Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-20
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A ROW WITH THE GHOST DANCERs
special dispatch from Valentine, Neb., says:
Two travelling men who came east from Rush.
vile declare that courier came in late Tues
day night with horrible tale that the anti
Messiah hslf-breeds and the ghost dancers had
row at the agency yesterday. He claimed
that sixty men had been killed or wounded,
but this is probably the worst sort Of exaggera-
ton. While there may have been o row. il is
not thought here that any one has been killed.
DR.. Dollard, the newly elected attorney general
Of South Dakota, came from Long Pine
last evening, and he had heard at Long Pine
the story Of the fight ct Pine Ridge. He had
no details beyond the rumor given above. This
town is full Of refugees from the Indian coun-
try. At rough estimate 1000 men, women
and children have fed from the country north
of the railroad and about the Pine Ridge
agency. Every freight train that stopped at
the small side tracks west of here was boarded
BY people wanting to be carried east The en-
tire country is thoroughly aroused and any
body who can get away is doing so.
THE WORST POSSIBLE RUMoRs.
People who have come down the line from
Nashville bring the worst possible rumors. It
is reported that Agent Roger, who has charge
Of the Pine Ridge agency, appeared at Rush
Vile Monday night bringing with him Thunder
Bear, a sergeant OF Indian police, and Ameri-
can Horse. Both OF these men had been doing
their utmost to quiet the Indians and had car
rled their opposition to the ghost dance craze
so far Monday that knives were drawn on them
by the Infatuated reds and the agent was COM
PEELED to bring them down to Rushvllle to pre-
vent trouble. American Horse has completely
lost his influence with the Indians and it is said
that the Indian police are useless. American
Horse and Thunder Bear stayed in Nashville,
but Agent Roger returned.
Tuesday he again appeared. bringing with
him this time his wife and children. He said
he thought it was no longer safe for them at
the agency. In opposition to this view, how
ever, it was said that the traders at the agency
have not left and they think that their families
and their property are in no great danger. A
portion of the holders who arrived at Rush.
vile will reach Pine Ridge agency this morn
ing.
Troops from both the east and west have
been pushed on to Rushville. That is the near
est point on the Fremont, Eikhorn and Mis-
souri, Valley railroad TO the Pine Ridge agency.
About 800 men have reached that point. These
troops are within about forty miles of the In
dams and could be used at twelve hours notice
if necessary against the excited Sioux at the
Rosebud agency, where two whites are leading
ghost dance.
NEWS FROM ANOTHER QUARTER
CHEYENNE, WYo., Nov. 20.-word has been
received here that Frank Gruard, the govern
ment Indian scout, has reached Buffalo, Wyo.,
with information that parties of Sioux Indians
are travelling up the Powder Eiver valley to-
ward the Big Horn region. The people at Buff
falo are excited over the news, a. depredatlOns
are feared upon the ranchmen OF the Big Horn
valley and the big cattle herds OF the region.
The Indians. if not headed off. will probably
cross the Big Horn valley to the Shoshone res
ervatlon, where there are LOO Shoshones and
Arapaboes. These Indians have gone through
one messiah craze and it is doubtful whether
they can be stirred up by their visitors.
The troops in the region are three companies
OF the 9th cavalry at Fort Mckinney, near
Buffalo. under Col Guy V. Henry, and several
companies of cavalry at Fort Washikie, on the
Shoshone reservation. The troops at Fort Rus
sell are still under marching orders. Their
baggage and supplies were sent north by rail
this morning. The commanding officer, Col.
Off1ey, does not know whether his regiment
will go TO Pine Ridge or north to the scene of
this last reported rand.
AT THE DEVILS LAKE RESERVATION.
MrSNEwAUKAN, N. D., Nov. 2O.-The Sioux
Indians on the Devils Lake reservation, ad-
joining this town, are not especially stirred up
as yet All the troops at Fort Totten have been
removed to Standing Rock. The citizens here
are uneasy, but it is not believed that the In
dams contemplate an outbreak.
PACIFIC EFFORTS OF THE WILD WEST INDIANS
Fremont, NEB., Nov. 20.-Forty-fiv, Indians
members of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show,
passed through here yesterday on their way to
the Pine Ridge agency. The leaders said they
had heard about the new messiah from Their
friends before leaving Europe. Indians went
crazy on religion just as white people did, they
said, but they hoped there would be no trouble
One of the chiefs said they would do all they
could among the Indians at Pine Ridge to re-
store quiet, and they believed the older heads
were opposed to any outbreak. Settlers are
much alarmed in the vicinity of Valentine and
the Rosebud agencies and are flockng to those
points. 1t is believed that the post traders are
sales