The morning call., 1891-01-04
BATTLE RAGING
IN NEBRASKA.
The Booming Of Cannon Heard
at Fort Gordon.
-Four Indians Killed in an Engagement on
White River = Message From Red
Cloud Training School Burned.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

OMAHA, Jan. 3.-A Bee special from
Gordon, Nebr., says that a battle is now
raging about ten miles northeast of that
place. The booming of cannon can be dis
tinetly heard. and everybody is under arms.
The widest excitement exists. company
Of State troops is expected tonight
REMOVAL OF THE WOUNDED.
A Bees Pine Ridge dispatch says:
Twenty-one OF the wounded soldiers will be
taken to Fort Riley, Kans., tomorrow night
by special train. There have been no new
developments today regarding the hostiles
except that old Red Cloud tried to slip away
fr ON them and return to the agency.
When the fact was discovered by the hos
tiles, they shot all his ponies, placed
a guard over the old,chief and moved several
miles further from here. This last move
places their main camp but few miles from
the Bad Lands, but the warriors, according
to the reports of the scouts, keep circling
within ten or twelve miles of here all the
time. 1t is considered among the p0ssbili-
ties that the party that went out to-day to
bury the dead Indians at Wounded Knee
will encounter the hostile scouts before they
6CS tuoil Ols JOD COulpicttu
THE WHITE RIVER FIGHT.
DENVER. Jan. "a special from Chey-
enne to the Rocky Mountain News says a
dispatch from White River tells of fight
between X Troop Of the Sixth Cavalry, and
party of Indians. Four Indians were
killed, with no'lOss TO the troops.
LINCOLN (Nebr.), Jan. 3.-To-night's spe-
cials TO the journal from Pine Ridge con-
firm the report of an engagement between
General Carr's comma nd and the Indians on
White River. II is believed no one was
killed, though several Indians were
wounded
MESSAGE FROM RED CLOUD.
An Indian courier brings a message from
the hostile camNs the substance of which is
a demand that all soldiers be withdrawn
from the locality, and, further, that they
will treat with no one for peace but the
Vice-President of the United States or the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs. This mes
sage came direct from the hitherto supposed
friendly chief, Red Cloud.
TRAINING SCHOOL BURNED.
Rowing bands continue to scour the coun-
try in the vicinity of Pine Ridge. Many
persons coming in tell of narrow escapes.
The indian Training School at Plns Ridge
was burned last night, no loss of life re-
Sulting.
FORCE IN THE FIELD.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The forces now in
the field, under command OF General Miles,
are composed of the following regiments:
First. Sixth, Seventh eight companies) and
Ninth Cavalry; one company OF the First
Artillery Company E., one company of the
Fourth Artillery Company ~, and the |
First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth, |
Twelfth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twenti- |
eth, Twenty y-first, Twenty-second and |
1Wenty-ffth Infantry making in all III |
companies. This should mean an actual |
dghlng force of at least 10000 officers ana |
men, but ii is probable the ranks are far |
from iull, and that the force does not exceed |
5000 men at the most.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
MINNEA Polls. Jan. 3.-A special to the
Tribune from Maudan, y. OAK, says:
Company b OF the Twenty-second Infantry
has been ordered to Fort Yates. 1t is re-
ported that friendly bucks at Standing
Rock have gone out TO join the hostiles.
They told Agent Mclaughlin that they
would sooner be killed IN war than slaught- |
cred IN peace.
A special to the Tribune from Mason City, |
Iowa, says the Sixth Regiment of the Iowa |
Guard has been order ed to be in
readiness to march to the frontier for sery-
ice against the Indians.
LOOKING UP RECRUITS.
ST. PAUL, Jan, 3.-A Pioneer Press spe-
cial from Pierre, ). OAK, says: 1t is 'relia-
bly, reported that the hostile Indians have
sent out runners to- all the Indian camps.
notifying them of the battle and calling
upon them for aid. One OF the runners
made his appearance among the Indians up
the Red River and has been using every
means to incite them into joining the con
flict. The army officials have been notified.
An Indian trader at Fort Pierre says he has
sold more red paint to the Indians within
the last lew days than for years.