The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-01-08
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN.
Gen. Miles Suggestion About Indians
Approved-Agencies Placed Under
Military ControI-A Pow-wow with
Hostiles.

ApproVeu-hgehcies fiaceu uhuef
Military ControI-A Pow-wow with
Hostiles.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Wash
ington, Dec. /, 1S90.--The Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs-Sir: You will
convey to the several agents on duty
among the Sioux the following order,
which Is hereby made:
During the present Indian troubles
you are instructed that while you shall
continue all the business and carry
into effect the educational and other
purposes of your agency, you will, as
to oil operations intended TO suppress
any outbreak by force, cooperation
with and obey the orders OF the milf
tary officer commanding on the reser-
walton in your charge.
"VERY respectfully,
John W. NOBLE, Secretary.
General Schoiield last evening sent
the following telegram to General
Miles:
"You are hereby authorized, under
the existing orders of the President,
to assign Captain L. p. Ewers, Fifth
Infantry; Captain ]. N. Lee, Ninth In
fantry; Captain 9. A. Earnest, Eighth
Infantry, and Captain L. Pierce, First
Infantry, to the charge of the Indians
OF the several Sioux and Cheyenne
agencies, to exercise over those In
dlans such military supervision and
control as in your Judgment is neces-
sary without interfering unnecessarily
with the administration of the agents
of the Indian Bureau under the regu-
latlons and instructions received by
them from the Interior Department
1t Is not deemed advisable to detail
two captains from the First Infantry.
You will, therefore, please recommend
another officer in place OF Captain
officers in addition TO those named re-
commend such as you think best quail
fled for that service.
The following telegram was sent to
General Miles this evening:
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Wash
ington, d. c., Jan. T. 1891. Major
General Miles, Pine Ridge Agency, S.
D.-After mature consideration Of
your recommendations respecting In
dian agents, 1t has been decided to ap-
point one OF the army officers named
| by you to be agent at the Pine Ridge
Agency, to have full charge of all the
Indians assembled at that place. His
appointment will be sent out without
unnecessary delly.
at has also been decided not to APP
point army officers to act as Indian
agents at any of the other agencies,
but to leave you to exercise the neces-
sary military control under the orders
heretofore given by the President and
through tho officers named by you
and approved in my despatch OF yes
terday, and such others as may here.
after be selected for that purpose, II
being understood that this military
supervision and control will need to
be only temporary. This conclusion
is regarded as final settlement of
the question. y. NJ. ScHoFIED,
"Maior General Commanding"
INDIAN AGENT RoYER RETIRED.
Secretaries Proctor and Noble and
General Schofield had a conference al
the War Department this afternoon In
regard to the Indian troubles, and il
was agreed to recommend to the Pres
ident the appointment of an officer oi
the army as agent of the Indians at
Pine Ridge Agency thus necessitating
the retirement of Indian Agent Roger
from that duty. The officer so ap-
pointed Will, however, retain his post
ton In the army. The Indian agents
at the other agencies will not be dis
turbed, but, as Is shown in General
Schoileld's telegram of the 9th instant
to General Miles, army officers have
been designated to take military con
troll of the four other agencies witt
instructions to cooperate with the
agents Of the Interior Department.
i. II is stated at the Indian Bureau thai
the removal of Agent Roger at Pine
Ridge was made by Secretary Noble
upon the recommendation OF Commis
Ii. L. stnt fol hnA
recommendation was based on thu
lack of capacity of Agent Roger II
meet the emergency at Pine Ridge.
THE SITUATION SUMMED UP.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Jan. Z, VII
Rushyille, Neb-1he strenuous efforti
of the officials at Washington to termi
: nate the Indian trouble without furthe
bloodshed Is of such a character tina
General Miles feels hampered. While
he wants peace, II 1t can be had with
out loss OF life, he does not favor tn,
: idea of letting several thousand hos
tiles roam about the country, robbinj
settlers OF their cattle and keeping tn
people for miles around this section Ii
state OF terror.
. The work of fortifying this caml
,, continues, and If attacked now w
| could hold 1t against any number o
Indians. The earth-works on the hill
north, east and west of here are almOs
complete. Huge piles OF wood hav
been thrown up around the head
quarters and hospital tents. III
Hotchkiss and Gatling guns arc ais,
| in position.
, The rumors of another fight at Pin
Ridge has sent additional hundreds o
The settlers into the small railroa,
towns. At nearly every station on,
, sees white-topped wagons which form
the temporary homes OF the fleeing
' settlers.
. Powwow WITH GENERAL MILES.
PINE RIDGE, s. d., Jan. Jack Re
Cloud Big Road, High Horse, Lon
Bear, Line Hawk and the five other In
, dians who came in from the hostil
camp to hold II powwow with Genera
I Miles were allowed briefer confer
= ence than they had expected. Genera
), Miles plainly told them toeome i'll an
n surrender; that he was not here to lii
i ten TO their complaints; that the
: would be allowed to go 10 Washing
/ ton TO make them after the trodbl
i was arranged here. They stated neal
3 ly, il not quite all, of the Pine Ridg
a Indians were desirouS of peace an
wanted to come back to the agency
II the Pine Ridge Indians conclude t
come lack 1t Will greatly reduce tn
war party, now numbering 1000.
/ "A BATTLE EXPECTED sooN.
t OMAHA, Jan. IA Bee special froT
. Pine Ridge says: Some OF the hostile
: We're seen leaving camp last night an