Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-07

| inquiry than you could yOuTseii
make without the necessity Of n
court, the purpose being simply 10
determine whether any officer had
been 30 far derelict in duty as to
make 1t necessary to relieve him OF
command; such result To follow upon
an inquiry which you are expected
10 cause to be made. You were
expected yourself first to Inquire into
the facts, and, in the event q It's
being disclosed that tpere had peen
unssldleriy conduct, 70 reiieVe the
responsible oincer. Inc direc,ions
OF the fresident were suggested py
your Telegram oil tue Isl Instant 10
me-"
/" rrrIH MOUNTAIN BAND.
900
MLLA, n. u, Jan. o.-.he oeoo
rand are In a ferInent over the ac-
| ers Havnes and Mahone. Who Ia
here January LIST without accom-
plisbing anything. 1t Ia said that
they will recommend that the reser-
walton he Slightly enlarged. INIT the
Indians want To be re,noved %
4 a
in their deuunciatibfi Of the com
| missioners. The kkftlefs ih the
peiybborboo,i are ALARMED a the
situation. there being no Consider
| able number of troous in the region.
| and have sent a protest 70 Washing.
| ton against the longer maiutena nee
of this constant menace TO the peace
of the North Dakota border. The
reservation consists only of two
TOWNSHIPS. and on this small tract
the government IA irving 10 carry |
out its policv of making 900 Indi- |
ans self-,uppor;ing. The settlers
claim that the only act of the com.
missioners while hsre was to hold a
single council with the Indiens ana
make them a present of $500 worth
gewgaws.
SCHEME TO SEIZE PINE HiDoE.
DENVER. ian. "a Ne,gs special
from Pine Ridge saws: Sunday
night will never be forgotten by
anyone who speut il at Pine Ridge.
The Indians have always been per
mitted to come in. and during the
Jay wandered around the agency as
thew pleased. carving guns in their
banis Nv the erciie5 actions ~
the half-t reeds and squaw men 1t
nlan 10 tai adyant.gs ~ th;s i.n;.
ency 10 gather in tine town late i'm |
the evening and at a given signal /,
for each Indian to pick out his man I
and Kin him on the ,pot. The sue I
csss of such a plan l. self-eyident- {
There are less than 1--WE hundred /
soldiers here and thew are far on {
the outskirts of the village at their
Such a force. with
their cannon, would keep a large :
number of Indians at a distance in ,
daylight. but at night the p,cket =
line Is necessarily weakened and :
irawn out into loo long a line 10
hoid hacS risn, whiie the cannon \
lose at hand and as soon as firing
began they were to rush in. Fin. 9
ally, the haIfbreeds told certain
Indians that we are onto the scheme s
and told the bucks TO slight ont, or
he soldiers would make II warn, for .
hem. In an hour there was not an {;
indian in camp except unirJrn1ed Il
couts and police. b
WANT TO DIE.
r, ~,
CHICAGO, jan. 0.-The Inter "
,ceds zine fiuge special: Jack s
sso Sioui Is SIN at Tue agency q
lie afpned nj the postofitce today %
or MS iathers mail and all the late q
,aiers. de did not receive them. II
'enefai Miles VIII probably succeed 5,
a drawing IN lot of hostiles, but n
here are three or four hundred u
mo are AS crazy as Big Foot's men, n
NJ no'n1hg can ne uohe hut hght Ii
nd are going to die, and it is only " "
question of how many will stay :.
nth them. ~
&c
AhfEk's WAR ARTIST CAPTURED. !.
OMAHA. Jan. "a sp.ciaI finn ~
White River. s. ID. saws: Fre,i,ricL ~
Harper,s war artist.
'as captured by small Marty Of !"
ostiles Yesterday. Remington was
harmed, anu the Indians turned n
tier taking his tobacco AND sLetcb )"
,ok from him. NJ
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