The record-union., 1891-01-14
INDIAN TROUBLES.
The Hostiles Within View Of
Pine Ridge.
NO CONSULTATION HAS YET TAKEN
PLACE.
The Indians Timid and Apprehensive
of fPunishment-Troop in Readiness
in Case an Uprising Should Occur
The Situation in O'Isanagon County,
Washington, Growing Serious.
Special to the REconp-Us1oS.

| Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 13.-The Post Dispatch
staff correspondent at Pine Ridge Agency
/ this morning telcgraphs to the paper as
! follows:
The Indians are in camp within fill
view of the north Notifications. On the
right their column rests and the line ex-
tends northeasterly, running up the
guich behind the bluffs. Behind them is
q natural amphitheater. a rugged broken
slope two hundred feet to the crest. II is
just a mile from the agency, and White
Clay Creek runs beside it. On the plains
are tepees by hundreds pitched irregular
ly, huddled together in groups here and
scattered wide apart there. Moving
about among the tepeesa field glass shows
bucks and sqCaws with their children
and dogs. Such a spectacle imprints itself
on the mind with startling clearness, for
it is huge in its grandeur, strikingly
unique and wonderful.
just between the plain and the agency,
perched on n hill behind the earthworks,
is u thrce-inch rifle which is trained on
the camp. For while yesterday every
/ body in Pine Ridge waited anXiously,
feeling every moment that the roar of
that gun might be heard, and every one
was eXpectant. General Miles had noti-
| fled Father Jules that he would not con-
sent to q council.
Captain Dougherty, commanding the
| infantry company at the fortifications,
had thrown out the pickets a quarter of a
mile beyond the lines. The Indians are
known to be just beyond the hill, about
| ], 800 yards distant.
| Moinr poI-cr- ,n Dew ;e;t
the Qualifications to pay OF the company,
and all the men were in camp hundred
yards away, except one who was LETT as
| guard near the guns. Suddenly two In
| dianS were seen ON the crest of the hill a
short distance beyond the other picl<ets.
Ihen others appeared on hills TO the
| northwest, and then q body of more than
a hundred bucks rose to the crest of the
| hill behind which the hostiles were.
The number steadily increased to 400
! by the accessions of bands ranging in
number from five to twenty-five.
Captain Dougherty was Immediately
notified. He dispatched courier to
headquarters to notify General Miles
of the movement. Then, hurrying to
! the fortitications, he had gun prepared
for action. A line of skirmishers were
sent out beyond the Notifications on the
crests of the hills. Activity at headquar-
ters is stirring. Orders were sent out to
| y
! to move to the southwest of the camp.
General Miles, accompanied by Buffalo
! Bill and his staff, rode to the Notifications
and made a circuit of the camp. Extra
| ammunition was issued, and when every
thing was in readiness the troops waited
After two hours General Miles received
word that the Indians did not mean to
make any advance, but they would like
! to talk with him. The General sent them
word to go quietly into camp and he
would receive ten of their chief men. An
hour later they were camped with the
end of their column on the plain. Their
camp is more than three miles long and
there are 1000 Indians in il, $500 of whom
are warriors.
By the southeast trail they have been
communicating with the friendlies, and
hOrsemen have been riding continually
between the two camps. The friendlies
held council late last night and decided
they wanted none of the hostiles in their
camp. They have dug rifle pits, and say
If even solitary warrior comes among
them and causes any trouble they viii ar
rest him, and if he resists they will kill
kill him. Still, this does not give a feel
ing of security. The ground upon which
1 they camp is between the agency and re-
treat. If a fight takes place, no one will
know friendly from hostile, and the
| fight may become simply battle be-
tween all the Indians and the whites.
If the hostiles could be sure of drag
ging in $500 friendlies, they would be
sure to fight. The ten chiefs did not come
! in yesterday, and they are expected this
morning, but there are fears that it may
be day or two before they can be in
duced to come to the agency.
Frank Giraud, chief Indian scout, saws
the young men and the old are excited.
though they are all half afraid, II can
! not tell - said he, .'what they will do. but
| | hear that there Cnvprsl hy1r, I,.nI
young men who want to fight. They
have their war paint on, and they are
ready for fight if one occurs.'
The friendly camp is now an unsafe
| place, because the hostiles are riding in
! there constantly. 1t is difficult to get
evening. General Brooke is coming
slowly towards the agency. He is en-
! numbered with number of wounded.
which makes his progress slow.
NO CONFERENCE HELD.
! PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Jan. I3.-Con-
! trary 10 expectation there was 10 confer
! ence between the chiefs OF the hostiles
and General Miles. The latter says the
! Indians are still tiInid and apDrehcnsiye
/ of punishment, and he proposes to allow
a couple of days to elapse before attempt
Ling to bring the negotiations to a close
Thus far the disposition he has shown to
treat the Indians kindly has made for
| him many warm friends among them
This fact, coupled with the pains which
| Captain Pierce. the new agent, is taking
] to show the Indians that everything they
are entitled to under the treaty will be
/ issued to them, will undoubtedly have a
beneficial effect, although until the
trouble is really over there is ever pres
ent fear that injudicious action on the
part OF some may precipitate bloodshed
A member of G Company, Second In
/ fantry, who came in to-day with a de-
tachment of the Seventh Infantry, under
/ Major Egbert, reports that 800 bucks
| broke away from the hostile camp last
night and have been followed by Colonel
1 Sanford and Colonel Henry. AT head
quarters no such report has been received.
and Assistant Adjutant-General Corbin
says the rumor was occasoned by the
/ fact that the commands mentioned had
| left in the direction of Wounded Knee on
scouting expedition. ~.
This evening there is no change in the
situation. The hostiles are still in camp
and the chiefs may come in tomorrow.
| There is now under discussion the adj
visibility of enlisting the scouts for SER
vice on the reservation. The Agency is
now guarded by force of ninety-nine
Indian policemen, sixty of whom were
enlisted for two months at the time the
| trouble broke out.
| To the thirty-nine regular policeman an
offer was made giving them the option OF
entering the scouting Service or remain
ing in the police force. In the former
their pay is SI3 per month, with an allow
tance for horses. bringing the total to S25
per month. This party of scouts will be
distinct from the scouts now under COM
mand OF Lieutenant Taylor, of the Ninth