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RED EAGLE sKrSNING A STEER.


rather pertinent now that the question Of dis
armament il mp and that is '.what did the hos
tiles surrender when they came into the
agencyT' Gen. Miles says of this surrender:
"a more complete submission to the military
power was never known" The facts are that
about $500 Ogallalas and Brules who had been
behaving threateningly as a whole, but who
readily talked peace, came in under the guns
of the command Mt Pine Ridge OF their own
free will and accord. They made the terms by
insisting that a delegation of their chiefs and
head men be sent TO Washington and by stipu-
lating that the surrender of arms should be
voluntary. The Indians are doing just as they
please. Such Of the Brules as want to return
to Rosebud with Capt. Lee are going;
main. The Indian started the war,
fought when he thought he had chance,
made the best possible terms when his chance
of victory became slim and is now in full en-
joyment of all the rations the Indian bureau
thinks is good for him. He has not been hui
initiated in the least; in fact, Gen. Miles has
been especially careful that his feelings should
not be stirred up in any way. The great body
Of troops have departed and the Indian is here;
holding his ground and behaving as though
there never had been the slightest disagree
ment between him and the Great Father. He
declares. in his sneering way. that the soldiers
are afraid of him, although he knows that to be
untrue, and in a very comprehensive grasp
seems to control all that is left of the situation
TROUBLE FEARED IN THE FUTURE.
1t is extremely improbable that there will be
any more trouble this winter, but the alarmist
who says ''Wait until spring is abroad in
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others throats. Those people who see things
even as through glass. darkly-are watching the
strifewith much interest and are wondering which
of the combatants Will get in tine next blow As
soon the hostile chiefs had agreed to sur
render their right to camp anywhere except
where Gen. Miles should designate-for that
was all they did surrender-it was believed by
Gen. Miles that number of the representa-
tive indictments should be taken to Washing
ton, where they might talk with the Great
Father of the grievances they have detailed ut
length in the columns of THE STAR. The con-
sent of the authorities in Washington was asked
and obtained.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT STEPS IN.
Miles then proceeded to select the Indians
who should go and was about to send them
eastward when information was received to the
effect that special agent of the Interior De-
partment would be on at once to take charge of
the chiefs and act as their chaperon to the
national capital. This news was what might
be regarded as in the nature of a setback
fo1 the general. for the whole matter had pre-
viously been conducted by the War Depart
ment. From thence the proposition originally
emanated. and it was advanced with the idea
that ii would assist materially in bridging over
the period of transition between war and peace
An officer of the ninth cavalry-Lieut Chas
Taylor-had been notified that he might be
required to take charge of the expedition. and
the preliminary arrangements were well under
way when Secretary Noble kicked the props
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o My fsw wore ne rsgula6ea bl,s eistA over
coat. Footgear was decidedly varied IN its
chazactsr. Asa general thing the preference
was for those extra thick weolen stockings
known - German socks and an abundance Of
overshoes. Inside Of these German sochs there
would be anything from one TO three pairs 81
the common sock of commerce. while ou1side
there might be pair of shoes and q pair Of
arctics Of the largest and most thoroughly de-
veloped description
FooraEAR AND HEADaEAR.
Men who would blush to wear snyfhing
larger than q No. 2 patent leather shoe on
Pennsylvania avenue have been numbering
around Pine Ridge in overshoes that cannot
easily be measured by anything shorter than a
yardstick; 80 broad. too, that they stick tightly
in those hug wooden stirrups that are regula-
ton goods. And then as to gloves and mittens;
anything from one to three pairs. until some Of
the hands looked as though they had been
inocuiated for elephsutiasis- There was variety,
too, in the hat styles. Some of those who
thought they had frost-proof ears wore the
SLOUGH arrangement known as the campaign
hat, but several of these gentlemen were OBJ
served in public with muf3ers tied all over and
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at short range; several were shot guns.
This means that about $50 Indians. for the
purpose OF making a display of peaceful
intentions. have temporarily abbreviated
their efficiency as WARRIORS while there still re-
main in the possession of the ex-hostiles no
fewer than LOCO of the best Winchester mag
aZlne rifles ever exported from the state of
Connecticut. Now that Gen. Miles has gone
no one here imagines for a moment that any
more guns will be hauled over from the hostile
camp. A great many army officers hold. and
have written of this subject before that a COM
plete disarmament OF the Indians would result
in the speedy transfer of all Indian property to
settlers through active accumulatory efforts on
the part of the settlers. OF course this does
not refer to all the settlers, but to
those adventurers who will not stop short of
larceny If larceny will profit them anything
That there are many such / know. During the
past two weeks have ridden over a good deal
of the region which necessarily had to be deserted
by friendly Indians. These friendly Indians
quite large number of these log ''shacks'' be-
ing within twenty-five miles or so of the agency
IN half a dozen of these homes | saw parties of
marauding white men who had come in over the
Nebraska line and who were busily engaged in
approprlating anything and everything that
was worth taking away. For this despoiling
the entire blame was laid by the authoritias
for some time. upon the bands of hostile BruIes
who had roamed through those porto rs OF the
reserve. With these indisputable facts before
them 1t is not 10 strange that the mill tary seem
lndlsposed to force every Indian on the reser-
walton to give up his gun; it looks to some peo-
pie as though he really needs weapon OF some
sort.
THE INDIAN NOT MUCH HURT.
One of the queries which has been floating
around camp for some days past seems to be
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calling out to the Cheyenne that he was going
to see Red Cloud went on by himself. White
Moon watched him as he rode ND to the four
young Sioux and then the Cheyenne said he
would go with the lieutenant and stay with him
at all hazards. He ran his horse andAas he
approac he'd, Casey was in the act of turning
his horses head around in response to the
warning of the young bucks. just ne White
Moon got up to him shot was fired by Young
Indian who was on one side of the trail and
who had previously been unobserved. That
shot killed Lieut.. Casey. The Indian who fired
the shot was educated at Standing Rock agency
and Mt Carlisle, Pa, and is son of a we'll
known warrior, The Bear-that- Runs-Awey"
'Man-of-M Many Horses" was one of the few
Minnecongues-.not more than three or four
who escaped unlnjured from the fight at
Wounded Knee. He was amember OF Big Foot
band.
The Cheyenne scouts who, up to the time of
Casey's death. were known as Casey's scouts
are now Getty's scouts, commanded by Lieut..
Robert n. Getty of the twenty second infantry
Lieut.. Getty has relatives who live in the
suburbs of Washington.
CHANGE N SCENE.
Two weeks ago Pine Ridge was one of the
most thickly populated aud busiest places in all
the busy, busting northwest. Today it is as
quiet and somnolent as any spot that could be
found in the suburbs of Alexandria More than
twenty-five hundred soldiers have gone to their
respective posts in other states and q large
number Of Indians have moved out to their
more or less devastated homes. The headquar-
tiers building is practically deserted. A few
days ago officers and couriers were moving in
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cumstances, "Rid the general, s'that moor Casey
was trying to see for himself the size of the
hostile camp and FOR this trespsss he was shot.
Had any Brule approached Oasey's camp or
any OF our camps "a closely as Casey did that
OF the Brules he would have been shot That
is war"
How LIEUT.. CASEY WAS SHOT
There seems to have been some difficulty in
securing, or anyhow, in writing, the precise
story Of Casey's death. 1 got them the other
day from the best possible source, and as no
one seems to have troubled to 20 as far as that
to get facts l send you the precise result. H.
c. Thompson was Lieut.. Casey's right-hand
man, his chief of scouts, and ii was he who
narrated the sad story.
ION the morning of January g." said Mr..
Thompson, "Lieut. Casey said he was going
out to take a look at the tepees of the Brule
hostiles, some seven or eight miles away He
asked me to give him two good men and I
picked out two of the best Cheyennes we had
White Moon and Rock Road. Then he told me
to ask White Moon to take him to place from
which he could see the Brule camp. White Moon
at once replied that it was too gereas and dis
played a good deal OF quiet opposition to tax
ing white officer ON such risky trip. Then
Lieut.. Casey asked to be taken as close as was
possible and still be safe. White Moon said he
would, buthe kept on insisting that it was a dam
gerous venture. The rest of this WAS told me
by White Moon He said that after leaving
camp Casey met a Sioux man and woman, the
latter dressed like a white woman. What the
conversation was about neither White Moon
nor Rock Road knew. because it was carried on
in English. They left this couple and went on
a little further, when they met Sioux man who
said 1t was verya dangerous place TO be in. The
scouts did their best to tell Casey what risk
he was running, but he insisted on going for
ward for the purpose, he then said. Of talking
to Red Cloud. At this point Rock Road stopped,
declining most positively to go any further.
3,od al dad he, hacf
he knew how. and finding his words OF no use
he caught the lieutenant by the arm and
held him in last endeavor to dissuade
White Moon again and again told him he wonld
be killed, but Casey rode on. Four young
Sioux were then coming toward the lieutenant
and his scout and White Moon stopped, think
ing that Casey would not dare 90 on alone.
Casey was determined, however, and after
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from under and brought the haif-built struc-
ture to the ground. The idea and its primary
organization and the credit which may attach
to 1t belong entirely to Gen. Miles, but Secre-
tary Noble seems to have been quite successful
IN securing possession of the War Department
thunder. Miles does not say much about il. but
know he thinks some one has committed grand
larceny. An impression has been abroad here
for some time that the Interior Department was
opposed to any Of these Indians jOurneying to
Washington until Secretary Noble saw thew
were bound to come. then he accepted the sit
uation and all the side dishes that go with it.
GEN. MILES MOVE.
1t Is now Gen. Miles turn to move and he
has started. The Interior Department may
have its delegation of Indians, but that aggre-
CATION Of copper-skinned humanity is very
tame indeed when compared with the band of
hostiles which Gen. Miles took with him TO
Chicago today on the same train as that which
bore Special Agent Lewis of the Indian bureau
and his following. While the general will not
saw word as to what he intends doing with
the Brules who accompanied him, it is pretty
certain that in the fullness of time they too will
journey to the national capital and have talks
with the Great Father. 1t is checkmate.
ARMY OFFICERS ON THE PLAINS.
People who have seen the army officer only
when he has adorned presidential receptions
with his glittering full dress uniform or at such
seasons as called him forth to parade with his
command would never recognize him as he is
In the field. As a leader of the german clad in
evening dress, he Is, as q rule. most graceful
but when he gets into the clothing which a
South Dakota climate calls for he is another
individual. More than few of the officers
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TIE EPISCOPAL PARSONAGE.

around their aural APPENDICES when the winds
we're little more than keen, and there came a
time when they forsook the SLOUGH and took mp
with fur caps of the fuzziest kind and provided
with capaciously comfortable ear flaps. Warm
weather brought out number of fatigue caps,
but they have never become popular. Two or
three officers. principally of the division staff
have started the scheme Of wearing what are
generally believed to be buckskin understands
outside Of their vests. The effect has IN it a
sufficient amount of novelty to make it pop
ular, but the fashion will not have an opportu-
nifty to spread in Pine Ridge military circles
because most Of the officers have by this time
departed for chimes where it Is not regarded as
unreasonable to have your boots blacked once
a week; where clean clothing is really neces-
sary; where BARRIERS are neither few nor far
between, and where man who occasionally
pathic monomaniac. It would have been
good thing for some of those people who are
always shouting about ''West Point dudes had
they seen the workaday manners and customs
of army officers. ANY kind of food was good
enough, any brand of whisky was satisfactory,
any clothing. SO long as it was warm, would do
Neither dirt nor discomfort was avoided when
either of those two evils became necessary
Yet these men be ''societys scented darlings"
TOLD TO MOVE ON.
Capt. Francis E. Pierce of the first infantry,
who was assigned to duty as Indian agent at
this place, has been and still is quite sick. His
place is being filled by Capt William E. Dough-
erty OF the first infantry, also officer of wide
Indian experience. On Capt. Dougherty de-
wolves the difficult task of bringing order ont of
chaos and he started right in this morning. A
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owNERLEss PONY PICKErED.

large number of irresponsible people, many Of
them inclined to shake the situation up a little
that they may profit thereby. have been here
for some time under the protection of the
troops. These visitors are now being moved
out under the following order, mandate which
is being rigidly enforced:
UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AGENT,
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D.,
Qaw) january %, 1891.
All persons not of Indian blood now on the
Ogalalla pine Ridge reservation, except those
in the service or employed by the government
and those who are engaged in lawful occupa-
tions, are hereby notified and required to de-
part forthwith. VIM. Z. DoUGHERTY,
Captain First Infantry, in Charge.
The first infantry and the sixth and ninth
cavalry are all the troops here now. Col.
Shafter of the first infantry is in command of
the camp.
GEN. MILES AND HIS BOOM.
II Gen. Miles is still the possessor of q presi-
dental "boom" it must be evident to any one
familiar with the situation that the boom is
not in good working order. Enthusiastic
friends Of the generals have declared him to
be presidential candidate. and those who
could hardly be classed as friends have given
the idea wings and then proceeded to make it
fly most erraticaly. This war. when connected
with other successful campaigns, would capture
the sold vote OF the great west, said the enthus
lasts, and straightway the anti-Miles men
charged that blood would be shed to add luster
to what no one denied was brilliant record.
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Transfers OF Real Estate.

Deeds IN fee have been fled a. follow
c. b. Turnbull 30 y. h. Waite. lots i and 2. blk
81, Brookland; Sl.os7.so. ]. X. MARROW 20 A.
ii. NARROW, pit. 8, SO. 7si; $500. II. Mckinney
to A. Nailor. jr., sub q. 50. 2Il: g. Il. Csrusi
to J.. j. Smith, pit Y, 90. l04s; e. AC
Peaie to j. r. Hunsiker. lots 80, 81, 76. "a, rs
50 1851; s3,252.&. Elizabeth NJ. Power ~
Mary 4. Henderson, lot los, u. and l. . sub.
Mount Pleasant; sIS. $3.50. J. b. Wilson Go Il.
o Leary, sub 20. ~. e2s; $500. w. H. Carrioo
10 ID. Birtueil, subs sand 49. %. s66; e.. W.
He iston 10 W. II. Carrico. subs IL and 10 %.
.es; g. {. L. Daniels to 4. L. Ramey sub a.
". . sub, Long Meadows. e. J. Hoidsworth
Gordon to Fritz Mittrner, sub (B.'s ad. D. "a.
a, Georgetown. u, $50. Jerome b. Henry 20
Grace A King. sub 80. 50. lsI; e. lat
Lewis TO :. Oppenheiuer et al, sub rs, 90. 47s
SZ.sSl-5O- Chas. Slckles and Thos- Lowell cub.
lel, block 80. Long Meadows. q. 600. Emma J.
Carpenter TO Horner Campbell. sub 81. 60. sl7:
$500. &. 4. Clarke 20 Annie B. Cayanaugh,
sub "a, 20. SIS: g Mary NJ. Proctor 20 Mar
tina +. Cox, n. 4, 50. SOC; e. J. p. Winner
to :. Iruesdell, hot 8 block 5. lexington; e.
& n Baunian, trustee. To q. hamburg. sub
lss. {. Il. sub Mount Pleasant: - {. Ban
burg 10 kebecca Gettys, do; g.
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THE MEDICINE Han AT WOUNDED KNEE
concealed envy the fortunate ones who had
been selected to 60 east There was an abun-
dance of bright color in the scene. Blankets of
red. and blue and black and white and green
presented startling contrasts occasionally vet
made harmonious whole.
DEPARTURE OF THE WASHINGTON DELEGATION.
First to become organized was the Washing
ton delegation, in charge of Special Agent
Lewis. The Indians in this crowd were Young
Observation-Disclosures Big Road. He-Dog,
Little Wound. Fire Thunder, American Horse
Fast Thunder. Spotted Horse Capt Sword and
Lieut. Standing Soldier-all Ogallalas and the
last two officers of the police force here-Two
Strikes. High Hawk and High Pipe-Brules-
and Hump and Spotted Elk Minneconsues.
from Cheyenne river. With these were the in
terpreters. Baptiste Fourier DIETER known
here as big Bat and Louis Shaugrau. The
Rev. Charles Cook. the Episcopal clergyman
here. will also go as an interpreter. The Wash
ington outfit squatted down near the agent 8
office and had good smoke among themselves
saying but little TO any one.
BRAVES WHO WENT TO CHICAGO.
The Chicago party was, perhaps, less distin-
guished, but very much more interesting. 1t
was composed largely of young Brule and
Ogallala bucks. who were especially active in
the strife which has just come 10 an end. They
were hand-painted in the highest style of the
art and while every mothers son of them was
inwardly delighted at the prospect of a holiday
excursion, lots to eat and an insight into the
vices of a big city. they unanimously mani
Tested the most supreme Indifference to all the
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who have been large figures in social Washing
ton either are or have been here during the
course of the Sioux trouble and it is with diff
ficulty that some of them have been recognized
The first thing most of them did when they
got away from the railroad was 20 bid Gdieu TO
the barber. and by this action the countenances
OF a number became transformed very mate
rally Thenext motion, and it was carried almost
unanimously, was 20 get out of their reputable
uniforms and into the baggiest and most
thoroughly worn outfits they could lay their
hands on. Heavy underwear was fashionable
ut all times and in all places. Flannel shirts
were decidedly popular, and some of the more
chilly young gentlemen wore as many as two
or three. Those who were lucky enough to be
the pcssessors OF buckskin shirts put them on
and those who were less fortunate tried their
best To get some. Such garments as these,
however, were not visible TO the popular eve
and they had nothing 10 do with the outward
appearance of those whom they kept warm
What the ordinary observer saw was the dirty
and often ragged blouses, and the frequently
patched and worn pants-none of them wore
trousers handkerchief served in place Of q
collar around many necks. and have seen
numerous instances in which neither the neck
nor the handkerchief was rs clean as their
owner would ordinarily like them to be- Then
the oyercoats. Some wore buffalo coats of an
ancient vintage, and some wore the brown
canvas and bianket-lined coats which are
gradually suppAnting and succeediasg The
wooliy produet OF the Worth American bison;
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A SCENE AT PINE RIDGE.

SCENE Al FINE
It is not for me to say what motives have
prompted the doings of the past forty days in
South Dakota am not a mind reader-but
one thing is certain and apparent: Gen.
Miles. were he presidential candidate,
would be out Of sight in the rear If
the frontier states had their say. We're
the election to talk place tomorrow he
enough civilians to hand out tickets at each
polling place in the Dakotas. Nebraska, Mon
tana. Wyoming, Colorado or Idaho. The voters
In these states are practical-perhaps brutally
so--and peaceful settlement of this last
emeute of the Sioux docs not suit them at all.
Their favorite style of campaign is q bloody
one, in which the hostile in removed with such
rapidity that the last preceding Indian censns
is stricken with paralysis in an hour. The
settlers always have and alwnys will (until he
exists no more) regard the Indian as their natu-
raj and indispensable enemy, as the great
the high and thorny fence between them and
the landed possessions which they believe to be
superior in quality to and altogether more de-
sirable than the acres from which they-the
Celts. the Cymri, the Gauls, the Anglo-Saxons,
the Teutons the Norsemen and others-are en-
deayoring to subtract livelihood.
Il do not like this place" Gays one. 81 must
be nearer timber; must have larger water
supply. We will go little further north"
Then he strikes the line of an Indian reserva-
ton and Immediately gets mad. Right before
his eyes is what he imagines to be just the tract
he has been seeking. Probably he would not
look at 1t twice were the land open for settle
ment, but as it is unattainable, because it be-
longs to the Ipdian, he is firmly convinced
that it is a veritable paradise.
GEN. FoRsYrHKs POPULARITY.
To become popular among such men-~nd
this country swarms with them-the only thing
Gen. Miles had to do was to wipe out the entire
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the land. There is perhaps q little reason for
being worried about the possibilities of the
near future. These Indians are very unsettled
vet and it will take them more than two or
three months to get over the rage which fol-
lowed the denth Of 30 many friends in engage
ments with the troops, and longer still to for
give or forget the murders which were COM
mitted in this vicinity under the shadow Of the
war cloud. A great deal depends on the
promises made the delegation which started
today for Washington, for although the Indian
has been deceived by governmental promises
thousand times, he stands ready to be fooled
little more, and in this way the evil day may
be postponed One Of the things which
should be attended to at once is the settlement
of the claims of those friendly Indians who lost
their all in strife without in any way participant
mach to make hostile out of friendly In
dian, but perhaps the task Of making that nm
necessary and undesirable transformation may
be q little more difiicnlf now than il would have
been month ago. That tight at Wounded
Knee showed up the courage and msrksman-
ship OF the army in . manner NOT easily to be
forgotten.
THE MURDER OF LIEUT.. CASEY.
II Is somewhat doubtful now whether the
murder of Lieut. Casey will ever b avenged
BY the hv. There was general supposition in
the public mind that one Of the points made m
debating terms Of peace with the hostiles was
the surrender Of 'sMan-of- Many Horses" or Bad
Hand, as he is sometimes called. the Minnecon-
que. who did the killing, but there seems to
hsve been but httle basis fer this belief. l
spoke 10 Gen. Miles about the matter yesterday
and he was OF the opinion tkma even II the In
DIN was captured tie law could not touch him.
IT must be sviden4 70 tAoe who know the cir