The morning call., 1891-01-11
A STATE OF
UNCERTAINTY.
The Hostile Redskins Near
Pine Ridge Agency.
Indications That a Crisis In the Campaign
Will Be Reached To-Day.
An Indian Murderer Taken From a Jail and
LynGhed-The 0kanagOnS Preparing 10
Go On the Warpath.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

| PINE RIDGE, Jan. 10.-A courier from
| the hostiles to General Miles at 10:30 o'clock
tonight announced that they had reached
the Mission, about five miles distant, and
| that they would reach here tomorrow. The
| greatest uncertainty prevails here as to the
outcome of tomorrow. The greatest pre-
| cautions have been taken to guard against
| surprises The breastworks have been
strengthened, artillery has been placed on a
site commanding the friendly camp and
the roads leading into the agency; Hotch-
kiss guns cover the other approaches, and
dntachments of the Seventh Cavalry and
First Infantry are stationed at the most
advantageous points. This afternoon pickets
were sent out quite a distance from the
agency, and the Indian police and scouts
about the agency have been reinforced by a
| number of white soldiers 1t was deemed
better to do this than to relieve the Indians
altogether, as at first contemplated. General
Miles and staff inspected all the approaches
and defenSes this afternoon. The General
expressed himself satisfied, and nothing now
remains save TO wait for what the arrival
OF the hostiles tomorrow may bring
| forth. 1t was learned late tonight that
| General Miles does not contemplate
disarming the Indians at present,
and it is intimated that the dlsagreeable
task will be left to the leaders of the varl-
Gus bands. Couriers in to-day from Gene
| raj Bro oke's command, on White Clay
Creek, brought word that all were well, and
| enduring the cold weather with patience.
| This afternoon another squaw who was
wounded at Wounded Knee died, and while
she was being buried two more were
| brought to the agency in terrible condi-
tion. They said they were wounded in the
| fight, and dragged themselves off to ra-
vine, where they sheltered themselves as
best they could during the blizzard. Since
that time they have been crawling to the
agency. They said that four other women
| and three men, all wounded, who started
out with them, died on the road.
TIE WOUNDED KNEE FIGHT.
The officers conducting the investigation
into the Wounded Knee fight viii complete
theif work tomorrow and submit their re-
port to General Miles, who will forward it
to the President. To a correspondent OF
the Associated Press to-day one of the
officers of the Seventh Cavalry said: "The
story that we shot down women and chill
dren is lie. The fact is, nothing was left
undone to save them. l heard many men
cry out, Don't shoot; that's a woman
! The people who killed the women and chill
| dren were the Indians themselves"
Iy in m Iarr tbo
day during the present week. The most of
them were stragglers and sGuaws. General
Miles has decided to separate the 0gallalas
from the Brules when they come in, as the
former are said to be strongly inclined to
peace, while the latter are radical hostiles.
RETURNING HosTILEs.
The reports yesterday that the hostiles had
at length male up their minds to return to the
agency, Notwithstanding 1t is but repeti-
tion of VIII at has been before announced, at
tracts general attention. 1t is now, how
ever, generally believed, according to the
alleged programme, that the hostiles are to
camp Tonight at the mission, near the scene
of the engagement between General For
syth and the Indians on the Goth inst
They will be met by a detachment from the
agency and escorted TO this place. IL has
not yet been determined where or when the
Indians will be disarmed. In fact 1t is gem
orally believed that when disarming is at
| tempted trouble may be expected. 1t is
| thought the hOstlles will not be able to
understand why they should be deprived of
| their arms and ammunition while the alleged
| frlendlies may traverse the agency rs they
| do now almost armed to the teeth. The Sc
| lection OF spot in which to disarm is also
serious question. The work cannot be done
! in the middle Of the agency, neither can it
| be done where the ground is broken. The
| latter place would be the Indians tradition
| al fighting ground. and in case Of treachery a
! great damage might follow. Meanwhile the
| Gordon of troops in the several commands
under Brooke, Carr, Wheaton, Illsley, San
| lord and Penny is drawing closer around
| the hostiles, Ge neral Miles to-day having
! issued orders for an advance on all sides
| from three to six miles This move is being
| made with care. The principal idea is to
| keep the Indians moving toward the reser-
walton and at the same time to allow them to
| halt on no spot on which they might have the
| advantage over the troops. General Miles
| has ordered the displacement of the Indian
| police who have been on guard duty both at
| the stations and posts around the agency
| lie Will supply their places with soldiers.
| This move is variously interpreted, but it
| seems patent. however, that the General
| wants only white men on duty. No reports
have been received as to whose houses were
destroyed Friday at Long Wounded Knee
At this distance 1t is considered the work of
| the hostlles and not viewed as favorable eyi-
dence OF the Indians, good will. Young
| Man. A Afraid- Of Horses, however, does
not think his home has been destroyed.
SETTLERS THREATENED.
MINNEAPoLIs, Jan. 10.-A Tribune spe-
| cal from Grand Forks On. d. says: At 4
O'Clock this morning, Lieutenant Gray of
| Troop b. stationed at Battineau, wired
| Adjutant-General Devoy for arms
and ammunition to arm the citi.
zens of Turtle Mountain district, as
/ the Indians are threatening the settlers.
| Two hundred bucks from the. Oak Lake
| Reservation are within ten miles of Bat
tineau, armed and mounted. This morning
| fifty-seven families came into Battineau
and report firing to the north. The Oak
| Lake Indians have advised the Turtle Noun
| tain Indians to retrieve their lost hunting
| grounds.
| SATISFACTORY Pow-wow.
| PoCATELLO, Jan. 10.-A big pow-wow
| was held to-day at the Ross Fork agency on
| the Fort Hall Reservation, between the
leading chiefs of the Shoshones and Ban
| nacks ON one side and Adjutant- General
| Curtis of the Idaho militia and Lieutenant
Fred Wheeler of the Fourth United States
| Cavalry on the other. The Indians we're
| asked II they had any cause of complaint or
| proposed to make trouble with the whites.
The Indians replied that they had no iu-
| tenti II Of causing trouble. but were anxious
| to work for themselves and keep peace with
| the whites. The conference closed with
Misunderstanding all around. and the Indians
seemed much pleased at the result
| CRISIS APPROACHING.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 10.-The Post Dispatch
has The following special, dated to-day, from
Rushylle, Nebr.: The crisis has been
reached, and general battle is looked for
tomorrow. Parleying cannot be longer con-
| tinued by either side. The Indians said YES
terday that General Miles must be prepared
| TO fight or get off the reservation. General
Miles, it is said, has given the Indians until
tonight to surrender, and if they do not
come in by that time he will close in on
them. This is made necessary by the con-
dition of his men. Those on the north side
are worn out with camp life in this bleak