Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-11-27
The "MEssiAh" CRAZE.

rhs Ero9bte With the Inatsns a, r~rxN
Ds"s@-siftinx Ball Said 90 n. . rrt.-
ener In frons-R~fsre~s F1oektnr late
Msndaa-rAe s4sax weu Arw~x .ua
frsvfded fsr rtsAt-rh. reopl. rr.vsp~
.or . hnsnara ts Coei IN. Arasr Of shs
Barka
MiNSrAroLIS Minn, Nov. aa-A
Aandan tN. n special 70 the Tribune
says An uneonhrned report vas re-
ee1Ted yesterday that sitslax Ball I. In
irons ~ the house Of Railroad CON-
missioner Harmon. twelve miles north
OF NandAn. sixty refugees are s,svsuv
Tor safety. fickets are ou, .. nIgh.
and the rules of a military garrison arc
Observed Tuesday night Picks, Hoff
saos NJ Picket Ma.ingham. thinking
heswas an Indian the ballet rr.sed
NAssingaAm only. Guns and annuni.
uon we're sent out yes.erdA,. A com
pany OF troops from To,ten arrived las,
night On No
feopis keep coming in from the coan-
NY. Houses large enough 10 comfortably
seeonnoda's one family have Ave 70
ven families Two hundred Arsckarees
we're sent over 70 the eas, aide OF the
river yesterday TO 70 70 Fort Re,hold.
ioe authorities were fearful they would
oe mistaken for Sioux By settlers N
tnsT went up on the west side Of the
Missouri.
correspondent talked with an
Ariekaree youth concerning the feeling
among the sioux on the reservation.
whom the Arickarees have been visit
ing He said: The Sioux are in GOOD
shape Tor nght They have plentv OF
guns and ammunition and also have all
the lerked beef they 20, OF the p-ai-
ries after the late prairie FIRE. when
several hundred cattle were burned TO
death The Arickarees are friendly
With the whites and We don't van, TO
Eight ourselves. but we would like to
see the Sioux so on the war-path. be-
cause It would mean larger ratlons for
all the Indians in the Dzkotas dor's
know whether the Sioux set the recent
nres that destroyed so much property.
bat ! believe they did. The Sioux
say they have the white mans meat 70
eat while lighting white mea- Tho
Sioux expect the Messiah every day.
There are three hundred young back :
missing from the reservation Scouts
and Indian police don't know where
they are We are friends OF ,he whites
and not of the Sioux. bat the Sioux
gave Is forty pOnIes. 20 ne viii Be- their
friends whatever happens A. this
luneiure an old Indian thought his boy
bad talked enough .aA p.Ile4 him
away The boy ras educated q.
BsthOld. but like most educated In
dians Is lapsinx into savaSery. Every
body is praying for . bllrxarI
The Chrtst-Crxr- af the <lous
MINSEAFoIIs MINI. Nov. IA
Pierre Is. NJ special 10 the Trsbans
says Quite . number cf ranchreu.
half breeds and squax-men from the
country vest are in the ctr. brought
here IL Is alleged By the sertous cOnag-
ton nov existing among the siozx In-
dian fanatics over their Christ-crare.
Some Of these men have lived among
the Indians all their lives. bot have now
been rejected. and ;hey deem 4. unsafe
10 remain longer a. the mercy OF ths
redskins Perfect security is felt .,
Pierre and all the eo1ntry east OF the
Missouri and +; Is the general opinion
that the fanstical crane will die down
when cold weather cores ssHciens "a
drive the Indians In from their ozi4oor
orgies Many make light % the craze.
but IL has = very serious aspect from
the fact that 5ps q: Fo<ts sully and
Bennett are n readiness TO march
against the Indians upoa . moments
notice.
Edaeastoo No Bar To the CrnH~
MISSEAPOEIs, Minn-. Noe. 2a-A
Chamberlain fS d. special 70 the
Tribune says Debose. Yank.sz Res
ervation Indian. was ia the ciiy Fes.er-
day, on his wav 20 the Lover Brule
Agency. A party Of fsteea or twsaty
teams loaded With his people accom-
panied him These Indians ara -eIl
learned and highly advanced. and 4,
has been thought tia; tkey wozl1 no,
be led away BY the Messiah craze tia;
is now causing 50 much exci.smen;
among the Indians wess Of the river
Bat = talk with them briExs sorih the
fact that they also believe IN the coming
Of the Indian Messiah xho will wipe
the whites from the face os the earfh.
They ARE gradually belng worked insa
q state OF extreme escitsuens ky the
new crane. Enis<Aries es the MESSIAH
Are nov working anoax The sioax and
Lover Brulss. aOswighstAa1ing ths
vigilance Of The agency asthorissex
An erors will be made 20 captzre the
distzrhsrx when they wiIi BE arivsn
from the reservation Tie utmost
wAtchialness 10 belnx exercised By the
authorities
Dead for Forsy-Eghs Hezrs B<fer. Das-
wAsHISsroS. Nor. so-Lydia +.
Avery. the Azed wite OF Robert :.
Avery, died three days ago .; her home
on Capitol Hill and her death Vas not
discovered uaiil yesterday. although
her husband ~as in the house vita her
contiuuxllv Mrs. Arerx k.x hsNn s5c. .