St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-08
THREE SAFE COWBOYS
A Trio Supposed to Have Been
Killed Turn UP All
Right.
Four Others We're Killed and
Mutilated in a Horrible
Manner.
Two Tpainmen Meet Death In
a Burning Caboose in
North Dakota.
Caledonia Without Mails for
Several Days--The South
western Blockaded.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Feb. o.
Ed Calkins, ID. NJ. Underwood and
George Hathaway, the cowboys who
were at Humphrey beef camp on the
night of the killing of four whites, ar
rived at the agency today. safe and
sound. They were supposed to have
been killed. They say they were out
on roundup the night of the killing,
and returned the next day. They say
the murder was cold-blooded, and the
bodies, aside from being shot and mutt
lated, were in a horrible condition.
They were frozen where they had fallen
in their own blood, their limbs being
>contorted horribly. Their faces were
the picture of despair. The night Of
the murder the thermometer fell to 40
below zero. Everything is now tran
quill; no outbreak at present appre-
hended.
Policeman Bear-That-Run the
Woods brought in this morning one OF
murderers of the Humphrey camp cow
boys. He is slowly dying of his wounds.
He confessed that it was agreed among
the Indians to go to the beef camp and
kill the cowboys. They slipped into the
dug-out when the men were asleep and
each selected victim. At q given
signal--a cough-each Indian emptied
his revolver into the body of his victim.
The cook was not killed at the first fire,
but, upon attempting to crawl under the
bed, was shot again in the head. So
close was the range that each victim
was terribly powder-burned. The dying
Indian says the men were killed be-
cause they were white. The bodies OF
| the victims were brought here today.
Further Trouble Feared.
\ Special to the Globe.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, S. D., Feb. r.
Reports have come to the agency that
strolling bands of unruly Sioux of the
same outfit that killed the cowboys are
| making preparations for racket of
some kind. They are making medicine,
dancing and singing war songs. The
| police are watching their movements al
their camp near the scene of the late
murder. The hostiles number 200
BruleS. In the event of revolt they
would get little help from the Ogalalla
Indians. While everything is now tran'
quill, an outbreak is expected at any
mament. 1t can't be general, however,
and cannot last long, as the disgruntled
ones are hemmed in by Gordon of wellI
armed police.
SIOUX City, To-, Feb. IA United
States officer from the Black Hills conn
try was in the city yesterday. He says
the reports of the late troubles at Pine
Ridge have been edited and cOl0red by
Gen. Brown to suit his purpose, and
that the trouble is really very serious.
Dancing is going OH all over the reSer.
walton, he says, and the four cowboys
were killed as result of it, The cold
weather alone prevents an outbreak,
which is almost certain to occur Ill the
spring. The settlers are alarmed, and
want troops placed on the reservation
at once.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA telegram
been received at the interior department.
from Inspector Cisney, at Pine Ridge.
in which he states that two OF the lndi-
ans concerned in the killing of the cow
boys are still at large, and asks for an
authorization for the increase of the In
dian police force until they shall have
been captured. The increase has been
ordered till the 1st of March.