Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-01-16
The outlook In the Indian Country.

PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. d., (via
Rushyille Neb., Jan. 6.-Gen. For
sythe has been suspended from COM
mand. pending the decision of court
of inquiry regarding The battle OF
Wounded Knee. The suspension came
like n flash and created amazement in
some minds. Official mouths are closed
to all inquiries on the subject. 1t will
probably become known TO the general
public, however later on. The gem
eral has made u warm friend of per-
haps every person whom he has met
here and few will withhold their sin
cerest sympathy from him.
The seriousness of the situation here
Is increasing. Short Bull, the leading
hostile chief. who has distinguished
himself all along, during the trouble,
by never for u moment considering any
OF the overtures looking to an AMIGA
BILE settlement, but who has steadily
stuck to his lair in the bad lands and
has now assumed command of the
great body of hostiles last night told
our spies he would take this agency if
1t cost every warrior he had.
Half breeds here have been informed
BY friends and relatives whom some of
them have among the hostlles, that
they had better Immediately move
Al.
their families long distance from the
agency, as u great raid and massacre
is certain. The half breeds are show
ing us what they think of this infor-
nation by getting their families out of
here with II rush.
The government herder, John
Dryer, and Issue Clerk Pugh have
both discovered through their Indian
friends of years standing, that raid
and massacre has been fully decided
upon and maturely planned.
General Miles is thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with all these facts, and he him
self says that our situation is exceed
ingly critical. There are less than six
hundred soldiers here now, all told.
The party sent to Wounded Knee to
bury the dead Indians returned late
last night. They found and buried
eighty-four bucks and sixty three
squaws and children. 1t was also
found that five had been buried by In
dams. In addition to this total of 152
we have heard now and then of others
who have been carried away by hos
tile scouts. etc, sufficient to swell the
nf nd :
the battle of Wounded Knee, to fully
POO, with several others yet to die in
the improvised hospital here.
Buffalo Bill is on his way here and
there is every prospect that his expert
shoting will be pressed into war SER
vice the moment he arrives.
a little Indian baby girl about three
months old, being one of the two mir
aculous survivors of the battle OF
W ounded Knee, who lay for three days
beside the dead body of its mother. has
been adopted by Mrs. Allison Mailor,
wealthy lady of New York city. Ma
jor John Burke, manager of Buffalo
Bills Wild West combination, stood as
godfather to the child today and had
1t christened Maggie G. Nlailor, the
first name and initial being those of
the child's newly found benefactress.
Jack Red Cloud and party of
former friendlies came in from the hos
tile camp yesterday afternoon. They
asked that the Indians now at the
agency be sent out to help the Indians
who fled from the agency on the night
of the battle of Wounded Knee to get
away from the hostiles. The authori-
ties look upon the request with distrust
and reserve their decision. Father
Stephanie, the Jesuit missionary,
left last night for the east. AL
though he remained here but forty
eight hours or so, he is author
itatively said to have successfully
drawn upon some of the very best
sources OF information among the hos
tiles. AS he was leaving he said to
me: Il am convinced there will be
more bloodshed and that the greatest
fight is yet to come Regarding the
condition of Father Crafts, who was
stabbed in the battle Of Wounded Knee,
Father Stephaine says:
I'VE cannot tell anything at all as
to how he is coming out of it. | would
give very little for his life as matters
now stand with him"