Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-05

Rowing bands continue to scout the country
in the vicinity OF Pine Ridge. man named
Miller, formerly government herder, has
been found five miles from the agency. His
body was riddled with bullets. Many persons
coming in tell OF narrow escapes. The Indian
training school at Pine Ridge was burned Sat-
urday night, no loss Of life resulting.
GONE FROM STANDING ROCK.
A large number of the young warriors of the
Standing Rock agency have gone south to join
the hostiles in the Bad Lands. The discovery
was made on issuing rations that many did not
come to the agency, and one of the friendly In
dians stated that the absentees had armed
themselves and gone to join the bands in re-
volt. How many have gone is only conjectured,
but the indications point to at least 900.
The Grand River Sioux have been fomenting
trouble ever since the killing Of Sitting Bull.
Most OF them regard the taking off of the old
medicine man murder outright and it has
been common talk for three weeks that the
reds would accept the first opportunity offered
to massacre the whites
MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS.
Assistant Adjt. Gen. Corbin, upon telegraph
orders from Gen. Miles, left Chicago for the
Indian country last night. Just before Col.
Corbin left he was asked if the order transfer
ring him to the seat of war meant that the sitrl-
alton Yves more serious than supposed He re-
piled: II think not. II is not at all strange
that am sent for and probably ought to have
been there before. BY virtue Of my rank am
chief OF staff. and when the general in COM
mand is on the field his chief of staff should be
there also. Further than this l cannot say
anything about the matter
The detachment Of the eighth cavalry under
Capt. Fontaine will move rapidly southwark
and company II of the twenty-second infantry
now near New England City, will come to Yates,
Nd. and move thence southwark to aid in
quelling the uprising. Troops are also in
readiness to take the field from Fort Lincoln,
and the detachment of the twenty-fifth infan-
try at Fort Keogh is expected to march in a
sOutheasterly direction.
Maj. Veile with the first cavalry arrived at
Miles City yesterday with troop D, sixty Crow
scouts and full camp equipage. They proceed
today with three companies Of the twenty fifth
infantry for Powderville to join Maj. Arnold.
INDIAN SCOUTS LOYAL.
The commissioner of Indian affairs has. in
response to a telegram sent to Agent Roger at
Pine Ridge agency inquiring as to whether
any of the Indian scouts or police have joined
the hostiles. received the following reply from
the agent dated the Sd instant: None of our
enlisted scouts have joined the hostiles. Capt.
Seward gave three permission to go into the
hostile camp after their families, who have not
yet returned. Police and scouts are rendering
good service and by their vigorous firing pre-
vented the hostiles from burning agency build
ings."
PROPOSED REMOVAL OF INDIAN AGENTS.
The attention of the commissioner was called
to the reports from Pine Ridge saying that
Gen. Miles had recommended the removal of
the Indian agents at Pine Ridge and at other
places and to the statement that the Indians
were slowly starving to death The commits
sioner said that SO far as the agents were con-
cerned there was no evidence that there had
been any dishonesty on their part in distrib-
uting supplies. The commissioner has sub
mitted to the President statement covering
the question Of the charge made that the agree
ments with the Indians have not been fulfilled