Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-11-26

Der OF Indians who have he III sstaMcated sA33
the government In the cast. III the Iudt614]
care to do so they can do mach damage heall
fore being checked. OF course, their car0efll
would be short, but amends could never Al|
made for the property or lives they mlshl
destroy.
On the Sioux Nessrvatlon. III
MISSEApoLIs. Nov. o2.-- The T,ihMnexl
correspondence from Mandan, N. ID, c0uss
tains inform alton from, the sioux reservaM3
tion from two reliable sources that IT,
chances are against an Immediate uprising
unless Sitting Bull makes up his mind thaG
1t would pay. Sitting Bull would be arr
rested and put In irons. but the agents are
afraid that this would precipitate troubIesy
Agent Mclaughlin has lost control Of Dulls
and the other leaders. At Bulls camp the
dance keeps up day and night. The Inc
dians with sitting Bull do not welcome
even friendly whites. and Will not shake
lnnds with them. They say all th1 white
men will be turned into buffalo and cAsash
In the spring. q ~ ~
Agent McIaxfAlsa sent some indian
police 10 arrest refractory Indians, aud in
stead Of obcying his orders they threw on
their clothes aud Joined la the dance. They
returned to the agency without their pris-
oners and offered no excuse. Sitting Bull Is
jealous OF the increase Of cattle on the Cam
non Hall river belonging to white seltlers
He teaches his followers that II a raid Is
made ON the settlers aud they are killed the
Indians can surrender on the appearance
Of soldiers and be forgiven. Then, because
of the fate Of the former settlers. no new
ones viii come there. Indians who have
accumulated property are opposed To the
have nothing and the older ones who are
lazy, led by Sitting Bull. are causing the
trouble.
Fad Outlook at Fort Be mnett.
PIERRE, 4. d., Nov, aa.-Licut. Hall, OF
Fort Bennett. arrived here yesterday aud
reports tlreatenings on tho part OF the In
dians carrying on the ghost dance to resist
any interruption by force Of arms. Indian
policemen sent to insist upon their stoppagc
OF the dance were disarmed aud obliged 10
return to the fort. An extra company Of
soldiers has been from Fort Sully to Fort
Bennett, and preparations made In case OF
trouble. There are fears that an open out
break may occur ut any time, but the In
dians have been accustomed 10 government
control So long that IL is considered rather
doubtful that they Will attempt any vio-
fence.
Heading for the Big Horn Country.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 2a.-Frank Ger
uard. u government scout stationed Mt Fort
Mckinney, reports renegade Sioux and
Cheyenncs heading for the Big Horn nloun-
tans. They are leaving the Dakota reser-
vations as the result of the Messiah aglta-
tion. The reds are we'll mounted and
armed, and Geruard intimates that there Is
imnincnt peril. On receipt OF the news
Gov Wurren wired protest 10 Gen. Brooke
against the removal OF the cavalry from
Fort Mckinney.
Settlers Reported Killed.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Nov. a?.-Advices from
Eureka state that settlers in Enimons and
Campbell counties are focking into that
place Oh account OF u run,or that the Sioux
will take the war path. Lngrace, on the
Missouri is, completely depopulated 1t is
reported this morning that two men had
been shot and scaiped by the Indians In
Campbell county, but the story Is not cred
tied here. Tho people are greatly excited
aud are appealing to. Gov. Melsstte sssae'
arms and ammunition.
North D4kots Citixens Alarmed.
MlSxsApoLIs, Nov. a2.-The Journals
Mandan. N, d., special says; The sheriff
this morning received telegram from
Sims, q town forty miles west, stating that
the people are coming in from, Muddy and
Heart rivers having been warned Ivy the
slouxs to look out tor themselves The
sheriff ut once sent guns to Sims and Hebron.
Halloran, the commanding officer at Fort
Abraham Lincoln, maintains there is no
ground for alarm.