New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-12

.,laL clotL has been forwarded. This will have
TO be cu5 and the pieces formed into SUITS whlch
| Will require weekS To accomplish. As c0hse-
! ducncc the bows are still without the cloth
| ing which they should have received at the
opening Of the winter. The superintendent say >
| thcee boys are SunerlLg. some haN" dlaplGated
| trousers, which are intended for summer use
| Others have snoes through which their tees ap-
| pear, and others still have ppt had stock MS ID
! wear Tor weeks. The girls, ,hc Surernt'n ent
| says, are not 50 badly of. = iar as outward
appearances 20. tlcy are fairly @;cll clad but the
| nmtron says tHat they have little or no under-
| wear.
Lieutenant Bcttens. 0th Cavalry, came in to-
| day and announced that Colonel Henry COM
| mdud had moved on White River seven miles
nearer the agency. This command Is accompanied
| by tour companies of the I'd Infantry under
oloncl Wheaton. Lieutenant Bettens announces
that the hOstleS are about ten miles 10 the lelt
Of the command. WhlCh is now marching b th!S
point, or distance Of about fifteen miles General
lirOokc marched about SIN miles To-Day, ana INC
position on White Clay has been taken by COlOEel
Ofey: hes two commands will follow re In
dians and are now only six miles behind tneh
Lieutenant BcttenS aSJ reports that the INDIANS
are moving slowly to this point.
Captain Pierce. successor t. Agent Boyer, after
several Delays, arrived to-day lie is tall
pleasant man. one who seems to he disposed 10 do
his duty in quiet and unostcntatouS manner
He has Just rclinquishcd work in the recruiting
service at Minneapolis, lie said that he hal not
| hau experience IN thS vicinity pe-
fore, bat hc had considerable among the
| san Carlos Indians lie had got along
we'll with them and they had made considerable
| progress IN many WAYS especially in agriculture.
iic was asked II the soil at san Carlos was more
productive than That at ;hc Sioux reScryatl0n ana
said that it was not. They had to dig bitches
and ilrisa'c the land, and the work had been at
| tended with great success. lie said further
| that he hoped 10 do the same thing on this re-
serve. When aSkcd If he had an opinion as 10
whether the Indians Of this reservation had re-
ccivcd all the ra:iouS they were entitled TO under
the contracts, he said he had no doubt they had
received all hat the law called for; il they had
not the books would slow mp the matter on IN
vcstigation. lie had not had time however; 10
investigate them, because he had Just arrived:
" In what respect !s it preferable to have mill
tarY officer act agent reservation p asked
the correspondent
The captain considered the question for min
ute, and then Said do not want TO say anything
about the natter, when | shall have time to give
if some thou Iht'
Yesterday afternoon pckctS were sent out n
distance from the agency and the Indian police
and scout, about tlc agency reinforced by Il
number Of white soldiers. II was deemed better
to DO this than - relieve the Indians altogether;
rs was AT first contemplated. General Miles and
stan inspected all th" approaches and deicnces
Yesterday evening. The General expressed him
self satisfied. and nothing now remains save 10
wait for the arrival Of tho hostlcS l. learned
late lest uicht thai General Miles does not con-
template disarminl the Indians nj present and IT.
is njimatcd that that disagrreablc task will be
left to The leaders of the various bands.
Courier. came i'm >tcrd1} from Genera. Brooke 5
command on White Clay Creek and brought word
that all we're well and enduring the cold weather
with patience
Yesterday afternoon another squaw who was
wounded m Wounded Knee. died. and while she
wa, being buried two more were brought 10 tine
agency I'm terrible condition. They said that
they were wounded iu the fight. dragged thcm-
selves OF = q r'Viuc. and sheltered themselves
rs best they could durYI tie blizzard. Since
tho' time they have been crawling TO the agency.
They sud that tour other women and three men.
III wounded, who started ont with them, died on
tie road