Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-11-27
BOUND TO FIGHT.
Indians Said to Be on the FONT
of Taking the War-Path.
Startling Rumors from Various Points in
the Dakota ReservatiOn-DIspatehe
Received at Washington Not
Reassuring.
UGLY RED MEN.

UGLY RED MEN.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-The follow
ing telegram bearing upon the situa-
ton at Pine Ridge Agency has been
received at the War Department:
CHICAGO. Ill. Nov. 2o.-AdiaFanf Gsaarai
zTraH HasAfayfoa. Reliable information has
been received that the Yanktons and Grosven
tres in Upper Missouri, also those near old
Fort Belknap, have unanimously adopted the
Messiah craze. and the latter are quite
ugly; that Sitting Bull has sent ennis
Earies TO these tribes and the forty eight lodges
north Of the British line, exciting them 10 get
arms and ammunition and join the other war
riors near the Black Hills in the spring. An
effort is being made 10 allay and restrain the
turbulent, but the violent, overt act OF any
small party Of the desperate ones may cause a
general uprising. The latest reports from the
Northern Cheyennes is that they have 10 aban-
don the reservation. There has been a delay
however, in putting other troops than those IN
these two departments in proper equipmentfor
the field. MILES,
Major General Commanding"
CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-AdjHtaHt- Gen raj Of he
Army Washington, D. e.: The number of In
dians going from Rosebud agency TO Pine Ridge
agency is increasing Reliable advices show
that this Messiah craze is extending to our In
dians near the mountain border and between
the Sioux nation and the Canadian border.
MILES. Commander"
ABERDEEN, S. D., Nov. 22.-Advices
from Eureka show that the settlers of
Emmons and Campbell counties are
focking into that place on account of a
well-defined rumor that the Sioux
take the war-path to-day. Five
hundred people from the country
are now in Eureka La Grace
on the Missouri, is completely depop-
ulated. The sheriff of Campbell County
wires that there is large body of Sioux
on the east side of the Missouri. The
people are greatly excited and are APP
pealing TO Governor Mellette and
Mayor Moody of this city for arms and
ammunition.
OMAHA, Neb, Nov. GA special
from Spring View via Ainsworth says
that word was received there that the
Indians were banding together on Pan
ma creek, about twenty miles north of
there, for the purpose of raiding the
settlements along the reservation line.
The town is full of settlers and wagons
loaded with household goods. All are
being cared for by the citizens of Spring
View.
BLUNT, S. D., Nov. "a The excite
ment at this place in reference to the
Indian trouble is at its height. General
Bowers and members of the Midland
Pacific survey at work eighty miles west
of Pierre reached here Sunday afternoon.
They say that the Indians are in tren-
Zied condition and are liable to commit
murder at any time. Friday night at
IL o'clock fifty Indians surrounded their
camp, burst into the tent and took pos
session. They were all we'll armed with
rifles and side arms and could have
massacred the whole outfit but after a
pow-wow the reds left, telling them to
be many miles away before the sun
rose. Our. people will ask the Governor
for arms>and ammunition. 1t is feared
that much damage will be done If proper
precautions are not taken. The Indians
on the Winnebago south of town have
left to join the ghost dances at Rosebud.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Nov. "a
News of startling nature reached here
Sunday from the Rosebud agency. 1t is
embodied in the following dispatch
which was forwarded to General Miles
at Chicago:
Information has been received that the
toward Pine Ridge agency in two parties;
bucks with Short Bull along the White river
route and the old men, women and children are
on the Medicine Root road. This news
comes from Indians who have returned
from Pass creek and Louis Richards
says it is reliable. They report that they are
going to Pine Ridge agency to get the Indians
there to talk to the Commanding General in
their behalf The report also says that Chief
Two Strike intends to stab the commanding Of
fcer as signal for the attack by his band.
There seems to be no doubt that the leaders
mean war and they are only using Short Bull
as a pretense to keep the Indians together"
WAsHBURN. S. d., Nov. 24.-It is re-
ported that band of Indian warriors
numbering about 5000 has cut loose
from the reservation below US and is
heading westward. The band is mostly
Sioux. Considerable excitement exists
throughout the country and old-timers
acknowledge that the situation is seri-
GUS. The route of the Indians seems to
be between the Missouri river and the
Northern Pacific railroad, which at this
point are only thirty-fve miles apart
PIERRE, s. D., Nov. PA press cor
respondent has just returned from Fort
Bennett and reports that the Indians
are skirmishing in small parties and
the Rees are going to join the Cheyenne
Indians in the ghost dances. Scouts
are posted out to points near Cherry
creek and as far north as LeBeau. Le-
Beau and Fairbanks are absolutely de-
serted.
Death OF Wealthy DistiIler.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. % Herman
81 hn and