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Pine Ridge NY: There h . circle
drawn aruund tie hostile Indians now.
Il being completed by the departure Of
Captain Crosby Of the Seventh cavalry
with four troops for BEAVER creek. seven
miles away. The circle II drawn 20 the
north and east from there ~ Colonel
Hensy's command: from thence 20 Col
Onel Wheaton's: from thence to Colooel
Stsnford's: thence % Colonel Willis;
thence 70 Colonel Ohaey's; thence ~
General Cars: thence 10 Colonel Whit
neyis on the Wounded Knee bpttle
ground. and there hack "a the agency.
by this arrangement the Indians are
practically hemmed in. A. the psinci-
pal railway ststioo~ along the edge u
the reservation state troops are quar-
tered.
General Miles says i've Indians were
killed 1t the hostile camp in . fight
among themselves The camp is nine
miles away. Some wanted Ia surren-
der. but the young men refused Ia per
init it. A general closing in will BE-
made this week, and there may he
trouble. The line is drawn between the
Indians and the Had Lands.
The Indians now surrounded num-
her e 1000 men. women and children.
most Of them from the upper Dakota
reservations Hundreds of the crowd
are crazy from ghost dancing and will
fight like big fOOt's men fought
Shots were fred by the pickets
nearly every hour last night. b~ani>hing
sleep from all eyes Fire arrows were
thrown into the agency about midnight
from q ravine near by, but fortunately
fell harmlessly. Half breeds and squaw
men are leaving for the railroads, say
ing they know what is coming and do
not propose tO remain.
The friendly spies all say that there
are . large number Of warriors in the
enemy's camp who have worked them
selves up to . condition Of frenzy similar
to those who committed suicide ut
Wounded Knee. They say they want
to die and are going tO die while killing
white men. II is also said that two
bucks escaped alive from the Wounded
Knee fight who wore that they will set
the agency on fire and kill the agent
themselves.
General Miles has his troops all
around the enemy and could throw all
in o day and have q tremendous battle
but could not prevent small bands
escaping mere and there. which would
place the lives Of man settlers
in danger. by holding his troops until
a much larger force can be- thrown
around the Indians. the trouble can IN.
confined to the reserve The end can
net he reached without one or more
battles-and bloody oncs-as there are
too many of the crazy who van Ia fol-
low the example of their Big Foot rela-
tivcs.
General Miles sent out a letter yes
terday asking for a hearing. The In
dams tore the letter To fragments and
threw them into the fire. saying: I'VE
want no treaty: We are nero to fight"
4 delegation of friendlies ask that q
large party bc sent out mt once to aid
those who desire To escape from the
hostile camp. They claim that 700 to
500 warriors wish 70 return: that they
either fed through fright Mt first or were
forced tO go with the rest. To let the
friendlies go would undoubtedly precip-
itate q fight and consume several DAYS
Of valuable time. No decision on the
matter has been made vet.
Yesterday afternoon in accordance
with instructions telegraphed from
Washington. Colonel Forsythe WAS re-
lieved Of his command Of the seventh
cavalry. pending investigation Of the
Wounded Knee affair. Major White
sides succeeds To the command Of the
regiment. Major Whitesides says the
affair was an accident. that a few mo
mentS before fighting began the squaw,
were merrily pelting the searching
parties with bundles Of rags. The ac-
cepted reason for General FOrsythc's
relief is the manner in which his troops
were placed in the fight.
Two troops Of the Ninth cavalry and
two of the Eighth infantry reached the
battle field ut Wounded Knee Friday af.
ternOOn. on the way to this place from
the Rosebud agency. but will camp ut
Wounded Knee for a couple of days to
protect a burial party that left the post
yesterday morning. The Indians will
be buried at Government expense in a
long trench.
An Indian courier brought a message
from the hostile camp last night, the
substance of which was u demand that
all soldiers withdraw from the locality
and that the Indians would treat with
no one for peace but the Vice-President
Of the United States and the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs.
Captain Taylor's soldier scouts with Q
large body Of friendlies leave here early
in the morning for the enemy's camp.
The Ninth cavalry and General Brooke's
forces will make a diversion on the west
by attacking the Indian pickets. while
the scouts and friendlies endeavor to
rescue all the Pine Ridge Indians who
desire peace. Every effort will be made
to evade = general engagement but this
may lead "a a general engagement Of
the troops. Notifications are being
strengthened ut Pine Ridge in anticips-
ton Of . storm.
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NEWTON. Miss. Jan. tin Neshobe
County William r. Fox. while returning
from Meridian. where he had sold his