Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-11-27
TROOPS POUR IN.
Ghost Dancers Will Have to Quit
or Give Up the Ghost.
LITTLE WOUND CHIEF HIGH PRIEST.
Hardly an Indian at Cheyenne Agency
A Suspicious Circumstance - Several
Parties NeedlessIy Scared-Folly
at Blunt, s. ID.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Nov. 25-
Troops continue to pour into camp and
before night it is probable that there
will be at least 1900 soldiers at the
agency for the campaign against the
rebellious Sioux, who refuse to give up
the ghost dances
Two companies of the Second infantry
from Fort Omaha and one company Of
negro troopers Of the Ninth cavalry
from Fort Mckinney arrived yesterday
afternoon. They were followed by
pack train.
1t is now estimated that 4, 900 Indians
are in camp about the agency. This
leaves 1000 who have not yet come in
or who have refused to come out on the
reservation. They are nearly all ghost
dancers Their chiefs, however, are in
camp but they will be refused pow
WOW and must suffer the consequences IL
the officers of the agency deem it advis-
able to punish them.
Big Road and No Water, who were
leaders in the ghost orgies, are in camp
near Red Clouds house, and Little
Wound, high priest of the entire craze
on the Pine Ridge agency, is said to be
on the way here.
There was slight scare here Sunday
night when a hilarious scout began
barking like dog along the hills. He
was answered by other Sioux and this
led to much uneasiness, as many thought
of a possible attack on the camp. The
offender was arrested.
RADIY SCARED
STAINING Rock AGENCY, n. D., Nov.
$50 Stewart agency saddler, while
buggy riding with his family visited
the Indian camp, four miles from the
agency, and stopped to see the Indians
perform their religious ceremony. He
began to rebuke Sitting Bull and
others, saying there was nothing in the
Indian religion and they ought not to
follow 1t.
The Indians, who were nearly all
naked and painted hideously, gathered
scared Stewart nearly to death with
their threatenings One of them, point
ing toward the blazing sun and shaking
Stewart with the other hand, said;
''See, see, there he is now and an In
dian Messiah coming. Now see, see, !"
compelled Stewart to look at the sun a
moment when he acknowledged he saw
the Messiah, which seemed to please
the Indians. They let him go and
Stewart came to the agency as fast as
horses could bring him. He thinks he
had narrow escape from massacre.
A stampede on the other side of the
river in which 500 families left home
and fed for their lives to Eureka, an
other town, within a radius of fifty
miles, was caused by a woman living at
La Grace, who was going along the river
and saw a number of Indians on bar
yelling She galloped home and gave
the alarm, starting for Eureka herself
The families are now returning to their
homes.
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.
PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 25-Parties re-
turning from the Cheyenne agency yes
terday state that hardly an Indian was
to be seen there, it being the monthly
ration day. This is a most suspicious
circumstance to the authorities, as all
the Indians always show up on ration
day.
A man named Whitefeld, who runs a
small trading store on White river,
near Rosebud, reports that band Of
Indians broke in and pilaged his store
during his temporary absence. He has
come to Pierre for safety, as also has a
neighbor ranchman named Scoville.
The consensus Of opinion here is that
affairs are at a critical state among the
Indians and that the least thing will
precipitate an outbreak, but if no inter
ference is offered to the fanatics they
will soon subside and the excitement
will pass off.
GRoUNDLEss ALARM.
BLUNT, s D., Nov. 25 In their fright
Saturday evening after the report that
an armed body of Indians 500 strong
were approaching from the northwest
all Oneida and the surrounding vicinity
of Sully County gathered into the large
hotel and men waited armed for the
fray. The old, the sick, women and
children were huddled in the building
Two children of Mr.. Livingston, lying
low with the scarlet fever, were crowd
ed in, exposing the whole company to
the dreadful disease. Oneida has been
furnished one hundred guns and 100
rounds of ammunition from Fort Sully.
A stage driver from Fairbanks reports
one half-breed killed at Fort Bennett
for not participating in the ghostda1ces.
Fight With a Mad Dog.
BINGAN, Ark, Nov. 25.-Saturday as
c. II. Strong, a well known citizen, and