Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-24
MORE STARTLING NEWS.


A scout Has Heard Of . Plos "a
Massacre Brooke's Soldiers.
OMAHA, Nov. pa speciI from
d correspondent of the Bee, at Pine
Ridge agenc,, received at a late
hour tonight, contains the must
Startling news yet received. u Is
to tie effect that William McGau,
formerly a government scout and
now a rareiier, arrived at the
agency this evening with the story
Of a plo. to massacre the eoldiers
under Brooke. He enjoys wide
friendship among the Indians, and
a couple Of nights ago stopped at
their camp. When supposedly
asleep he was really awake and
listening to a-plan outlined by the
bucks. The place where they hold
the ghost dance Is n narrow val
ley, on two sides of which are dense
clumps Vt trees. The Indians
planned to keep up the dance un-
I'll the soldiers interfere, and then q
devilish plot will be put into exc
cution. The dance will he kept up
in The mid lie Of this natural amphi-
theatre and when the soldiers de-
file down the valley betveen the
trees, hundreds of Indians, who
will he concealed therein, will NOW
them down with rifles.
McGau says they talked the mat
ter over in a most calculating man.
ner, figuring just how they would
dispose Of the braves, so rs to ensure
the killing ofevery soldier. McGau,
as soon as he could get away, rushed
to the agency to warn Brooke Of the
awful fate intended for him and his
command.
This story removed from the
minds Of the officers the last doubt
OF the bloodthirsty spirit that has
taken possession Of the Indians.
FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES.
CHICAGO, Nov. IS. - General
Miles this afternoon received q tele-
gram from one Of his officers at
Rosebud, saying information had
been received that hostile Indians
are moving from Pass Creek toward
Pine Ridge in two parties. This
news comes from Indians who have
returned from Pine Ridge and is
believed reliable. II Is reported
that there are Pine Ridge Indians
there TO talk TO the commanding
officers in their behalf, the intention
being for the chief to stab the gen.
eral as a signal for d general attack
ty his hand. The officer adds, that
there seems no danger that the
leaders mean war, and are only
using the prophet Short Bsll as a
pretext 10 keep the Indians to-
gether. General Miles says the
troops have been fully advised Of
this and other reports and due pre-
caution taken,
General Miles also received this
evening a letter from Poplar Crees,
from Captain Huggins. The Indians
at Poplar Creek, he says, are better
armed today than ever before.
Bulls messenger. White
Gut, stopped there a week ago on
his way Haca from Canada. He re-
ported to the Poplar Creek Indians
that the Indians north Of the line
were richer aud more prosperous
than those who had come back TO
this country after the Custer affair.
White Gut also gave orders there
that IL a hostile shot were fired at
any time in Dakots, or here,
all Indians everywhere must rise
aud do what damage they could aud
Join Sitting Bull and Kicking b ar
in the Black Hille. White Gut
told them the conditions
are now more favorable for An
Indian war than ever before, -
there are great droves Of cattle all
through the country where the
buffalo used to be.
A scout told the captain that he
Sitting Bull wants to as
semble
A LARGE FORCE OF WARRIORS
next spring II possible, thinking II
The expected divine assistance should
not come that he could stand the
troops OF for q while, possibly win
some battles. and then escape into
British Columbia, as he did before,
where he would he safe and could
make . treaty with the United
States again.
Captain Higgins says the reports
from Fort Belknap Agency indicate
that the indians there are also IN .
veYy excited state.
Late tonight General Miles said
he had advices from General Brooke
saying that the turbulent Indians
have evidently CHANGED their minds
and instead Of making an attack are
more submissive. What this means
could not he told, but the natural
Of the Indians is not BE-
ing lost sight of by the officials. The
longer they refrain from hostilities
the better il 10 for the army, which
can be concentrated to better advau-
tage.
The General received = dispaich
tonight from the Sheriff Of NeIeon
County, n. D., saying . friendly
Indian brought information that 200
bucks had left Dcvsl's Lake reserva-
ton.
Colonel Cody, "Bufslo Bih,"
lelt tonight for Omaha, and VIII 90
theu0e 70 Runhville. Before be8vs