Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-01-10
MILITARY CONTROL

MILITARY CONTROL.
 WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.-The president has approved General Miles suggestion that Standing, Rock, Rosebud, Pineridge Cheyenne River and Tongue River h. dian reservations he placed under con- trol.
 CONSPIRACY.
 WAsHINGT, N, Jan. IA lengthy cor respondsnce between General Miles and Gen. A. Schofield regarding the Col Foreyth's case was made public today. Gen. Schofield Dec Both. telegraphed congratulations to the Seventh Cavalry. Miles in return asked if he wished the message transmitted in view of the fact that Forsyth's conduct would be a matter of investigation stating at the same time the lstter's disposition of four hundred soldiers and four pieces of ar tillery was fatally defective, and large number of soldiers were killed by the fire from the Indians. Schofield there upon telegraphed to hold the message of congratulations and that the president requested an immediate investigation of the charges, and relieving any officer re- sponsible for unsoldierly conduct. On Jan 3rd Miles stated he had taken such action as had been recommended and that he had troops and scouts on three sides of the Indians, half of whom were anxious to surrender while the others were making desperate effort to keep out. Miles stated he had great amount of information going te show that con- spiracy existed involving all the tribes in the Indian Territory. Sitting Bull would have been at the head, and a general uprising would have taken place in the spring. The move would have been commenced in Nevada where the ghost delusions originated. Gen. Sche- field received another telegram from Mics yesterday saying he had in ac- cordance with Schofeld's telegram and the Presidents order detailed board of officers to investigate the affairs at Wounded Knee and had relieved Col Forsythe. Gen. Schofeld replied that he was directed by the secretary of war to say it was not the intention to appoint a court of inquiry, Eut that Gen. Miles was thought capable of attending to the matter himself.
 TRIED TO SURPRISE
 DENVER, Col, Jan. "A correspondent at White Clay Creek wires DO new dev- elOpments have occurred at this point. General Brooke and staff are encamped | at Wounded Knee and late last night the camp was aroused by shots from the outlying pickets about two miles from camp. A picket rode into camp and said band of about twenty Indians | tried to surprise them. Two troops of cavalry hurried to the scene but found | no Indians. One of the pickets was slightly wounded.
 GHOST DANCE FIZZLES. GUTHRIE, Oklahama, Jan. 7-The | 3 eat ghost dance which was to have be- gun today at Red Rock has been given up.
 COURT OF INQUIRY.
 | WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Gen. Schofield said this morning that the court of in. quiry convened by Gen. Miles for the in vestigation of Col Forsythe's action ha: been dissolved, but he has received nc official statement that Miles had restored Forsythe to his command.
 | PITCH ARROWS.
 | OMAHA, Jan. Their is a rumor cur rent in official circles here that a gen, eral call for volunteers to protect the adjacent territory will be made. The shooting of an Indian war arrow cover ed with pitch partly burned last night created considerable comment.
 ! The Indians have a superstitutior
 that if the first arrow fired into ar enemys camp is extinguished in its
 hightiit is the evidence that thelr con-
 templated raid will be failure.
 The arrow that came in last night was shot from the north and barely missed
 the head of a teamster, who was un
 hitching team few yards south oi
 the, hotel where the correspondents are | quartered. which is near the center of the agency. Arrival of physicians yes terday helped to make the largest as sembly of medical officers here that has occurred since the rebellion, coming as they do immediately after the battle of last Monday and the heavy slSirmishes of Tuesday. The fact IS plain that the war department is convinced that great bloodshed is at hand. The following is | a list of all the army officials now here: Doctors Beach, Hartsuff, Bradley, and Hoff of Omaha; Doctors Gardner and | Angelist, of San Francisco; pr. E. F. Gardner, Fort Porter, Buffalo, N. r.; pr. Ives, Fort Sill, Indian Territory; pr. Point, N. r.; pr. Gibson, New York; pr. Lauderdale, Fort Ontario, | Oswego, N. Y.; Dr. Glenan, Fort Riley, Kans.; Doctor Ewing, St. Louis, Mo. Nearly all of the physicians tell me they were summoned by telegraph day or two after the battle.
 CAPT. wALLACE's DEATH. KANSAS CITY, "A special to the Star from Leavenworth says. A letter received here from Pine Ridge agency details some hitherto unknown facts con corning the death of Captain Wallace at Wounded Knee. Captain Wallace was found at the entrance of an Indian lodge with five dead warriors lying near him, each Indian corpse showed a bullet hole. Five of the chambers of the captaln's revolver were found empty and from the position in which the