Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-22


equipment for the field. Signed
MILES,
Ma General, Commanding.
NOT REAssURtNG.
Such infor nation as was received to-
day At the war department was not re-
assuring.
In the course Of the afternoon the fol-
lowing telegram was received from Gen.
Miles:
CHIcAGo, Nov. u, 1880.
Adiutapt- General Army, Washington:
The number of indians going from the
Rosebud agency to the Pine Ridge
agency is increasing Reliable advIces
show that this Messiah craze is extending
10 other Indians near the mountain Dor
der and between the Sioux nation and
the Canadian border.
jSigned) MILES, Commander.
Secretary Proctor carried the dispatch
to the White House when he attended
the cabinet meeting at noon, and they
formed subject of discussion At the
meeting. Afterwsrd, Maj. Gen. Scho-
field, commanding the army, was in
consultation with the secretary of war
for an hour inspecting tho condition of
Indian affairs. Secretary Proctor saws
the suggestion made by Gen. Miles that
troops i'll other divisions than his own
command can be gotten III readiness TO
reinforce has already been anticipated.
Orders have been sent to commanding off,
GERS of troops as far south as Texas and
Arizona, aud as for west as California to
prepare their men for immediate move
meut if emergency arises. In any
event, il is the intention of the depart
ment TO heavily reinforce the troops in
the Dakotas during the winter, and
they will be moved in from other di-
visions from time to time so rs not to
overtax transportation and supply faoili-
ties. In this way it is expected that the
department Will be able to mass an over
whelming force of troops at the agencies
where the excitement is at its heights,
as 10 effectuaIly suppress in an
Indian uprising in the spring time.
AN EXCITED PEOPLE APPEALING FOR PRO-
TECTION.
ABERDENE, S. D., Nov. 2l.-Advlces
from Eureka state that settlers of Emons
and Campbell counties are Hooking into
that place on account OF a well-defined
rumor that the Sioux take the warpath
Tomorrow. Five hundred people from
the country are now in Eureka.
La Grace, on the Missouri, is COM
uVpppuiutSA.
The sheriff of Campbell county writes
that there is large body of Sioux on the
east side from the Missouri. The people
are greatly excited, and are appealing to
Governor Heltette and Mayor Moody OF
this city for arms and ammunition.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER S OPINION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-The situa-
ton of affairs among the Sioux Indians
due to the Messiah craze is believed at
the Indian office to be greatly exagger-
ated. The acting Indian com missioner,
Mr.. Belt, dees not believe that the In
dians entertain hostile designs against
the whites. He said to-day: 'Their
belief in the coming of the alleged Mes
slab is an evidence of this fact. 1t is
claimed by their medicine men that the
Messiah, when He comes, will restore to
them their former power in this country,
but the Messiah is to do this, not the In
dians. All they are compelled to do is
to remain quiet. Under the influence of
the Messiah powder Will no longer have
power to carry bullet when
directed against an Indian. A
great wave is going TO sweep
over the country, according to the pre-
dIctions, burylug the whites and Carrying
the Indians along and preserving them
from harm. So you see the essential
feature of this delusIon rather discour-