Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-28
ON THE FRONTIER
An Indian Uprising Almost
Certain.
Stats of Affairs Growing Very
Critical.

Indians Concentrating In One Camp From
Which an Outbreak is Feared--Peacof
Indians Flocking Into the Agency.
Reports to Headquarters.
MINNEAPoLIs Nov. 28,-A Pierre. s.
Oak, special to The Tribune says: For
the first time during the Indian scare of
several weeks duration the people Of
Pierre have cause for serious alarm
Heretofore the People here have treated
all reports Of the Indian uprising with a
certain degree Of amusement. Scotby
Phillips and Charles Waldron, two
ranchers who are well known all over
the west, being cattle kings on the late
reservation 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
ranchm6n by tho score, but it is their
manner of killing the cattle more than
the number that shows points of
ugliness in their character to one who
is familiar with Indian character. In
some places they found a carcass with
arrows in its body, which is as much as
to say am Indian with a bad heart did
this and what are you going to do
about it, Indians who were formerly
smiling and friendly and would con-
verse, are now surly looking, dumb as
oysters, and carry their belts full Of
cartridges and an excellent Winchester
over their shoulder.
All the semi-civilized, or good In
dians they claim, have gone into the
agencies. which is considered sure
pointer that trouble is at hand and they
know it. The seat of war is Short Bulls
camp which is located south of tho
white river in the Pine Ridge agency
few miles from the mouth of Pass Creek
Here they claim are 1900 lodges contain
ing at least that many men besides
women and children. Short Bulls fol
lowing are of the ugly wilder class who
have the tirmest sort Of faith in the new
Messiah craze.
The serious feature Of this situation
is that the order has gone out to the
army officers TO capture the leaders Of
the Messiah craze. The army 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
bloodshed forthwith, and Phillips and
Waldron are sure they mean what they
say. The result is that the settlers in
N0wlin. jackson and Seibatch counties
to the north will bo left unprotected,
and long before troops can he got into
that section the Indians will scatter in
small squads and burn and pillage and
massacre settlers and drive off their
herds that is if they follow up their
former customs that will be the certain
result. This is the new phase of the In
dian trouble as it has taken shape the
past few days
A Standing Rock Agency, n Oak,
special to The Tribune says; Lieut..
Crowder Of the Eighth cavalry, with
the four men of his troop who were de-
tailed last Sunday to make a tour of the
country on the opposite side of the river
and below the agency TO ascertain if
any Indians were there causing trouble.
as had been reported, have returned
and reports having seen no Indians, and
that the people are slowly returning to
their homes, although some have gone
for good. No news was received from
Sitting Bulls camp.