridge Agency and siXty-three
money would not bring him in their
stronghold again, as he is afraid that if
he was recognized he would be killed
also.
General Miles who Is in Rapid City,
said to-day that he was tired of tooling
with these Indians, ana Thought tnal lle
best thing to be done was to attack them
without further delay.
DICKINSON, n. d., Dec. 27.- Lieutenant
Lydenham and the scout Spence Of Cap
tain Fountains command Of the Eighth
Cavalry have arrived here with dis
patches. They say that there is no truth
in the story that the command is hemmed
in by 800 hostlos in the Cave Hills. Up
to Christmas morning Captain Fountain
had NOT hpen ablo IN 1igpoVar INV traon of
Indians, but had learned that Sitting
Bulls followers are on their way TO the
Pine Ridge and Cherry Creek reservations,
They also stated that stories abont ranch
men murdered and property destroyed by
hostiles are unfounded.