Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-15
THE BUCKS GIVE IN.
Hostile Chiefs Visit General
Miles.
The P0wwow Results in Il
Treaty Of Peace.
Disarmament is One Of the Terms of
Surrender.
Conference and the Trouble is
Practically Ended.
Associated Press Dispatches.

Associated Press Dispatches.
PINE RIDGE, Jan. 14.-At midnight
everything is quiet in the hostile camp
although the scouts say some OF the
young bucks are indulging in ghost
dance.
CHIEFS COME IN.
PIKE RIDGE, Jan. 14.-This morning
Little Wound, Little Hawk, Grow Dog
and old Calico came in from the hos
tiles, and are now I'll 80, haying talk
with General Miles. Other chiefs are
expected. Colonel Corbin announces
that the chiefs have assented to surren-
der their arms, and that the latter will
probably be brought in tonight or to-
morrow, and be tagged.
TERMS AGREED UPON.
LATER-This afternoon a second dele
cation of chiefs arrived-Kicking Bear,
Eagle Pipe and two others. They had a
long talk with General Miles, the same
subjects being considered as at the
morning conference. Itwas agreed that
the hostiles would leave their present
camp and pitch their tepees on the west
side of White Clay creek, opposite and
less than half mile from the agency
buildings. 1t was also decided that the
Indians would surrender their arms to
their respective chiefs, to be turned over
to Agent Pierce. He would receipt for
them, place the name OF each man upon
his gun, sell them and return the pro-
ceeds to the Indians.
EVERYBODY PLEASED.
1t was also decided that the chiefs
would attempt to check their young
men. and failing in this, would them
selves arrest those who refused to act as
good Indians, and turn them over to
the agent. General 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 an earnest of his
good will, he sent to their camp several
thousand pounds of -four and several
hundred pounds Of coffee and sugar.
The general also talked over certain
contracts which the Indians claim
have been violated, and guaranteed
that in the future these 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, alone, of all the leading
hOstiles, was missed from both delega-
tions OF chiefs today. They explained
his absence by saying SO many young
men wanted to accompany him to the
agency that he deemed it wiser to stay
in camp.
MORE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE.
The Associated Press correspondent
had a talk with Eagle Pipe in which a
number of facts were ascertained regard
ing the big talk with General Miles.
Among the points was the novel one
that the Indians demanded the abolition
OF Rosebud agency the establishment of
one general agency, and the selection
of Pine Ridge as such. The reason thev
advanced was that the Indians were con-
tinuaily going from one agency to an
other, contrasting the methods of each,
and longing for the comforts of Pine
Ridge as compared with the MANY dis
advantages they claim to have expert
enced at Rosebud. This proposition Eagle
Pipe (who is one of the most
influential of the Rosebud or Brule
chiefs) said General Miles promised to
consider. He also said the general had
demanded the surrender of the Young
men who killed Lieutenant Casey, and
they promised to accede to the demand.
He also said they would make every
effort to control the young men; that
they have been recently indulging in
ghost dances, and that they generally
discontinued when he advised them to
do so. He said at Rosebud they didn't
get enough food to keep them alive.
In anticipation of the camping of the
hostiles on the west side Of the agency.
the breastworks in that vicinity were
strengthened today.
FATHER CRAFTs's VIEWS.
New YoRK. Jan. 14.--The Freeman's
Journal today received letter from
Father Crafts, at Pine Ridge. saying he
is considerably better, and asking that
the press contradict the report that the
army was to blame for the tragedy at
Wounded Knee. "Those shots do grave
injustice to our soldiers says he, "and
are instigated by those adverse to an
honorable settlement of the present
trouble, and are hostile to the desire of
every true friend of the Indians that
they be permanently transferred from
the Indian bureau to the war depart
ment. 1t is only by such transfer that
the Indians can expect just treatment. y
He says the trouble at Wounded Knee
originated through interested whites,
who had gone about and industriously
misrepresented the army and its inten-
tions. The Indians were led to be-
lieve that the true aim Of the soldiers
was their determination.
MILITIA SENT HOME.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-On assurance
of General Miles that no more danger to
settlers was anticipated, four companies
of militia stationed on the frontier have
been ordered home today. There are
still thirteen companies in the field, but
they will be ordered home by the end Of
this week unless more trouble occurs.
NOTHING IN THE sAGEBRUsH SCARE.
RENO, New, Jan. Ia. "A special dis
patch to the Gazette says there ia moth
ing ID the Indian scare at Star valley,
near Death station, Nevada. The In
dians quit dancing, and have quietly
dispersed. II
THIS sErrLEs THE TRoURLs.
LONDON, Jan. "A, II iaannouneed that