St. Paul daily globe., 1891-01-12
Che Sioux Hostiles Have Not
Yet Come in to Pine
Ridge Agency.
Gen. Rpooke's and Col. Offiey'S
Commands Keeping Close
Behind Them.
Rgmop Of a Conflict Between
Sayages and Canadian
Mounted Police.
fhe Shoshones and Bannoeks
Insist That They Don't
Want to Fight.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D.. Jan. II
via Rushville, Neb. (by special courier).
Another night of mingled anxiety and
fear has passed, and chilly, bluStery
day has broken over the agency. Not
withstanding the reports at headQuar-
ters to the contrary, the Indians have
not come in. They have not even
reached the mission, as was announced
by scouts who reached headquarters
last night. Indeed, so far as the best
information which may now be had
goes, the only reliable fact is that the
Indians have started, aAd that is all. In
the matter of coming into the agency
under the present circumstances,
time is an element which does
not concern the Indian. So
many times, indeed, has~he promised
TO come in without keeping the promise,
that no man can tell when the nnal ell
tree will be made. The Associated
Press correspondent to-day had an in
terview with Father julie. This gen
teman is the Jesuit missionary who in
duced the Indians to promise to come in
lust before the battle of Wounded Knee.
They we're on the point of keeping the
promise when the news of the engage
ment sent them flying back i'll fear.
Said that gentleman, II have so often
heard that the Indians are coming only
TO be mistaken, that shall believe them
no more until | see them" The mis-
Bionary resides at the mission nearly
Eve miles
North of This Place.
It was at this place the hostiles were
60 have camped last night. The gentle
man, however, informs me that no In
dians were within at least five miles Of
the place. The failure of the Indians
to put in an appearance is source OF
disappointment to Gen. Miles, who had
expected them this morning. Last night
the general sent a courier to Capt.
Offley, commanding the Second battal-
ion of the Seventh cavalry, stationed on
Craven creek. The captain had been
ordered to take apOsitiOn between the
agency and Gen. Brooke. He, however,
could not find water, and was compelled
TO move forward to the head waters OF
Craven creek This position was about
eight miles from the agency and COM
manded an excellent view OF the
latter, the camp of Gen. Brooke
and even the camp of the
hOstiles. He could have witnessed any
move easily. and reached this place
ahead of any detachment of hoStlleS
which might be sent against US. Capt.
Offiey said that while he had been III
camp period eight days he had not
seen an Indian in the neighborhood.
He had been recalled to the agency for
of aiH q
night assault, as also an attack of the
friendlieS after the hOStileS should have
returned. His battalion has gone into
camp with thh First battalion OF the
Seventh, thus completing a seml-clrcle
on the hill overlooking the friendly
camp and commanding the agency. The
command consists of + troop. Capt.
Seckei and Lieut.. S. Rice; G troop,
Capt Henry jackson and lieutS. Il. II.
Hare and T. q. Donaldson; ID troop, Capt
+. S. Godfrey and Lieuts. l.. w. Robin
sen and r.. Ii. Tompkins; q. troop,
Capt. w. S. Edgerly and LieutS. E. =.
Brewer and j. f. Bell. Reference has
been made to the danger in which it was
thought the Indian school at this point
stood from both
Treachcry and Assault.
This fact was attested by the escape
last night of seven OF the girl inmates
and scholars. The names of some of
these dusky fugitives are Mary Sitting
Bear, Lizzie Sitting Bear, Jennie
Thunder Bull and Emily Cloud, rela-
tive OF Red Cloud. They we're induced
to leave by their relatives and friends,
who have for some time bung about the
school grounds. Supt. Wheeler has
secured the promise of American Horse
to aid him in securing the re-
turn of the runaWays. Yesterday and
to-day were observed with but little at
tention to religious duties. At this
place there are two churches-the Pres
bytcrian, the pastor of which is Rev.
Mr.. Sterling: theGChurchnof the Holy
Cross. Episcopal, the pastors name
being Rev. C. S. Cook. In the govern
inert school religious services are held
generally by the Catholics. In the first
mentioned there was no divine service,
the windows were barred, and to the
works, and adjacent were several tents
of infantry soldiers. In the EpiscO-
paiian ,church fifteen women and chill
dren lay, some at the point of death
and all in pain, the result of the fight
Oh Wounded Knee. The peWS had been
torn from the structure, and in their
places on either side of what had been
The main aisle were mattresses Of loose
hay, OH which lay the unfOrtunateS.
The sanctuary was. given up to the
groaning little ones, while in the choir
three hostiles moaned in misery. On
the lGctern we're
Rolls of BamdageS,
pieces of lint and cloth which had
served to staunch the flow of the life
tide of the wounded victims. This
Iectern was presented to the church by
Calvary church, of New York, and at it
had Officiated Rev. A. Il. Southards Rev.
+. l.. Hawks, Rev. Cleveland Coke and
Rev. Z. 4. Washburn. Neither of these
worthy gentlemen, nor those who sue
eeeded them, doubtless, ever imagined
at least one of the uses to which the
desk should be put in this distant
country The little church is of Gothic
design and is beautifully hung with
evergreenS, reminiscent of the Christ
mas tide, the period of peace and Of
good will which has been made memo
Table by the blood the Spilling of which
it witnessed. There were of course no
services in the church, but the
little place was devoted to caring
for the miserable, irrespective of mem
bership, within its folds. In the school
Father julie said mass and delivered a
short sermon. Half of the WorShiperS
were Indians, among whom was Red
Cloud. The old chief knelt and rose
up, genuflected and crossed himself like
the other attendants. All the while he
held an English prayer book, which, of
course, he was unable to read. He de-
voted his attention to the pictures of the
several parts of the mass, many OF