Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-22
INDIAN TROUBLES.
An Outbreak Likely to Occur al iDy
Homent.
SETTLERS LEAVING THEIR HOMES
inexperienced Agents Said 10 "o
the Principal Cause OF
the Trouble.
,sysorAL DrsrArcHEs To rHa REooRD-uFlcN'l

the Trouble.
,sv,o1.r. ptspAroHRs TO THa REooRD-uNioN'l
cy,c.ao November 2lst.-ln an inter
view to-day General Miles SAID ne nau no
further word from General BROOKE, Dut ne
tSonsht the latter had beyond all DOUBT
";rer tho indians TO understand that ne is
there for the purpose of protecting lIVes
and property, and God help the hrst lhulan
who makes q break. "lt Is not my inteh-
ton" said General Miles, 10 Tolerate any
nonsense. Twill tell you further, tnst SO lar
as regards the present ample suPPii9y i9y: "a
ammnnition and the best patterns of VIM
chester rifles with which the indians are
armed that somebody up in that northwest
country is making business OF iufhispins
these. and it will net be many days before
/ shsll know just how THIS pusines' 10 az
complished." ., corh;n cold
that the removal of the Cheyennes from
the Pine Ridge Agency IS IN acColuance
with recommendations when the Coni nlis- us
sion has ordered. The carrying out OF sne
order now, he thinks, Will ie4nofs
turbing element from Pine hloge' anu
divert The attention of Other lnulans'
is THICKER THAN N<AAAAA'
OMAHA. November 21st.-A special 10
the Bee from Pine Ridge reports aIlalIs
temporarily quiet, though the excl1eheht
is intense and unabated. General 'oAe
is anxiously awaiting lnsuucuoLS rpm o VIC
due before he left Omaha, as 10 whetner VI
not he shall interfere with the 'gnost
dance" This dance is now going on at
Wounded Knee. sixteen miles northwest,
A white scent. who has Just come IN, re-
ports that band of 500 copper,laces nas
appeared at a point only nine Ihlles ~ :ne
northeast The Indians are dancing Win
rifles strapped upon their backs. Inc 1u-
dians who are dancing at Wouhueu Ahee
announce openly if the soldiers atteLhp. ~
take Little Womb Jack, Red Clouu Ss0n u
old Red Cloud), Big Road and Ll'tie noau
avav. as there have been thoughts OF uolng,
tbeT will cnt off the soldiers ears and
otherwise MAIN them. Every SOLDIER Oh
the ground, especially those high III au-
thority, look upon the situation as VeaY
critical. To be still more explicit, lhe ON
GERS consider it next to probaole thAl SIX
or eight thousand Indians may sweep
down upon the agency at any moment.
If thev should do so, nothing put
miracle could save Us from Custer idte,
said a prominent officer, "aho hoPe "
God" ne added, "reinforcements wiz az
rive before the red devils make thelr oteah.
The Indians here in sight seem e1ceeoiHs5
friendly, and are trusted by all, Dut II is
well to keep il in mind that blood IS thicker
than water. Fed Cloud, who has been ana
is still sympathizing with the new Ohtist
fanatics, is here, instead OF being at tne
ghost dances, and continues very sulIen'
He is being keenly watched. A talse move,
and he will be put in irons. He seems
thoroughly bent on producing an upIis-
ing"
r. IMMINENT PERIL.
CHEYENNE. November 21st-F. Gruard,
Government scout stationed at tort MI
Kinney, reports the renegade sioux anu al
Cheyennes are heading for the Otan Dig
Horn mountains, distance OF -o0 ntl!Ss'
The fleeing reds will traverse seversi VI tne
counties of Wyoming. Their plan, douos-
less is TO make stand against their pur-
suers in a broken country. Governor war
rem at once wired General Brooke protest
against the removal of the Fort Mckinney
cavalry to Pine Ridge. Gruard lntlmates
there is imminent peril. His lniorInatloh
was secured from Utah Crows, to whom
runners brought the news.
THE INDIANS STILL DANCING.
WASHINGTON. November 21st.-Acting
Indian Commissioner Belt this afternoon
received a telegram from Special Agent
Cooper, at the Pine Ridge Agency, saying
that the Indians were still dancing. Inc
police report that thirty Rosebud Indians
have arrived at this reservation, and oOO or
700 more are en- route to the agency
1--WE hope to settle this Indian craze
without bloodshed," says Cooper.
All kinds of rumors are in clrculauon.
In the course of the afternoon the tolloW-
ing telegram was received at the War De-
partment from General Miles: The mum,
ber of Indians going from the ROSEBUD
Agency to the Pine Ridge Agency IS IN
creasng. Reliable advices show that the
Messiah craze is extending to our Indians
near the mountain border and the Cana
dian border"
Secretary Proctor carried the dispatches
to the Cabinet meeting, and they formed
the subject of discussion.
Secretary Proctor says the suggestion
made By General Miles that the troops IN
other divisions than his own command be
got in readiness TO reinforce him, had al
ready been anticipated. Orders have been
sent TO the commanding officers of troops
as far south as Texas and Arizona, and as
far west as California, to prepare the men
for immediate movement if the emergency
arises. In any event it is the intention OF
the department 10 heavily reinforce the
troops in the Dakotas during the winter,
and they viii be moved in from other dl-
visions from time to time. In this way 1t
is expected that the department will be
able 10 mass an overwhelming force at the
agencies where the excitement is at Its
hight, so as to effsctually suppress the
Indian uprising in the spring time.
Prophets SERMON.
CHICAGO. November 21st.-This evening
General Miles was in receipt of telegram
from Rosebud from one of his officers in
advance of a formal report. The officer
gives the sermon delived by Short Bull, the
se-called prophet OF the Messiah at the
Rosebud agency, TO the Indians. In this
sermon Bull said that the things be pre-
dicted would have come 10 pass in two sea-
sons, but since the whites are beginning TO
interfere the time will be shorter. The
Indians must not be afraid of anything.
Now" said he, there will be tree
sprout, and all the members OF our tribes
must gather there. But before this time
we must dance the balance Of this moon,
at the end of which the earth will shake
very hard. When this occurs l will start
the wind to blow. We will then see our
fathers, mothers and everybody. We (the
Indians) are the ones living a sacred life.
Our Father in heaven has placed q mark
at each point of the four winds. A clay
pipe lies at the setting of the sun, repre-
senting the Sioux. A holy arrow at the
north represents the Cheyennes. at the
south there lies pipe and feather, repre-
senting the Crow tribe.
MY Father has shown me these things,
therefore we must continue the dance
There may be soldiers who surround you
but pay no attention TO them. Continue
the dance If the soldiers surround you
four deep, three of you, upon whom have
put holy Shirts viii sing the song have
taught you and some Of the soldiers will
drop dead. Then the rest viii run, bat
their horses will sink into the earth. The
riders will Jump from their horses, but
they will sink into the earth, and you can