The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-15
Indians Agree to Come in and to
Surrender All Their
Firearms.
Old Chiefs Will Compel the War
like Young Bucks to Obey
Their Orders.
Their Grievances Set Forth and Gen. Miles
Promises to Have Them Fully
satisfied Mt Once.

PINE RIDGE, Jan. H.-At midnight .every-
thing ia quiet in the hostile camp, although
scouts say some Of the young bucks are in
dulging in ghost dance.
This morning Little Wound, Little
Hawk. Creek Dog and Old Calico cine in
from the hostiles and had a talk with Gen.
Miles. This afternoon the second deleQn-
tion OF chiefs arrived, consisting of Kick
ing Bear, Lance, High Hawk and
Eagle Pine. They had long talk
with Gen. Miles, the same subjects
being considered as in the morning con-
ference. 1t was agreed that the hostiles
would leave their present camp and pitch
their tepees on the west side of White Clay
creek Immediately opposite and less than
half mile from the agency buildings. II
was also decided that the Indians would
surrender their arms to their respective
chiefs. to be turned over to Agent Pierce;
that he would receipt for them, place the
name of each man upon his gun, sell them
and return the proceeds to the Indians. It
was also decided that the chiefs would at
tempt to control their young men, and fail
ing in this would themselves arrest those
who refused to act as good Indians and
turn them over to the agent.
Gen. Miles was pleased with the friendly
disposition manifested by the chiefs and
proposed to allow them several days in
which to redeem their promises. As earnest
of his good will he sent to their camp
several thousand pounds of flour and
several hundred pounds of coffee and
sugar. The general also talked over the
contracts which the Indians claim have
been violated and guaranteed that in the
future those contracts would be complied
with to the letter. The chiefs showed
pleasure at the kindly treatment of the
general and left for their camp in good
humor.
Short Bull, of all the leading hostiles
was missed from both delegations of chiefs
to-day. They explained his absence by
saying that so many wild young men want
ed to accompany him to the agency that he
deemed it wiser to stay in camp.
An Associated press correspondent had n
talk with Eagle Pjpe, in which number of
facts were ascertained regarding the big
talk with Gen. Miles. Among the points
was the novel one that the Indians de-
mand the abolition of the Rosebud agency,
the establishment of one more general
agency and the selection of Pine Ridge as
such. The reason they advanced
was that the Indians were contin-
ually gong from one agency to another,
contrasting the methods of each and long
ing for the comforts of Pine Ridge as COM
pared with the many disadvantages they
claimed to have experienced at Rosebud
This proposition, Eagle Pipe, who is one of
the most influential Rosebud, or Brule,
chiefs, said Gen. Miles promised to con-
slider. He also said that the general had
demanded the surrender of the young men
who killed Lieut.. Casey, and they promised
to accede to the demand. He also
said they would make every effort to con-
troll the men who had been recently indulg-
ing in the ghost dance. There were only
few of them and they generally discontin-
ued 1t when he advised them to do so. He
said that at Rosebud they did not get
enough food to keep them alive. In an
ticipation of the camping Of the hostiles on
the west side of the agency the breast
works in the vicinity were strengthened to-
day.