Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-15
THE INDIAN WAR
Practically NJ an End. Niles Pleased
with The D,spoi'ioH Of
tie Hasiilrs.
BRITISH ARMY OFFICERS eomiHo
EArdrH LATE.
~ Telegraph 10 ihe NEws.
TsiE iio>riLrS.
they are said to he whiting to sur.
render tiirlr Arms.

rhry are said to he Whiting to sur.
render thrir Arms.
rtNr RIDGE, SD, Jan. I4.-.'This
morning Little Wound, Little Hawk,
Creek Dog. and OH Calico came Ia
nom the hustllcs aud had talk with
General Miles. The other Chief4 are
expected. Colonel Corbin announces
that the chiefs have "a =. ntci IN u sur.
render ~ their lrus aui tina, the latter
will probably be- brought Ia tonight or
tomorrow and bu tagged.
This afternoon . second delegation
of uhiefsarrlvcd-iSi ckins Bear, Lance,
High Hawk aud Eagle ppu. They had
n long talk with General Miles, the
nmu sui scis being considered ne Ia
the morning conference. IL was agreed
that the hUstilUs would leave thcir
present camp aud pitch their tepeCa on
thc west side Of White Clay Creek
Immediately opposite aud les than
half mile from the agency bulllings.
| 1 was decided that the Indians would
surrender their arms TO their rcspoc.
tive chief, b. hc turned over 10 Agent
Price, who would receipt for them,
place the nnmV of each man upon his
gun, soil them aud return the proceeds
u the Indians. IL was also decided
that the chiefs would attempt 10 con.
troll their young mon aud, falling Ia
this, would themselves arrest those
who refused 10 act az good Indians aud
turn them over 20 the agent.
General Miles was pleased with the
fflcndly disposition unaffected by the
chiefs, ami proposed 10 allow them
several days In which TO redeem their
promises. As evidence Of his good
viii, he sent 10 their camp several
| thousand pounds Of Hour and several
| hundred pounds % coffee AMI sugar.
| The General also talked over contracts
which the Indians claim have been
violated, and guaranteed In the future
these contracts would be complied
with 10 the letter.
The chiefs showed pleasure nj the
kindly treatment Of the General and
left for camp In good humor. Short
Bull, Of all the leading hostllcs, wa,
missed from both the delegations Of
chiefs today. They explained hi-
absence by saying 40 many Wild younl
mon wanted 70 arcompiny him 10 ths
fagcucy That he DEEMED II wise 70 staJ
In camp.
An Associated Press correspondent
had a talk with Eagle Pipe, In which
q number Of facts were ascertained re
garding the big talk with Genera
Miles. Among the points was the
novel onc that the Indians demanded
the abolition OF Rosebud Agency, th,
establishment Of one more genera
agency selecting Pine Ridge as such
The reason they advanced was that tn,
Indians were continually going from
one agency 10 another, contrasting Ia,
methods Of each aud longing for th'
comforts Of Pine Ridge, rs compared
with the many disadvantages they
claim to have experienced nj Rosebud
This proposition, Eagle Pipe, who Il
one u the most Influential OF tn,
Rosebud or Brulc chiefs, said Genera
Miles promised 30 consider. He Rlst
said tile general had demanded III,
surrender OF the young men who klllct
Lieutenant Casey, and they promiset
10 ncccde 10 his demand.
He also said they would make every
effort to control the young mon
they had been recently indulglng IN 4
ghOst dance, but there wcre only n few
OF them and they generally dis
continued " when ho advised thum /,
do 10. lie said they didn't get enough
food TO keep them alive. In anticipa
ton OF the camping Of the hostilcs u
the west side u the agency, the breast
works In the vicinity were strength
ened today.
TuE WOUNDED KNEE FIdnT.
NEW YORK., Jan. li.-The Free
UaHis Journal today received lette
from Father Gratis, Mt Pine Ridge
saying that he Is considerably better
and asking that the press contradic
the reports that the army was TO blani,
for the tragedy at Wounded Knee
Those reports, he says, do not do jus
tIce TO ourrOldiers and are instigutOd los
thrsr adverse 10 an honorable settle
m . n the present trouble aud hostile
It.. I sire Of every 40 friend Il
tlr 49, .l.n, that he b permanent,
transferred from the lnulhn bureau Ia
the war department. IL Ia only by
such transfer that the indians chi
expect Just treatment. He says tn,
trouble 1T Wounded Knee originate
through Interested whites, who hat
zone about and inluHtrlOusly mlsro
presented the army and It's lnten
tions. The Indians were led TO bplley,
the true aim OF tho soldiers was thcil
determination.
EguLIsn OFFICERS 10 TnE RESCUE.
LONDON, Jan. li.--lt IN announced
that several British amy officers,
number of whom are said 10 be per
ronal friends Of Buffalo Bill, hny,
started from l2ugland for Pine Rldg,
Agency, with the intention Of oilrrinl
! THAR servicea In fighting the hnstII,