Telegram-herald., 1890-11-22
THE INDIANS.
Reports frem General Niles Get
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Eres "a OpFer 4tssour, zlso those nsaF GA
tort bslkaap, have aaaalAoCsy adopted ne
Messiah craze. azd tas latter ars quite
asiyi tast sitting Bal has sent smis-
saFtss - these trtsss sad ne forty sisst locses
aortn o. tAs British las. sxcitirs thsm - get
srWs sao AMMUNITION Aad ioin tns other var
fi0rs asar sAe Black Hills IL tAs spring A
s1ors q oeing n ses 10 Alizy snd restrain the
tafoulelL sut shs violent overt act Of any
snan party ol the desperate oaes may cause
ssasrN uprising The latest reports from ths
Sorthern Cneyennss - that they have - aean-
ion the feseTs aIi0n. TneTe hks been a delay
aovevsF, In putting ether troops than those n
iasse ss0 departments Ia proper equipment Tor
shs .sld AILEs.
-Msies-Genersl Commanding"
PINE RiDsE A0ENCY. via Special In
dian Courier 20 Rushvllle, Neb, Nov.
n-Pine Ridge agency is certainly In
Imminent peril Couriers who have ar
rived here report that 600 Indians
are dancing At White Clay. nine
miles 20 the east Three hun
ired OF them are warriors, and
saeh has rife strung TO bis
back. The IndiAns are also dancing at
POrcupine, twenty-five miles away; at
Wounded Knee. Htteen miles distant;
II Medicine Rod. twenty-five miles
10 the east, and at Corn
Creek, thirty-dvs miles away. All
these warriors are heavily armed
and are acting suspiciously. Their
scouts can be seen from Pine Ridge rid
ing leisurely on the crests OF tho
ButteA The military officers and
agency officials are in a quandary.
Agent Roger admitted at noon
that there would surely be bat
tie, but that the soldiers would not
take the offensive uutil REINFORCE
nents arrive from Forts Niobrara, Nc
Kinney and Meade General Brooke,
in command OF the troops, anticipates
trouble and so does Special Indian
Agent Cooper, who has just arrived here.
There was q council OF war Thursday
morning, but no plan OF attack has yet
been agreed upon 1t is known, how
ever, that some of the officers
advocated speedy march on the ghost
dancers FOR the purpose of breaking up
the frenzied orgies now going on around
the agencies This plan will doubtless
be adopted as soon as reinforcements
come. II the warriors make any resist
Rnce the HOtchkiss guns will be turned
loose on them without mercy.
An der has been received at Fort
naming there ready to go to the front
At a moments notice. The companies
are E, +, G and II. These companies,
SO far at least as the commands are con-
cerned, comprise some of the oldest
Indian hghters in this section of the
sountry.
ROSEBUD AGENCY, s d., Nov. 2l.-
There are nineteen companies now on
hand and ten more com panies within a
days, or, at most, two days, march
away. This makes quite respectable
army, and in the opinion of traders
here will be more than sufficient
to drive all ideas of winter war
out OF the heads of the red men
Who have been going wild over the
ghost dance. The Indians themselves
DO not appear TO look upon the arrival
Of the troops as a menace to them.
MANDAN, y. D., Nov. 21.-An easier
feeling prevails and settlers are return
ng 70 their homes A Sioux teamster
reports the Sioux waiting for supplies
at Fort Yates and thinks there will be
40 immediate trouble.
PIERRE, s D., Nov. 2l.-Captsin Nor
vile. special Indian agent stationed at
this point, has returned from a trip up
The Red river, where be had gone
on the receipt OF the report
that the Indians on account Of
ne Messiah dance were falling
20 attend the distributions OF ra-
lions and were killing cattle. He
reports that be found the Indians very
much excited and keeping up their
Thost dances with zest and persever-
,nce that is alarming. He found
Hump Rod" with about 500 braves OF
The Two Kettle band all painted up
and acting in 4 very suspicious manner.
/ The Indians danced all Wednesday
aight and. although the night was quite
sold they were without stitch of cloth
.ng. this being one Of the regulations Of
.he nsw dance. eWhen the captain. who
s we'll known among the Indians, went
.nto the camp they refused to recognize
aim and be could get no information
from them whatever.
KASsAs CITY. No. Nov. 2i.-A dis
patch from Pine Ridge from James y.
Finley. formerly o; tsis city, now post
trader at Pine Ridge agency, was re-
,eived here Thursday night The dis
patch mentions the arrival Of the lroops,
,nd continues "a follows:
The Ia1lsss are actually crazed with -
grios. fsnstac an. and tie excitement az the
sacst dances e q the most intense character.
kf8 - tseir excitement an utter recklessness
I - consequences Induced ~ bind farstacism
sod rau mav gain some if-a - tne situation.
n a tas genera opision arsonE the troops thai
I thrv vii - ordered in a dsv or 80
E ~ stcp the Int sas' zhest asnCe Then trnuhis
vi nndou otefis fellow Two CT three n shes.
ssnce- ar nor n progress A aerier Thc Just
7 reached ne reports thst se7s~a. hurtred IN
siars have conErsratcd secretly nfne mites
+ fro-1 tsis slsc- Ttev srs al heavily armed
s7a tasy a. srpectinx ~ Bos-hea sic1x 20
T ioir ts-ra shc-tir Hasv -thers Save removed
T fhair farnilfes 20 pisces ef safstv SD al ars
greatly ssprehenslre q ths ou-ccus~
No waite men or ludisn police have
seen snr ef the dances stnee the In
dians began nsxing tarsass Before
.eas thsrs vas no objection - = Bite
mans ureseucs Pcs Trader Finley
"a. one dance several weeks sgo In
whlcb aboat 2so Indians partioi-
oatsA Wen an5 women wee joined
Ifn great rnE sbout tree.
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