Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-11
INDIAN RAIDERS.
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PuE RIpaE AskxcY, s. D., via Rash
vile. Neh.. Jan- le.--Hostiles began
their devilment Friday morning BY
burning the cabins four miles north %
the agency. Three columns Of dense
smoke in the north shou where the
fires are raging. II Is said thai Young
Nau-Afrsid-of- His Horses cabin Is
among the others burned. Hostile
scouts can b seen In the distance
through powerful glasses
A ranchman named Waidren. Just In
from his ranch. ninety miles west. re-
ports . band Of settlers under command
Of Colonel Tossin. of the regular army.
fortified at his place against
the hostileA The latter two
days ago sacked the town Of Midland.
In Nowlin County. during the night.
robbing every house and running on
the stock while the affrighted inhab-
itants hid In the timber on Bad river.
The place Is only twenty-five miles
from the hostile camp, and the settlers
have all assembled together for protec-
ton.
The committee which has been in
vostigsting Colonel Forsythe's manage
ment of the troops at Wounded Knee
has finished Its report 1t will make =
report to General Miles generating
the gray Colonel Of any mismanage-
ment and of any attempt 10 kill the
women and children
PINE RIDGE. s. D.. Jan. lo.-Fri-
day afternoon all the commands in
tho Geld were ordered to march three
TO six miles nearer the hostiles, and
late at night the order was put into eff
feet This, of course. attracted the at
tention Of the Indians. At intervals Of
two or three days the Gordon viii be
drawn more tightly about the hostiles
until they agree to come In peaceably
or be whipped into submission. II
Is believed that they propose either to
surrender and retain their arms or die
fighting. This II borne out by the fact
that the majority Of those who have
come in are squaws and children, who
desire to get out of tho way. Some
braves come In occasionally. domesti-
cato with the alleged friendlies and at
the same time retain the hostility which
impelled them to fee from the agency.
General Miles says: "At last accounts
the Indians were fighting among them
selves, the camp was . pandemonium
and there was no leader among the hos
tiles. The desperadoes were destroying
their own people" II those Indians
who belong to this agency come in, the
others, the General thinks, will en-
deavor to get back to their own reserva-
tions. The hostile element, he says, is
composed of Ogallalas from the Stand
ing Rock, Cheyenne River andRosebud
reservations. TheStroops on the other
side are frequently skirmishing with
them.
PocArELLo, Idaho, JAN 1o.-Reports
of any serious trouble or fears of an
outbreak among the Indians on Fort
Hall reservation surrounding this place
are utterly without foundation in fact.
and were started by irresponsible par
ties A visit to Blackfoot. on the edge
of the reservation, and at the agency
itself, fails to reveal any just cause
for apprehension While the Indians
have been dancing. these demon
STATIONS partake of the same character
as those held every year at this time.
The Indians on the reservation are Sho-
shones and Bannocks, the former being
peaceable tribe and greatly in the
majority. The Bannocks are warriors,
but could not muster more than seven
ty-five fighting men.