The morning call., 1891-01-17
FRIENDLY TALKS.
The HOStileS Advised to Obey
Miles Order.
Only a Small Number of Weapons Returned
to Pine Ridge Agency.
No Change in the Disposition of the Troops.
WOman'S Account Of the Battle
at Wounded Knee,
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

PINE RIDGE, Jan. 16.-This afternoon an
important conference took place on the in
vitation of the Ogallalas In the vicinity Of
the friendly camp. Six hundred Brules
| were present. The Ogallalas had prepared
feast of hot coffee and boiled dog. The
! only white men present were Lieutenant
| Taylor of the Ninth Cavalry, commander
of the Ogallala scouts. and eX-agent McGilli-
| cuddy. All the prominent Ogallala and
Brule chiefs were present.
American Horse made a strong talk in
favor of the Indians complying with Gen.
eral Miles disarming order and saying that
the chiefs should return to their homes and
bring their young men to respect their
white friends; dissuade them from violence
and compel their children to return to
school.
Short Ball said that many of the Rosebud
Indians wanted to come - Pine Ridge be-
cause they knew they would be treated oct.
ter there. They were starved at Rosebud
sometimes. They wanted to live with
their brothers in one place. The people
carried lies about the Indians when the V
were separated.
a YOUNG CHIEFS ADVICE.
High Pipe and Two Strikes also spoke,
and were followed by Standing Soldier, a
fine young chief, who is a member of TaV-
lor's scouts. He said some had come to the
agency to make trouble and had killed
friendly Indians. That had caused the
soldiers TO be sent against them, and had
caused General Miles TO command them to
lay down their arms. He hoped all of them
would comply with the order, because it
would bring peace again. A short time ago
he had brought to White Hat Uieutenant
Taylor good many of Sitting Bulls men.
They were now in camp. They had been
well treated and their ponies fed with grain
and hay. If Big Foot and his band had
once come in they would have been treated
in the same manner. The trouble which
came to him was brought on by his own
people.
DIR. McGillicudy then gave the Indians a
talk, in which lie pointed out the errors
they had made. He advised :hem to obey
the regulations in future.
LIEUTENANT TAYLoR'S TALK.
Lieutenant Taylor was asked by the In
dians to speak. He said he knew very many
Ogallalas and was satisfied they were
friendly. He did not know the Brules SO
well, but felt there were many good men
among them. The trouble they had expert
enced had been occasiOned by variety OF
circumstances. La a greater part of the Iu-
dian troubles he had observed the Indians
had always good excuse. and he thought
they had some excuse in this instance. The
trouble was now over, and If they wished to
remain in peace all they had to do was TO
comply with the orders of General Miles.
Those who had good sense should set the
example to and control the young men.
They had turned in very few guns and
every one knew they had many more. The
Great Spirit had so far this winter given ex-
traordnarily good weather. If blizzard
should now come up their children and
women would die and they and the soldiers
suffer. He hoped they would immediately
comply with General Miles order so the
soldiers could soon 20 home. If they did.
some of the chiefs would be taken TO Wash
ington to state their grievances to the Great
Father. Their rights would be recognized
by the present officers over them.
GOOD HUMoR PREVAILED.
The council closed in the best possible
humor, the Brules having listened intently.
Good results are expected from the council.
Up to this evening the Indians have
turned over 81 guns out of about 400 they
are believed to possess.
Standing Elk's and Little Chiefs bands of
Cheyennes left here to-day for Tongue
River Agency, distance of about 400 miles.
They are accompanied by Captain Ewers,
whose duty, among other things, will be to
satisfy the settlers along the route that the
Indians are peaceable, and that no danger
need be apprehended.
The transfer is made in pursuance of an
agreement entered into several months ago
by General Miles and other Cheyenne Com
missionerS, at the request OF the Cheyennes,
who are not able to live in peace with the
Sioux.
The disposition Of the various bodies OF
troops remains unchanged.
MAY ENFORCE HIS ORDERS.
This morning it was reported on good au-
thority that General Miles had ordered
civilians to keep away from the hostiles'
camp, because he intended to disarm the In-
dians If he had to shell their camp to ac-
c0mpll5h his purpose Adjutan-General
CorOin was asked if General Miles had is
sued such an order, but he would neither ad-
init nor deny that such determination had
been decided upon. So long, he claimed
as arms were being surrendered by the
Indians there was no necessity to use
force.
This morning about twenty Indians came
into the agency under Little Hawk and sur
rendered thirty-one guns. Their clothing
was not searched, and no one doubted they
pore hidden arms, which they would not
hesitate to use in case of emergency. Thus
far fitty-one guns have been turned over
out OF at least fourteen hundred which the
hostiles are believed to possess. The
Cheyennes belonging to Little Chiefs and
Standing Elk's bands left to-day for Tongue
River, as it is decided they cannot live COM
tortably among the Sioux.
TALE OF WOUNDED KNEE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs has received from
Elaine Goodale, Supervisor of Education at
HtTn To I.,t 81.
ed Knee. She says her information is chiefly
from the Indian prisoners engaged in it and
from persons who afterward visited the
scene, Ihe survivors of Big Foot's
Dand, she says, are unanimous in the
statement that the Indians did not deliber-
ately plan resistance. 1t was not a war
party; many of them were unarmed, intend
ing TO visit the agency at the invitation of
Red Cloud. When they met the troops they
anticipated no trouble.
There is constant friendly intercourse
between the soldiers and Indians, even the
women shaking hands with the officers and
men. The demand for their arms was a
surprise to the Indians, but great majority
chose to submit quickly. The tepees had
already been searched and large number
OF guns, knives and hatchets were con-
hscated when the searching of the persons
of the men begun. The women cay they.
too, were searched and their knives, which
they always carry for domestic purposes,
were taken from them. A number of the
men had surrendered their rifles and car
fridge belts, when one of the young men,
described by the Indians as a good-for-
nothing young fellow. fired single shot
ms called forth n volley from the troops,
and the hrlng and confusion became general
do not credit the statement made by
some that the women carried arms and par
tclpated actively in the fight The weight
OF testimony is overwhelmingly against this
suppostion. There have been one or two
lsOlntp1 nf thia hind huft &
doubt that a great majority of the women
and children, as we'll as many of the un-
armed men and youth, had no thought of
anything but fight. They were pursued up
the ravines and shot down indiscriminately
by the soldiers. The killing of women and
| children il part was unavoidable owing to
the confusion, but think there is no doubt
they were needlesslY shot down in many