The record-union., 1891-01-13
The Hostiles Within a Mile Of
Pine Ridge.
THE TROUBLE BELIEVED TO BE AT
AN END.
Work of the Advisory Board of the
Railroad Conference Completed =
Man and Woman Found in a Dying
Condition, With Bullet-Holes in
Their Heads--The Dempsey-Fitzsim-
mons Fight.
Special to the REcoRp.uSroN.

special 10 the RECORD-UNION.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Jan. 12-Up to
noon to-day the hostiles had not, with the
exception of a lot of squaws, made a
move toward coming into the Agency.
Shortly afterward, however, the main
camp of the hostiles was broken, and
rapid advance was made toward this
point. This afternoon about one thou
sand of them had arrived to within about
mile of the pickets outside of the
Agency. The announcement of their ar
rival caused great commotion in the
friendlies camp.
Within short time hundreds of squaws
and children gathered in the vicinity of
the headquarters. whence view of the
bluffs, beyond which the hostiles were
stationed, could be obtained. They waited
until dusk for their friends and relatives
TO come in, but they were disappointed,
as those outside remained in camp there.
Tonight there is no certainty as to
what the Indians will do. General
Miles himself is in doubt as to what to
expect of them, but confidently looks
now for settlement of the matter with
out further bloodshed. In fact, he sent a
letter tonight to Generals Cody and
Colby, commanding the Nebraska State
Militia, informing them that all the
hostiles are within a mile and half of
the agency, and nothing but an accident
can prevent the establishment of
peace.
He states also that he thinks the State
troops may now be withdrawn with
safety, and thanks them for the conf
dence they have afforded the people in
frontier homes. Yet the Indians may get
to within gunshot of the agency, and
then break away again, thus precipitating
a conflict.
FEAR OF ALL KINDS OF PUNISHMENT
For their misdeeds seems to have taken
possession of them, and tits generally un-
derstood that one injudicious act on the
part of the soldierly, or q mad deed of
some implacable hostile, would undo all
the work so far accomplished.
Lieutenant Taylor, of the Ninth Cav
airy, has gone out with some of his scouts
in order to lead the Indians at proper
time to the place designated for the camp
within the agency.
The Ogallallas will be placed near Red
Clouds house, on the west, while the
Brules will be sent to the eastern side
Where the hostiles are now resting the
ground is rolling and unbroken, and of
ters advantages to the cavalry which they
did not have at Wounded Knee. The
indians are virtually surrounded by the
troops, and Il revolt now would prove dis
astrous to them. Major Whitesides, with
J the Seventh Cavalry, can reach any point
OF the agency in very short space of
time. The same is true of Captain Cap
ron, with his battery and Gatling guns,
and also of the First Infantry, nearly 300
men of which have been mounted on
ponies. The hostiles camp is at the
northern extremity of the valley, beyond
White Clay Creek, and at the base of the
semicircle of pine-covered bluffs.
Their village comprises about 800
tepes, although many are doubtless
concealed in the draws which lead out
of the valley in the direction of the Mis-
sion. The site is one from which they
might quickly retire were they not fol-
lowed so closely by General Brooke's
command. The latter is less than five
miles in the rear of the hostiles To-
morrow
GENERAL BROOKE WILL PRESS ON THEM
More closely unless they move into the
agency.
Colonel Wheaton is now about eight
miles west of the agency with the Second
Infantry, and is coming in this way
Colonel Ofiey is following General Brooke
with the Seventeenth Infantry.
What is to be done with the Indians is
question which cannot yet be answered
The disposition seems to be to let them
rest in peace. 1t is understood that they
have promised to send delegation of
their chiefs to talk to General Miles. 1t
Sl'AS OOtil SotANt llidG SO110 OF
them will insist on going to
Washington to lay their grievances be-
fore the Great Father, and some hold that
the suggestion will not be respected, not
withs$anding that General Miles has the
settlemont of the case in his own hands.
One eleSent which may cause trouble
yet is faction fighting i'll the hostile cams.
a scout told an Associated Press CORE
spondent this evening that they are
STILL. QUARRELING
Among themselves, and the scouts can
not imagine how the implacables and
others will be able to arrive at an AMIGA
bic understanding,
1t is believed that General Miles will
demand of the chiefs surrender of the
leading agitators and send them South.
as he had intended to do with Big Foot,
and then settle with the others.
INDIAN AGENCY SYSTEM DENOUNCED.
SIOUX FALLS Is. d., Jan. 12.-Last
evening, at the st. Augusta Episcopal Ca
thedral, Bishop Hare gave a two hours,
talk on the Indian situation. The Bishop
has just returned from the scene at the
Wounded Knee struggle. He was salts
fed that the soldiers simply did their
duty. The speaker thought the redman
had good cause for complaint, and de-
nounced the present Indian Agency sys-
tenn as the cause of the present outbreak.