Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-13
THE HosTILEs suLLEN.
Making Very Slow Progress Toward the
Agency.

Making Very Slow Progress Toward the
Agency.
OMAHA, Jan. 13.-The following was
received from Pine Ridge Agency Mon
day morning:
The hostiles pulled up stakes Saturday
night and started in a sullen way for the
agency, They went three miles, and
then pitched their tepees again. Yester-
day they made about twelve miles, and
We're only four miles from the agency
last night.
Capt Dougherty, commanding the
troops in the Notifications ON North
Butte says the dara"devils from the hos
tile camps are burning everything in
their way as they march to the agency.
Yesterday morning shortly after Capt
Dougherty saw the flames burning
cabins and haystacks he heard n heavy
volley Of musketry. He counted fifteen
shots within a minute. There was an
other yolley shortly after the first, and
then came distinct skirmish firing. Col.
Corbin thinks there has been a skirmish
between Capt. Wells troops and the say
ages, and that the firing heard by the in
fantry in the fortitication ON Northern
Butte came from this engagement.
A panic has seized the half-breeds and
squaw men here, and they are hurrying
their families to the railroads as fast as
possible Red Eagle, an Ogallala, who
came in from the hostile camp yester-
day, says the medicine men are making
Indian medicine which will reduce the
effect of rifle bullet to blue spot ON
the skin. He says, too, that the savages
have sworn not to give up their guns.
The coming of the hostiles, and the
uneasiness of the so-Called friendlies fill
everybody with apprehension.
Gen. Brooke's command is close behind
the hostiles, and Gen. Carr is pressing
his line closer every hour. The force
here is now increased TO 700 men with
four three-inch ritled cannon, four
Hotchlliss and two Gatling guns.
The half-breed clerks in each of the
three post trading stores have called fol
their wages and said they We're afraid
to stay any longer; that their friends
told them that there would be big bat
tie. The Indian police took a well
earned rest last night, and do not show
the least regret at being temporarily re-
lieved of all guard duty. The stage
road to Rushvill passes through the
friendly camps, and a large flag has
been placed by the road bearing the
legend "These Indians are friendly"
Capt. Ewers will start in a few days
with Little Chiefs band of 490 Chey-
ennes to take them to the Tongue river
Montana Little Chief and his band
have been ugly fighters for every'war foI
the last twenty years. In 1876 they were
sent from this region to Fort Reno, |. T..
and in 1878 fought their way back
through the settlements of Kansas and
Nebraska to the Sand hills, near Gordon
where they were captured.
Since then they have been good friends
to the whites ands have made excellent
police and scouts The band have about
300 relatige5 on the Tongue river and
have begEsd for several years to bC
transferred to that reservation. Capt
Ewers and his party will go across the
reservation to Rapid creek, thence tC
Fort Meade. next Winnesella, and from
there along the stage road to the agency
The settlers along the route are too vel
acquainted with the Cheynnes and Siou1
to De unnecessarily alarmed by th'