Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-14
PINE RIDGE AGENCY.
Red Eagle Thinks II Iuadvissble TO
Say Anything About
Dlsarming.
PROBABLE ORIGIN or rHr lpAHo
SCARE.
NsAaFAA w AAN vs.
THE IgOsIiI.rs.
No confercnc. n.tw.,n the Cbisfs and
General miles.

No Conference netw.en the cbiefs and
General Miles.
Pisr RiD0E AoESCY, Jan. Ia
CONTRARY 10 expectation, there was 10
conference between the chiefs OF the
hostiles aud General Miles. The latter
says the Indians ARE still timld aud
proposes 10 allow u couple Of days 10
elsIsc before attempting 10 bring
negotiations 10 close. Thus far the
disposition he has shown 10 treat the
Indians kindly has made FOR him
many warm friends among them.
This fact, coupled with the pains
which Captain Pierce, the new agent,
i taking 90 show the Indians that
everything they are entitled 10 under
treaty Will bc issued 10 them, will
undoubtedly have a beneficial effect,
although, until the trouble IL really
over, thcro iscver present u fear that
inJudlclous action on the part Of some
onc may precipitatc blOodsh.d.
a member Of the q Company, Second
Infantry, who came Ia today with
detachment OF the Seventh Infantry
under Major Egbcrt, reports that 800
bucks broke away from the hostile
camp last night and have been
followed by Colonel Sanford and Col
oncl Henry. At headquarters no such
report has been received, ana Assistant
Adjutant Colonel Corbin says the
rumor was occasioned by the fact that
the commands mentioned hal lcn Ia
the direction Of Wounded Knee on n
scout.
This evening thcro Is no change In
the situation. The hostlles are
STILL IN CANT,
and the chiefs may come In tomorrow.
There IN now discussion IA 10 the adj
visibility OF enlisting scouts for service
on tho reservation. The agency In now
guarded by force OF nlnety-nino In.
dian policemen, sixty Of whom were
enlisted for two months at the time tn,
trouble broke QUITO thirty-nine regu
lar policemen. An offer was mad,
giving them the option Of entering III,
! scouting service or remaining In the
police foroe. In the former their pa,
s !: =: Rss i e9sse: w SS32ss 9
month. This party Of kouts will b
distinct from the scouts nov
,, undor command Of Lieutenant Taylol
Of the Ninth Cavalry, and who hav,
enlisted since the opening OF the cam
psign. Taylor will endcavor to TAX,
his command with him 10 Fort Robin.
son nj the close OF the difficulty and
render them the beau ideal troop OF the
, cavalry.
The Indian police being assured tina,
they win be given permanent employ
ment, have 10 q man decided TO be-
come scouts.
Big Foops wife, injured on Wounded
Knee, died last night.
Red Eagle, son Of American Horse,
visited the hostile camp this afternoon,
and ON his return this evening said the
Brlle- want 10 stay at this agency and
want TO keep their guns. Red Eagle
thinks II would lie very mad isablc for
General Miles 10 say anything about
disarming now. The old men are all
right and want 10 avoid fight, but the
young ones have bad hearts and the
fact that they are surrounded by troops
and cannot fight does not cut any
figure with them.
ALL IN.
A special 10 the Herald dated Camp
Adaton, Neb., says: The ho-tiles are
all In. They number over two thous-
and well armed bucks, and were
brought In by Young-M fraid-of.
His.Home. Among them Were tho
noted A-iniboines, Brulcs, Ogallalas,
Rosebuds and Standing Rocks. They
won't be disarmes ut once. Young
Man Afrnid-of- His.Iiorse told General
Miles that the best way TO disarm IL 10
separate the different tribes, then dis
arm In small punches. Thc most dan
gerous work II now ahead. The troops
are concentrating at the Pine Ridge
agency.
Company g, First Regiment, Ne.
braska militia, " camped at the
Striker ranch, two and u half
miles southwest Of here. This
company IL from Beatrice. Another
militia outfit Is at tho Swalley ranch,
four miles southeast. At this moment
the chances for move are growing
brighter. The settlers now argue that
the worst phase OF this war II approach.
ing. These ranchos are thoroughly
cognizant Of the Indian character.
Many Of them believe OF the coming In
Of the hostiles IN only TO feel tho mill
tary pulse, get In supply Of fations
and then break Into marauding bands.
The Indians Insist on retaining their
arms. The different tribes want TO 20
back 10 their reservations, carrying
| tntlf hIlnh Win tli'uis Ahih hibNNf ~
permitted, strongly savon Of another
campaign similar to that In Arizona In
1856 against Geronimo. Old Red Cloud
says that he desires the different tribes
10 DO separated and sent back 10 their
agencies and not disarmed at Pine
Ridge "a fight Is soon TO follow. |
get this from half.breed named Mos
seau, u reliable scout. The Indians
say they would have come In sooner
but waited for Young.Alan. Airaid.of.
His Horse NJ they had implicit conf
dence In him.
The Indians want 10 retain their
arms and II IL the current belief that
their surrender means only aspiring
outbreak and that they feared the
worst II they did not come ill., strong
Gordon Of troops being around them. We
expect 10 move 10 the agency at any
hour as the troops viii be needed.
i. Tho Idaho scare Originated In
whisky.
WAsnISGToN, Jan. l3.-The COM
missioner OF Indian ahairs says, ~
gardlng the reported Indian troubles
In Idaho, that he has received tole-
gram from the agent, saying there Is
| no trouble. The Indians were oil their