The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-11-28
CONSIDERED oRrTIoAL

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The sita.tioa ut Pine Raase-ssevsrtAessss.
SquaSaaAn Says the Indians Have In
tsntIoa OF F1ghtink-GensrAI Brooke
Thinks the Indians ARE Not Well Enough
Fed
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s d, Nov. sd
The condition is considered critical
General Brooke and Agents Roger and
Cooper held e consultation this morn
ing and all admit that the aspect of
AFFAIRS Is serious The indications are
now that the good Indians are on the
point of joing the ghost dancing fac
ton What the result will be cannot
as yet be seen To-day is the time set
for bloody engagement between the
soldiers and Indians at Pine Ridge,
but advices up to noon report all
quiet on the field correspondents
interviewed Bapt ste Courcey. 8 squaw
man now living on the reservation and
having an Indian wife and many chill
dren- He is called Big Bat by the In
diRns; has lived among them
for thirty years, and is intel
Hgent and wealthy and OF wide infiu-
ence among them. He stated in sub
OF any nature would occur
The Indians have been dancing"
said Big Bat but that does not signify
that they want to murder white settlers
or fight soldiers"
But asked if the Indians would peace
1ultY 6IOp LnClE dances
their arms, he said they undoubtedly
WOULD if it was demanded of them
81 don't think they care much about
| giving up the dance" said he, but
they would kick on giving up their
guns They would not fight for their
guns though"
Are many of them armed?"
Yes about two-thirds of the males.
but they do not want to fight at
tended council of the dancers night
/ before last when they discussed all
/ these matters and the leaders speeches
| to the young bucks were all to the effect
that while they could easily wipe GU
the troops now on hand, If they did so
there would be ten soldiers there next
| day where there was only one to-day
/ and it would be only question of days
until the last Indians would die Be
sides they said where would we go TO?
| We are surrounded on all sides by sol
diers and settlers We have no pro-
visions for a campaign and would surely
starve and our squaws and our pap
| pooses would perish before our eyes
The whole council united in advising
and agreeing to submit peacefully to
whatever the Government demanded "
Big Bat urged the necessity of taking
away from the Indians all arms and
ammunition, not because he thought an
uprising probable at any time, but 70
! LnGm less EONlnB anu SnltbleSSs
and feel more dependent upon manual
labor or civilized pursuits.
General Brooke asked r. o. Pugh, is
sue clerk of the supply department.
what rations the Indians were getting.
They are getting this" replied Mr..
Pugh: Ten pounds of bacon, 3 pounds
of beans, $50 pounds of beef. 1 pound Of
baking powder, pounds of coffee, 81
pounds of flour, pounds of salt {
pounds of soap, 7 pounds of sugar. This
is the quantity allowed 100 ratiOns fol
100 Indians per day for two weeks, >
aided Mr.. Pugh.
TOO little, too little, entirely too lit
tie" exclaimed the General with much
emphasis who of us don't know thai
the people can not live on that dom
care whether they are Indians or what
they are, people can't be satisfied, con
tented or any thing else, if they dom
have enough to eat and the Govern
ment should be finding it out pretty
soon"
''For one thing" said Agent Roger
''they don't get all the beef that is com
ing to them A beef Weighing l, 1Ot
pounds when it gets here to us shrinki
to 700 before 1T gets to the Indians, and
the Indians are the losers"
'But it is not the beef alone that ID
short" resumed the General, sit il
about every thing else, except soap, and
there seems to be a plenty of that"