The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05
PlTTLES WITHTHE BUCKS
r,ssoE FIG HT TEN MILES FROM
GORDON.

,,,-,or at Chicago that Gen. Miles
gos Met With q Heavy Loss-None Of
Csrr's Command Killed in Bis
e-.sgsment With the Rostilss-rhe
yrn,ber Of the Redskin Warriors In
c,essing Hourly.
OMAHA. NEB., Jan. A special to the
y, from Gordon. Neb., last night, says:
a. hattie is row raging about ten miles
s,,baa.t Of this place. Booming cannon
~ he distinctly heard. The widest exN
,..,,apt exists. A company Of state troops
rs1pected tonight"
TIE BATTLE NEAR GORDON.
sDscisl 70 the Bee from Rushville says:
.yaTs from Gordon, Neb., says that two
a9ts WIno have Just arrived confirm the
s.1oTt NOoT 1o,de last night of battle north of
isSpp.l.ee The fight was between Indians
s.d ..S' ! da-achment sent out by Gen. Miles
s.nm the Rosebud agency to bury
~. 1asd Indians killed at the Wounded
~ hattie of Dec. 20. The hos
~ p. Sionr obiecting to the burial of their
aS va bv their pale faced foes, opened fire,
naI no .ftsr he desperate and sharp firing of a
tGn,cbki,s gun were forced to return to the
n-otactlon Of the friendly ravines. No
deaths are reported.
GEN. CARR's BATTLE.
LINCOLN. NEB., Jan. 4.-Last nights
.racisl, 10 the Journal from Pine Ridge
cG6n6rn the report of an engagement be-
twaan Gen. Carr's command a d the In
d,sns on White river. Ii is believed that no
one was killed. though several Indians were
wonndsd An Indian courier brings mes
,.sgs from the hostile camp. the substance OF
which is that a demand will be
msds that ell soldiers Withdraw
from the locality; and further,
that the Indians will treat with no one for
nesce but the President Of the United
States or commissioner of Indian affairs.
This message came direct from the hitherto
supposedly friendly Red Cloud. Rowing
bands continue to scout the country in the
vicinity of Pide Ridge. Many persons
coming in tell of narrow escapes. The ln-
dian training school at Flne Ridge was
burned last night No loss Of life resulted.
STANDING ROCK BUCKS IN THE FIELD.
YATES, n. D., Jan. A large number
Of Young warriors of the Standing Rock
agency have gone south to join the hostiles
ID the Bad Lands. The discovery was made
on the issuing Of rations that many did not
come to the agency, and one Of the friendly
indians stated thaJ the absentees had armed
themselves and gone to join the ba nds in
revolt. How many have gone is only con-
jsctured, but the indicatio point to at
least 1000. The Graad river Sioux have
beeD fomenting trouble ever since the kill
ing of Sitting Bull, and they have not been
slow in manitesting their intense anger to
Agent Mclaughlin. Most Of them regard
the taking OF Of the old medicine man as
murder outright, aud it has been common
talk for three weeks that the reds wonld &C
cept the first opportunity offered to mas
sacre the whites.
CAVALRY TO MOVE.
A detachment of the Eighth cavalry
under Capt. F'ountaine will move rapidly
southward, and Company Il of the Twenty
second infantry, now near New England
City, will come to tnis point and move
thence southward to aid in quelling the up
rising. Troops are also in readiness to take
t2e field from Fort Lincoln, and a detacn-
meat Of the Twenty-ffth infantry at Fort
Aeogh is expec ed to march in south
'asterly direction. Every hour increases
he numEer Of hostiles.
TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH
DENVER, Col, Jan. A special from
Fine Ridge to the Rocky Mountain NelCs.
va Rusnville, Neb., says: tine army of
h1lans now surrounded by Gen. Miles
soldiers on White Clay creek numbers over
tVVO men, women and children, most of
t9em from the upper Dakota reservations.
nunaFeds OF the crowd are crazy
s aTn ghost dancing, and will
agnt as Big Foot's men fought. Shots were
tired by pickets here nearly every hour last
Mght, banishing sleep from all ewes. Fire
arrows were thrown into the agency about
moalght from ravine near bv, but for,
Mls ely fell harmlessly. The halt-breeds
auu SQuaW'men are leaving for the railroad,
sa!lng tney know what is coming and do
tOt propose to remain. This war will not
" ended except by one of the bloodiest bat
as In the history of Indian wars"
NILES ALLEGED DEFEAT.
cUaioAGo, Jan. Assist. Adjt. Gen.
goroth lett for the Indian country at 6
SaocH Tonight over the Chicago and North
Ss "@'ern railroad. Capt. E. L. Higgins is
~" !u charge OF the army headquarters.
aT!nlgnt at O'Clock, in en- interview, he
% aa ne mad heard the rumor to the effect
sia Sao Ien. Miles command mad met the hos
t tses and that Con. Miles had lost heavily.
W." ". Ie l dld not believe it, and was positive
en uaV den Miles could not have been within
EEaly miles Of the locality where the fight
" nave TAX en- place.
coRBIN's PLACE IN THE FIELD.
SeS5 before Col Corbin left tonight he
N asked If the order transferring nm to
seat OF war meant that the situation
,,1. aI more serious than was supposed. He
~ta tpnea; think not 1t is not at ali
|alge that am sent for, and probably
h. ppUugnt to have been there before.
Il " virtue Of my rank l am chief
S,aI, and when the general in command
Il Va Ine held his chief of staff should be
,.a, ..sEe also. Further than this l cannot saw
rsao!Vnlng about the NATTER The only
MS received at the headquar ters this after
IA VA was short message from Lieut. Maus.
Sa ,: 70 Gen. Miles. 1t was to the effect that
To'&th cavalry. under command of Capt.
Ell : mas met a band Of Indians at CLAW
~ and short engagement followed.
tndlan was reported killed and one
RoOps. ava ''1' N' 0''S''''i'leS W 9ne
IN WILD FRENZY.
"a = special to the Inter Ocean from Pine
i1lge says: Last night was one of fever
to '1ocltement to many at the agency. For
h., nIs6 time the sQuaw-men and half
ra54 were alarmed and stayed up all
ST. rearing that an attack would
,,s,aoe -laoe before morning. The
'ssncy is too well guarded to
s51a INIT any large force to approach very
without discovery, but it would be
60. "a 70 prevent a few daring Indians from
,s5 ,s51pmiug III up some of the numerous ravines
throwing fire arrows on the barns or
A.! S'acEs. Friendly spies say that there
H. large number Of warriors in
We enemy's camp who have
Aeu themselves up to a condition of
ro1y similar to those who
ssr ~ Iiiltted suicide at Woun led Knee. They
S5;I tney want to die, and are gong to die