Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-29
LETTER FROM TWO sTRrxss
ne says the Sioux Have No Idea of Maxim.
Any More Trouble.

ne says the Sioux Have No Idea of Maklus
Any More Trouble.
| capt X. II. Pratt, tenth cavalry. superin.
tendent Of the Carlisle Indian school. recently
received and forwarded to Secretary Proctor
an interesting bit of literature. II was a letter
from the old Sioux, Two Strikes. who so.
ured very prominently last winter in the cam.
paign in South Dakota.
The letter is dated April IL. at Rosebud
agency, and 10 as follows having been dicts,.d
oy the Indian to Lieut. Edw T. prano sixtb
casairy: FRIEND Captain: You wrote me about the
Indians here making more trouble There ia
no Intention here OF having trouble.
We were going to make trouble why vould
We enust our young men as soldiers for the
Great Father, we are now doing? We see
tnat TINS 10 very good chance for our Young
men 10 90 something for themselves and MAKE
men men OF themselves, and we let them en-
S,a,; anepe was young man from
same question as you did, and told him that
VIC nave no thought of making any more
trouble: that we had one trouble at Wounded
hnee; that we, ourselves, did not have any,
tnng to do with it, but that il gave
u.s.. lesson we did not want to ight in the
nrst place, but somebody called for troons
All We think about now is to farm. received
= Iester about the came matter from the Lower
oruIe agency, and 1 told them that we
more MORE ,ron not going to make any
tention to such talk This tan gives me ,,neb
trouoie, and do not like it. do not want 10
Tell my officer friends any lie, for know thew
are here from the Great Father.
Two This mark STRIKES.
LIEUT.. DRANo's COMMENT
Lieut. Drano writes thus at the bottom NJ
Two Strikes epistle: 1.-TWO Strikes had me
write this letter to you from him. He appear.
much worried by these false rumors going
ABOUT concerning his intentions 1 believe the |
son and nephew TO enlist and TO-DAY tbsy az
ooth soldiers in troop l., sixth cavalry"
Capt- Pratt sent a note with the letter TO this
snecE enclose to You a copy of u letter lust
received from Two Strikes, one OF the principal
leaders, in the emeute on the Stony res.f~a
asst winter. by which you will see that his son
arthur, formerly pupil at this school. has en-
isteo In the regular army. This entirely dis
POSES OF any need OF apprehension of trouble
Ills spring. so far as he is concerned"
WELL PLEASED WITH INDIAN KxLrsrMEsrs. II
Zen. schoheld is very well pleased with the
'rogress that has been made in the work Of en-
lsting Indians in the army. Said he this morn
rg to a STAR reporter: sTf we can
ct two well drilled and contented
an be expected at this time These troons
III DE the cause OF many more Indians enlist |
~, and think can see the day ahead when
1ere Will be no more difficulty in getting good q
'ldiers from the Indian reseryations Than }
here Is today in enlisting white men. The
IampIe OF happy Indian soldier upon his ,
'iiow aborigines will be very wholesome Q
nd we are doing today what is needed to make =
re experiment. success, namely, concentrat- ,
g our efforts upon the formation of two model a
oops 1t is my hope that these troops can Sc A
,ganized and sufficiently well disciplined in G
me for them to be stationed atChicago during .
70 exposition in g."