The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-02
REDSKINS IN REBELLION
NEARLY ALL OF THE BRAVES IN
THE HOSTILE RANKS.
Only One Chief Remains Loyai-Oid Red
Ciowd on the War Path-Grsat Depreda-
"ons Being indalged In-More OF the
Military Discovered Killed.

Cloud on the War Path-Grsat Dep,eJ..
uons Being Indaixed In-More OF the
Military Discovered Killed. -
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, :. u. VIA RusH
VILE, NEB., Jan. The Upper Brute
ire now in open rebellion. Af,er tw,
months OF unrest and uncertainty the Sioux
have finally shown their hand. Three
! thousand OF them, under the leadership q,
such cunning fellows rs Big Road. kicking
Bear, Little Wound, Short Bull. and ] ack
Red Cloud, and even old Red Cloud himself
nave turned upon the Government for what
will doubtless prove to be their last stand
against tee military.
| ONLY ONE LOYAL CHIEF REMAINS.
| American Horse is now The only Ie-
manning loyal chief, but his following
- 80 small that IL would make no differ.
elce whether he cOunselled war or
peace. squads Of Iudians have been
eaying for the war path to-day.
Under the cloud Of the heavy snow.storm
J which has been raging since early morning
| they started OIL 10 the North, bIt their dee
tlnatiOn - not known. II is thought, how
rNer, that they will make Ter the Bad
| Lands, or The vicinity OF the Old spotted
TAD reservation. Troops have been ordered
10 intercept them. Dcprelatons have al
ready begun on the ranches. Scores e
uouses along the Whit river have bcen
burn Il, aud the cattle run on and Killed.
THREE CArrLEMEN REPORTED KILLED.
A scout who cane N late Tuesday niglt
from the Vicinity Of White u,er. near the
| mouth Of Hay creek. rel oriud hat three cat.
| tie men left their ranches aler they
fOrsythe aud Big FOOts band and
| that they have not returned Vet. II j. feared
that they have been Killed. Iue hOstiie-
sent word 10 the friendly Indians that all
Ii-s should be Killed. IL /, reported that
John Dyer chief heTder OF the Government,
had 10 leave the Government tcrd. which
consists Of about 5000 cattle. and look out
Tor his own life. The herd pas been seized
and appropriated by tn Indians. Two
t-amslers, who are supposed to lave IN Rush
vile, were found dead Ia the road ten miles
from the agency. they had been shot by
Indians. Lieutenant iielman kranherg. Of
Company A, seventh Cavalry. Who was shot
IN the arm aud side at Wounded Knee, died
tuesday night. Several Otn,r troopers are
dying, although most OF tue wound d are
doing well.
CARING FOg THE FALLEN FOEs.
Francis Scbette, OF Troop G.. seventh
Cayalry, was one Of The soldiers Killed IN
the battle ruesday, that tOok place 81.
miles west OF here. The Episcopal church
has been turned ,ntO a hospital. Yesterday
morning IT contained thirty.eignt ol the hos
tile Indians who were Mouhded aud car
ured at Wounded kLeh. Most OF them are
squaWs. and many of them VIII die. In
addition 10 Cars command. the Seventeenth
infantry and all the cavalry now at Rose
nud were expected to arrive here last night
with General Miles.
PLAN TO DESTROY THE AGENCY.
A scout who came in Tue day night
said that the h0stil,s, reassured by
the fact that the soldiers quit the led
during the afternoon, had planned 10
attack and burn the agency with fire ar
rows then stampede the trOODs and massa-
ere the inhabitants. The report was true
10 one extent, but the heavy lines ofpickets
stopped the sayages. The pane In the rail
road towns IN the vicinity of Pine Ridge ~ IN
desirable. Settlers are pourinS IN the VIII
lagos on tOOt, in wagons, aud on horseback.
Many of them have abandoned their stock
and household goods, while others have
brought their cattle aud ponies with them.
Some Of the refugees who travelled through
the blizzard yesterday were badly frozen,
and many women aud children have become
Ill from exposure.
ORGANIZING 10 DEFEND THEMSELVES.
The peril of hddien, which is the biggest
town in Nebraska west OF Fremont, has
caused the citizens 10 organize themselves
tor 1cfenso a. the town. The sayagCs
burned the IathOlic mi siOn near thadren
only Yesterday morning. General Brooke
Will send a company OF soldiers ID guani
the town 40 soon a. reinfOrcCments reach
him. Yesterday afternoon the burial of
thirty Of the dead took place at the Eps-
cOpal cemetery. jus, east of the camp.
LIE BURIED WHERE IHEr fEiL.
Tuesday night Standing soldier b igbt
ia party Of soNehiN-tNO Indiar-, whom
his Indian soldiers had captured on M,d-
cine creek, iiliy miles east Of herr. The
party, which included only nineteen we'll
armed bucks, submitted 10 be dlsalmed at
ihe agents Office without a muImur. The
camps OF Two Strike and the rtst of the
lugatiSes were plundered Tuesday by tho
Iriendlies VINO remained. The bodies 81
Big FcOrs gang lie buried where they tell.
INDIANS on TIlE wAKPArH.
OMAHA, NIB, Jan. IA sIeclal from
Pine Ridge brings word that 800 Indians
have lett there, and are now supposed tO Gc
On the warpath. These bucks are well
armed and have considerable ammunition.
| They have no nations and must depend On
forage for subsistence.