The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-11
4QMAHAWKS BURIED.
The Hostile Indians Surrender
to General Miles.
The Sioux War Ended and the
Redskins Disarmed.

I late dispatch from Pin, Ridge Agency,
South Dakota, says: The Sioux outbreak OF
1soO-9l is over. The great majority of those
who levoltei against the authority of the
Unitel States Government have removed
their war paint and are camped near the
friendly Indians to the southwest of the
agency, just across White Clay Greek.
They string along the west bank of the
creek for a distance Of two miles. They are
mounted, walking, riding on wagons Sna, ana IN
fact are +ssn enhancing bs1 in svsry %iRhss drns
snG snG"h Leading ID sn'm Immense herds Of ponies
Some of them are entering the
frieadlies' camp; others are pitching their
tepaes on the west bank Of the White Clay.
These are the Ogallallas. The Brules, how
ever. are camping in the bottom around Red
Clouds house and half a mile from the agency
buildings. ;,
Frank Gourarl, the scout, estimates the
number Of lodges at 742, though he cannot
estimate the number of Indians. The latter
cannot, however, be fewer than $500. The
Indian camp, two miles from the agency, has
been broSenup.
The advance guard of the hostiles had
scarcely reached the agency when Big Road
sent word that be had collected the arms or
his followers and wanted to surrender
them to the agency. When the weapons
came in they were found to consist OF simply
two short guns, heavy rifle ana
O broken carbine, two Sharps rifles ana one
Winchester-nine guns in all. This surrender
Is an evidence that the Indians do not pro-
pose to give up all their guns, and that they
have hidden their best weapons on the hills.
On this basis the entire hostile band would be
expected to give up in the neighbor-
hood Of 100 guns when it was known that
every buck Is the owner Of q weapon. Amer
lean Horse, Standing Bear, White Bird and
Spotted Horse, friendly chiefs, asked protec-
ton from the hostiles who cauped among
them.
From early morning until afternoon a con-
slant stream Of Indians on foot, on horse
back and in wagons passed to the west or the
agency. The removal Of the hostile camp
was in obedience to the orders Of General
Miles who instructed the Iadians to remove
their camp from Ae northwest of the agency
to point southeast Of this point.
It was q grand sight. No such body OF
Indians was ever on parade before the eyes
to the number of several hundred, their
cavalrymen darted out, and, crossing to
the Hills marched single file over
the tallest peak with the regu-
hrity Of veterans, seemingly desiring
to show General Miles that they,
too, had drilled body Of men able to cope
with any regiment. These men were COM
naanded by Turning Bear, the idol Of the
young men who are still eager to fight. Be-
hind them came the infantry, in single file,
making line nearly mile long.
When the cavalry reached point on one
of the hills where they found the plain be-
low large enough to make man9uvre,
they waited for the infantry, and, closing
ranks, stood for a while four abreast, evil
IDENTIFY listening to speech. Then they
started again, finally taking up position to
the south near the camp Of the friendly In
dians On every peak Of the surrounding
country they left sentinels, probably as
precaution against white treachery;;
All this time the procession of tired Indians
trudged along, squaws driving the teams, the
wounded Indians in thinly covered wagons,
the bucks on ponies and their wives on foot.
They occupied two and half hours in pass
Ing.
Some of the vanquished were cheerful.
There was prospect Of sufficient food, but
the larger portion had morose and vicious
appearance. They had unwillingly surren-
dered to superior force, and therefore re-
tanned their right to be as savage as was pos
Hble in the face Of an army that was large
enough and willing enough to wipe them out
Of existence.
The band Of Young Man Afraid -of-His-
Horses, which has been visiting the Crows
: for the past two months, and numbering
about three hundred, arrived. They were
. accompanied by about fifty Of the most aged
and worr- ,ut hostile squaws that have ever
been seen on the reservation.
General Miles has already assured the In
dians that hereafter they will have nothing
. to complain of so far as their treatment by the
Government is concerned.
There will be no repetition Of the Wounded
Knee affair. Instead Of giving the troops
the task Of disarming the warriors the work
Will be done by the chiefs. Contact
with the soldiers would certainly precipitate
fight, so General Miles insists that each
chief shall bring the arms Of his band. The
guns are being loaded into wagons in the
vision headquarters.