Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-03
THE INDIAN SITUATION.
Uerds--Sittlng Bulls Profits
lBy telegraph to tho Dspaich.i

lBy telegraph to tho Dlspaichi
PINE RIDGE AGENCY viG RUsHvILLE,
December 2.-Scouts have sent out 10
warn settlers along the line OF the Chey-
enne river. The hostiles are on White
river. at the mouth of Hay creek, seven
miles from q Government herd Of 1900
cattle. All the ranches on White river
have been robbed, the ponies stolen, and
the cattle killed. -Four spies sent out
Friday morning have not returned and
it is feared they have been killed. Signal
fires north of White river announce the
approach Of the Cheyennes. The hos
tiles sent word to the friendly Indians
here that all spies would be killed. Half
breed settlers are fleeing to the agency,
all reporting heavy losses in cattle ana
ponies.
GOVERNMENT HERDS ATTACKED.
ST. PAUL, MINI, December 1.-The
Pioneer-Prcss correspondent at Pine
Ridge Agency, s. d., telegraphs that
paper that John Dryer, the chief herder
of the Government herds, III whose
charge we're 1900 cattle for use in giving
ratiOns TO the Indians with his herders,
has been compelled TO keep a constant
guard TO prevent surprise by the Indians.
and finally they had to leave the herds
and look out for their lives. OF herd
OF 3. 900 head the Indians seized all,
killing some for immediate use and
driving the rest into the Bad Lands for
future consumption.
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There will therefore be no cattle for
rations for the Indians next week, as
many more cattle belonging to the Rose
bud Agency have been also captured by
the Indians. Chief Fast Thunder reach
cd Pine Ridge last night and reports that
the Indian camp at Rosebud is receiving
additions from all sides, and are headed
toward Grass Basin in the Bad Lands.
SITTING BULL CONDUCTING A GHosT-DANcE.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, December "A spe-
cial from Fort Reno, Indian Territory,
TO General Wesley Merritt, in com mand
Of the Department of the Missouri, says
Ghost dances are at present being held
at Washita River environment and in the
Red Hills, the Red Hills dance being
conducted 10y Sitting Bull in person. A
northern Arapahoe who has been in the
vicinity for months, claims to be dlscl-
pie Of the new Christ.
END OF THE EXCITEMENT N SIGHT.
Sitting Bull has announced that when
the dance is completed he will return to
his home in the North. As he has al
ready collected herd of forty or fifty
ponies. presents from believers In the
new Christ, his announcement is proba-
bly sincere. When he goes it is proba-
ble that the excitement among the In
dams will subside. General Merritt has
received orders to send the troops at
Fort Lewis. Col. 10 Fort Meade. The
troops are cavalrymen and number one
hundred.
BAD INDIANS on THE BAD LANDS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., December O.
General Miles was in consultation with
the War Department officials this morn
ing in regard to the latest change III the
Indian situation. The action OF the
Sioux in going to the Bad Lands was re-
oarded with dissatisfaction and concern,
and the outcome will be watched with
interest Dispatches received this
morning indicate that the situa
ton is otherwise practically un
changed from yesterday, and nothing
positive appears TO be known al
| to the intention OF the Indians on the
| Bad .ands. -Four companies OF cavalry
have been ordered from Fort Leayen'
worth 10 the seat of threatened trouble
and are now on their way. They were
selected from the First, Second, Fifth,
and Ninth regiments, Orders have alsc
been sent TO the First infantry stationed
ON the Pacific coast, the Fifth regiment
in Texas, and the Seventh regiment al
Denver. to hold themselves in readiness
10 start for the Indian country at mo
ment's notice.
LACK OF FOOD NOT GIN II"
Acting Indian Commissioner Bell to
dav received letter from Special Cen
sus-Agent Lee at Pine Ridge Agency. IL
which he says lack of food has had no
thing TO DO with the present Indian I'M
essiness. The discharge of his duties a.
census agent gave him abundant oppor
tunity for observation, and he aflirml
that ihe Indians have beenable TO indulge
in the gluttonous habits for which they
are noted with little restraint anC
that they now have ample supplies
Their uneasiness he ascribes to variety
Of causes. among them idleness, the los
of the prestige once theirs as fighters
and largely 10 "pure cussedness," IL,
saws the main leaders in the presen
trouble are men who have been recog
nized as "big chiefs" in days gone by
but are not so recognized now. Yet the.
think they see in this movement an op
portunity to regain their lost titles.