The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-22

aIusdni General, U. ). army, Washington:
Reliable information has been receiy
ed that The Ianktons and Grosyentres
on Upper Missouri, nlso those near ole
Fort Belknap, have unanimously adopt
ed the Messiah craze. Tho latter arl
quite ugly; that Sitting Bull hls sent
emissaries to these tribes and to the
forty eight lodges Of Sioux north OF the
British line, exciting them to get armt
aud ammunition and join the othel
warriors near the Bland Hills in the
spring. Every effort is being made tc
allay and restrain the turbulent, but thu
violent over tact OF any email party o
The desperate ones may cause an unris.
ing. Tho latest reports from the north.
ern Cheyennes is that they have aband
oned the delusion. There should be nc
delay, however, in pEttirg other troops
than those in these two departments il
proper equipment for the field.
(Signed.) MILES,
Major General, Commanding.
Sr. LOUIS, November 20.
Adjudn. Genera! Army: 'E.-l
Your telegram of this dato, directing
cavalry and light artillery at Fort Riley
to be held in readiness il required 10!
service in the departments OF Dakota ant
the Platte received.
(Sigped) MERRITT,
Brigadier General Commanding.
FALSE nEroErs.
Acting Indian Commissioner Bel
this afternoon received the following
telegram from Special Agent Cooper, a
the Pine Ridge Agency:
Newspaper reports false. AgenI
Roger is at his post. Indians still dane
ing. Police report that thirty Rosebud
Indians have arrived at this reservation
and GOO or 700 more enroutc to the
agency. We hope to settle this Indian
craze without bloodshed. ALI kinds O
rumors are in circulation, Will keer
the department fully informed"
Such information rs was received to-
day at the War Department was not re-
assuring. In the course OF the afternoon
the following telegram was received from
General Miles:
CHICAGO, Nov. 81.
AdMant Genera! A,my., Washington:
The number OF Indians going from
Rosebud Agency to Pine Ridge Agency
is increasing. Reliable advlces show
that this Messiah craze is extending to
our Indians near the mountain border
and between the Sioux nation and the
Canadian border.
[Signed MiLEs,
Commander.
Secretary Proctor carried the dis
patches to the Waite House When he
attended the Cabinet meeting at moo,
and they formed u subject OF discussion
at the meeting.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
Afterwards, Major General scholield
commanding the army, was in consul
tation with the Secretary for an hou'
respecting tho condition OF Indian
affairs. Secretary Proctor says that the
suggestion made by Gen. Miles that
troops in other divisions than his owr
command bo gotten in readiness t
reinforce him has already been antici
pated. Official orders have been sen
to commanding officers OF troops a
far south rs Texas, Arizona an,
as far west as California to prepare thei
men for immediate movement il al
emergency arises, In any event it i
the intention OF the Department Il
heavily reinforce the troops iu the Da
kotcs during the winter and they will b
moved in from other divisions iron
time to time, SO as,lot to oycr.tax trans
pottation and supply facilities. In thi
way it is expected that the Department
will be able to mass IN overHhelmin
force Of troops at the agencies where tn
excitement Is at its height 80 as to effect
ually suppress an Indian uprising, j
the sprihS time.