The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-22
Large Bodies Of Troops at Pine Ridge,
and More on the Way.
Not Single Conflict Has Occurred Yet.
bat Frightsnsoms Rumors Continue
tn Pour ln-synopsis of Prophetic
sermon Delivered by An Indian.

1aiu - slSy 1ciuSo VO StOp dancing lney Will
be arrested, and if they resist force will be
employed. A vast number of the ghost
dancers from Rosebud have left the reser-
vation, and are now moving rapidly toward
this point. About two-thirds of the 1,50O
Indians at this point are believed to be
hostile.
CHICAGO, Nov. 21.-In an interview this
afternoon General Miles said he had no
further word from General Brooke. but he
thought the latter, beyohd all doubt had
given tho Indians to understand that he is
there for the purpose of protecting lives
and property, and God help the first
Indian who makes break.
'lt is not my intention" said General Miles,
ITO tolerate any nonsense. / will say to you
further that so far as regards the present ample
supply Of ammunition and best pattern of
winchester rifles. with which the Indians are
armed, that somebody in that Northwest coun-
try Is making business of furnishing them,
and it win not be many days before shall
know just how this business is accomplished"
Assistant Adjutant- General Corbin said
the removal of the Cheyennes from Pine
Ridge agency, in accordance with the re-
commentators of the commission, has
been ordered. The CARRYING out of the or
der now, he thinks, will remove disturb
ing element from Pine Ridge, and divert
the attention of the other Indians.
This evening General Miles was in re-
ceipt OF telegram from Rosebud from one
OF his officers, in advance of the formal re-
port. The officer gives sermon delivered
by Short Bull. the so-called prophet of the
Messiah, at ROSEBUD agency, to the In.
dians. In this sermon Bull says that the
'..nes ne piSuic'eu "ouio nave 20 come 20
pass IN oue ume, but since the whites are
beginning to interfere, the time will be
shorter. Tho Indians must not be afraid
of ANYTHING. Said he.
Now there will be a tree srronf mn ana ali tha
members of our tribes muat gather there hnt
before this time We must dance the hslancs ~
this moon, at the end Of which time the earn
win shiyer very hard Whenever his acc,, :.
viii start the wind - blovinr We viii then
zee our fathers, mothnr6 and everybo1y. We
the Indians. are the ones who are living the s.
cred life. Our Father in heaven has placed
marx ct earn point OF the four winds. A clay
a PIPE nes ~ tne setung OF the sun. representing
.eD.. W. chns y ..oM - ~ Inc .ae no.'n repre-
there lies : hslf.moon ,sr,e.snsina " ,ha e ssa suu
pahos Tribe, and st the south there lies 4 n ns
and leather representing the Crow tribe. NV
Father has shown me these things, therefore we
must continue to dance. There may
~ Iololen suHounu as out pay NO
sn,S;". A s.s.I - s, @ 0olnao sN. !" usnce. Il tne
mon who have mi NV ho~ sn,r,. s,, ~ .;Us. yOa
: cong have taught Won. and some Of the sol.
diers viii drop dead. Then the rest will start to
run. but their horses hoofs will sink into the
EARTH The riders will jump nom their horses,
but they VIII sink into the earth. ana you can
ao wnss you oes,le , e WIN linen mem. NOW you must
.h"s Us, n, sn1s - "a s sns anS nesry al a.,
nv friends aud relations. this is straight and
true. We mast gather at Pass creek, where the
tree 10 sproufing Then we will go among our
dead relations You must not take any earthly
tninss witn you. Men ana women must dis
- a. M. ,S;n ssns ~ souse , 1s: s; .Olo US
srs .f-.;a ~ hat o,r Tssns- I'll, .se ~ ~s
do us 40 harm. whatever the white men NAV
gay, do not listen to them.
Adjutant-General Williams laid this
evening that telegram had been received
from General Brooke. at Pine Ridge, say
ing that his scheme for inducing disloyal
Sioux to abandon their tribe and Join the
loyals is working we'll. and he hoped soon
to have the hostile crowd broken up.
The report Il the officer in charge at
Rosebud agency. however, is not so encour-
aging. He teiegraphs that when the forces
unQer MS command moved near the In
dians' camp they retreated back fifteen
miles, and tonight are holding ghost
dances and working up such frenzy that
an outbreak may occur before tomorrow
night
The headquarters was also advised today
that Sitting Bull had been sending out re-
quests to all the Sioux Indians, even in
Canadian territory and as far west as Wy
oming, to join the forces. He is assisted
by large number OF Indians who have
been educated by the government
In an interview late tonight General
Miles, referring to General Williams state
ment outlined above, said it will require
care and prudence on the part of the army
to prevent an outbreak, and even with that
thev NAV not succeed. The great trouble
is that the craze is SO widely spread, exist
ing in many places widely separated. As
near as he was able to learn, q concerted
understanding had been arrived at by the
Indians during the summer that the first
hostile shot should be the signal for the as
sembling and concentration OF all disposed
against the whites.
The general would not talk about the