Huntsville gazette., 1890-11-29
ON IIIE Frontier.
An Indian Uprising Aina'
Certain.
State Of Affairs Growing very
Critical.

Indians Cosa>entratiaS in one Czaop Fr"'"
which AZ, Outbreak is Feared Pearefui
Indians F.Dcking Into the Agency.
Eepart-a.s iieaaG uarters.
N,vx. APOlss Nov a5.--A Pierre. $.
Ia. ef5e,.iaL % Tae Tribune says: For
l. e f;l5t t:ne uing The Indian scare OIL
& veal weeks duration the people OF
Pierre have cause for serious alarm.
/ Fe9at foe tie Eeopie mere have treated
MI se.o Is Of the Ind a. uprising with
csri ;nn deg ee of amusement. Scotty
Ph.l.ip5 and Charles Wallron, two
.ns hers who are well known all over
the was, BENG a lie kings on The late
res,s 1.vaiion lands, together with many
other big cattlemen, arrived in the city
in fast haste. bring word of the trouble
brewing twenty-five miles south OF them
on the White river, and have come In
for advice with the governor and to see
what can be done in the way of securing
assistance in the event of an outbreak.
Both these men have married Indian
women and have always had the
closest relations with all Indians. They
have had long interview with Cover
nor Millette who knows them well.
They report that the Indians are now
engaged in killing cattle belonging to
ranchmen by the score, but it is their
man ner of killing the cattle more than
the number that shows points of
ugliness in their character to one who
is f: miliar with Indian character. In
some places they found carcass with
arrows in it's body, which is as much as
to say ar. Indian with a bad heart did
this and what are you going to do
abort it, Indians who were formerly
smiling and friendly and would con-
verse, are now surly locking, dumb as
oysters, and carry their belts full of
cartridges and an excellent Winchester
owe their shoulder.
All the semi civilized. or good In
dians. they claim. have gone into the
agencies. which IS considered a sure
no...fer that trouble is at hand and they
know it. The seat of war is Short Bulls
camp which is located south of the
white river in the Pine Ridge agency a
few miles from the mouth Of Pass Creek
Here they claim are 1900 lodges contain
ing at least that many men besides
vurnen and children. Short Bulls fol-
lowing are Of the ugly wilder class who
nave Jt:e uIuit'St SOi VI IdltI III IuC uOW
Messiah craze.
The serious feature of this situation
is that the order has gone out to the
ar1nv offers to capture the leaders of
the Messiah craze The Amy is now
massing in the southern portion of the
south reservation. and the followers Of
Short Bull swear that if any attempt is
made to capture him there will be
hl0od he'd forthwith, and Phillips and
WaldTon sure they mean what they
say Tie result is that the settlers in
Nowlin Jackson and Seibatch counties
to the north will be left unprotected.
and long before troops can be got into
that section the Indians will scatter in
small squais and burn and pillage and
massacre settlers and drive off their
herds, that i if they follow up their
former Gus oms, that will be the certain
result. This is the new phase of the In
dian trouble as il has taken shape the
past few DAYS.
A Standing Rock Agcrcy. N. Dak.,
srecial to Tie Tribune says: Lieut..
Crowder. of tie Eighth cavalry, with
the four men of his troop who were de-
tailed last Sunday to make q tour of the
county on tie opposite side of the river
and lelow the agency TO ascertain if
anv Indians were there causing trouble.
az had been reported, have returned
and reporls having seen no Indians, and
tha the reople are slowly returning to
their homes although some have gone
for ood. No news was received from
Sitting Bulls camp.