Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-20
1NEASINESS AT PINE RIDGE.
Hos lies Dissatisfied and 1nfamsd Over the
Murder Of Few Tails.
\ CONFERENCE OF ARMY OFFICERS.
Additional Rations Ordered and
Other Indications Tn the Cam.
paign is not Yet over-EfIcct
Of Miles Address.

PINE RIDGE AoENCY, s. D., Via Rushvlle, |
Eeb.,) Jan. 19.-TSpecial Telegram TO The
BEEl--There was more nervousness noticeable |
among the Indians this forenoon than has |
been noted for number Of days. This un-
casiness has been occasioned by variety of
crcums tances. The first is the difficulty the
indians experienced in agreeing upon
the question of turning over their arms,
submitting to the segregation Of the several
tribes and the manner in which they are to
b5 treated by the government Now that they
have come at the request OF General Miles,
many Of the Rosebud Indians fear to leave
this agency lest on their way to the former
place they be set upon and killed by the sol
ders.
In the council yesterday an unceremonious
discussion took place in which the Rose6uds
boldly charged that the Ogallalas had COM
mitted as many crimes as they had them
selves Bad feeling was also engendered by
the statement OF one chief that he intended
10 turn over all the Indians TO the soldiers.
As a consequence OF these actions the col
lection of arms has beeu any thing but salts
factory.
The news of the murder of Few Tails and
four OF his band and the wouuding of his
wife also tended to inflame the Indians
here 1t was discussed In yesterdays coun-
Gil and the deed was denounced by all fac
tons, even as 1t has been by every white
man around the agency. The shooting is
universally condemned as cold -blooded
murder.
This morning the Indians rounded up
\ their ponies, which have been grazing on the
I bank OF White Clay creek, and herded them
near their village, while the Indians them
selves hung around the tepees and in knots
discussed the question and silently watched
the agency.
Colonel Shaftcr and Agent Pierce last
night broke up three gambling dens and de-
stroyed their furniture.
@f
General Brooke, General Carr Colonel
Henry, Colonel Shafter, Colonel Ofiey,
Colonel Wheaton,, Major Wells, Major
Whitside and Captain 'Capron went
shortly after noon, after which the officers in
question repaired to their respective camps.
The meeting was neld to decide upon certain
tactical movements, and at the same time the
situation was considered and the condition OF
each command discussed The excitement OF
the morning, TO certain extent, died away
during thGdhSternoon and following 1T came
Two Sti1ke with about thirty Indians, who
[rmed over to Agent Pierce about twenty
gums of various patterns Among them were
small Henry rifles, which arepractically use
less, both to Indians and white men, because
cartridges cannot now be procured for them
Among the guns turned over " ere number
Of this pattern which the Indians have not
been able to use for some time.
Asa consequence of the excitement Of the
morning General Miles has ordered forage
issued to Departmental Quartermaster
Humphrey and was Immediately complied
with On Saturday last the latter officer
Countermanded all orders for supplies at the
the con nclusion that 1t was about time for the
troops to return home. He has since changed
his mind and now proposes to remain here
until the Indians shall have recovered from
the shockwh they say the killing Of Few
Tails gave them.
On Saturday last Quartermaster Humph-
rey had seven days. supplies on hand. These
with the amount ordered today, will tide the
army over till about February l6 Liouten.
ant Mallory, who has been activing CHIEF
cQnmissary OF the department in the field,
wSs not ordered to increase his stores, be
cause his supply was calculated to last until
February5.
The address to the soldiers by General
Miles, already ublshed in these columns
has been received by the army who are now
<more than ever, willing to undergo the suf
fering and privations OF u winter campaign
If such should be required.
The band Of Cheyennes which for several
days has been located near the Drexel mis-
- sion, having been stopped there by an ordel
from Washington, leaves tomorrow Oh it
( march to Tongue river. 1t will be under tht
direction of Captain Ewers. This NOV,
gives General Miles hope that he will ulti
nately be permitted to separate the hostile
and forward them to the agencies to which
they belong.
Lieutenant Getty, commander OF the Chey
enne scouts, lately under tho command o
the larnented Lieutenant Casey, has been or
dered to remain here until after the close o
hostilities. He will then return to For
Keogh, where he will assume the duties o
!. quartermaster Of the Twenty-fir infantry
He has recommended both Captain Lock
wood and Lieutenant Hodges to succeed hin
as commander Of the now famous scouts.
A number OF complaints daily reach CAM
criticising General Miles because he does no
move upon and annihilate the Indians Th
answer made to these from headQuarterS II
that the force in the field is composed o
soldiers and not butchers, that even the com
mander is under orders and that those order
are that the war must be brought to clos
without bloodsbed.
This afternoon one of the Indian poceme
at the agency discovered the bodies of fou
dead Indians in a creek near Wounded Knee
One Of them was boy. two were girls an
the fourth an old squaw. They were viz
Tins of the battle ofDecember 30.
This evening F. d, Lewis, special agen
arrived to take the place of Special Ager
Cooper, who has gone to Wisconsin.