The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-23

from General Miles last night giving him
power to call just as many more troops 10
this point as he deemed eXpedlent
Some of the scouts and Indian police sent
out Thursday to notify the non-dancing
faction to move into the agency until the
trouble is settled have returned. They re-
port the friendly Indians are willing 10 come
in, and some have already done so. 1t is
believed all will be in by Sunday night.
The dangerous work of bringing the dis
turbers to time will begin Monday morning.
General Brooke has received an lntimatlon
that the War Department will certainly i'll
sist upon the suppression Of the ghost
dance" at all hazards.
Both the commandant ard the agent were
greatly chagrined and pe,tled at learning
last night that another lot of some 800 Rose
bud warriors had put. in an appearance as
II they had arisen out of the earth, only
twelve miles northeast of here, and were
preparing to establish the "ghost dance"
These all have Winchesters and are loaded
down with ammunition.
A special to the Bee from Pine Ridge
Agency says Census Enumerator Lee, who
arrived this morning from trip through the
more distant portions of the reservation, is
of the opinion that the ghost dances will re-
suit in trouble before many days. The set
tiers on the borders of the reservation, he
says are fleeing out General Brooke Is nom
cnmmittal but evidently much troubled. lie
thinks the crisis not far away. Agent
Rover received a communication from Little
Wound, the high priest of dancers, in which
the chief says he wants to know what the
soldiers are coming for. The dance Is
religious one," said he, land we are going
to keep i! up until spring. II we ind CHRIST
does not appear we will stop, but not In
the meantime, troops or no troops" He
announced that he would start another
dance at Medicine Root Creek tomorrow
morning. He said he had been Informed
the soldiers would stop their rationS. He
don't care, he says, as what they get don't
amount TO anything, but If spch is the case
he wants to know, so his people wont have
the trouble of going to the agency. He con-
cluded with an emphatic reiteration that
they would not stop dancing. DR.. Roger has
not yet replied.
WARNED BY THE SIOUX.
MANDAN On. Dak.l, Nov. 22.-Sheriff Bur-
genheimer this morning received telegram
from SIMS. a town forty miles west. stating
that the people were coming In from Muddy
and Heart rivers, having been warned by
the Sioux to look out for themselves. The
Sheriff shipped forty guns to Sims and He
bron.
Captain Halloran, the commanding officer
at Fort Abraham Lincoln, maintains that
there is no ground for alarm.
INSTRUCTIONS TO AGENTS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Acting Indian
Commissioner Belt has sent circular TO all
the Indian agents. except the agents OF
tribes III Dakota, in regard 10 the ghost
dance" He ssays: "It is very important,
in view of the tendency of such excitement,
10 obtain a general hold upon the Indians
and that this office be kept advised as to the
condition of affairs at each agency, with the
view to the adoption of all proper precau-
tionary measures to prevent an outbreak OF
Indians and enforce obedience by them to
all the regulations of this department. \ on
O Z fhpr form frnnF Fa1 IN
fully posted, by letter or bv telegraph, if the
emergency should require"
UNDER CONTROL.
Acting Commissioner Belt las received
the following telegram from Agent Dixon
THE Indians at Crow Greek and Lower
Brue are under good control. We have had
three leaders from other reservations under
arrest at Crow Creek and discharged them
under their promise of good behavior. The
Indian police is sufficient protection under
the present indications. There are no Indi-
ans away from this reservation, so far as
the police can ascertain"
REPORT DENIED.
SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 22.-General Stanley,
commanding the Department of Texas,
said to-day that he had received no notitica-
tiOn from the War Department regarding
troops for the Indian country, as reported
last night, He also said he thought there
was no danger of an uprising.
CANADIAN INDIANS.
OTTAWA, Nov. 22.-An Indian rising is
not anticipated in the Canadian Northwest,
although ugly Iumors are afoat. The
mounted police force of 1000 men is capable
of quelling any revolt A patrol is being
maintained along the boundary.
A FIGHT IN MEXICO.
SAN ANTONIO (Tex.), Nov. pa gentle
man who arrived here to-day from Chihua-
hua, Mex, states that band of the Seris
tribe of Indians Of Sonora recently attacked
a detachment of troops stationed on the
frontier. and in the battle that ensued sew
eral Mexican soldiers and four Indians were
killed. He states that the SeriS savages
are cannibals.