Telegram-herald., 1891-01-15
PEACE AT HAND.
Triumph for Gen. Niles Policy in
the Indian Campaign.
Hostile Chisfs Surrendering-Thsrs
Are Yet Some tsnomous Bueks
VINO Need crushing.
rHE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.

TIE OUTLOOK BRIGHT.
PINE RIDGE, B. H.. Jan. 14.---0eneral
Miles has triumphed. The greatest In
dian problem Of half century hae
been solved The commanding General
has received the absolute Submission Of
all the chiefs who have been the dis
turbing leaders among the Brules- The
reds are pocketcd In . ravine within
two miles OF the agency with the
troops on all sides of them. kicking
Bear, Short Bull and Two Strike now
say that the war Is over and they are
willing to do just what Miles orders
The General has told them that in
future they viii not be robbed. but on
the other hand they will get absolutely
honest treatment at the hands of the
War Department represented here
by Captain Pierce. Miles has said
nothing TO the chiefs about dis
armament, but with the force at his
command he can carry out that policy
II he so desires. Colonel Henry, with
his Ninth Cavalry and the commands of
Carr, Summer, Sanford and Wells. are
within speaking distance of the reds.
General Brooke Is on q Hill to the left
of the camp and is in communication
by signal flags with Miles.
II is hoped that the war. which has
already cost millions of dollars and
nearly 400 lives, is near an end, but un-
ill that venomous band Of desperadoes
in the hostile camp is either crushed in
blood or forced into permanent subjec-
ton there will be no confident feeling
of peace. The 500 Cheyennes who are
in camp here will, it is said, be removed
to the Tongue River reservation as soon
as possible.
The reds have sent in word that they
are hungry, and wagon-loads of pro-
visions have been sent out. The General
commanding has declared that the Chcy-
ennes who were on this reservation must
go to join their brethren ON Tongue
river. This means that the decision
that was made by the peace commits
sion appointed to put these fellows to-
gether will be carried out, the veto of
the chief to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. General Miles says that he has
not yet made up his mind whether or
The raiders that have fred the
ranches along the valley in front of the
troops have been driven in by Wells
command and are now mingled SO thor
oughly with the otsers that they can
not be distinguished. Among them is
the buck who killed Lieutenant Casey
and the two who murdered Miller. The
only trouble to be apprehended now is
the firing OF an accidental shot. The
sentinels that surround the agency have
kept perfectly cool, and at times that
tried them to the utmost they have re-
Trained from firing. Bands of reds
have been coming in with arms
under their blankets, and the duty
of disarming them falls to the
lot of the soldiers on picket. The
Indians give up their Winchesters with
bad grace and sometimes with an open
show of resistance. The relieving them
of their arms without the firing of q
shot shows that the enlisted men are
not as destitute of sense as people who
think they are crowd of irresponsible
toughs would try to make the
world believe. The Indians that
get in through the lines are hungry.
Miles feeds them and then explains
that food awaits them at their camp.
They go out with shout when they
hear this. The friendlies for the first
time in two months are absolutely
quiet, and the stirring-up messages that
they have received from visiting ghost
dancers are now of no effect. The
reason Is that they are thoroughly
cowed by Miles policy OF surrounding
the whole place with an armed force.
The following is Major Burke's sum-
ming up of the situation:
II have just seen Young Man Afraid of-His-
Horses and he Is sanyuine of Q peaceful settle
ment He Is iuss from the hostile camp and
has been counseling with them all night. He
says they are nervous. excited. and many have
lost relatives and friends, and IL may take day
or two to get Gil Of them into q tranquil mood
The majority are oil right but some few seem
hardly able to grasp the idea that the whites
can treat them well after capturing them An
Indian warrior angry clean through almost al
ways courts the opportunity to meet death
when he once makes up his mind to . Anal ef-
fort, and he can look sereneiy on the last ditch.
General Miles has them In such position, how
ever. that they are dangerous only to their Inn
mediate surroundings.
The action Of the friendly Indians. who
have been the majority OF the Ogallalas. should
be impressed on the American public and meet
Government recognition. II IL bright feature
IN this affair and denotes an ability in the
future OF better influence among them prevail
ing a. strongly ss In our own communities"
A board of army officers on Tuesday
weighed some beef before its distribu-
tion TO the Indians. This beef was paid
for last October at an average weight
of I,is2 pounds per head The shrink
age shown brought each animal down
to less than 400 pounds, and as the basis
of issue has been placed on l. 100 pounds
the army officers found that the reds had
received about one-guarter of what they
were allowed by law.
General Miles has considered several
plans for diarminr the hostiles- The
one which strikes him the most favora-
BILE is to have them turn in their arms
thorough their chiefs, ticketed, receive
check for them then when they want
To go hunting or 20 beef-killing they
can present their checks and get their
guns. and when il is over return them
again. This would be recognition of
their property right
Big Foot's wife. one of the women In
issred or, Wossrdef Knee died Monday