St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-19

Paul, of the travellers at the hotels and
is emphatically the opinion of Gen.
Ruger and his subordinates at the army
headquarters. Dakota men at the sew
eral hotels are very warm in their de-
nunciation of the correspondents at
Mandan and other points for their SEN
SationaliSm.
"It's senseless fake at best" said Fargo
man, and will hurt Dakota great deal for
nothing. From reading the Mandan dis
patches l imagine those people will be
very much disappointed when winter sets In
and they have not seen a single scalping
knife. All those Indians want to do is 10
lean up against fence and think"
Gen. Kruger, accompanied by his aide,
Lieut.. Woodruff, arrived yesterday
from tour of the various posts through
the country infected by the Messiah
enthusiasm. Gen. Ruger very emphat-
ically denies that there is cause for the
slightest alarm and deprecates the SEN
sational reports that have~been tele-
graphed broadcast from various parts
of both North and South Dakota.
lone blast of zero weather." saidthe gen.
eral, will cool off this zeal for the Messiah.
To keep it alive frequent outdoor meetings
and councils and dances are necessary. The
extreme cold weather will prevent such
meetings and will end the craze Tor this sea-
son."
Lieut.. Woodruff talked at length of
the situation. Said he:
~ think that all reports of impending
rouble with the Indians have been more or
tess exaggerated. OF course, / cannot
lanswer for the people of Mandan, but i
seems TO me that the man who seEt this tele-
gram from there TO the morning papers
should have placed the dispatch from Mai.
Mclaughlin, stating that he feared no out
break at standing Rock agency. at the head
of the column instead OF at the foot.
Some of the statements made are peculiar
particularly IL ose with reference TO the be-
lief that Mandan is threatened by an armed
force.
'"The Indians located nearest to Mandan
are about thirty-tvc miles away, on the Can
non Ball river They are thrifty, industli-
Gus, peaceable people, who have taken up
claims. built huts und houses. own cattle,
ponies and wagons and are in good circum-
stances.
"rhey are Christianized Indians having no
faith in aboriginal superstitionS and diSlik-
ing this new Messiah craze, for they say that
II lnterferes with the progress of the people.
And every year these Indians sell hundreds
of thousands of pounds of beef to Standing
Rock agency, receiving not only good price
therefor but also some OF the beef in return
as rations. Now, you can't convince me that
people who have land, homes, stock, cattle,
wagons, crops and revenue are at all anxious
10 go to war; And yet these are the ones to
watch whom the people of Mandan have sent
scouts.
During my inquiries 1 found that there
was nothing having the appearance of war
I or indicative of war in this Messiah belief.
| The Indians say that the whites are to be de-
| stroyed, but by the Christ alone and without
| aid from the red men. mud wave is to en-
| gulf the palefaces. but the Indians are to be
| lifted above it until it passes oyer. This
| ghost dance, too, is harmless affair." being
| equivalent TO Christian communicated is,
| a preparatory ceremony through which the
| participants aim to perfect themselves be-
| fore the coming of the Master.
The band from which any real outbreak
is anticipated is that headed by Chief Hump,
| and situated southwest of Standing Rock.
| Ii Ike all leaders, he is very willy, and if the
| promised Messiah does not arrive in the
spring he will probably tell them that the
! whites are using their influence to keep him
| back, and that the best way to aid him will
| be TO kill some of the palefaces.
However, in the event of the EXTREMIST
| emergency the troops will be fully equal to
the occasion. the departments of Dakota and
| the Platte being close together. Since last
March, when we first heard of this craze. two
companies of cavalry have been camped
south of Pine Ridge, and others on the
| Tongue river and elsewhere, SO that it will be
| impossible for the Indians to mass at any
| one point.
ut must be taken into account that some
| OF the agents are new men, unused to the
| ways OF Indians, who delight in frightening
those whom they can affect by glance or
| gesture. Older men would pay no attention
to it,