Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-11-28
They Both Emphatically Declare
That There Will be No Outbreak
s ut Present.
Agent Mclaughlin Still Controls the
~> Indians, and is Master of the
g. Situation.
The "Purtication Sweat is Described
"A Cold Wave Would Settle the
e., Fanaticism.
The Situation at Yates,

FORT YATES, N. D., Nov. 22.-[Special.]
Everything here is quiet-nOthng of i'm
portance to write you, but you can say to
the press of the country that the BISMARCK
TRIBUNE will have the most reliable news
concerning what is going on here, as your
correspondent has lived among the Sioux
the best part Of his life. I wish you to
publish nothing but facts. We are over
run with correspondents of eastern papers,
who come here, and as they must write
about something, it is of a very sensation
al character in order to show their EN-
ployers that they are earning their pay.
A correspondent coming here learns very
Z slittle-only what is told him by the en-
ployes and many of them tell the newspa-
per men the greatest Of lies just for the
fun of it. The TRIBUNE will have by tel
&egraph the first account of any trouble
here-even before the war department. If
the crazy people of Mandan and other
towns, as well as the eastern press, want
to keep posted, let them take the TRIBUNE.
( l am glad to see the stand the TRIBUNE is
taking Oh this Indian question. Every
thing on Grand river is quiet. Sitting Bull
is keeping up the dances. He prophesied
this fall that there should be no snow and
the weather should be pleasant all winter
+ This prOphesy is certainly coming true,
and this makes him. in the eyes OF the In
dians, a still greater medicine man. and
they are worked up to great pitch over
it. From early morning till noon they
purify themselves 10y sweating. This is
done by heating pile of stones in the fire
until they are red hot. They then lake away
the fire. bend willows over the stones, upon
which they spread a cnuvas or an old piece
of tent and make it almost air tight. I'M
der this the Indians sit until they are al
most melted. This is called the "purify-
ing sweat After this the dance continues
until sunrise next day. Now if blizzard
would only come, with the thermometer
about 80 or 40 below zero, it would soon
cure them, for after sweating so much they
could not stand the cold A number OF
soldiers have just been arrested and a
nulRber of bottles OF whiskey taken from
them. They are now in the guard house.
4 There never was sn much drunkenness
here as at present as they are now getting
drunk. If the government would allow
the soldiers to have beer in their canteens
as they used to have, a great deal OF this
drunkenness would be avoided.
. ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
# FORT YATES, N. d., Nov. 22.-[ Especial
SO many sensational stories have been
tSChU lOl VII lloil dllN OtiCl pDlHlS
more or less remote from this agency that
sthe public have unavoidably formed All
entirely erroneous impression regarding
the condition of affairs among the In
dians. At the sacrifice of splendid SELL
sation, which as newspaper man, am
!. 10th to spoil, must say that find the sit
+ uation far from warlike. Indeed, thus far
there have been no hostile demonstrations
1 whatever, and there has been absolutely
4 nothing upon which to found any excuse
for the exodus of settlers from the sur
rounding country except the newspaper
4 gfctiOns. But it is lamentable fact that
& in addition to the flight of settlers from
N Morton county, southern Emmons and
Campbell counties are almost depopulated.
( / know of one instance in which woman,
4 who had given birth to a child but ten
hours previously, was placed on a mattress
lin a wagon and sent on an all night, jour
A sney of forty miles to escape the redskins,
who were reported to be on the east side
/ OF the river.
s* There is no truth whatever in the reports
+ that the Indian police have thrown off
ss their uniforms. Indians, like lrishmen,
are loyVl to the flag they are fighting un-
I der, aI,&She entire police force is with the
II agent. ne or Two Of the police are lit
tile weak Wneed, perhaps, but this is fully
compensated for by others who openly de-
nonDce the ghost dance and all that goes
+ with it. This being ration day. much anx-
8iety was felt as to whether the Indians
would come into the agency. 1t was ar
gued that those who did come by that act
would acknowledge themselves loyal to
the agent. N early all came except Sitting
Bull and his immediate followers. The
agent met all the leading chiefs in council
and explained to them the interest which
amd What sa,ngs ~ ine staIe q
being made by those who took part in and
encouraged the ghost dance in defiance of
the agent and the government. John Grass,
n Gall, Mad Bear, Bear Face, Red Fish and
Anthar chiefs nIlbliclY nlpdppd themselves