The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1893-02-11
A TRAGEDY AT PINE RIDGE.
AN INDIAN WAR is NARROWLY
AVERTED.
Young Man-Afraid-of-H of His Horses
Prevents an Outbreak-Differ-
ent Stories Relating to the
Recent Murder of Four
Cowboys.
Bio odthirstv Reds,


thh'iron. Neb., Feb g. - Two Strikes
band killed five men on the reservation
Saturday night, and now defy arrest by
the Indian police. TIE killing took place
at humphreys ranch, near the mouth OF
White clay Creek.
Rushville, Nch.. Feb. G.-Another chap
ter in tho shouting tragedy in the Sioux
rest rvntion was enacted Friday evening
near the spot whcr" the four white men
were killed. As soon as the news of the
tragedy was brought to Pine Ridge Capt
Brown. the agent. dispatched twelve
me Ill cd police. under command of po-
lie" Sergeant Joe Bush to the scene of
tn" shooting. with instructions to arrest
ana bring in the perpetrators of the
bloody work. When the squad arrived Mt
their destination Two Strikes and his
crowd opened fire on them and a skir-
lnSl took place, resulting in the death of
tw" of Two Strikes party and the
woundins of one of Two Strikes sons.
Another buck was killed and Two
STRIKES and one of his men wounded.
NV" Strikes himself being shot in the
leg and abdomen. Two Strikes son.
.. lo" was wounded slightly in the ankle.
iii" dead Indians Were left where they
zen ANA the wounded ones We're brought
t. the agency.
Another account of the affair is that
Mheil the police squad reached the camp
'he! opened fire on the party they we're
seil To arrest without warming and with
out making their mission known and shot
tneln down i'll cold blood; but this yrr-
sion "l the affair is not snl,stantiatc,I.
ana Is not believed To be correct. More
definite details concerning the .-....uy of
the four white men reached here this
evening, although the names of all the
men cannot be definitely learned vet,
but it is known that Clark Bacon and
his sonin-law We're not among The mum
Der. Bacon is IL resident of White CLAW
prcrinrt. Sheridan county, Neb. The mo-
tive for the murder cannot he definitely
learned One account is that the In
'ianS We're playing cards with the white
men in the 'luy-o'lt in which they were
campcd, and got into Il dispute, and that
after leaving them t,.ey returned and
opened the door of the dug-out and shot
them Will" they We're asleep. Another
account is that these Indians had been
in ON" of their swcathousrs going through
some of their savage ceremonies and be-
came ilnhlr'l with the idea that it was
| incumbent upon them to kill these men,
and they carried ii into effect
courier just i'm from the camp re-
| ports Two Strikes and his sons re-
| turned tw" or tire" hours after killing the
c"l"Ns took their clothing into camp and
st"l" what food was in sight. 1t WAS
a dilllrnlt matter 4" obtain reliable par
tirlars. Last night il was rulnorcd that
| Nv" STRIKES friends We're moving
| towards TN. agency and were going to fire
the govrrnInrn, buildings. but this cannot
m. confirmed. a blizzard is now raging,
which is usually more cooling to an In
,iIi'h ;rd"r than anything else. Agent
| Brown does not fear serious trouble
Earih. city. $. d.. Feb. G.-Iate in
formation goes to show that the murders
o1 yesterday wcr" the work of q, band of
Indian cattle thieves. and not the out
come of amy rebellion or discomfort among
ilr rr.iNkin: Messages by telephone
Indian scouts did not leave White River
ana that no troops will he sent TO the
| hs.iry. Everything is quiet once more.
Charles Ford. a cowboy employed upon
one of tll" White River cnt,Ic ranches.
| brought th" news of the murder To Buff
| laio zap IL" found The rattlrlncm n,lr-
| d"i"d and horribly mrItilated Ford was
.ln;rIn".i and did not dare to remain in
| the yirinity. but at once mounted and
rod. L" Buifal" Gap. anu
| HE murdered men were well known In
tins region. Their nnmeS were l.. y. Cal
k!hs. nI,'.; l"r"mnn Of til" Humphrey camp;
ReiElncry Royce. cook and two men
nam"h Hathaway aud Bennett Ii is
now supposed III. Indians killed Calkius
ana his associates in revenge for their re-
porting 1" Agent Brown the theft of a
steer from their herd ":ry in the week.
Sergeant Joe Bush and his men found the
Indians who killed the cowboys on White
river in the vicinity Of the beef camp, and
as they would not surrender all took
| good aims