Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-01-10
wAR-PArH GOSSIP.

,Womea aud Children Returning TO tho
Agoncy-Foruythe TO he Reinstated-
Many squaws and Children Killed Mt the
Wounded Knee Encounter-Opinion Mt
washington.
RUsHvILLE. Neb., Jan. 7.-Sixty-five
rsquaws, with about the same number OF
spapooses, came in TO Pine Ridge agency
from the hostile camp about six miles
away and are being taken care of.
There Is great suffering among the
hostiles on account of scarcity of food
and shelter. No movement Of troops Is
projected.
Il is stated that General Forsythe is
to be reinstated till the close OF the
campaign. rr.
Every thing now points TO q battle
Between the hostllcs and the friendly
Indians who desire to leave the hostile
camp aud come to the agency. Red
Cloud hns signifcd his desire To return
to the agency. but he is nearly blind
md no one will volunteer to lead
him ia, for the Brules threaten the
death Of the first person that attempts
to desert the hostile band. The older
Indians want to come in but the young
bucks insist on fighting.
THE Gordon of troops is drawing
tighter around the hostiles, who are
kept ON guard night and day. Fires are
being burned ut night to prevent any
one from escaping from their camps.
General Miles has sent peace commits
sion to the hostiles and if they still re-
fuse TO come in their camp will be bonn
barded Machine and shell guns are
being placed on all sides of the camp
for this purpose General Miles is fast
becoming impatient and if the Indians
do not obey the order to come in he will
attack them.
The party sent to Wounded Knee to
bury the dead Indians returned late
last night. They found and buried
cighty-four bucks and sixty-three
.sauaws and children. 1t was also found
that five had been buried by the In
.6iians. In addition to this total OF l5s
Others have been carried away by hos
tile scouts, ETC.. sufficient to swell the
number of dead Indians rs result OF
the battle of Wounded Knee to fully
800, with several others yet to die in the
improvised hospital here.
A little Indian baby girl about three
months old, one of the youngest sur
vivors of the battle of Wounded 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.
OPINION AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. e. Secretary
Noble, being asked what action had
been taken on the recommendation OF
General Miles that the Indian agents OF
the South Dakota agencies be relieved
from further duty and that their places
he filled by military officers, said that
he did not care to discuss the matter
further than TO say that the subject had
mot been mentioned to him by any one
with authority to act in the matter. 1t
is believed, however, that should Gen.
ecral Miles recommendation be sub
mitted to him by the President for his
views, he would strongly oppose the
Stransfcr. The agents sought to be re-
Iievcd are regarded as competent officers
land any attempt to substitute military
for a civil supervision OF the Sioux
would undoubtedly be met with vigorous
opposition by the Interior Department
-Otficials.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
says that 10 the best of his knowledge
and belief the Sioux Indians of South
Dakota are not starving, and that he
has reasons to think that the statements
xcEarding their restitution are grossly
exaggerated 1t is true that Congress
haS greatly reduced the appropriations
Coz the Sioux and other tribes, and that
che agreements made with them have
been only partially kept Whose fault
this Is he could not say. The recent
outbreak was. he thinks, partly due to
the reasons above stated, the failure of
their crops and the religious craze. He
is opposed 70 the transfer OF the control
.of the Indians to the War Department.