The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-11-28
South Dakota Settlers Appeal
TO the Governor for Mill
tia to Protect Them.
The Redskins to Be Promptly Del
With If Current Reports Prove ]
to Be True
Unconilrmsd Report Of the murd}
OF Five Settlers---An Uprising 4
Soon Expected. I

| lips ana Charles Waidron. rauchmW
living eighty miles west on the Bad rlve/
came 10 Pierre 70 ask the governor ID seasl
militia 70 protect settlers Ia their nelzM
horhood from the depreciation ~ IndIaaN
whom they said had killed large nnmls&
OF cattle and stolen about forty h0rsea IL
number of tbe cattle that were killed Il
ionged 10 Gov. Melletfe. heing In rhiliIf#
Charge. They a.so state tho Indians tfsroaE
ened 70 FIRE the prairie aud burn Duf tiM
ranchmcn. they being very lndepenaei&
aud sassy" as they expressed e. Ofts8
| reports arc 20 the effect that the Indinn#
have broken Into horses. while the 0ccu4
pants were temporarily absent, aud rifie8
their contents, and also that Fred Dnprec&
| herd or tatne buffalo on the Cheyenne rlvo&
had been killed. All the above namutt
porties are married to Indian womelz
though Phillips ~ Commissioner of sfanIny
conuty and reliable man
The governor as once teleermphad ~
Watertown for 800 rifles. wAich win l,c sen4
20 Fort Pierre. mt once. The gaverno4 haa
also beei la communication with tho Wa
department at Washington and II the fn-
dians really are killing cattle and lntisnf~
dating settlers they Will no d0uht II
promptly dealt with. No danger Il fcarp8
east Of the river, though those ugly reports
from the west tand 20 excite peaple nm both
Sides
Other reliable parties from the vest say
the Indians, who we're formerly smiling ana
friendly aud would converse, arc now snrI9
booking. dumb a. oysters and carry thrIr
belts full OF cartridges and excellent Wfu&
chesters over their shoulder All aenalv
civilized. or good Indisns. they elaim. have
gone Into the agencies. which is considered
a afftAf atssA4 tf.m4
Tho seat Of war Is at Short Bulls ennsp.
which " located south of the Waite river ii
the Pine Ridge agency, few miles fsosn
the moath af Pass creek. Here. they nlAlm, \
there are I.soo lodges. containing az lcaz1
that many men. besides wosuen and chsI-
= jim sassu M II ske e. ssw Messiah ssass Il
said to be wonderfuI what strong faith they 1
seem 90 have IN the ncw religion. They arr
furnished with shirts they 8rmiy believe g l
be bullet proof. They have been assured !
that the winter VIII eOnflnae open and /
beautifuI weather A. at present until the
grass comes agalu. They are located right /
ON the edge Of tne .sbad lands " which they /
can enter. and scarcely white man can
foll1w. The bad lands. M present are
unusually full of cattle. several extra
thousand having been turned In there The
past season by ranchmen, but the prophets l
or medicine men say thc new Christ has or
daincd IL for the Indians benefit. This i
tho reason they don't wait for spring |
weather as they usually d. when contem-
plating an outbreak.
Another report says that ave settlers were
killed seventy miles wesi of berc. though !
IL has not yet heen confirmed.
A Remedy tor ths Troubles.
CnfcA1o Nov 97.-The Tisnes prints an
interview with Col l.. =. Tsuliard. general
agent OF the Chicago 4 Northwestern at
Pierre. y. H.. who has lived In that part Of
the country for ten years. Tie says;
..unless some rash act by drunken sod
dler or an enragcd Indian pr.Cipitates a
general Ysw. de- not anticipate asss sssssshle
in south Dakota. OF course, the policy
that has been pursued In tho education aud
civilization OF the Sioux il reflected in this
trouble--lf any serious trout u exists nj all.
| uA4aA r. assais4r 49, ~ tAt- -lndlanA- had beGn
educated In way that their knosledge
would be Of lasting benefit. or II the
amelIorations OF civilized life had really
affected their manner nf living. their entire
| submlsslv eness wonld never be questioned.
| Good. hard work and lots OF u - all that
| will ever clsilixc the Indian, aud 80 make =
1 Numerically different man of him you
must arst educate the sauaw. To .
squaw an indian who works Is an object Of
abhorrence. aud the young buck or old
buck being naturally indornt. never has
| passing fondness for destroying the sgnsw's
1 Illusion. I was driving Into Pierre not long
ago and came across young buck aud q
sqnaw trudglnR into town. The sauaw WAS
/ CARRYING bundlcf decrskins on her back
| aud the bundle was bigger than -four bar
| rel. | spoke % her In English and told her
II she would throw them into my wagon
would carry them intu town for her. she
gave one OF her native grunts and throw the
bundle en- the ground TO tighten the fasten-
ing little. Tho buck stepped forward 20
help her lift "a np again, hut she motioned
him back wlsh the most disaainful gesture--
That little act shows that there Is possibly
germ OF aallantry IN the Indian. IL NOT .
slight, very slight. lntImatIon Of innate
industry. But ali this i killed By the
squmw's dedication OF inslolence, which is a
synony IN Of manliness with her.
Nov Ia regard 90 the education % the
men. think a mistake Is made III sending
them No far away from their reservations
when fhcy are given educational advan-
, snges The Indian IL thc most hOmosick
enss on earih. aud II be i subjected 20 the
restraint of collars aud cuffs and educated
for months &C slime Nc would willingly
! change his lot slih one 0fhis confreres in
I fruhf of cigar store. Qf all the sioux In
dipns who have been educated Ia the east
do mos know of ane who ean DC Induced -
: litter . word Of English. What knowiedgs
: ghay have attained merely adds 81 tbeil
native shrewdness. and II they hnppea 20 b
bad indians their weIl-wlshlng preseFver
y hare only made the1n more wily and an
I. lrnctmble. The government school which
: ii be established Al Pierre ii the only s0lu
!. ts0n Tor the question of educating the SioaN
An upsaMsnR seaa Expsrtsd.
cnicAoo. Nov ss.-~ten. Miles last niEf
received Telegram from fos. MsiietEe .
!. south Dakota. cunye7ing inteliiKenc
y brouahf IN by keotty Phillips. ranehnaan
y who was scpafIna III 1879 aad Ikge. Th
9ovesner yonehes fof bis Eood ebaraste