Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-12-04
LOOPING AND BURNING.
Young Indian Braves Committing Great
Depreiations to Property.


RosEBrp Agency, Nov % Lieutenant
colonel Poland Of the list Infantry has as
stunned command of the forces at Rosebud.
The colonel has had long experience with
the Sioux Word is being sent to the In
dans that no injury is to be done any ut
home The present danger is peculiar
About 80 young men are raiding the
whole country destroying everything,
breaking into all schoolhonscs and mis-
sion cllapcs. These are ut large and are
having u good time. A few runners are
coming in, but no authentic news as vet.
All the friendly Indians from the hostile
region are now on the Little White River,
90 miles from the agency,
RESUMED THE GHOST DANCE.
PINE RIDGE AGENcY. Nov 20.-Plenty
Bear an pld,tinc friendly Indian, who
lives at Wounded Knee caine in last even
ing and stated 70 Agent Boyer that there
are 64 lodges being over 1000 Indians at
Wounded Knee and that they had resumed
the ghost dance with many warlike accom-
paniments. Plenty Fear said that he saw
the dance in person, and that Little
Wound, who visited the agency here
Thursday and said that his band had
stopped dancing was joining in it hotter
than ever with his entire band. 1t was
further stated BY Plenty Bear that the
deviltry consisting Of burning the houses of
the settlers and stealing stock was still
going on
THE osAdE INDIANS THREATEN TROUBLE.
ARKANSAS CITY, KAN. Nov. GA
trader who came from the Usage rcserva-
ton last night says the Usage Indians have
begun ghost dance and are very ugly and
insolent, They are well armed and are
the richest and most powerful tribe III the
territory outside Of the five nations The
agent is alarmed and has asked for assist
ance.
OMAHA, NER, Dec. IA special from
Pine Ridge Agency says: The Indian police
on duty few hundred yards from the
agency buildings dashed into Agent Rogers
office late Saturday night and said that a
panic in the camp Of the ''friendlics'' was
Inevitable unless they were given protre-
ton. All had received an urgent invita-
ton to Join the hostilitics and 70 on the
war path with them. Agent Roger sent
them an extra guard of l60 armed scouts,
but even this did little good The Indian
village continued melting away and Sun
day morning revealed the fact that over
two-thirds of the 5000 who were here at
sunset had disappeared.
The hostiles have decided to move their
camp into the Bad Lands and there await
the Coming Of the troops. They began
moving there yesterday morning and by
night all Of them were hidden away.
Scouts bring information that the hos
tiles had Just slaughtered hln head OF gov
eminent cattle and 900 belonging TO Gov
crnor Melette of South Dakota.
General Brooke has lust received tcle-
gram 'FRONT.' General Ruger warning hint that
800 Lodges (ahout Lou warriors Of the
Ghcyennes were coming from Cheyenne
agency to join the hostilCs near here,
Troops have been ordered to Fort Sill,
where another ghost lance fever has
broken out. This was tile day sci for the
appearance of the new Indian Messiah,
| but so far as can be learned the red chill
dren have been disappointed
Charley ,rurninghawk, who keeps a
store on porcupine reports that the hos
| tiles raided his store and took nearly - 900
worth Of goods.
The troops are still under orders to be
ready to move on a moments notice.
NEIGnBoRlSG sIol,x TO IelN rnE FIGHT.
WtSNGrEG, MAN, Doc. l.-Sioix Indians
nj Regins, y. W. T., say they will shortly
/ move crtss the American boundary ut the
request of their brethren there. This is
undoubtedly the result of the Messiah
| craze.