New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-19
THE SITUATION OUT WEST.
ARMY OFFICERS DO NOT EXPECT AN ISlSiE
DIATE INDIAN OUTBREAK.

VIEWS OF GENERALS scHoFIELD, RuGER AND
| MILEs-ExAGGERATED REPORTS
| MANDAN RELIEVED.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE ThIBUSHI
| Washington, Nov. 1s.-To-day's dispatches from tho
West have put aspect the Threatened indian
outbreak in the Departments OF Dakota and the Plate
The officials at the War Department are inclined 10
regard the sensational reports published In Eastern
papers as untrustworthy General Miles and General
| Rugcr some days ago received authority to utilize
troops in the Division at their discretion In so iar
did the Department provide for emergency, but any
sudden movement on file part OF the indians wou"
have been met by the commanding officers at any ume
without awaiting this special permission, which really
is nothing more than a matter Of form. Lieutenant
Kennon 9Th Infantry, and Captain Burke and Captain
Anderson Of ~ cavalry, all OF whom are experienced
Indian fighters and familiar with the operations OF te
redskins, unite in the opinion that there Is no hkei-
| hood Of Indian outbreak The aversion Oh the
Indian to the severe winter in the Northwest when he
is almost entirely dependent upon the Government lor
sustenance for himself and horse, has prompted this
conclusion. General Schofeld stated In the IT'D
une dispatches last night does not anticipate any OUT
break. The War Department people have done ho'his
toward preparing for the alleged Indian campaign but
as General Schoneh says, the troops In the Vicinity
OF tho probable Of campaign are ready TO move
ao,,inst the turbulent But, he continues, the
|
inst the same extent for the last twenty years ~
is true that should the Indians arise en- masse they
| would do damage to persons and property probably
| before our troops could reach the scene OF at
| tack There, OH the coast, the territory Is ex-
| tended There are miles and miles OF country
unprotected tonight; our army has never been large
enough thoroughly to cover tho ground open to Indian
attack hut there need be fear Of long campaign.
| Even II the season was not unpropitous Tor the
Indians the troops would be found more than match
for them The present attitude OF tho army OH the
frontier one Of alertness General Miles ana "ehera
Ringer are ready to take the init at.ve there any
evidence of an uprising, but You can well understand
that the army Is not rushing into any fight that wod
nIace the Indians in the position OF an aggrieved
! Marty would like to have 1t gO-out that tile war
Denartment is not making any more provisions to-day
than II was last week to put down the Indians
General schofelds views shared by other Of
fcers at the Department The Indian agents are nov
in every instance popular with inc lno'ais' anu \.
the opinion of officers in Washington the present.
w.r,c asrect takes on the personal illfeelng OF IN
dividual Indians for certain agents
At the Indian Bureau of the Interior Department
no additional news had been received from the Dahota
| agencies and the Acting Commissioner, ROBERT V.
Bet expressed great confidence that an outoreaK "ouu
not occur. Tho trouble, Mr.. Belt said, seemed TO Do
confined to the following six Sioux agencies cheyenne
River Lower Brule Pine Ridge, Rosebud, standing
| Rock and Santee and Flandreau-the last-named III
| Nebraska and the others in the two DakotaS. lho
total number Of Indans-of both sexes anu all az
reported last year living on these SIX resor'a,"
was something over % ,OO0 At Cheyenne h'er ti'fo
| were 2.846; at Lower Briile, 2lI' a1 rl'o niuso'
56,1 al Rosebud 1856; at Standing Rock 3l1o' anu
| - cortoo and FIandresu 1854. Since then the total
| n the Rosebud Agency has fallen to 32oO. leaving
the full strength Of the tribe at these stations ap"o
10000 In case of ain outbreak probably no. iioio
than 1000 warriors could take the field, ana 'hey
would be scattered into half dozen widely sepa~e
bands. .or,
mandng the Department of Dakota, accompanied py
bs ajdede-camp Lieutenant Woodruff, returned this
morning from their tour Of inspection among uio va
rious posts of the Northwest General huscr va,
busy but Lieutenant Woodruff said the reports VI
trouble were more or less exaggerated. Regarding
these reports he said "some OF the statements
r,ade are exaggerated particularly those with reicr-
once tn the belief that Mandsn, NJ D., Is threatened Dy
an armed force. The Indians located nearest tc
Nandan are about thirty-f miles away on the Cah
non Ball River. They arc peaceable people, WIG
have built huts and houses, own cattle, ponies ana
wagons and are in good circumstances. Ihey dlshK'
,bis rew Messiah craze for they say that 1t Inter
feres with the prOgrcss Of the people. Now, you can
convince me that people who have land, homes' SUCK
cattle wagons, crops and revenue arc d, an anA'ou'
IN 90 to war. And yet these are the ones 10 "a'ch
whom the people Of Mandan have sent scouts Dur
inc
ing the appearance of war or indicative vi war ~
this Ncssianic belief The band from which any rca
outbrcsk is anticipated is that headed by Chel hump
and situated southwest of Standing Koch' he IL
wiv. and IL the promised Messiah does not arrive III
,ho ,prino he will probably tell them that the whites
are using their influence to Keep him back, ana lha
,ho host way to aid him will be to kill some OF the
n,Ie faces However, in the event of the EXTREMIST
emergency the troops will be fully equal 10 thc oc
cason."
Cbicaro. Nov IS (specaD.-At Army headquarters
dav General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the De
uortment OF the Missouri, said he had no further Ill
formation than that already published. IL Is no"
air bo added that the Indians at the Pine Ridge
,ce,cv which IS nearest the ack Hills, are the most
dcsnerates Both General Miles ana Coionel Coroii
od that they did not think the condition of Indian
affairs had been exaggerated by the press.
Omaha Neb., Nov. 1o.-Iroops rom Fort oh'ha
Fort Robinson. Fort Niobrara Neb, and pack trair
, rot pueseIl Wyo have been ordered out to hold
h indians in check at the Pine Ridge and Rosebud
onc,es on the Dakota frontier. They will all be in
motion before night
Minneapolis Minn, Nov. 1a.-"The Journais Man
dan \. d., special says :" An easier feehhs prc'al
nn th,s Morning. because of the receipt of arms and
mere ,i;s bv The citizens SA mounted friendly
sioux have been sent TO patrol the borders oi 'he M
rcservaon Settlers are sun @ ron nptanea n nTA for the
safety of the settlers in the southern part oi 'ne
'oIireyiir omesyirs Lake. ~ D.. Nov. is spceailIIhe eH
,tamet among the Indians on Devils Lake Reserva
lion confined to odlnG lhS 'fTse there nc
%anccr of trouble at present. sitting Bull mas ihxeu
The Turtle Mountain Ch!ppewas to l2n hii iISs M,
dccIlne 10 do So fearing that their claims against ue
Goye,nuent will not be adjusted u, 1, 49,
Chamberlain s. D., Nov. IS (Specai,.lncs,,S s, Is IN 1
roicious or other excitement among the lndla's ~
ths section OF south Dakota sufficient u awaken e'e'
local comment.
ARMY TROOPS ON THE MARCH
| Omaha Neb Nov IS.-Orders were issued at 8
| o.clocl this morning to Companies a. T. { ana ID OF
the ID United states Infantry, Mt Fort Omaha 10 pre-
marc for marc hing at once while the other four com
NAMES were ordered to be ready to move OH shor'