The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1891-01-08
THE INDIAN WAR.
EVER Y THING POINTS TO A DIS.
ASTROUS BATTLE BE-
TWEEN THEMSELVES.
The Principal Bands Coming inset
tiers Assured That They Can Stay on
Their Farms.
[By [ nited Press.

Herald special from Pine Ridge says ::
Everything now points to a battle and |
disastrous one. However, it will not
be between the troops and the hostiles,
but between the hOsuIes and the friend
lies who desire to leave the hostile camp
and come into the Agency. Red Cloud
has signlfied his desire 10 return TO the
Agency, but he is nearly blind and no
one will volunteer to lead him in, for
the brutes threaten death to the first
person that attempts to desert the hos
tile band. This Is causing trouble
The older bucks want to come in but
the young bucks insist on fighting.
The caicleries of the medicine men are
fast losing strength. Their deception
about the ghost shirt being bullet proof
has caused the older Indians to think
that peace is more desirable than war.
The Gordon of troops is drawing tighter
around tie hostiles This is shown by
| the discovery less than mile from Pine
| Ridge Of a bunch of COWS shot with
arrows. Evidently the Indians are try
| ing to cut off small body of settlers 10
get arms and ammunition. The hostiles
are on guard all day.
| OMAHA, Neb, Jan. 7.-General Miles
telegraphs that five of the principal
bands came in to-day aad he hopes all
| will surrender themselves. He assures
settlers on the line of the railway that
they can stay on their farms.
| WASHINGTON, D. G., Jan 7.-Among
the kilograms received at the War De-
pertment bearing upon the Wounded
Knee fight with the Indians, made pub
lie to-day, is one from General Miles to
General Schofield, dated January 5th, in
which he reports that Col. Forsyth
command consists of 26 officers aud A.
men, Eighty-two Indians and sixty
women and children were buried in Oh
near the Agency after the battle.
The latest phase Of the relief Col For
syth, whose faulty disposition Of hi;
men and artillery, it is alleged, resulted
IN the killing OF some of his own com
maud and number Of Indian wome!
: and children, is shown bv the following
elegram sent from the war departmen
to-day
WAsHISGToN, jan. Z Maj -Genera
Miles, Pine Rldge, 5. D: Ia reply t
Jour telegram of yesterday, am dlrec
ed by the Secretary OF War to inforr
you that it was not toe intention of th
President to appoint a court OF inquiry {
'; order, at this time, in the midst of tt
y campaign, any further inquiry than yo
could yourself make without the nece
~ ~ sity of court, the purpose being sin
y ply to determine whether any officer hs
1een so far derelict in duty as to make
necessary to relieve him from comman
such result to follow upon the inqui
which yon were expected to cause TO
made You we're expected first to /
quire into the facts, and in the event
It's being disclosed that there had be'
unsoldierly conduct, to relic
the responsible officer. The dire
tons Of the President we're suggest
by your telegram Of the first instant
me- j. NJ SCHOFIELD,
Major Gen'l Commanding
WAsHINGTON, Jan. THE publish
statement that all the Sioux Indi
Agents are to be supplanted by arr
he officers is denied to night at the Inter-
ed and War departments. There will be
change made in the Pine Ridge Agen'
he the seat of the Indian war, where Indi
O Agent Roger is in charge, and whose
de movaI for lack Of capacity to meet
present emergency has been recommel
ed to the President by Secretary No
aud Indian Commissioner Morg
!, It is understood that the Presid
"a = q will make the removal at once, and t
~ ~ aptain Pierce, an army officer OF nj
'o1 experience Ia Indian Agency matt
an, will be detailed to take temporary cha
~ OF the Agency until the>present trout
ca are ended but be will be under the C
80 80 trol of the Secretary of the Interior ;
"e the commissioner Of Indian affairs
leI' ,. any other Indian Agent, and Will b
-. -. no more authority than any other age
10. "a. There is no probability at all that
a. of the Sioux agents will be removed.
~ The published statement that tt
w. was a stormy cabinet meeting yester
'ou' growing out Of the discussion of the
,, dian troubles, and that there were
~ ~ agreements between Secretaries NJ
'no and Proctor, because of a disposition
ling NIX tbo donain or authority of
I ~ ~ former in Indian affairs, is authorati
Will denied tonight. The meeting was
tirely harmonious, and the chang
agents at the Pine Ridge Agency de
ONE mined upon to-day, meets with the
proval Of both Of those officers, Secre
Noble approving it as heartily as St
tary Proctor himself does.
re in WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. =
,ene Commissioner Of Indian Affairs
,ost morning received the official repo
'o'' Indian Agent Royer, dated Pine Z
ONE Agency, Dec. 81, in regard to the b
their on Wounded Knee Creek in which
,uble Indians were killed and wounded.
irely Agent says that Big Foot
5s is bis band surrendered TO Major "
-ered side and while they were disarl
them an Indian known as the 'N
the cine man. rose from his seat ard /
ainly to cry out kill the soldiers; their
= in lets will not have any effect upon
buses ghost SHIRTS" at the same time stoc
'ollce to the ground and picking up hand
No Of dirt, throwing il up in the air,
many after short performance OF about
lost minutes he fred his gun II the dire
of the military, which started the
that resulted IN the killing Of Ga
Wallace and p soldiers.
Giads ones Public Life at an E.