St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-13
Nothing But Accident Can
Prevent Re-establishment
Of Peace.
The Indians Are Now Within
One-Half Mile Of Pima
Ridge Agency.
Hundreds Of Friendly Squaws
Watch HostileS on the
Bluffs.
Reports Denied That Col. For
Sythe Shot Down Women
and Children.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Jan. IL.
General Miles has written a letter to
Brig. Gen. w. F. Cody buffalo BilD,
and Brig. Gen. Colby, both of the Ne
braska National Guard, stating that all
the hostileS are within mile and half
OF the agency, and nothing but an acci
dent can prevent the re-establishment
of peace. Gen. Miles says, also, that he
feels the state troops may now be with
drawn with safety, and thanks them for
the confidence they have afforded the
people in their frontier homes. The
announcement that large number of
the hOstiles had at length arrived within
gunsbOt of the pickets spread with
rapidity through the camp of the In
dians near the camp fire. Immediately
hundreds of squaws and children gath
cred in the vicinity of the headquarters.
whence a view of the bluffs beyond
which the hostiles were stationed,
could be Obtained They waited
patiently, however, for their brothers,
lovers and husbands to appear; but as
evening drew on and their devotion was
not rewarded, they gradually returned
to their tepees. To-day Col. Henry, who
was expected with his four troops of the
Ninth cavalry to reach the agency in
company with Col. Wheaton and his
command, was ordered to White Clay,
to follow the neighborhood of Gen.
Brooke, whose headquarters are estab-
lished with
Col. Sanford's Command.
The latter is now within few miles
of the Indians. and tomorrow will press
them more closely. unless, in the mean
time, they shall have gone into camp
within the agency. Col. Sanford's COM
First, Second and Ninth cavalry, the
Cheyenne scouts formerly commanded
by the late Lieut.. Casey and now in
charge of Lieut.. Getty. and Companies
A, G, q and I'll of the Second infantry.
Col. Wheaton is now eight miles west of
the agency with Companies B, D, Eand
+ of the Second, and, unless otherwise
ordered, will reach here tonight. Col.
Offiey is following Gen. Brooke with six
companies of the Seventh infantry. At
this writing there is no certainty as to
what the Indians will do. Gen. Miles
himself is in doubt as to what to expect
then. They may. he says, get to within
gunshot of the agency. Fear of all
kinds of punishment seems to have
taken possession of them. and it is gener-
ally understood that one injudicious act
of the part of the soldiery or the mad
act of some implacable hostile would
precipitate fight, the consequences of
which may be scarcely imagined. Lieut..
Taylor, of
The Ninth Cavalry,
has gone to get the Indians with a
couple of his scouts, with the intention
of leading them at the proper time
to the places designated for their
camp within the agency. Where they
are now resting the ground is
rolling and unbroken, and offers ad-
vantages to the cavalry which were
denied them at Wounded Knee. They
are virtually surrounded by troops and
in a disadvantageous position, and re-
volt would. it is believed, result disas-
trously to them. Maj. Whitsides, now
in command of the Seventh, has his men
ready to move at moments notice,
and says he can reach any point of the
agency within five minutes. The same
is true of Capt. Capron. with his battery
and Gatling guns, as also of the infant
ry under Col. Shafter. The latter has
about 800 men, about 260 of whom are to
be mounted, ponies for this purpose
having been procured. All testimony
regarding the battle of Wounded Knee
has been collected, and to-day will be
submitted to Gen. Miles. by whom it
will be forwarded to Washington. The
evidence has been sworn to. and will
be accompanied by photographs and
diagrams of the battlefield, the latter
showing the location of both trOonS and
Indians, and where the greater part of
the squaws who were killed fell. People
who are we'll posted on the testimony
say that it will dispel the idea that Col
Forsythe's command in that engagement
deliberately