New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05
COWBOYS KILLED BY INDIANS.
FOUR MEN SLAIN .BY SIOUX AT PINE RIDGE
AGENCY.
THE MURDEEEEs MEET SWIFT PUNISHMENT
STORIES OF AZ EXPECTED UPRISING
D!sCEEDITEI

DIsCEEDITED
Omaha, Ncb., Feb. A dispatch this morning
to " The Bee fr1n. ChGdron. Neb sIys
Two Sticks band killed four men on the
reservation last night. r he killing took place AT
Humphreys ranch near The mou'h of White Clay
Creek Humphreys Ianch is about twenty miles
northwest of Pine Ridge Agency and fifteen miles
directly west OF the Wounded Knee battle
ground Of two years ago. There was considerable
skirmi>hing in that nciehborhood during the big
uprising, and soldiers were stationed at the ranch
Tor some time.
At 80 o'clock tonight The Bee" received
these adviccs from pirc Ridge Agency direct:
Captain Brown. acting agent. Instructed the police
that ne sent out this morning that they must priie
the murdercrs TO the agency. II 'hy r. teI ." +"
bring them anyway. First sergeant Joe iGsh, WHO %
In command, tells the story. lie arrived at the
agency AT 3 p todiy, and reports as follow
The men were camprd down No Waters
camp close to the Mn Ih" Police . We're out @ On n,@ tec
came upon them they fired at IL. and all Of lis
then began to fire them We got IN Indian
gong up The hill AMI hcl him there
There another man raised up Close by the
house, and We mist 81 him and knoc"cd MN down
Sergeant sitting Bear killed ore Policeman hrd o"
killed one and sergeant Blunt Horn Killed one. /
took five of Young Man Araid's men, Yong fellow
p aa to 'y & p"c pa and nd o % ns that We haa rcd them
night that We had Lllrd ,hrm ana .!a' GrS Gro ag
After making their reports. the police were hsl!y
complmented by Captains Brown and Ci>nry. T%o
SlChN ana one Ol his DOAS sOl HNdl' IL i 'HV"N"'
that Two sticks seriously wounded.
captain Brown has another squad Of police ia, on, VI
after 1ho,e two. with INSTRUCTIONS 20 Drihs ,cn m IN ~
the agency; captain brown l. lghy Inl'a'd on "'i t
sides for his prompt action. inspector uSncy' o.!
IN" interior Department, l. hc-". lie a. Wcd -
Captain Brown does not anticipate any further lr,uD'
ON Thursday number Of cowboys belonging 10 IIr
tractor located on White River At thc mouth Of White
Clay Creek about twenty I'VE miles northwest "i I'm"
Ridge Agency returned from town In "A drunken on
don and brought good supply Of wm'kcy with
them. During the evening they became qunrrelSGm'
and mistrcatcd and injured an !nuah i%iinru % wo w.,
sticks driving lin from their camp ana ming thrir
mo .tck returned later In the evening reinforced
,rionds and began Il deadly fire on the cowboys
camp ns thru ana An IoF'l Tsc WmaS %ai II r S ' T
men ldncd all that can be learned at tnhS umc'
Charley Swartz.
Pacon.
- Underwood.
Eocon's sonin-law Is the fourth man.
Ncys of the Indian difficulty was first con-
vcvcd 10 the officers of tie Department oi the
Platte by reporter. General Brooke ana ms
entire stan were at photograph gallery at TN"
time. and the General expressed the opinion that
there could hc no foundation Of the runorS oil
an Indian outbreak He gave n a reason for
This fact th.t Two Strikes, with whom the
murderer Two sticks was at fins coEtound"h, De-
lonccd nj Rosebud and not al Pine RIDGE. a.
Indicated by the message giving the news Of
, the killing.
1T is the wrong time Of the year for cen
cral Indian upri-ing.' said one Of th" leading
officers "It is awfully cold mp in that country
and the Indians are not foolish enough 70 under
take a raid in the face of this biting cold
weather If il were month later there might
bc more likelihood of an uprising.
Some inquiry to the force Of troops now
stationed al the posts in th" vicinity Of Pine
Ridge and Rosebud brought out the inf rmation
that tho department is pretty well prepared 10
onell arvthing like an Indian outbreak u
such thing should occur. Al Fort Robinson
there are six troops Of cavalry and two companies
Of infantry. The garrison is under command oi
Colonel James Bdilc one Of the bravcst and cool
est officers in the department. AZ Fort Nio'ira
there are also siX troops of cavalrT and two COM
panics of infantry, one of the latter being an III
dian company. This post Is commanded by Colo
mel Dlyll : Gordon. n man Of ability as soldier
1hc., parri.ons are supplied with both Calling ana
Ho,chki~s Guns and can make il interesting for tn"
REDSKINS if a general brush should tax" place. In
cas,. il should become necessary, four roops oi
cavalry could en- SLY be brought down from Fort
Meade These uld b" landed at Rushvill" WITHIN
cicht hours The forces at Fort Robinson could
b., placed in Rushyi" within IN" hours alter
Lo.tine their colors, and the troops from Nobiara
could be- in Nashville in about ten hours. In"
troops would have 10 march from Rushvlllc to IN"
agency. distance Of twcnty-oHc miles. There are
sixty Indi.n policemen at - g Ridge Agency and
abou6 the same number II l. = 'ud