Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-06
THE INDIAN oAwAIGN.

-MOre GhOst DAnctng In Progress
 Serious Complains Lodged Against
 Agent McLaughnn-secreta Noble
 Denies the Charges That Indians
 Have Not Been We'll Fed.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 5.-A dispatch received by General Schofeld from Gen. eral Miles received at 6:35 this evening in- dicates that there has been no battle with the Indians to-day. This was the latest dispatch received up to midnight.
 LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Jan. 5.-A letter from Pine Ridge agency details some hith- erto unknown facts concerning the death of Captain Wallace at Wounded Knee. After the fight, the letter states, Captain Wallace was found at the entrance of an Indian lodge with five dead warriors lying near him, each Indian corpse showing a bullet wound. Five of the chambers in the captains revolver were found empty, and from the position in which the bodies lay, it is presumed that Wallace killed the five Indians before he was overcome.
 KANSAS CrrY, Mo-, Jan. 5.-The Star prints the following from Wichita, Kan: The orders telegraphed from military head quarters to Captain Woodson, of the Fifth cavalry, to disarm the Indians in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country, have created the greatest anxiety among the settlers in Oklahoma and on the boarders of Texas and genuine alarm among the troops. The Indians of these southwest ern reservations are peaceable enough now and those who know the nature of the red man see in this proposed disarmament a menace to the continuance of the comparative quiet which now exists. The ghost dancing is of mild character.
 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 5.-A special to the Tribune from Pierre, s. D., says: Parties in from Bad river yesterday report that the Indians all along the river are pre- pairing to hold ghost dance. They came from the Black Hills and made the trip in two days and half. They state that the Indians at the forks of Bad river and White river are also showing signs of fight Seetlers in the vicinity say this is the first time these Indians have offered to take part in the outbreak. Major Irwin of Fort Pierre has issued forty stands of arms and ammunition to citizens of that place.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The News says: It is stated on definite authority that complaints of serious nature are to be lodged against Indian Agent Mclaughlin, who directed the killing of Sitting Bull. The complaints were suggested in a mild way by number of army officers whom reporter visited. The sequel will demonstrate the intense Bull affair Agent McLaughlin's interfer- ence disturbed the cherished plans of the department of the Missouri and hastened if it did not cause the present troubles. It is alleged there were improper motives be- hind the killing. The charges against Nc Laughlin and other Indian agents will be preferred by army officers who are satis- fled that the Indian agents are responsible for the Indian outbreak
 Colonel E. M. Heyl said today: 'The unexpected action of Agent Mclaughlin in the Sitting Bull matter completely upset the campaign which General Miles had planned It was his wish to settle the dis turbance without bloodshed. When the agent went out with his police and killed the chief the present trouble was precipi- tated. Of course Mclaughlin acted under orders, but these orders were given him at his own request. There are many things in connection with this matter which can not be made public now, but will develop in an investigation to follow later"
 NOBLE ON THE INDIANS
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Secretary Noble spoke to-day with some earnestness of the reports that have been in circulation recently to the effect that the Indians were in starving condition, and that the pend ing trouble grew out of the fact that the government had not kept it's agreement with the Sioux but, on the contrary, had already begun to cut down the rations SUD- piled to them, in violation of all treaty obligations. The secretary denounced this statement as unqualifedly false. The story of starvation among the Sioux was a pure fabrication. For ten long years the government, in fulflment of it's treaty ob- igations, had been feeding the Sioux in idleness. Some of them, however, were thrifty farmers and good citi- zens, but a large proportion were willing to spend their time in idleness and in finding fault with the gov ernment on every conceivable pretext. The treaty of 1877, the secretary said, obliga- ted the government to furnish them with a certain amount of food, clothing, imple- nents, horses, cattle, etc., etc., until they should become self-supporting. After ten years had elapsed, during which time the government had spent millions of dollars with view to placing the Indians on sef-supporting basis, members of congress very properly began to inquire whether it was the purpose of the government to con tinue indefinitely and forever this policy of feeding Indians who persisted in living in idleness. They thought it was about time to test their ability to SUD- port themselves and so the appropriation was reduced by s100, 900, not very large amount when compared with the vast sum which the usual appropriation called for. Thereupon the Indian began to complain, but made no effort toward feeding him self. He occupied vast territory con- taining thousands of acres of productive land. He was supplied with everything necessary to improve it and raise good crops, but he preferred to do nothing and let the government continue to put his food in his mouth. It was time, the sec retary thought, that these people should be compelled to do something and he had lost patience with those who upheld the Indians in their idleness. He sincerely regretted that the recent action of the mil itary had resulted in bloodshed and he himself that his department was in no sense responsible for it.