Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-10

good policy and in accordance with the recon-
mendation Of the Cheyenne commission"
The telegram was Endorsed by Secretary
Proctor and prepared for the eye Of the Presi-
dent. He said to STAR reporter that he pre-
ferred to say nothing about his action in the
case.
NO OUTBREAK OF FORT HALL INDIANS.
The following dispatches were also received
from Gen. Gibbon, commanding the depart
ment of California:
Following just received from commanding
officer, Boise barracks, Idaho-I have lust re-
ceived reliable information that there is no
outbreak of the Fort Hall Indians and do not
apprehend any trouble there. 1t was told by
party who came from POcatello yesterday that
the rumor was started by saloon keepers"
Another dispatch from Gen. Gibbon, also
dated yesterday, read The following Just re-
ceived from the commanding officer, Boise
Barracks: State Adjutant General Curtis wires
governor from Pocatello Us follows: Fears Of
Indian outbreak greatly exaggerated and with
out just foundation. First reports sent by ir-
responsible parties. Go to Blackfoot to confer
today and to agency tomorrow"
CONDITION OF THE CHEYENNEs.
statement of the condition of affairs at tie
Cheyenne River agency. located to the north
Of Pine Ridge, has just been received Ut tie
Indian Office from Indian Agent Palmer. He
states:
have the homer to report that during the
month ending December s., 1880, the agency
storing in warehouses all the supplies received,
also sorting and arranging annuity supplies
for issue In addition to performing the duties
OF their respective stations.
The farmers have been engaged watching the
camps in their respective districts to see that
the peaceable Indians were not disturbed and
to prevent Indians passing from one camp to
another, requiring all to remain at home and
| sending away all visitors This has been done
to prevent the hostile Indians from visiting in
the friendly camps. The police have
acted under instructions of the farmers
and have rendered excellent service in
all the camps and especially in the camps af-
fected by the ghost dance. These policemen
have been ON duty continuously day and night,
often riding 12O miles without resting and per-
forming the journey in less than twenty -four
hours, carrying messages from agency to
Farmer Marcelle at the hostile camps and to the
troops camped on the Cheyenne river. These
policemen have been loyal and trustworthy in
every respect, have responded willingly to
every call and have withstOOd the hardships of
the service without murmur or complaint.
Especial attention is called to what has been
accomplished by additional farmer Narcisse
Marcclle, who succeeded in bringing 458 In
dams from the Cheyenne river district and &c of
the Standing Rock Indians to the agency head
quarters and causing them to deliver all their
guns to the agent. This left Big Foot with
less than 100 men, who could not be persuaded
to submit to the authority and protection
OF the Indian Office. but preferred to
dispute the authority of the War Department
The Indians who came in with Marcelle and
who are now camped near the agency are very
quiet and orderly, have expressed their regrets
for the trouble they have caused and have
promised that in the future they will obey all
the rules Of the Indian Office. Some of these
people have been loyal and those who have. not
thOrOnVbly a ha
folly to make any resistance to the authority of
the department.
The judges of the court Of Indian offenses
have disposed Of all business coming before
them in a very satisfactory manner.
The schools have been well attended in all
the camps except the one on Cherry creek.
This has been generally disturbed by the ghost
dances. But with the positive assurance from
the Indians that the ghost dance has now be-
come thing of the past at this agency there is
no reason why this school should not be well at
tended Gs soon as the Indians are allowed to
return TO their homes. The boys boarding
school will now be filled to its full capacity.
INDIANS HAVE NOT LEFT STANDING ROCK.
Indian Agent Mclaughlin, at the Standing
Rock agency in North Dakota, sent the follow
ing telegram to Indian Commissioner Morgan
today:
''Reports of Indians leaving this agency
entirely unfounded, none have left since the
| Sitting Bull affair. Three hundred and sew
enty-twO men, women and children now absent.
OF whom 227 are prisoners at Fort Sully, and
on the Sd instant Gen. Miles telegraphed
the post commander here that seventy-two
Standing Rock Indians werc made prisoners at
Pine Ridge agency, which leaves only seventy
three unaccounted for, Of whom forty were
| absent before the stampede of 18th ultimo.
Newspaper reports that Indians here
are restless and unsettled ridiculously
| absurd. Standing Rock Indians are
under excellent control, loyal to the gov
ernmcnt and can be depended upon to remain
| Gated with the departure and sujugation of Sit
| ting Bull followers. The department may de-
pend on keeping him correctly and promptly
informed Of any important facts.
WHO ARE HosrILEs.
Indian Commissioner Morgan has received a
letter dated Pine Ridge, SD, January s, from
Miss Elaine Goodale, the supervisor Of educa-
ton for the Sioux Indians. which is as follows:
Your telegram asking how many students
returned from eastern school and parents of
school children are among the 'hostiles" is re-
ceiyedt 1t is impossible to ascertain at present
Just who the ''hOstiles' are. Somehave fied the
agency from fear and do not necessarily as
sumo q warlike attitude. In a general way,
however, it is safe to say that those who have
participated in the ghos4dancei and subsequent
disturbances, are Of the wild" or ''heathen"
element among the Sioux. A great majority of
the Christian and the educated Indians have re-
manned loyal and steadfast, at the sacrifice Of
name and property and at the risk of their
lives. think that those who have identi fed
themselves with us during this upheaval. and
have thereby lost all they possessed, should be
generally reimbursed for their losses, at the
very least.
Fifteen or twenty Christian young men and
women Of Indian blood are now serving as volun-
teer nurses in our improvised church hospital,
where we have thirty wounded prisoners from
the battle Of Wounded Knee"
ruRTI.E MOUNTAIN INDIANS ALL RIGHT.
In response to . telegram from Indian Com
missioner Morgan asking ~ to the truth Of the
reported outbreak Of the Turtle mountain
Indians ut Devils Lake, North Dakota, the
following telegram was today received aS the
Indian Office from Indian Agent Waugh.
No truth in report that Turtle Mountain In
dians threstsn trouble.
Indian Commissioner Morgan today ssnt
Instructions 10 Captain PisEce, U.S.A., the
Indian agent ut Pine Ridge, 70 submit IN esd
mate Of the money 10 provide for the comfort
Of the indiana Ut that point Who we're wounded
in the recent battle.
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