Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-26
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
.ON THE EVE OF BATTLE.
An Engagement Expected in
a Day or Two.
THE BRAZILIAN FLEET At new YORK
Terrific. Boiler Explosion at
St. John, N. B.
DAMAGING FLOODS IN EUROPE.
Death of the Famous Writer
ssMrs. Partington.''
DAMAGING FLOODS IN EUROPE.
Death Of the Famous Writer
sMrs. PartingtOn."
THE INDIAN SITUATION.

THE INDIAN SITUATION.
General Brooke ADMITS the Aspect
of Affairs IL Serious-A Battle
Expected to Take Place at Pine
Ridge in a Day or Two-Short
Rations One Reason For the Dis.
content.
OMAHA, Nov. 25.-A Bee special from
Pine Ridge agency, S. D., says: The condi-
ton to-day is considered critical. General
Brooke and Agents Roger and Cooper held
. consultation this morning and all admit
the aspect Of affairs is serious. The indi-
cations are that good Indians are on the
point of joining the dancing faction.
What the result will be cannot be fore
seen.
A special from Rushville says: To-day,
or at the farthest tomorrow, is the time
set for bloody engagement between the
soldiers and Indians at Pine Ridge, but up
to noon to-day advices report all serene on
the battle ground. Your correspondent
interviewed Baptiste Courier, asquaw-man
now living on the Sioux reservation and
having an Indian wife and many children.
He is called Big Bat by the Indians, has
lived among them for thirty years and
is intelligent, wealthy and of wide
influence among them. He stated in
substance that no outbreak or depreda-
ton of any nature would occur.
'tThe Indians have been dancing" said
Big Bat, tsbut that does not signify that
they want to murder white settlers or
fight soldiers" Being asked If the Indians
would PEACEFUL stop their dance and sur
render, he said they undoubtedly would if
it was demanded of them. 81 do not
think they care much about giving up the
dance" said he, sfbut they kick some on
giving up their guns. They would not
hight for their guns, though" care many
of them armeda" eyes, about two-thirds
of them; but they do not want to fight.
attended council of the dancers night be-
fore last, when they discussed all these
matters, and the leaders speeches to the
while they could easily wipe out the
troops now on hand, if they did SO there
| would be item soldiers there next day
| where there was but one the day before,
and it would be only question of days
until the last Indian would die. Besides,
they said, where would we go toa We are
| surrounded on all sides by soldiers. We
| have no provisions for a campaign and
| would surely starve and our squaws and
| pappooses 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 all arms and ammunition, not be-
cause he thought an uprising probable al
any time, but to make them less rowing
and shiftless and feel more dependent up
| on manual labor. General Brooke asked
r. o. Pugh, issue clerk of the supply de
partment, what rations the Indians were
getting. "They are getting this" replied
Mr.. Pugh-"ten pounds of bacon, three
| pounds Of beans, $50 pounds of beef, on,
pound of baking powder, four pounds o.
coffee, fifty pounds of -four, two pounds
of soap, seven pounds of sugar, two bush.
els of salt"
"This is the quantity allowed to 100 IA
tons for 100 Indians per day for two
weeks added Mr.. Pugh.
@Too ittle-too little, entirely too Lit
tie" exclaimed General Brooke, with much
emphasis. 'Who of us don't know that
the people cannot live on that. I do no
care whether they are Indians or wha
they are. People cannot be satisfied O.
tcontented or anything else if they do no
have enough to eat, and the government
should be finding it out soon. !"
For one thing" said Agent Roger
| CQ6y 40 uOt Sot blf Tile DoeI tLat D COIIlul
to them. A beef weighing 1,100 pound
when it gets here to US shrinks to 700 be
fore it gets to the Indians, and the Indian
are the losers"
"But it is not the beef alone that
short, resumed the general. ''It is abou
: everything else except soap, and ther
seems to be plenty of that"
MILES WANTS TO GO TO WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.--At Gener,
Miles request the war department to-da
issued an order requiring him to report
Major General Schofeld at army head
quarters in this city. It ia believed tbs
General Miles desires to consult the majo
: general commanding, and to explain pc
sonally the situation at the Sioux agel
: cies The fact that he has asked to /