Telegram-herald., 1890-11-20
INDIAN TROUBLES
Troops Arrive a. RushvilIs, Nsb. .
IA Large Numbers
BAD, RED ClOuD. AID LITTLE SOCyD
rhsg DssiaEs fhsf " iu - asss tha ssldisrs
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hi4 taalAn Feiiss Are Fo~sFtess-
Department % Lhs Platte

BusHyILLE. Neh, NOV. 19.-As soon
as tne troops srayrd here to-day car
riegs rushed With the news u Pine
Ridge agency. Word vas received from
this agency tonight mat Bad Indians
under Red Cloud aud Little Wound de-
clare they Mi meet the troops ia bat
tle tomorrow Agent Royer vas IN
tervieWed and sad DIS Indian police
were poser.ess.
One u them. Thunder Bear. arrested
tao lndlan last saturday, but Mas
oFefpONered by the others AID TIE
pusoasr Was released. several other
PRISONERS we're released and the rebels
threatened % burn the agency buiid-
inss. Roger has been sending his re-
ports recently 70 the War Department,
and tne ludlaDs We're not aware
Ci the coming of troops until
today. He relates that on Monday he
Nas approached from behind by bad
Indian, NhO drew knife and threat
ened 10 XII him. Roger Was unaFuled
and AZ the Indians mercy. The latter
Tor some reason Ceslsted. k0ycr tried
- get hum arrested, but could not.
1ne Indians Al Pine Ridge are Ab~ut
eQally divided among good and
bad. Red cloud and Little Mound
have beeu iegmentng trouble several
weeks, while Two Other Indians tried 70
paclfy the warriors. Last week AZ
bag meeting, tie apostle OF Messiah was
presented. lie told the Indians 10
return % the agency, ana await the
coming OF the Messiah, who Will come
tomorrow Ia the form Of a buffalo. de
Will give the sigma Tor the opening OF
the conflict. winch = 10 anninIlate the
white race. Thus tact causes great fear
IN the minds OF old Indian fighters
unless there = an absolute failure to
Get word from the Messiah, on tne day
OF the ARRIVAL OF the troops, the con-
EiCt j. certain.
Major Buffers column went into
camp tonight 10 miles from Pine Ridge.
The officers are prepared for what
seems now 10 be- certain combat. Many
OF the friendly Indians have lett the
agency and now are encamped at Rush.
VILE. Iney have slgnliied their iuten-
ton of aiding the whites. There ;
much uueasluess among the settlers IN
northwestern Nebraska and southwest
ern Dakota but the arrival OF troops
has Obvated furious stampede.
BUFFALO. WyO., Nov. l9.-Frank
Guard, a Government scout. has re-
ported that the Sioux and Cheyennes
of Dakota are en- route from their
reservation to the Big Horn mountains,
IN this Stale. The Journey Is 200 miles
and can be made IN three or
tour DAYS. The settlers are
alarmed, as the renegades can
scarcely refrain from killing ana burn
ing. Gov. Warren has asked Gen.
Brooke, commander Of the Platte de-
par.n nent, 10 recall the cavalry
marching from Fort Mckinney
near Buffalo toward the rail-
way. Guard is an experienced
and reliable scout, and his report can
not be questioned. Hesays the Indians
do not care 20 make q hght IN Dakota,
but wall entertain the soldiers IN the
Big Horn mountains If the latter dare
10 follow.
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 19.-By daylight
tomorrow morning two columns of
troops from the Department of the
Platte Will be we'll into the Indian
country. The mann column marched
from Rushvlle, Neb., today, consisting
Of four companies of the Second lu-
fantry, two of the Eighth and three
troops OF the Ninth Cavalry under COM
mand OF Major Butler. This column
will reach Piue Ridge agency tomor-
row. The other companies, three COM
paules of the Egntn Infantry and two
troops of the Ninth CayslIy. under
command of Col. Smith, marched
this morning from Fort NiObrara en-
route 90 Rosebud. A report has been
received at army headquarters here,
denying the rumored stampede at
Rosebud. Agent Wright there has
good control of the Indians.