Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
INDIAN SITUATION.
The Peculiar Influence of Mes
Siah Missionaries"
The Craze is Even Reaching Civi lied
1rbes-'Iha II sSiah'S APPEAR
ance overdue.
ut ing RuI SAYS the Soldiers can't Get Him
Gen. BROOKS Considers ID Asp, G. Ser
ious- TIN rancing.
TIE CRAZE SPREADING


! LAWRENCE. KAN Nov. 25.-Joseph
Ahn-r. Il Cheyenn Ind an, who arrived
! at Hasklll institute from the CHEYENNE
aud Apurahoes reservation III the Indian
| Territory, SAYS the Messiah craze has
taken hold of the Indians down there
, and that they are arming themselves and
| are very restless. A Sioux, acting lis
| Missionary, has come from the North 10
| teach the new religion to the Southern
| ers. He breaches to them that ans who
| do not believe i'll the new religion will
| be destroyed, and in this manner be 50
! works on the Imagination OF the super
| stitious people that they fall PROSTATE TO
the ground, and while lying there the
| missionary pretends to cast some spell on
them, and when they arise they declare
they have seen the Christ, aud at once
JON in the ghost dance, which they keep
up till exhausted. This new religion has
also spread to the Kiowas, ComancheS
and Apaches, aud different tribes all join
i'll holding ghost dances, and are rapidly
becoming more restless an desperate as
the time for the coming OF the new Mes
siah who is to lead them to victory draws
near
THE CHEYENNES QUIET.
PIERRE, 5. ID. Nov. 20 A party of
pcOpie udNt Just EttUIUtu HUM
Fort Bennett, where they witnessed the
issuance of rations to the Indians. They
emphaticalIy deny there is any danger of
an outbreak at the Cheyenne a. ency,
although ghost dancing is kept up TO
some extent.
SITTING BULL INTERVIEWED.
STANDING Rock AGENCY, n. d. Nov.
25.-Two Indians sent out Saturday
night by Col. Drum, commanding Fort
Yates, with instructions to scour the
country between here and Sitting Bulls
camp and ascertain if any Indians were
on the war path and the state of
affairs at Sitting Bulls camp,
returned last evening and re-
port having seen no Indians
on the war-path. They went TO Bulls
camp on Grand river. Being known TO
Bull as military scouts, they were at
once suspected as spies and were treated
very harshly by Bull and others. Bull
told them he understood there were
2OOn soldiers coming to Yates to
take hun and his property. but
said he, 81 have runners
coming and going every day, aud know
every thing that's going on there, and as
soon as soldiers come ] will take my
family and ponies and those that will
follow me and leave and they will not
get me-. The supposition here is that
If Bull hears of any serious
trouble at the lower agency. or
if the military attempt to take
him he will break camp on Grand river
and join hostilities at the lower agency,
thereby declaring war against the gov
eminent. Hopes are vet entertained
that all will pass off quietly, and that
the cold weather will put stop to the
nonsense.
CONSIDERED CRITICAL.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Nov.
25 The condition to-day is considered
critical. Gen. Brooke and Agents Roy
and Cooper held consultation this
morning and all admit that the aspect of
affairs is serious. Indications are now
that good Indians are on the point of
joining the ghost dance factions. What
the result will be cannot as yet be seen.