Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-22
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sOioiefs attempe To take Jack Rec
Cloud, the con Of Old Cloud. Bi.
Hoad and Little Road, away, a!
there have been thoughts Of doing
tney Will cut of the soldiers ear.
and otherwise MAIN them.
Every officer on the gruund, es
pecially thoee high In authority,
look upon the situation as very crit,
icai. To be still more explicit, Is &
say that the officers consider 1t next
TO probable that six or eight thous.
and Indians may sweep down on tins
agency At any moment.
Nothing but a. miracle could
save as from Clusters fate.', says q
prominent officer, sand I hope TO
God" he added, ssthas reinforce.
ments win arrive before the red
devils make their break"
the Indians here in sight seem
exceedingly friendly and are trusted
by all, but It Is well to keep in mind
that blood Is thicker thnn water.
He'd Cloud, who has been and Is still
sympathixing with the new Christ
fanatics, but Is here instead Of Icing
of At the ghost dances, continues
very sullen- He is being keenly
watched. A fslse move and he will
be in irons. He seems thoroughly
bent on producing An uprising.
THE QUESTION DISCUSSED IN THE
GARNET.
WAsHINGroN, Nov. 2l.-Acting
Indian Commissioner Belt this
afternoon received q telegram from
Special Agent Cooper at Pine Ridge
Agency, saying the Indians are still
dancing. "The police report that
thirty Rosebud Indians have arrived
at this reservation, and 600 or 200
more are en- route to the agency.
We hope to settle this Indian craze
without blooished. All kinds OF
runors are In circulation
In the course Of the afternoon the
following telegram was received at
the War Department from General
Miles;
"rhe number Of Indians going
from Rosebud Agency 70 Pine
Ridge Agency Is Increasing. Re
liable advices show that this Mes
siah craze is extending to our In
dams near the Montana border, and
between the Sioux Nation and the
Canadian border"
Secretary Proctor carried the dis
patches to Cabinet meeting and
they formed the subject of discus
sion. Secretary Proctor says tine
suggestion made by General Miles,
that troops In all other divisions
than his own command be got in
readiness to reinforce him, was al
ready anticipated. Orders have been
sent to the commanding officers Of
troops rs far south rs Texas and Ari-
IONA, and as far west as California,
to prepare their men for an i'm
mediate movement il emergency
arises. In any event 1t Is the in
tention Of the Department. to heavily
reinforce the troops in Dakota
during the winter and they will be
moving in from other divisions from
time to time. In this way II is ex-
pected that the Department will bt
able to mass an overwhelming force
at the place where the excitement
is highest, SO as to effectually sup
press any Indian uprising in the
spring time.
THEY DARE NOT ARREST SITTING
BULL.
MINNEApoLIs, Nov. q. - The
ITiJune's correspondent at Manjan,
n. D., gives information from the
Sioux agency from two reliable In
diass, that the chances are against |
an Immediate uprising, unless Sit
ting Bull makes up his mind that |
1t would pay. Sitting Bull would
be arrested and put in irons, but the
agent is afrnid that this would pre-
cipita.c trouble Agent McLaugh-
lin has lost CONTROL of Bull and the
others o. BULBS camp. The dance
keeps up day and night. The Indi-
aus with Sitting Bull do not well
come even friendly tribes, and will
not shake hands with them. They
say all the white men will be turned
into buffalo aad catfish in the
spring.
Agent Mclaughlin sent some In
dian police to arrest refractory In
dams, and instead Of obeying orders
they threw off their clothes and
joined the Gance. They returned to
the agency without the prisoners
and offered noexcuse.
Sitting Bull is jealous Of the in
cr-ese Of cattle on the Cannon Ball
River, belonging to white settlers.
He teaches IFS followers that II a
raid Is made on the settlers and they
are killed. the Indians can surrender
TO the soldiers and be forgiven by
them. Because Of the fate Of the
former settlers no new ones will
come there.
The Indians who have aecumu-
lated property are opposed to an up
rising. The young bucks who have
nothing and the elders who are
lazy, led by Sitting Bull, are caus-
ing the trouble.