Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-13
THE INDIAN WAR.
No Confidence In the Peaceful Preten.
slOns OF the Hostile
Tribes.
THE TURTLE MOUNTAIN INDIANS
ON The WAR PATH.
Looking 10 n Settlement or The Trou.
BILE without any Further
IlloOdshtd.
ny Telegraph 10 the NEWS
utLIs's FINAL ACTION.
lie VIII Not Farley Nor Confer Any
more.

MtL,s's FINAL ACTION.
Tie VIII Not Farley Nor Confer Any |
more.
ST. LOUIS, No., Jan. ia POsi
Dt9jafch special from the Pine Ridge |
Agency reads. General Miles deter. !
mined this morning not TO barley nor !
confer again with tho Indians, and |
this morning he scnt messenger TO !
the hostile camp at the mission, stat.
Ing his terms. He said they must |
come 10 the agency In small squads |
anu 80 Into camp on grounds near the !
friendly Indians. He would not object !
" they chose their own camping |
grounds, but the Brulea and Ognllnlns !
must not camp together, aud they !
must submit TO the laws governing the |
reservation aud 10 the agent
II II learned from official sources
that this Il General Mllcs's final action.
II the Indians do not accept thcsa
terms Miles will 20 after them and
there will he fight sure.
The Indians are Mt the mission slX
miles away, aud Father Jute has mndc
arrangements with General Miles for
a conference with the chief this morn.
ing. Its expected that the Indians
VIII come In, either NJ friends or
hnstilcs, and the conference may de.
tcfnllne which.
Father Jule came 10 tho agency last
night aud brought news of the arrival
Of the Indians Mt the mission. He In.
formed General Miles that the Indians
werein friendly mood aud Inclined
70 come In peacefully. lie said the
chiefs would be In In tire morning and
possibly terms might be made. The
General consented 10 receive them and
short Hull, Kicking Bear aud Little
Wound viii confer with him today.
Father Jutc says the Indians do not
wantto be disarmed. This IL the
KEYNOTE oF Iim CONFERENCE.
General Miles says they viii no, be-
dls1rmed. IL IL possible there mny 10
a pcaceablc settlement. There Il no
confidence IN their peaceful prcten-
rlonr. All day yesterday thoy were
shooting cattle along tho line VI
march. They burned three shAcks,
destroyed their own property OF every
kind, save their guns aud ponies, and
thc~s fAcis destroy all coufldvnce IN
their e3psyssIQn u not deslring % 80 te
kUuou<ks-{ -. /. : -, =, I. a
Tho Indians themselves partially
admit that the chief cannot guarantee
10 control the warriors. They say
they have among them about thfc,
hundred young bucks who want 10
light, and single shot will start them.
Besides this the Indians who murdered
Lieutenant Casey are known, and
when they are taken they will bc
hanged for murder. They are among
the belligerent young bucks, aud they
may prccipitatc u fight 10 prevent
dying by the rope. The Indians are
Just ~ anxlons 10 know what the whites
are going 10 DO rs the whites are 10
know what the Indians viii do.
THE TuRrLE MOUNTAIN INDIANS.
OTTAWA, Jan. i2.-Adyiccs received
by the ludian department today state
that the Sioux Indians In Turtle Noun
tain district, adjacent 10 Canadian
Territory, are threatening 10 20 on the
war path. Mounted police will pre-.
vent them crossing the boundary line.
4 THOUSAND HosIILEs ARRIVE.
PiSE RIDGE AoEScy, Jan. is.-up
10 noon today the hUstil-z had not, with
the exception Of "a lot Of squawH, made
move toward coming into the agency.
Shortly after noon, however, the main
camp OF the hostiles was broken and n
rapid advance made toward this point.
This afternoon about one thousand Of
them had arrived 10 within about u
mile Of the pickets outside the agency.
The announcement Of their arrival
caused n great commotion In the
friendlies' camp. within short time
hundreds Of sguaws aud children gath
cred In the vicinity u the huadquart-
ers, whence view o. the bluffs, he.
yond which the hostiles were stationed,
could he obtained. They waited until
dusk for their friends and relatives 10
come In, but were disappointed, M
those outside remained In camp there.
Tonight there is no certainty M TO
WHAT TIM INDIANS Will DO.
General Miles himself Is In doubt ~ TO
what 10 expect of them, but confident
~ looks now for a settlement u tho
matter without further blOOdshrd. In
fact he aout "a letter tonight 10 Generals
Cody aud Colby, commanding the Me-
hnska state militia, informing them
| that all tho hostilcs are within mile
and half Of the agency, aud that
| nothing but accident can prevent u re-.
establishment OF peace. He states also
that he thinks the State troops may
now he withdrawn with safety, and
thanks them for the confidence they
have afforded the people In the frontier
| homes.
Yet the Indians may get 10 within n
glnshot Of the agency and then break
away again, thus preclpliatlng con
fiirt. Fear Of all kinds OF punishment
| for their misdeeds seems IN have taken
| possession Of them aud II Is generally
| Understood that one inJuiiclous act Oh
| the part OF the soldiery, or n mad deed
OF some implacable hostile, would un-
| do all the work 80 far accomplished,
| Lieutenant Taylor, Of the Ninth
| cavalry hns gone with some Of his
scouts IN order 10 lead the Indians at
the proper time Ia the place designated
| for their camp within the agency. The
Ogallalas VIII he placed near Red
Clouds house, on the west, while the
Briles will he sent 10 the eastern side.
| Where the hostllos are now resting
the ground Is rolling aud uubroken,
and offers advantages 10 the cavalry
which they did not have nj Wounded
Knee. The Indians are virtually sur.
rounded by troops and revolt would
now prove disastrous 10 them,
Major Whilcslde, with the Seventh
Cavalry, can reach any part al the
1 ........g A.. Al .faFts short snuRsa of Time.