Omaha daily bee., 1891-03-28
NO DANGEK AHEAD.
Opinions of Army Oilc rrs on the Stu
alton az Pine Ridge.

alton az Pine Ridge.
'There is but little new about the situa-
.tion at Pine RIDGE said Colonel GuyV.
III enry. Everything is quiet and will remain
so unless some meddlesome and selfish
people take notion to inau gurate disturb
ance. The Indians will not fight and do not
want to fight SO long as they are properly
treated.
''There are people up in that country, bow
ever who like to see a disturbance and like to
ave several companies of soldiers stationed
there. ALI this creates demand for freight
ing by team across the country and demand
for wood and hay and corn and the govern
ment foots the bill.
"There are people in Rushville who would
h ave been obliged to ask for aid last winter
had it not been for the work they got through
the Indian campaign. But 1 do not think
such method will be resorted to for the
purpose of creating another disturbance"
Speaking of the snow up IN that country,
Colonel Henry said: ''Tbe drifts are ten feet
deep in many places, and when it begins to
melt the whole country will be like a bog
| There has not been much snow up there at
| any one time before in ten years as there is
| right now"
A group of officers, ranging IN rank from a
| colonel of cav airy down to lieutenant of
| infantry, were seated In the rotunda of the
| Paxton discussing the probabilities of an
other uprising of the Sioux In the spring.
major of cavalry, in response to a query,
| said ''Some reports have come to us about
| the danger of the friendly Indians joining
| the hostile Sioux in the spring. So many
| things may happen between now and spring
| in the Indian question that 1T Is hard to form
| any definite opinion on the Indian Ques ton"
A lieutenant recently returned from Pine
| Ridge said considerable of this agitation
| comes from civilians who would be benefited
| financially by another campaign. A great
| many of the reports from the agency
| originate and are sent out to the country at
| large by people who would be the gamers by
| having large body of troops in the vicinity.
| No, | do not think there will be fresh out
| break.''
All of the officers spoken to in regard to
| the matter are in favor Of military agents in
| stead of civilians.
| General Miles II is claimed had a hard fight
with the authorities at Washington to get a
| few army officers appoint ted as supervisors
| of the reservations after the affair at
| Wounded Knee These appointments are only
| temporary as the orders stand now anG civil
| ians are liable to he appointed at almost any
time to take the place Of the military agents.
The duty of the army officers now in charge
of the agencies Is to see that ratious and
clothing are properly issued.
| If army officers acted as agents the reports,
| it is claimed, Of disturbances OF any kind
| would be far more reliable. There would be
| no half founded rum0rs from badly fright
| ened agents and Others connected with the
| agency.
| 1t is reported that Frank Roric the govern
| ment scout, employed at the agency has said
that in his opinion there Will be no out
| break. The Indians seem to have had enough
of it for the time at least and many Of the
| former hostiles are reported as having
| packed up their tepees and struck out for the
| hills saying, like Standing Bear did, that
| fighting wasn't in their line.