The sun., 1891-01-16
PRISONERS AT PINE RIDGE.
NEARLY 5000 INDIANs SURRENDER TO
THE MILITARY.

NEARLY 5000 INDLANs SURRENDER TO
THE MILITARY.
A Procession Four Miles Long Msrches 60
the Agency-They Pretend to Give Up
Their Arms but X eel p All tn Arc Worth
Having-Chiers Going to WashinGson.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, E. D.. Jan. l5.-There
was heavy fog over Pine Ridge this morning.
and the north wind which swept through the
ravines was laden with Hne snow. The sun
was not visible until late in the day. Tho fog
began to lift shortly after o'clock. revealing
the late hostile Indian camp in motion. The
promises OF the chiefs to Gen. Miles at the
council yesterday wore being fulfilled.
Tho famous leaders and their people
were coming to tho agency as the next step
to q formal and unconditional surrender. 1t
was strange spectacle. Gen. Miles had told
tho chiefs that the camp should be pitched to-
day on the north bank Of White Clay Creek.
extending almost from the tepees Of the friend
ly camp on the opposite bank to Red Clouds
house. This camping ground lies at the base
OF the low brown buttes. and In n narrow strip
nearly two miles long. 1t was also selected BY
Con. Miles because every foot OF 1t can be
reached BY the guns from the breastworks 1t
the agency.
Tho march Of hosties was from the wooded
ravine north Of the agency. where they have
been In camp for the past two days around the
base OF Horse Shoe Butte thence into the val
ley. and finally past old Red Clouds house In Q
straight line 1000 yards further south The
soldiers stood on tho knol!a near the school
house Watching the strange procession through
their glasses. 1t was o'clock when tho
head OF tho line passed In front Of the
agency. 1t was composed Of warriors, who
drove hundreds Of ponies In bunches.
Then came wagon after wagon driven by
squaws. and filled with tepee poles and camp
euuipage. Dogs scampered BY the hundreds
about tho vehicles. and ponies trotting along
side without hridlo or saddle we're almost as
numeroua. These were the spoils OF two
months raidinG along White River. The In
dians were now practicnlly prisoners but they
were determined to show Pine Ridge their
strength and savage pride. II It was the last
thing they did. Within an hour the trail
leading from the point opposite the friendly
camp TO the old village Of tho hostiles was
filed with wagons. ponies and dogs. Tho pro-
cesslon was tour miles long. Tho hostles
marched without any noise. All that could be
heard from The moving column was the
Jingling OF tels on some OF the horses While
the line was passing In full review before the
soldiers the Indians suddenly throw out u
long line OF Brue footmen. who marched like
skirmishers along the side Of buttes 800 feet
above the moving column OF wagons. Then
came the Brulc horsemen. mounted on splendid
ponies. and followed by braves on foot. There
must have been 900 OF them. Just in front OF
the agency the long line OF warriors on foot
squatted on the ground. while the Brule horse
mon. riding with striking grace. gallorel on
ahead. Their trail led high W. Oh the sloos OF
the buttes. which were fecked with snow or
cloaked in places ty rising fog. The Indians
chose this old and abandoned trail in order to
protect the main body Of tho procession sew
era hundred feet below. in case OF an attack.
and also to show the military that while they
wore prisoners in n circle OF bay onets. they
wore still naughty and uncrushed.
With n two hours after tho procession sta rted.
the buttes southwest OF the agency were black
with ponies, while along the valley north Of
Frozen Greek the yellow-topped tepees were as
thick as clothespins in a box. There can lie
the strength OF the enemy There had been re-
n sbs Soss than s1Ss al Ga
louees and upward OF 5,O0O Indians. There
,imsts % 81 places INC their number at LOCO. Including
nGus IroopS S' forming the Gordon are coming into
the agency every hour. Before sundown there
6ow the s6uS
camp over the tops 81 the Buttes and Into tho
cheyenne River. This Will be the last great
gathering OF Sioux. for whom this war is over
suh-aIpncies.. On central agency VIII likely
be sta blished on the line between Fine hidGe
The disarmament of tho Sioux now here has
irisndly & osa!aa as are ihe first st. to surrenaer
their arms. Big Roads band having consented
hse s Is nod 9y
even these so-calsd iriendlies lurn over are OF
ansGus pattern There are no VIM
Indians. but tho Government is welcome to
tie wornout shotGuns ! snd !, RI, rifles that would
old broken Spencer rifles to-day. but he prom
sed to send wagon load to h the agcncy build
osi seos S The nh Ss weapons
About noon Kicking, Bear stalked into Gen.
Miless headquarters. He wore BLANKET. Tho
zie.ioading sprin efield rifie which had been
converted Into q breech loader and then sawed
told % Gen. s MICS that his hear! was good that
he had grown some years within the past three
man. He also said that he had given up. ths
ghost dance and as an evidence OF good faith
sPE his Sd w0 noa sns Rs ss
sa Siankss ss sbsus %aS hmse and ns
1t is expected that tho surrender Of arms
se al o tRe
diane are to give their euns tS a1e their opieis who
are TO bring them 10 agent fl6rco. IL l6 c0r-
tain however. that the best weapons will be
cached. and that tho gums the GovernIpent
will get will be fit only to 60 to junk shops. The
other conditions q surrender are that there 4 -
son A. Miles. whose commando must he
| promptly obsyed in future, and that all ehil-
| dren OF Sioux must be enrolled on the rosters
| OF tho Industrial schools.
Lieut. Mann Of the Seventh Cavalry. who Was
shot 10 the groin at Wounded Knee. died at
Fort Riley Yesterday; His death Is the thirty
Hept Il e reported here today that s SIti7sns
syth. who was relieved OF h!s command bee
cause Of hts bravery At Wounded Knee: ytth q
| Col. Forsyth ,wantonly, shot women and chill
dren, but the inquiry which WAS made into bis
| conduct showed that in q hand hand en-:
counter women could not bs distinguished
ELMIRI. Jan. l6..-John Gilmore. Jr.. has Just
returned from the West. where no was q SER
yant Of 6spt Joslyn Of Company B. Twenty
sys S"ns Els ss saw
Sy 2 sauay. Fho caught pD % 2 war M club that
| was riddled with bullets.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. l5-Gen. Schof]eld re-
| ceiyed telegram from Con. Miles this morn.