Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-26
INDIAN SITUATION.
The Peculiar Influence of Mes
siah Missionaries"
The Craze is Even Reaching Civilized
Tribes-The Messiah's Appear
ance Overdue.
Sitting Bull Says the Soldiers Csn't Get Him.
Gen. Brooks Considers thu Aspect Ser
ious-Still Dancing
THE CRAZE SPREADING ,

LAWRENCE, KAN. Nov. 25.-Joseph
Abner. Cheyenne Indian, who arrived
ut Haskiil institute from the Cheyenne
and Aparahoes reservation in the Indian
Territory, says ths Messiah craze has
taken hold of the Indians down there.
and that they are arrning themselves and
are very restless. A Sioux, acting as
missionary, has come from the North to
teach the new religion to the Southern
ers. He breaches TO them that any who
do not believe in the new religion will
be destroyed. and in this manner he so
works on the imagination OF the super
sttious people that they fall PROSTATE TO
the ground, and while lying there the
missionary pretends to cast some spell on
them, and when they arise they declare
they have seen the Christ. and ct once
join in the ghost dance, which they keep
up till exhausted. This new religion has
also spread to the kiowas, Comanches
and Apaches, aud different tribes all join
in holding ghost dances. aud are rapidly
becoming more restless ami desperate as
the time for the coming of the new Mes
siah who Is TO lead them to victory draws
near.
THE CHEYENNEs QUIET.
PIERRE, S. D.. Nov. 25. A party of
Prre people have just returned from
Fort Bennett. where they witnessed the
issuance Of rations TO the Indians. They
emphatcally deny there is any danger of
an outbreak at the Cheyenne agency,
although ghost dancing is kept up to
some extent.
SITTING BULL INTERVIEWED.
STANDING Rock AGENCY, n. ID. Nov.
25.-Two Indians sent out Saturday
night by Col. Drum, commanding Fort
Yates, with instructions to scour the
country between here and Sitting Bulls
camp und ascertain if any Indians were
on the war path and the state of
affairs at Sitting Bulls camp,
returned last evening and re-
port having seen no Indians
on the war-path. They went to Bulls
camp on Grand river. Being known to
Bull as military scouts, they were ct
once suspected as spies and were treated
very harshly by Bull and others. Bull
told them be understood there were
1000 soldiers coming to Yates to
take hun and his property, but
said he, 81 have runners
coming and going every day, and know
everything that's going on there, and as
soon us soldiers come ] will take my
family and ponies and those that will
ioNOT me 3nd leave ana they Will not
get me.' The supposition here lie that
II Bull hears of any serious
trouble at the lower agency. or
if the military attempt to take
him he will break camp on Grand river
and join hostilities at the lower agency,
thereby declaring war against the gov
eminent. Hopes are yet entertained
that all will pass of quietly, and that
the cold weather will put stop to the
nonsense.
CONSIDERED CRITICAL.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s. D., Nov.
1.-The condition to-day is considered
critical. Gen. Brooke and Agents Roy
and Cooper held consultation this
morning and all admit that the aspect of
affairs is serious. Indications are now
that good Indians are on the point of
joining the ghost dance factions. What
the result will be cannot as yet be seen.