The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05
TWO STRIKE SCORES.
The Sioux Chief Kills Three
Cowboys Near Piae Ridge.
PROBABLY WITH GOOD CAUSE.
An Outbreak feared at First, Though
the Ghost Dance Case Was
Over Long Ago.


mortally wounded by Indians at q beef
contractors camp on the reservation yes
terday.
ST. PAUL, Feb. A Hos Springs, S. D.,
special to the Pioneer Press gives differ.
ent story of the cause of the trouble lead
ing up to the killing of whi.e men by In
dams than previously told.e 1t seems that
four men, named George Mademay, John
Bennett, Rodney Boyce and Ed Chch-
rane, herders, belonging 20 st. Ingers
d Humphreys outfit, were found
dead in their cabin yesterday.
They had caught Indians the day before
for killing steer belonging to herd being
held on the agency for delivery at Pine
Ridge. They threatened to report the
depredators to the agent. and this exas-
perated the Indians so that they made
threats which it seems they carried into
execution several hours later. 1t is hardly
probable that any general trouble will
follow. and the people abqnt the agency
are not alarmed.
OMAHA. Feb. A Bee special from Pine
Ridge agency tonight says: First Sergt.
Joe Bush. of the Indian police, in charge
of a detachment sent out thss morning by
Agent Brown, returned this morning and
told the story Of overtaking che murderers.
He was instructed by Agent Brown to
bring them in whether they resisted or
not. He said the men were. camped near
No. Waters camp. When the police
came up the murderers at once
opened fire and the police re-
turned fire. They killed three of the
party. Two Strike and one IF his boys got
away. 1t is thought Tive Strike is seri-
iousIy wounded. The Indisn police were
highly complimented by Cast. Brown and
Capt. Gisney. Capt. Brown has another
squad of men out after the missing two,
with instructions to bring them in. Capt.
Brown and the inspector of the interior
department do not anticipate any further
trouble. The story of the tsouble leading
to the killing of the whites IS near as can
be learned, is: On THURSDAYS number of
cowboys belonging at the beef camp of
Isaac Humphreys, government contractor
on White river, at the moAlth of White
Clay creek, twenty-five miles north of
Pine Ridge, returned from town drunk.
During the evening they mstreated Two
Strike, finally driving him from camp and
firing revolvers at him. T~o Strike re-
turned later at night with,a number of
friends and commenced a deadly fire on
the cowboy camp. killing three and NOR
tally wounding the fourth nan, who has
since died.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. "A Special to the
Journal from Pine Ridge con Hrms the kill
ing of Two Strike. his two soiss and White
Face Horse.
OMAHA, Feb 4-News of Tho Indian diff
ficulty was conveyed to officials of the
department of the Platte by {. Bee reporter
this afternoon. Gen. McC.ok thought
there could be no foundatiors for rumors
of general outbreak. He sail Two Strike
and band belonged at Rosebud and not at
Pine Ridge. One leading okicial at the
department said it is the wrong time of
the year for an outbreak. IF it were a
month later there might be>more hkeli.
hood of an uprising. Inquiry as to the
forces of the army now inathe vicinity
of Pine Ridge agency eliciHed a state
ment to the effect that the< officers feel
well able to contend with asything that
may come up. At Fort Robinson there
are six troops of cavalry a>1d two com.
panies of infantry. At Fort iobrara the
same force is stationed. boEl garrisons
being we'll supplied with stating and
Hotchkiss guns. If necessarA four troops
of cavalry could be brought in very
quickly. There are sixty ln>iian police
men at Pine Ridge agency. aEd about the
same number at Rosebud. sr. McGilli-
cuddy, who for long time WIS agent at
Pine Ridge, and who in the pa~t has made
some very interesting statements regard
ing the Indian situation to the press, said
to Bee reporter:
While there is no open ghost dar.,iug, there is
a quiet discussion Of the topic all she time, and
the promise that the Messiah would come after
two springs. which would bring ths time to 1898,
is being carefully watched by the Pldfans. The
government recently paid the liSiians at Pine
Ridge $4,000, and this is usei ASIAN argument
that the great father fears his red sons else by
should he seek TO buy them.
The return from Camp Sheridan # Short Bull
and Kicking Bear has added q disturbing ele-
ment 10 the situation. These telsows are big
men among the Brules, who are i:lrbulent lot
hard to keep in bounds, and who really do not
belong TO the Pine Ridge agency where they
settled after the trouble of lS90 ~The fellows
figure that the concession which resulted
in their being allowed to r.main there
instead OF being sent back 20 Rosebud.
is sign that they can see-1re greater
favors by deman ling thcm, aud thy have lead
ers who carefully foster this ldea- The most
significant thing however, is the fert that there
have been communications betweec the various
cret aud apparently important ma Sure There
is also line OF communication wel> established
and constantly used between IndAn territory
aud the British American Indians All along
the line il is understood that the Sther bands
are kept posted on the movements
Oge trouble at Pine Ridge is that capt Brown
OF the Eleventh infantry. who is INV there is
not permanent agent, and the Il. isns are in
ciined 20 build on the possibility 81 his being
taken away at auy time. Capt. Brosssn has the
affairs of the agency in good shaps, .ut il would
not take much of a mistake TO start worse out
break in the spring than The one ,v.o years ago
CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-On receipt of dis
patches from Washington City and Pine
Ridge agency this afternoon announcing a
tragedy at the latter agency a reporter
went TO the headquarters of the division
of the Missouri TO see Gen. Miles. He wa,
not in the city, but Capt. Baldwin, of his
staff, said:
don't think there is anything in It We have
received no news OF al uprising. an9 although
some men may have been killed that does not
predict, general revolt by any means. The
murders could not have been committed by Two
strske, for he is not at Pine Ridge He 10 at
at Pine Ridge. think the uprising part of the
story is not serious as reported.
A dispatch received here tonight from
Chadron asserts that the killing Tas done
by Two Strikes band. and that the muir
derers are still a. lib'.-ty, in
spite of the efforts of :the In
dian police 10 apprehend tl.em. The