The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-15
THE SAvAGES APPEAR IN
FORCE I'm FRONT. OF
GEN. MILES.
HE THROWS OUT sKIRM1sHERs.
But the Battle Failed to Come on
The Indians Wanted y Big Talk
Only - Gen, Br0oke's
B Movements.

NoRrH YAKIMA, Wash, Jan. l3-The
Yakimis have been indulging in ghost
dances for several days and fears are now
expressed that some of the blanket In
dians may join the hostiles. The Yakimis
number about $500, divided into civilized
and Ienegades. The former are greatly in
the majority and mostly well-to-do farm
ers, some of them being quite wealthy
These live near agency headquarters at
Fort Simon. The renegades are blanket
Indians, VINO live along the line of rails
way and who are we'll armed and under
control of the medicine men. They have
been obtaining much whisky of late and
are becoming Quarelsome. Pinte runners
have been aniorg them, and its said they
are combining Chief Moses Indians from
the north. ~ q FaNs
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE Hosr1LEs.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Jan. 10 The Post Dis
patch staff correspondent wires his paper
FROM Pine Ridge, s. D., as follows:
"The Indians early this morning are in
camp in fulIvlew oftire north fortifications.
The right okfheir column rests there and
the line extends northeast running up The
gullies behind the bluffs. it is just "a mile
| from the agency and White CLAY creek runs
bel ind 1t and on the plains are the tepees.
Regularly hnddled together In groups, scat
tered wide apart, moving about among the
tepees, the glass shows bucks and squaws
with children and dogs. Just between the
plain and agency perehed on hill behind
the earth works, is. = three inch rife gun
which is turned on thesagency."
! Capt. Dougherty commanding the infantry
at the fortfications had thrown out pickets
quarter aimile b4yond the lines. TIE
Indians weretknowiftobe be Just beyond hill
about 400 yards distant. Major Bahr, pay
master, visited the Qualifications to pay 5tf
the company and alithe men were in camp
u hundrd yards away except one who was
left as guard near the guns.
Suddenly a body of more than 100
mounted Indians rose to The crest of the
hill behind which the hostiles were. The
number was steadily increased to 900 by &C.
cessinns -haaas raDgiug from five to
twenty five.
Capt. Daugherty was Immediately mott.
fed We despatched a courier TO head
quarters to notify Gen. Miles of the move
ment, then hurrying to the fortlfication he
had gun prepared for action. The range
finder adjusted the sights and a cave in
which the ammunition was stored was
opened. A line of skirmlshers was sent
out beyond the fortification on the crests
of the hills. Orders were sent to the
ca 7alry to saddle and be in readiness to
move.
Southwest of the camp the troops were
under arms. Gen. Miles, accompanied by
Buffalo Bill and his staff rode TO the forti.
ications and made the circuit
of the camp. Extra ammunition
was ready the troops waited. Gen. Miles
then receiy ed word that the Indiai did not
mean 10 make an attack, but would like "
talk with him. TIE General sent them
word TO 60 quietly into camp and he would
receive ten of their, chief men. Then the
warriors disappeared from the hilltop. An
hour later they were camped with the end
of their column on the plail.
The camp is more Than three miles long
and there are 1000 Il dians in it. They
have BEEN communicated with. Horse
men have been riding between
the two camps. Captain Maus, General
Miles chief of staff, says that these commu
nications between the friendlles who had a
council last night and decided they wanted
no hostiles in their camp. They dug rifle
| pits, and say ii even solitary warrior
comes among them and causes any trouble
they will arrest him, and if he resists they
will kill him The friendly camp is now
unsafe for the hostilts.
Frank Gruy yard, Captain Taylor's chief
scout, says the young men are mad, the old
ones are excited and the squaws s.llen. 81
cannot tell" )" said he, what they will do,
but ] hear several hundred young bucks
want to fight. They have war paint on and
are ready for a fight If one occurs
Gen. Brooke is coming slowly toward the
! agency. He is encountered with number
of wounded, which makes his progress
slow. Col Corbin, Miles adiutant, said
this afternoon that the possibilities OF
| fight were becoming more remote every
hUu aud he expected the difficulties to be
settled within day or two. Chief Red
Eagle who Mas just returned from The hos
tile camp TO the agency, says it would be
unadvisabe for Gen Miles TO say anything
about disarming the Indians now, as 1t
| would cause trouble.
CAMP OF THE HosTILEs.
| PINE RIDGE AGENCY, s. D., Jan. 13.-The
hOstiles went into camp yesterday about
two miles from the agency. They have
made no attempt to come nearer, with the
exception OF those who desired TO visit some
friepdIies and who were compelled to take
| u circuitous route around the agency to
reach them. These were generally met
half a mile beyond the breast works by the
pickets by whom they were compelled to
surrender their arms until their return
The number of these visitors this morning
was somewhat greater than yesterday.
| Young Man A fraid of-the- Horse came
| in from camp this morning TO arrange for
a meeting of hostile chiefs with General
Miles. The commands referred to in these
dispatches of yesterday are about two
| miles to the rear of the hOstiles. They
will advance no nearer until there shall
hove been conference between the chiefs
and Gen. Miles.
This afternoon companies B. Capt. Green,
m CaUt tpRripn H Cant HOwa of
the Seventeenth Infantry under command
of Major Egbert, and with train of army
freighters and wagons arrived for supplies.
They passed within half mile of the hos
tile camD. The Indians came to about $50
yards VI the guard aud cheerfully scrutin-