Omaha daily bee., 1891-01-14
nNERAL MILES IS LENIENT.
he Gives the Hostiles Time to Regain Their
Confidence,
EAEY ARE AFRAID OF PUNISHMENT.
Plan to Enlist the Indians to Take
the Place of Soldiers, Who viii
Guarantee Protection to
Those Now Out.

PINE RlDGE, S. ID. via Rushville Neb.),
Jan 13.-ISpecial Telegram to THE BEE. l.
Contrary to expectations, there was no con.
ference between the chiefs Of the hostiles
and General Miles The latter states that
the Indians are still timid and apprehensive
or punishment and proposes to allow couple
OF days TO clapse before attempting to bring
the negotiations to close. Thus far the
disposition he has shown TO treat the Indians
kindly, has made for him many warm friends
,,~AInQlg them. This fact, coupled with the
pains which Captain Pierce, the new agent,
Is taking to show the Indians that every
thing they are entitled to under the treaty
Will be issued to them, will undoubtedly
have a beneficial effect. Yet as already
published In those dispatches, an act for
which neither Of these gentlemen may be re-
sponsible may undo all that has ALREADY been
done to bring the war to close.
A member of G. troop Second infantry.
who came in today with the detachment of
the Seventeenth infantry under Major Egg
bert reports that 600 Indians broke away
last night from the hostile camp and had been
followed by Colonel Sanford and Colonel
Henry. AT headq quarters no report was re-
ceived regarding the matter.
Colonel Corbin says the report was occas-
Toned by the fact that the command men
TONED had left in the direction of Wounded
Knee on a scout.
, There is now under discussion the advis-
Ability of enlisting scouts for service in the
Preservation. The agency is now guarded by
force OF nlnetynino Indian policemen, sixty of
whom were enlisted for two mouths at the
time trouble broke out To the thirty nine
regular policemen an offer has been made,
giving them the option of entering the scout
Ing service or remaining in the police force
In The former their pay will be Sl3 per month
with an allowance of 30 cents per day for
their horses. This amounts to about s25 per
month. This party of scouts will be distinct
Z rom the scouts now under command of Lieu
1 tenant Taylor of the Ninth cavalry and who
\ have enlisted since the opening of this cam
paign.
Mr.. Taylor will endeavor to take his com
mand with him to Fort Robinson at the close
OF the difficulty and endeavor to render them
beau ideal troop of what has been termed
Irregular cavalry.
Stwas thought the Indian police would OPP
p3 the plan of transfer to the scouting
81 'ee'oecau'e the term of enlistment in the
kkter service is only six months They
Feared that at the end of the first enlistment
they would be discharged from the service,
ana thus left without an occupation. Having
been assured that they would be given per-
manent employment, they have to man, de-
c1dcd TO become scouts.
Big Foot's wife, one of the women injured
on Wounded Knee died last night in the
hostile camp.
Cred Eagle the son of American Horse, vis-
ited the hostile camp this afternoon and on
his return this evening said the Brules
wanted to stay at the agency and
wanted to keep their guns. Red Eagle thinks
II would be very nadvisable for General
Miles to say anything at all about disarming
now The old men are all right and want to
avoid fight, but the young ones have bad
hearts and the fact that they are surrounded
by troops and cannon does not cut any figure
with them.