The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-06
FOR INDIAN RIGHTS.
Movement to Liberate the Sioux
Held i'm Chicago.
COURTS WILL BE APPEALED TO
Ghost Dance stEfI on in Minnesota
suGersngs or Troops on the From
tier Through Cold.

CHICAGO, Feb 1.-The Journals Members
Of the IudIan Rights Association are talking Of
applying for wit 81 h2beas corpus for the par-
pose Of discovering what rights, If snT, the In
dsznE TOW held ~ Fort sheridan 5Gve- These
indians were brought here by General Niles
after the close Of the recent campaign. The idea
OF the association i Is said IS 10 the case 70
thoroughly test. IN the courts, the power OF the
government IN the 1aztter, and If necessary 70
appeal to congress for achange.
General Niles paid visit 10 Fort Sheridan to-
day 70 see the Indians he brought from Pine
Ridge Vita him went two carloads Of young
ladies, the friends OF Colonel Corbin's daughter
The Indians hsd been appriscd Of the on
tlsught, and were in the fnIl glory OF war paint
and feathers. They were much pleased at re-
eeiying from the ladies untold quantities OF
cigarettes
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Morgan, commission
er OF Indian affairs, in an address tonight on the
present phase of the Indian question,
ssid that 10 remedy present conditions
tho civil service should cover the entire
Indian service. The agents should have
adequate pay ard faithful service should Sc
cure retention in Office The service should
have solely accountable head, and the interior
department. should be SO relieved that Indian
affairs might have somebody's exclusive asten-
ton,
ST. PAUL, Feb The governor has letter
from citizens OF osston. Polk county, com
planning that the Indians are 5till dancing
and making threats greatly 70 tie terror OF
the settlers. many of whom are moving away.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Major ". III. Gard
fser. post surgeon af Angel island barracks, has
returned from Pine Ridge agency, in South
Dakota. having been with the First Infantry
regiment ever since il left here. He says:
Colonel Snafter was iii and in the hospital at
Hot springs. about ninety miles from Pine
Ridge, ahd thc regiment was In command OF
LseutenaulE ulogei Casey. when VIC received an
order 10 proceed &c Pine Ridge agency from
Hermos5, where we were encainped- We bad
10 sooner Broken camp than a terrible snow
storm commenced and continued aii Gay. our
mea had Tor several years been stationed in
Arizona ard California. and were not used to
cold weather. but they stood the storm remark
aiyiy well. Lieutenant Barry. who is Captain
Barry now, led the advance. and his COURAGEOUS
conduct served Is an example 5y which the
whole command rronted- 50 that not a man
fSltered. We haa an ambulance following up
the rear 70 piek up strsggiefs, but the boys
would not give IN. and the carriage remained
unoccupied. little German bggler almost
osertaxed his strength, ana noticing that he
was in distress / offered him siinlnlant. ard
aiteTward tod hin he copld ride in
the ambulance, but he pluckily refused
II dragging himself along through the
fresh-failen snow. and. facing the terrific gale.
he managed 70 say: 81 guess can stand IL as
we'll as the rest OF the boys" Bat that night
when in camp looked the bnrler up and found
his feet in q terribly frozen and swollen coudi-
ton. 80 that had to prohibit bis marching on
tlc following GAY. tG1S Is only one example OF
the heroism which the First infantry
soldiers displayed. and I could tell you
OF many similar cases on that
march. When we arrived at the agency the sit
uation was very critical, aud al attack was
hourly expected. There were some troops there.
but they we8ld have been insufficient to defend
the place had the Indians concentrated their
forces, and our coming, believe, strengthened
the force stationed there 50 that the expected
raid on the agency never took place.
One day Red Hawk. a Cheyenne scout, came
to rue and said he believed bis sister and her
children had been killed at Wounded
Knee, but he had not been able 10 find the
bodies. | started for the battlefield with an
escort, but found no traces of the woman until
later In the day when we discovered the bodies
Of the young squaw and her three children
on little creek three miles from
the scene OF the fight. The sight OF this dead
the mother evidently had tried 10 shield her
young children from The death dealing bullets
with her own body. for when she fell she was
evidently the first one killed. The children lay
close To her, aud ono az them. a girl about 3
years old, had little cheap doll closely
clasped in her tiny bands. ] have the doll ia
my possession. Rcd Hawk was with me when
managed 10 control his feelings long enough To
say that he did not believe the soldiers had done
the killing, but that some cowboy had done the
kecd. He held M III will toward his white
brethren for this affection. and then excused
himself and wandered near some bushes, where
he broke completely down and cried like q
baby.
Major Gardner is loud in his praises OF General
Miles. He disbeiieyes the rumor that the First
infantry Will IT, returned to Angel island, but
thinks some other regiment will be ordered out
70 take its riaee