The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-10
WHISKEY CAUSED 1T.
-Four or Five Cowboys and a Number
of Sioux Indians
Killed.
The Trouble Grew Out of the ROugl,
Usage of an Indian by
the Cowboys.

OMAHA, Feb. "A special from Chad
ron says: Two Strikes band killed five
men on the reservation last night anc
now defy arrest by the Indian police
The killing took place at Humphreys
ranch. near the mouth Of White Clay
creek, about thirty miles northwest Of
Pine Ridge agency and fifteen miles di-
rectly west of the Wounded Knee bat
tie groundo of two years ago. Two Strike
band has held together and been very
vindictive of late, but the outbreak is a
surprise.
General Passenger Agent buchanan of
the Elkhorn road received the following
from Rush today: 'Reliable advices con
firm the finding of three dead and one
mortally wounded white men at Humpb.
rey's, on the Sioux reservation. There
Is said to be no sign of an uprising among
the Indians now at the agency. It is not
known positively how the men were
killed. Scnsationai reports Of another
outbreak are being sent out and will
work great injustice to this section and
should be promptly contradicted by US.
kilograms have been sent to the agents
at Pine Ridge and Rosebud by army Of
%ticers, but 40 replies have vet been re-
ceived.
Tonight the following was received by
the Bee from Posttrader Finley at Pine
it having been telephoued over TO
Rushvillo: ut WIS reported at the
yesterday that white men had
been killed by Indians. The acting
Captain Brown. sent some police
men to investigate matter. They report
That they found three white men killed
one mortally wounded who has
since died. and will be brought To the
tomorrow. The men we're killed
oy Two Strikes. his two sons ana White
Horse. a full blood. Capt. Brown
las sent out a detachment of twenty
to arrest the murderers.
All the prominent chiefs, Man
Horse. Red Cloud and
condemn the killing and say the
guilty parties must be punished. Capt
jroWn does not anticipate further
rouble. 1t is reliably reported that the
,olice tried to arrest the guilty parties
his afternoon and killed Two Strikes.
lis sons and White Face Horse.
Inquiry as to the force of troops now
tationed at posts in the vicinity Of Pine
ildge and Rosebud brought out the in
ormatlon that the department is Pretty
rell prepared at present to auell any-
hing like AN Indian outbreak if such a
hing should occur,
Al $50 O'Clock tonight the Bee re-
elved these advices from Pine Ridge
gency direct: Capt. Brown. acting
gent, Instructed the police that he sent
III ms morning that they must bring t
ne murderers to the agency. If they
SISTED, to bring them anyway. First 8
ergeant Bush, b was in command.
the story. He arrived at the agency
I ) p. m. today and reports rs follows: {
he men were encamped down near l
' aters camp, close to the hill. The
dice were out near the place where ,
ne Omaha house is. When the police .
came upon them they fired once at !
ana all of us then commenced to fire
pom them. We got an Indian going j
p hill and We killed him. There was {
man raised upclose by the house
at we sighted him and knocked him -,
own. Sergt. Sitting Bear killed one, Po- l
:eman Red Owl killed one, and Sergt. -,
lunt Horn killed one. | took five OF |
oung-Man-Afraid's men and they c
elped us a great deal. No Water came c
P to us and told us that we had served S
lem right: that we had killed them and
lat they had all they wanted and the =
EST way now was to drop it," :
On Thursday a number of cowboys .
to a beef camp OF Isaac Hum I
government contractor. located '
! White river. at the mouth of White =
lay creek. about - miles northwest of
inc Ridge agency. returned from town
d drunken condition and brought a
BOD supply of whisky with them. Dur
Y the evening they became guarrelsome :
mistreated and injured an Indian n
Two Sticks, driving him from
'"ir camp and firing revoivers at him. =,
Sticks returned later in the evening !
by his sons and a number of
her relatives and friends and com =
enced a deadly fire on the cowboy
killing three. mortally wounding u
man who has since died. The .
INES OF three men killed are Charley :,
Bacon and Underwood. Bacon's i
'n.in-law is the fourth man.
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