Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-23
SURROUNDED BIZ INDIANS.


Reported Peril of Two Companies Of Sol.
dierv-Gen. Miles Incredulous.
RAPID CITY, Sd, Dec. "a report has Just
reached Gen. Miles via Minnesota that two
companies of soldiers from Keogh, in the yell
lowstone, are surrounded north Of Cave Hills
by 500 or 900 Indians. They have sent for aid.
| One company left Camp Crook to go to their
rescue. The report was brought to Minnesota.
the northern terminus of the Elk Horn road.
| by Mr.. Williams, foreman of the E. r. ranch,
who got II at the Masses post Office, on the
| Magreau, from q man named Skies, who saw
scouts from the command on his road to town.
Zen. Miles discredits the report. but says there
are Indians in that vicinity. He has ordered
Gen. Kruger to send out relief force from the
troops stationed on the line Of the Northern
Pacific.
INDIANS THINK THE TROOPS ARE AFRAID.
| PINE RIDGE AGENCY, SD, Dec. 23.-Stands
First, widely known as one OF the most saga
clous OF Indian scouts. has returned from spy
ing errand to the hostile camp. Gen. Brooke
| sent him out last Thursday and he spent all of
saturday in the hostile camp. When he at
| tempted to present TO them the peaceful mis-
SION on which he had been sent the Indians
| leveied their guns at him and his voice was
drowned In the babel of their war cries Then
one of the leaders among the hostiles said TO
MN that they would listen to no more peace
talk and they would never again allow an advo-
| cate OF peace to leave their camp alive. The
| statements they made week ago to the big
peace party sent out to parley with them, to
| the effect that the white soldiers were towards
| and afraid to fight them. were reiterated with
yehemence. Stands First SAYS there are a few
| IN the hostile camp who would be willing to
come In, but great majority, he thinks, will
| not.
THE INDIAN MESSIAH IN NEVADA.
PORTLAND, ORE, Dec. GA Chapman. q
weli-known Indian scout, has just returned
here from Nevada, where he went in November
for the purpose of interviewing the so-called
messiah, in obedience to orders from Gen. Glib
| bon. He first went to Walkers lake, in Ne
vada, and talked with the Piutes. who told him
the messiah had been receiving calls from all
| the tribes in the west Chapman found the
messiah at west fork of Walker river in Ne
vada. Speaking of his interview Chapman said:
| The messiah. 'Queotize Ow,' he gives his
name, is full-blooded Piute Indian and has
always been peacefully disposed. He spoke
freely OF his call to preach. His first expert
ence with the Almighty was one afternoon
while hunting. Hearing noise he started TO
learn its cause, when he was thrown
to the ground from some unknown
cause. He was then taken to heaven
and there saw all the whites
and Indians that had lived and died upon
earth. He was afterward brought back to
earth, to the same spot where he had fallen
| dead. God told him he had been looking for
mortal whom he could intrust with mission,
| redeeming the world. and had decided on
Quoetize Ow. Having been informed Of his
| mission he set out to perform it. He taught
the Indians they should work and avoid fight
ing except in self defense. Last summer the
Indians told him that unless il rained soon the
crops would fail He told them to go home.
| and in three days an abundance of rain fell
Quoetize Ow got his ideas from a religious
| family with whom he lived"
Chapman thinks Quoetize only indirectly to
blame for the Indian uprising and that the
| doctrine lmbued the Indians with more indie
pendent spirit to resist their wrongs.
REFUSED By THE HosrILEs.
DENVER, COL, Dec. pa special to the
Neos from the Bad Lands, via Rapid City, S.
D., says Reports of a fight with the Indians
north of here are momentarily expected A
| large command left here yesterday morning
in charge of Col. Sumner to intercept a band
OF Indians making for the Bad Lands. A
scout who was sent by Gen. Carr returned yes
terday afternoon. He reports that Col Sum-
ner, having heard that Humps band on Cherry
creek were reported as preparing to ioin the
hostiles in the Bad Lands also most of Big
roots band. he sent party of soldiers to
intercept them on their arrival in Hump 8
camp They were repulsed, number of shots
being fired, but no one was seriously hurt
They returned to Col. Summers. who has sent
two troops of cavalry to the scene. No re-
ports from them have been received.
| GOING TO THE BAD LANDS
| The report is that there are about 5000 In
dams, including women and children, who are
badly armed, coming to join those in the Bad
Lands. There are about 600 fighting men
| among them. This report is thought to be
| somewhat exaggerated, as it is believed that
there are not over 300 fighting men among
them. Yesterday some ten cowboys went down
/ near Battle creek, where there are a large
number of hostiles encamped on the reserva-
ton. They concealed themselves on Bear
creek and had not waited long until eight In
dams rode slowly up the draw and dismounted
and unsaddled. The cowboys slowly crept
| upon the bluff and poured a vOlley of lead into
them, one Indian dropping dead. The others
were so frightened tina. they fed for their
| lives, the cowboys shooting until they were out
of range. The cowboys captured seven fine
saddles and three good Indian ponies.
ESCAPED TO THE RESERVATION.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Mccormick came in
and reported that during the night, while he
was away from his ranch, the Indians shot it to
pieces and shot the windows out. They cut all
his grain sacks and scattered the grain and de-
strOyed the furniture. The great hindrance to
their capture is that after committing their
thefts and destroying their property they re-
turn To their reservation, where the troops call
| not follow, there being strict orders against it.
CRANK WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE MESSIAH
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Sd, Dec. 23.-The po-
lice have arrested the Messiah down in Red
Clouds camp. When they pulled the white
blanket off they found an intelligent, but HARM
less crank, NJ. c. Hopkins by name, from Nashua,
Iowa. He claimed he was here in the inter.
est of peace and had come because the Indians
| misinterpreted his message. He wanted to
| to 60 to the Bad Lands, but agent Rover
changed the address to Chadrin, start
| ing him under an escort of police.
Some Of the Indians were indignant over his
arrest, while others laughed and said he was a
crazy fool None of the chiefs take any stock
in him and Red Cloud came up to him and said:
| ''iOu go home. You are no son Of God"
The Messiah claims that he will 90 to the Bad
Lands. One hundred friendlies have left On
their peace mission. They took three wagon
The Railway Strike I'm Scotland.
Dunlap's Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star
EDINBURGH, Dec. 23.-During the morning
the railway strike has seriously disturbed local