Telegram-herald., 1891-01-17

An Apparsat aString" to Hia
Surrender.
Yhs tsestitss Give Up Few Nussy
Wsspeas. Dut Keep Essry Thing
That Win Shoot.



uHcAMfxD AT PIxE RypaA
Psxx Xmas Assxcv. y. D.. Jan Ia
Ths hostiles sil broke camp - IN early
horr and came into the agency and
took the positions designstsd BY Gener-
al Niles for them. There WAS no demon
stration. Every thing went along
smooth They are all peaceful. but
hungry. This win end the trouble.
There can be no doubt that the sol
diers were astonished st thu strength Of
the enemy. There had been reports
that not more than $500 souls
ell told were in the hostile camp.
Tho Processien Thursday allowed.
however. that there were TO lodges.
or nearly IL not over 1000 per
sons. There are now encampcd st
the agency almost one-haf OF the great
Sioux nation. A careful estimate
places their number at 1900 souls.
nearly 5000 being warriors This will
be the last great gathering OF tho
Sioux. for when this war is over they
win be split up into bands and fed at
sub-agenciea One central agency viii
likely be established on the line be-
tween Pine Ridge and Rosebud.
The advance guard OF the hostiles had
scarcely reached the agency when Big
Road sent word that he had collected
the arms of 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 rife and broken car
binc, two Sharp rifles and one Winches-
tcr-nine guns in al. This surrender
Is an evidence that the Indians do not
propose to give up all their guns,
and that they have hidden their
best weapons on the hillA On
this basis, the entire hostile band
would be expected TO give up in the
neighborhood of 100 guns, when it is
known that every buck is the owner of
q weapon. American Horse, Standing
Bear, White Bird and Spotted Horse,
friendly chiefs, are now asking protec-
ton from the hostiles who have camped
among them.
1t is not likely that General Miles
will be satisfied with the disarming of
the Indians on the basis of Big Roads
surrender. If he should not be, some
people here consider that the difficulty
is far from being settled.
In the afternoon the Brules aban-
doned their proposed camp near Red
Clouds house and pitched their tepees
with the Ogallalas, forming camp
nearly q mile and half in
length, connecting with the friend
lies south of the agency. The main
part OF the camp extends westward
from White Clay creek up the bluffs,
on the summit of which the Indians
have posted piclxets to guard against
surprise. They took possession of the
bluffs just about the time the main
body reached its camping ground, sud-
denly appearing as deploying party
both mounted and on foot, after the
most approved military fashion.
Since the surrender of Big Road of
the nine rifles referred to nothing has
been heard from the hostile camp. All
the guns, rifle and Hotchkiss are, how
ever, trained in that direction, and indi-
cations of life there viii be watchedwith
interest. The Indians of Big Road have
followed in the matter of giving up their
miserable weapons the example of Big
Feot's warriors at the time of the
fight ON Wounded Knee. 1t is doubt>
full whether General Niles viii
order . search of their tepees
for more arms There is also q
certainty that he will not seek for hid
den weapons in the Bad Lands or near
the camp sites which the hostiles have
abandoned. Such being the case, the
Indians will scarcely miss the weapons
which they have surrendered or will
voluntarily surrender, knowing that
they may at any time regain possession
of those which they have temporarily
stored away in their tepees or in the
hills.
During the afternoon General Brooke,
accompanied by Major Benham and
Aids Truitt and Roe, came in. General
Brooke called On General Miles and
later returned to his camp, which is
pitched but a short distance outside the
northern breastworlss. His command
near the mission has been divided and
all of the divisions are either moving
In this direction or have already arrived.
1t is said that the hostiles are in very
bad humor. They are suspicious of the
military and arc exercising the same
vigilance in guarding against a surprise
rs IL they had not agreed to como in.
While every thing looks like peace, the
Indians have now better position than
ever before If they choose to stampede.
Some of the bucks told an Indian scout
that in their present place they had the
agency at their mercy. This Is prob
ably bravado, pure and simple, born OF
the fact that being conquered they wan.
to make q last show of spirit
Colonel Forsythe has received q dia.
mond-hiited sword from settlers in the
vicinity of the reservation The Colonel
win not make an acknowledgment OF
It's receipt until after the report of the
investigating committee appointed "a
look into the Wounded Knee affair has
been made public