Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-06
Pine Ridge Indians Said to
Kill White Men.
no OPEN GHOST DANCE NOW,
Dut a General Watching for tho Com.
ing Of tho Messiah.
A MOST sIeNIriCANr FACT.
Alleged Cause Of the Trouble. - Ma
General Outbreak Expcctedby
Army Onicers.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 4.-rhc Pine
Ridge Indians have gone on tho war
,,th again. Two Sticks and his baud
have killed i've white men and II late
Dispatch from the agency states that
Indian police have killed Two 5tlcks,
his two sons and another indian, White
Face Horse.
The killing Of the white men took
rlace at Humphreys ranch, about
twenty miles from Pine Ridge agency.
IL Ia difficult to learn just what was
the reason for the killing or how it oe-
cured. From n dispatch from Rush
willie IL Ia learned that the first rumor8
OF the killing came TO Pine Ridge
sgency yesterday morning. Acting
Agent, Captain Brown Immediately
tent several milan police 10 investigate
the matter. Upon their return today
they reported finding three white men
dead aud another MORALLY wounded.
The latter died In a short time. They
tay the killing was done by Two Sticks,
hls sous and another Indian.
Captain Brown, on receipt OF this
Information, sent out detachment OF
Indian police to apprehcnd the muir
defere.
THE NEWS OF THE INDIAN DIFF.
GUILTY
vss conveyed to tho officials OF the do.
Iatlment Of the Platte ny "A Bee report
II this afternoon. General McCook
thought there could bo no foundation
itf tue Tumor OF general outbreak.
lie taid Two Sticks and his band be-
longed ut Rosebud, and not at Pine
Huge.
0ne Of the leading officers OF the de-
Ianment said II was the wrong time
oithe year for an outbreak. II it were
month later there might be more
likelihood Of m uprising.
Inquiry ms to tho force OF the army
novin the Vicinity Of tho Pine Ridge
agency elIclted a statement To- the Of
feet that the ofiicers feel well able to
euhlend with anything that may come
w.
At Fort Robinson are six troops Of
cvalry and two companies OF Infantry.
Al Fort Niobrara the same force IL
hationed, both garrisons being well
applied with Calling and Hotchkiss
Iuns. Ii necessary, four troops OF cav
airy could easily be- brought down from
Fort Meade anu other troops could be
tough IN very quickly. There are
Itty Indian policemen In Pine
RIdge agency anu about the same ut
R0rebuu.
Dr.. McGillicuddy, who for q long
ume was agent nc Pine Ridge, anu
Who In the past has made some very
INTERESTING STATEMENTS
regarding the Indian situation to the
lEtss, said to Bee reporter:
while there IL no open ghost dane
lng, there IL quite n discussion OF the
l0pic all the time, and the TACT that the
riomisc was that tho Messiah would
come after two springs, which would
eiag the time to 1893, IL being care.
lully watched by the Indians. The
government recently paid the Indians
Pine Ridge 5000, aud this was
used us an argument that the Great
fhher President Harrison) fears his
iei sons, else why should he try to
buy them?:
"fhe return from Camp Sheridan OF
snort Bull and Kicking Bear Inns
aided u disturbing element to the
h'ustion. These fellows are big men
smOng the Brules, who are u turbu-
knt, hard to keep In bounds, and who
rally do not belong to the Pine
huse agency, where they settled after
we Trouble OF 1890. The fellows figure
mN The concession which resulted In
M.lf being allowed TO remain there
,useau OF being sent back to Rosebud,
.Asgn that they can secure greater
A'Ofs ny demanding them, anu they
lave leaders who carefully foster this
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING,
eowever, Ia the fact there have been
tuihunications between the various
'ssiAu trlbee all during the past year
steeret and apparently an import.
,hanIe. There IL also line OF o0m.
.lnlea'ion well established anu con-
a'iy used between Indian Territory
sna British America, and ths Indlans
uonR the line unuerstand that other
hent. "" 'A' i"u'e-
one trouble at Pine Ridge IL that
,,PAlh Brown OF the Eleventh inlnn.
~ VINO Ia now there, 10 not the per
iuneht agent anu the Indians are
N.Y. s"ueu 10 build on the possibility of
utihg taken away any time.
,a.h bfown has the anaira OF the
ttnsy III good shape, but II would not
nn,, nuch OF a mistake 10 start a worse
agOD '"o oho oI TWO years
.ya,. zee special from Pine Ridge
d. 'ohlghtsays that First Sergeant