Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-20
HOSTILE INDIANS.
North Dakota Citizens Fear a
Disastrous Sioux Uprising.
Gen Miles Says the Situation is Very
5, riOus-tiiiZpnS Organizing
for Prntt ctiOn
The War Department send Arms and Am
munition, AMI Troops Are Kept In
Readiness the Messiah Craze.

CHICAGO, ILL, NOV. lo.-Geu. Neisou
a. Miles, whose department embraces
the territory Throughout which the Mes
siah- craZed Indians are scattered, made
this reply 10 II question: 1T would be
unwise to say anything at this time.
Anything ! might say would be tele-
graphed all over the country. and TO-
morrow would he in the Indian camps.
The ludians now have young men who
read English perfectly. They utilize the
mails and keep posted with events affect
ing their interests. | have nothing TO
say beyond the fact that the situation is
very serious, and that there is grave np-
prehension of trouble with the Indians of
The plains between the Missouri river and
nountnius.'
ORGANIZING FOR PROTECTION.
MANDAN, y. D., Nov. lS.-Citizens
held IL meeting last night and organized
for protection against the Siouxs.
telegram was sent to Governor Miller
asking for arms and ammunition, and
he has given instructions TO the adju-
Iant-general to use his discretion. The
sheriff of Monroe county calls on the
governor for troops.
Settlers are still coming from all di-
rections. Grave fears are entertained
ern part OF the couty.
GOT AN EYE ON ZEN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. lS.-The war de-
par,ment officials have received no news
to-day of any change in the situation at
Pine Ridge, Standing Rock and other
Sioux agencies, and competent officials
are on the watch at all points Ghere
trouble Is Threatened, whose duty it is to
report any significant events. 1t ia
taken for granted that no immediate
trouble ls at hand.
BETTER FEELING.
MANDoS, n. D., Nov. l8.-An easier
feeling prevails here this morning be-
cause of the receipt of arms and am
muntion by the citizens. Six mounted
friendly Sioux have been sent TO patrol
the borders of the reservation. Settlers
are still coming in.
TROOPS ORDERED OFT.
OMAHA, NEB. Nov. l8.-Troops from
Fort Omaha, Fort Robson, Fort Nes-
brara, Nebraska, and pack train from
Fort Russell. Wyoming, have been or
tered out to hold the Indians in check at
the Piuerdge and Rosebud agencies on
the Dakota frontier. They will all be In
motion before night.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
ST. PAUL, MINI. Nov. 1S.-Gen.
Ruger. commander OF the department of
Dakota, accompanied by Aid de-Canp
Lieut.. Woodruff, returned this morning
from their tour Of inspection among the
various posts OF the North west. Gen.
Kruger was busy With the accumulated
work. but Lieut.. Woodrug said the re-
ports of trouble were more or less exag
gerated. Regarding these reports he
said some of the statements made, par
ticularly those with reference to the be-
lief that Mandan, N. D., Is threatened
by au armed force of Indians, is untrue.
Located nearest to Mandan, thirty-tive
miles away OH the Cannonball river, are
Il thrifty, industrious aud peaceable class
OF Indians. They are Christianized. hav-
ing no faith in the aboriginal supersti-
tons, and dislikiug this new Messiah
craze, for they say that it interferes with
the progress of the people, and every
year these Indians sell hundreds of
pounds of beef to Standing Rock agency.
RECEIVING not only good prices therefor,
but also some OF the beef in return as
ratiOus. 'No, you can't convince me
that people who have land homes, stock,
cattle, wagons, crops and revenue are
al all anxious to go to war, and yet they
have sent scouts to watch. The bard
from which any real outbreak is antici-
pated, is that headed by Chief Hump,
and situated southwest of Standing
Rock. Like all leaders. he is very willy,
aud if the promised Messiah does not ar
rive in the spring, he will probably tell
them that the whites are using their in
fuence to keep him back, and that the
best way TO aid him will be- to kill some
of the palefaces.
However. IN the event Of the ex-
tremest emergency the troops will be
fully equal to the occasion. the depart
partments of Dakota and the Platte be-
ing close together. Since last March,
when we first heard of this craze, two
companies of cavalry have been camped
south of Pine Ridge and o5hers on the
Tongue river and elsewhere, SO that it
will be impossible for the Indians to
mass at any one point. 1t must be
taken into account that some of the
agents are new men, muse TO the ways
of the Indian. who delight N frightening
those who they can effect by glance or
gesture. Older men would pay no at
tention to it.