The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-18
sCAMPzRING SIOUX.
Enough Redskins Already WANDERING
Around to Wipe Out the Settlers.

Sioux reservation, came in this morning
being alarmed at the behavior and sullen
ness vt the Indians who are coming north
well armed and acting in an unfriendly
manner. To-day number Of Indians,
armed with two guns each and
| plenty of ammunition, passed
through this town, presumably en- route &C
stir up the Indians on the reservations
north The people are coming in from the
| south, and begging the citizens to stir the
authorities at Washington t. action.
| Enough Indians are now travelling about
this section to run off all the cattle and kill
half the settlers in the country"
IAN Indian brings warning from the
| sioux reservation. He says there is the
greatest danger here, aad that the Indians
propose to attack Fort Abraham Lincoln,
knowing that there are but 80 soldiers
there. Then they propose to capture Man
| dan and massacre the citizens and burn the
town. The greatest alarm prevails among
the people here. 1t is reported that the In
dian police at Standing Rock have torn of
their badges aud revolted."
CoRBIN NOT ALARMED.
CHICAGO. Nov. l7.-Gen. Miles, accom-
panied By Asst. AdJt Gen. Corbin, returned
! from ST. Louis this morning. Gen. Miles
was in consultation with Secretary of War
| Proctor about the alleged Indian outbreak
| in the northwest. 1--WE are disposed TO re-
| gard the reports as greatly exaggerated, u
said Col Corbin, land the Secretary of
War appears to be of the same mind
There is no doubt if the Indians were to de-
eide on an outbreak they could do much
harm. They have an abundance of rifles
and ammunition, and plenty Of horses and
large supplies of meat. In fact, they are in
good condition to 60 to war, but winter Is
coming on, and hardly think there is i'm
mediate danger.
ALARM OF THE SETTLERS.
"The stories of the evacuation of the Set
tiers in North Dakota are overdrawn. A
few weak and fearful residents fearing the
vengeance of the red skins, may have left
their homes to await the outcome of the
difficulty, but the rumor that there has been
wholesale evacuation is absolutely without
foundation. We have made q careful esti-
mate of the number afflicted by the messiah
craze, and there are in all not TO exceed 81 900
Indians. OF this number perhaps one
fifth are aole-bodied warriors, and one
half of the whole number, or at least
$4,000, could not bear arms Such body
of Indians could do much harm if their
movements were not properly arrested, but
we have taken measures to intercept any
outbreak. Gen. Ruger was ordered to the
scene from st. Paul three days ago, and is
In easy communication with reinforce
ments. The Indians will not fight because
they are hungry. for they are well supplied
by the government. If they go to war it
will be on account of the strange supersti-
ton that now possesses them"
GEN. RUGER or THE WAY.
ST. PAUL, Nov. IA special to the
Pioneer Press from Huron, S. D., SAYS:
Gen. Ruger, commander of the depart
ment Of Dakota, U. s. A, and Lieut.
Woodruff. arrived on their way to St.
Paul from the visit to Forts Suly, Randall
and Bennett. They report having found
the Indians very quiet, and although
there is much interest regarding the
coming of the messiah, there is no
occasion for alarm. Gen. Kruger, speaking
of the reports from the Pine Ridge agency
remarked that while he was in possession of
no informa ion of an official character re-
gardlng affairs there, he has no doubt but
there existed some excitement among the
Sioux at that place. 1.-THE late Dances he
said, lin which the Indians have been allow
cd to engage have increased tho excitement
and prompted the agent to advise the de-
partment at Washington Of the fact. There
seems to be more uneasineSs at Pine Ridge
than at any of the other agencies, but
| have no doubt that it will be of short dura-
ton" Both officers left for st. Paul to-
night.
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TERRORIzED.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1.-THE Tri5une's
Mandan IN. d. special says: Letters from
every direction come in reporting insults
received from depredatory Indians armed
to the teeth. who make circles around the
tops of their heads. The citizens of Man
dan have practically 10 arms and
are helpless. During the day the
entire community was terrorized. They
have been looking for aid to the govern
ment, expecting tho Indians to come upon
them every hour, and no help or sign of
help comes. Tonight two Indians went
into hardware store and called for ammu-
milton. The storekeeper asked what they
wanted 1t for, and they said to shoot white
men, and they drew imaginary scalping
knives around their heads.
ROASTING OF THEIR INTENTIONS.
A settler named Ardrom comes from ten
| miles out of town, and states that six
| Indians camped near his place this morn
| ing. He told them to be careful of fire.
| They told him to mind his own business,
and ominous!y tapped their guns, showed
| their ammunition aud encircled their
| heads. The same camp were IN
| town this afternoon and they told O friendly
| Sioux who lives here that they belonged to
the army of the Messiah, and were going
| down to the reservation to meet the balance
| of the army, and then they were coming
back to take Fort. Lincoln, and then to
burn and pillage Mandan and kill the in
habitants They said the Messiah would
lead the army, and they do not expect to go
| out till spring, but when the Messiah says
so they will 60 even in the depta of winter
They said they believe Trey are the chosen
| people Of the Messiah, the whites are in
| truderS, and the entire country west of the
| Missouri river to the coast belongs to them
and the buffalo, and when the whites are
killed they will own it all.
| INSOLENT AND MOROSE.
"These and all other Indians travelling
| through the country are armed in an ex-
traordinary way aud loaded do VA with am
mnnition, out of late they have become inso-
| solent, Inorose and sullen. They will not sho "
the passes thew are supposed to have from
the lndlan agency. Nothing but the imme-
| date appearance of troops will prevent an
uprising is the judgment of the Indian
soldiers. The utmost tension prevails here,
| as 1T Is almost impossible TO hear from
| Standing Rock of the situation there, or
from the east TO learn what is being done
abous the movement of troops. Half the
| population believe that troops will
come when the people have all been
scalped and killed. A number
OF childrtn left on to-night's train for Bis
marck and other points east of the Missouri.
Supt Mellen of the Northern Pacific has
been tslegraDhe1 by the citizens, asking him
TO do all he can to get the military depart
ment to take immediate action. Tonight