Iron County register., 1890-11-27
THE "MESSIAH" CRAZE.

SHAZ6s
The Troubie with the Indians in North
Daketa-Sitting Bull Said to Be Pris-
oncr in IrOns-Refugees FIocking Into
M.ndan-The Sioux Well Armed and
Provided for Fight-The People Praying
for :, blizzard to Cool the Ardor OF the
Bucks.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Nov. 2O.-A
Mandan On. d. special to the Tribune
says; An ~unconfirmed report was re-
ceived yesterday that Sitting Bull is in
srons- At the house of Railroad Com
missioner Harmon, twelve miles north
OF Mandan, sixty refugees are staying
for safety. Pickets are out at night,
and the rules of a military garrison arc
observed. Tuesday night Picket Hoff
shot at Picket Massingham, thinking
he was an Indian. the bullet grazed
Massingham only. Guns and ammuni-
ton were sent out yesterday. A COM
pany OF troops from Totten arrived last
night IN No. 3.
People keep coming in from the coun-
try Houses large enough to comfortably
accommodate one family have five to
ten families Two hundred ArickareeS
were sent over to the east side of the
river yesterday to go to Fort BetEol5.
The authorities were fearful they would
be mistaken for Sioux by settlers IL
they went up on the west side of the
Missouri.
A correspondent talked with an
Ariclaree youth concerning the feeling
among the Sioux on the reservation,
whom the Arickarees have been visit
ing. lie said: The Sioux are in good
shape for a fight. They have plenty OF
guns and ammunition and also have all
the jerlled beef they got off the prai-
ries after the late prairie fire, when
several hundred cattle were burned to
death. The Arickarees are friendly
with the whites, and we don't want to
fight ourselves, but we would like to
see the Sioux go on the war-path, be-
cause it would mean larger rations for
all the Indians in the Dakotas. don't
know whether the Sioux set the recent
fres that destroyed so much property.
but | believe they did. The Sioux
say they have the white mans meat to
eat while fighting white men. The
Sioux expect the Messiah every day.
There are three hundred young bucks
missing from the reservation. Scouts
and indian police don't know where
they are. We are friends of the whites
Ind not of the Sioux, but the Sioux
gave us forty ponies. so we will be their
friends whatever happens. At this
luncture an old Indian thought his boy
had talked enough and pulled him
away The boy was educated at
Betbold, but like most educated IN
dians is lapsing into savagery. Every.
body is praying for blizzard.
The Chrlst-Craze of the Sioux.
MINNEAPOLIs, Mimi, Nov. 2O.-A
Pierre Is. d. special to the Tribune
says: Quite number of ranchmen,
half breeds and squaw-men from the
country west are in the city, brought
here. it is alleged, by the serious condi-
tion now existing among the Sioux In
dian fanatics over their Christ-craze.
Some of these men have lived among
the Indians all their lives, but have now
boon rejected, and they deem it unsafe
TO remain longer at the mercy of the
redskins. Perfect security is felt at
Pierre and all the country east of the
Missouri. and it is the general opinion
that the fanatical craze will die down
when cold weather comes sufficient to
drive the Indians in from their outdoor
orgios. Many make light of the craze,
but it has r very serious aspect, from
the fact that troops at Forts Sully and
bennett are in readiness to march
against the Indians upon a moments
notice
Education No Bar to the Craze.
/ MINNEAPOLIs Minn., Nov. 2O.-A
Chamberlain (S. d. special to the
Tribune says: Debose, a Yankton Res
ervation Indian, was in the city vester-
day, on his way to the Lower Brule
Agency. A party of fifteen or twenty
teams loaded with his people accom-
panied him. These Indians are well
learned and highly advanced. and ii
has been thought that they would no.
be led away by the Messiah craze tha.
is now causing so much excitement
among the Indians west of the river.
But a talk with them brings forth the
tact that they also believe in the coming
OF the Indian Messiah who will wipe
the whites from the face of the earth.
They are gradually being worked into
a state of extreme excitement by the
new craze. Emissaries of the Messiah
are now working among the Sioux and
1ower BruleS, notwithstanding the
vigilance of the agency authorities
An effort will be made to capture the
aisturhers, when they will be driven
from the reservation. The utmost
watchfulness is being exercised by the
authorities.
Dead fer Forty-Eight Hours Before DIs.
covery.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Lydia T.
Avery. the aged wife of Robert S
Avery. died three days ago at her home
on Capitol Hill, and her death was no
discovered until yesterday, although
her husband was in the house with hel
continually. Mrs. Avery had been scl
for month and her husband, feeble
old man more than eighty years old
had been nursing her. Tuesday Mr.