The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. -[Speciall -
General Schotield this morning received
tho following telegram from General
Miles, dated Pine Ridge, January 2:
Tho telegram last night should read
800 people instead of 400 There is n
report from the Indian camp this morn
ing that Red Cloud and Little Wound
nave determined to como in with their
following. THOR lives have been
threatened by tho hostiles, who are de-
tcrmincd to go to war.
There is also report from the same
source OF an engagement between The,
Indians aud cavalry in which quito q
humber OK soldiers were killed and
some Indians. II this is correct il is
probably on tho line of White river.
General Brooks now has command of
that line and will give the necessary
directions"
General Schoneld said to q reporter
after this telegram had been givon out
that nothing had been received up to
the present time. l think that this
dispatch throws favorable ligh. on tho
situation. We arc encouraging General
Miles and he il encouraging us, and /
still have hopo that We shall DO vet
able to get the Indians into camp With
outa fight
command OF General Miles, arc COM
posed OF tho following regiments: First.
sixth, seventh, eight companies) and
ninth cavalry; ono company of first ar
lllcry, ono company of fourth artillery.
and first, second, third, seventh, eighth,
twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth, twon-
tieth, twontytirst, twcnty-sccond and
twenty-tifth infantry making in all ISL
companies. This should mean an actual
force Of at least 10000 officers and mon
probably. The regular army under
General Miles does not exceed 5000 at
the most.
lhHCoI.N, Ncb., Jan. S-[Speciall-A
special dated the Cd, from Pine Ridge.
gives moro definite rumors relative to
tho reported engagement between
General Carr's command and tho In
dams in the Bad Lands. These would
Indicate that the troops have been
driven back and number killed, but it
cannot he considered authentic.
Scouts who have returned from the
other hostile camps, however, bring
anything but reassuring reports. The
| Indians will not listen to peaco propo-
sitions. a small detachment OF troops
has been sent to the scene OF Mondays
battle on Wounded Knee, whore many
bodies OF the Indians slain remain vet
These will he either buried on tho
| ground or brought to the agency.
WAsiuNGroN, Jan. a.-lSpeciall THE
Commissioners of Indian Affairs to-day
received from Indian Agent Roger the
following telegram, dated Pine Ridgo
agency, South Dakota, January end:
"Num0crs two and three day school
buildings and the Episcopal Church, all
located on White Clay creek, some dis
lance from tho agency, havo been
harmed by hostile Indians, and Isaac
Miller, an employee on tho beef herd,
was killed by hostile Indians yesterday
ten miles north of tho agency
About 3.Oo0 men women and children
are campcd near tho mouth OF Grass
creek, titteen miles northeast OF tho
agency, who arc hostile and refuse to-
como into the agency "a requested by
the military. They arc committing ali
kinda OF dcpredations, and are living OH
our agency beef herd. Iittlo Wound,
lhg Road, Red Cloud and their people
are among them, and it is reported that
they want to como into the agency, but
Tw" Strike, Short Bull, Kicking Bear
ami their people object, and say they
viii kill the first ono that starts to tho
agency. Report has it that Red Cloud
Is DESTROYS OF coming to his homo" -